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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2019
Applicant:
Tuftco Corporation, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Inventors:
Robert A. Padgett, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Jason Daniel Detty, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Paul E. Beatty, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Jeffrey D. Smith, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Steven L. Frost, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Assignee:
Tuftco Corporation, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C 15/28 (2006.01); D05C 15/10 (2006.01); D05C 15/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D05C 15/28 (2013.01); D05C 15/10 (2013.01); D05C 15/30 (2013.01);
Abstract
A shiftable backing feed or shiftable needle assembly is utilized with a tufting machine having reciprocating needles and gauge parts for seizing or cutting yarns wherein yarn placement patterns can be utilized to tuft at different gauge densities while maintaining the same pattern sizes and appearance.