Patents by Inventor Larry W. Collins

Larry W. Collins 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).

  • Method of constructing a circular-knitted compression garment
    Patent number: 11473226
    Abstract: A method of constructing a compression garment, for example, a sock, formed of a knitted fabric that includes an elastomer compression inlay yarn introduced into a predetermined first selection of needles on a first knitting machine finger position and first and second pattern yarns introduced into a predetermined second selection of needles on second and third knitting machine finger positions, the first selection of needles and the second selection of needles collectively defining a predetermined pattern. When the predetermined second selection of needles is raised to take on the first and second pattern yarns, the elastomer compression inlay yarn deflects predetermined ones of the second selection of needles radially inwardly to define an annular space into which the pattern yarns are dropped in an offset relation to the elastomer compression inlay yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: BSN MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Larry W. Collins, Phillip T. Clark
  • METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A CIRCULAR-KNITTED COMPRESSION GARMENT
    Publication number: 20210372017
    Abstract: A method of constructing a compression garment, for example, a sock, formed of a knitted fabric that includes an elastomer compression inlay yarn introduced into a predetermined first selection of needles on a first knitting machine finger position and first and second pattern yarns introduced into a predetermined second selection of needles on second and third knitting machine finger positions, the first selection of needles and the second selection of needles collectively defining a predetermined pattern. When the predetermined second selection of needles is raised to take on the first and second pattern yarns, the elastomer compression inlay yarn deflects predetermined ones of the second selection of needles radially inwardly to define an annular space into which the pattern yarns are dropped in an offset relation to the elastomer compression inlay yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: BSN medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry W. Collins, Phillip T. Clark
  • Compression garment and method
    Patent number: 11142852
    Abstract: A compression garment, for example, a sock, formed of a knitted fabric that includes an elastomer compression inlay yarn introduced into a predetermined first selection of needles on a first knitting machine finger position and first and second pattern yarns introduced into a predetermined second selection of needles on second and third knitting machine finger positions, the first selection of needles and the second selection of needles collectively defining a predetermined pattern. When the predetermined second selection of needles is raised to take on the first and second pattern yarns, the elastomer compression inlay yarn deflects predetermined ones of the second selection of needles radially inwardly to define an annular space into which the pattern yarns are dropped in an offset relation to the elastomer compression inlay yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: BSN MEDICAL, INC.
    Inventors: Larry W. Collins, Phillip T. Clark
  • COMPRESSION GARMENT AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20190350270
    Abstract: A compression garment, for example, a sock, formed of a knitted fabric that includes an elastomer compression inlay yarn introduced into a predetermined first selection of needles on a first knitting machine finger position and first and second pattern yarns introduced into a predetermined second selection of needles on second and third knitting machine finger positions, the first selection of needles and the second selection of needles collectively defining a predetermined pattern. When the predetermined second selection of needles is raised to take on the first and second pattern yarns, the elastomer compression inlay yarn deflects predetermined ones of the second selection of needles radially inwardly to define an annular space into which the pattern yarns are dropped in an offset relation to the elastomer compression inlay yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Larry W. Collins, Phillip T. Clark