Patent ID: 11939129
Assignee: FOOTPRINT INTERNATIONAL, LLC
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  D  Y | IPC B  D

Claim 3:
4. A method of manufacturing a yoke configured to carry beverage cans, comprising:
providing a wire mesh mold in a shape of the yoke;
immersing the wire mesh mold into a fiber-based slurry including a moisture barrier additive;
drawing a vacuum across the wire mesh mold to cause fiber particles to accumulate at a wire mesh mold surface; and
removing the wire mesh mold and accumulated fiber particles from the fiber based slurry; and
subsequently drying the fiber particles to yield the yoke;
wherein the yoke comprises a plurality of collars interconnected by a web, wherein each collar exhibits a nominal diameter of about 1.95 inches and the web exhibits a substantially uniform thickness in a range of 0.01 to 0.05 inches.