US Patent Issued to Westing Bridge on Dec. 16 for "Multi-member knitting needles and methods for making the same" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,719, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Westing Bridge LLC (Troy, Mich.).

"Multi-member knitting needles and methods for making the same" was invented by Liyun Zheng (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Example apparatuses and methods are directed to knitting needles or tools and/or methods of making the same. In some implementations, a method of making a knitting needle includes providing a first member formed of a first material, and securing one or more additional members to an end of the first member with interference press-fit. The additional member(s) may be formed of a second material different from the first material. ...