Patents by Inventor Giorgio Gabbrielli

Giorgio Gabbrielli has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6943130
    Abstract: A method for producing a fabric-elastomer sandwich, consisting in providing a fabric with at least minute gaps between its fibers, in placing the fabric on a mold having at least resting portions for the fabric and at least regions which are recessed with respect to the resting portions, in applying an elastomer to the side of the fabric that lies opposite to the side directed toward the mold, in applying pressure to make the elastomer flow through the minute gaps located at the recessed regions in order to fill the recessed regions with the elastomer, and in extracting the sandwich from the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Gabbrielli
  • Publication number: 20020077014
    Abstract: A method for producing a fabric-elastomer sandwich, consisting in providing a fabric with at least minute gaps between its fibers, in placing the fabric on a mold having at least resting portions for the fabric and at least regions which are recessed with respect to the resting portions, in applying an elastomer to the side of the fabric that lies opposite to the side directed toward the mold, in applying pressure to make the elastomer flow through the minute gaps located at the recessed regions in order to fill the recessed regions with the elastomer, and in extracting the sandwich from the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: VIBRAM S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Gabbrielli