Patents by Inventor Larry D. Starnes

Larry D. Starnes 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).

  • Knit fabric structure incorporating a continuous conductive matrix for enhanced static dissipation
    Patent number: 11828007
    Abstract: A multi-bar warp knit fabric structure includes a body yarn and a multi-wrapped hybrid yarn. The hybrid yarn incorporates a specialty core unit, an inside textile cover, and an outside textile cover. The inside textile cover is a static-dissipative yarn helically wrapped around the core unit, and the outside textile cover is a surface-conductive yarn helically wrapped around the inside textile cover and the core unit. The hybrid yarn is integrally knit with the body yarn in a repeating stitch pattern alternately zigzaging lengthwise up selected wales of the fabric structure and floating across the fabric structure in a widthwise course direction. The hybrid yarn cooperates with like knitted multi-wrapped hybrid yarns to form a continuous conductive matrix of static dissipative boxes in the fabric structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Applied Conductivity, LLC
    Inventors: Miriam H. Feibus, Larry D. Starnes
  • KNIT FABRIC STRUCTURE INCORPORATING A CONTINUOUS CONDUCTIVE MATRIX FOR ENHANCED STATIC DISSIPATION
    Publication number: 20210348309
    Abstract: A multi-bar warp knit fabric structure includes a body yarn and a multi-wrapped hybrid yarn. The hybrid yarn incorporates a specialty core unit, an inside textile cover, and an outside textile cover. The inside textile cover is a static-dissipative yarn helically wrapped around the core unit, and the outside textile cover is a surface-conductive yarn helically wrapped around the inside textile cover and the core unit. The hybrid yarn is integrally knit with the body yarn in a repeating stitch pattern alternately zigzaging lengthwise up selected wales of the fabric structure and floating across the fabric structure in a widthwise course direction. The hybrid yarn cooperates with like knitted multi-wrapped hybrid yarns to form a continuous conductive matrix of static dissipative boxes in the fabric structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: Applied Conductivity, LLC
    Inventors: Miriam H. Feibus, Larry D. Starnes