ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,049, issued on June 3, was assigned to Tuftco Corp. (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
"Advanced stitch placement with backing shifting" was invented by Jason Daniel Detty (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Robert A. Padgett (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Michael R. Morgante (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Paul E. Beatty (Chattanooga, Tenn.) and Steven L. Frost (Chattanooga, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shiftable backing feed and shiftable needle assembly is utilized with a tufting machine having reciprocating needles and gauge parts for seizing or cutting yarns wherein marginal step yarn placement techniques can be utilized in connection with a row of needles to minim...