Patent ID: 9402702
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61D,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A feather imping system for preparing a damaged natural bird feather, the system comprising: a plurality of feather imping pins of differing circumferences and lengths, each feather imping pin having a roughened surface and a plurality of teeth protruding outward along a shaft, and is made of a material selected from a group of titanium, aluminum fiberglass, carbon fiber composite and plastic a plurality of donor feathers of differing circumferences and lengths respectively matching the differing circumferences and lengths of the plurality of feather imping pins, a feather size measurement device that is configured to measure at least a circumference of the damaged natural bird feather, a feather marker configured to mark a cut location on the damaged bird feather between a damaged portion of the damaged natural bird feather and a remaining portion of the damaged natural bird feather, a feather cutting device configured to separate the damaged portion from the remaining portion, and whereby, a pin of the plurality of imping pins is selectable to have an end sized for insertion into the remaining portion of the natural bird feather and another end sized for insertion into an exposed hollow shaft of a selected donor feather of the plurality of donor feathers, to attach the exposed hollow shaft to the remaining portion and thereby repair the damaged natural bird feather.