US Patent Issued to Tuftco on March 18 for "Yarn planner for tufted patterns and creeling" (Tennessee Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,254,248, issued on March 18, was assigned to Tuftco Corp. (Chattanooga, Tenn.).

"Yarn planner for tufted patterns and creeling" was invented by Rob Padgett (Chattanooga, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tufting machine interface or simulator is provided with yarn planning software enabling the optimization of winding yarn cones for particular patterns and production runs to minimize waste yarn and labor attendant to rewinds."

The patent was filed on Aug. 2, 2022, under Application No. 17/879,284.

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