Patents by Inventor Lisa Moyer

Lisa Moyer 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).

  • Mechanical embossing texture differentiation between chemically restricted areas and non-restricted areas
    Patent number: 7101606
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a mechanically and chemically embossed surface covering having selectively textured surfaces. The method includes forming a web coated with a wear layer. The coated web is heated to a temperature at which the wear layer is cured, the foam layer expands, and the pattern is chemically embossed to form a surface covering having foamed regions and nonfoamed regions. The temperature gradient of the surface covering is adjusted such that there is a temperature gradient difference between the foamed and nonfoamed regions. A surface texture is then mechanically embossed into the wear layer and selectively set onto the wear layer substantially overlying the non-foamed regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignee: AWI Licensing Company
    Inventors: W. Craig Brossman, Steven F. Hynicka, Lisa Moyer, William J. Kauffman
  • Mechanical embossing texture differentiation between chemically restricted areas and non-restricted areas
    Patent number: 7022272
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a mechanically and chemically embossed surface covering having selectively textured surfaces. The method includes forming a web coated with a wear layer. The coated web is heated to a temperature at which the wear layer is cured, the foam layer expands, and the pattern is chemically embossed to form a surface covering having foamed regions and nonfoamed regions. The temperature gradient of the surface covering is adjusted such that there is a temperature gradient difference between the foamed and nonfoamed regions. A surface texture is then mechanically embossed into the wear layer and selectively set onto the wear layer substantially overlying the non-foamed regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2006
    Assignee: AWI Licensing Company
    Inventors: W. Craig Brossman, Steven F. Hynicka, Lisa Moyer, William J. Kauffman
  • Mechanical embossing texture differentiation between chemically restricted areas and non-restricted areas
    Publication number: 20030173696
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a mechanically and chemically embossed surface covering having selectively textured surfaces. The method includes forming a web coated with a wear layer. The coated web is heated to a temperature at which the wear layer is cured, the foam layer expands, and the pattern is chemically embossed to form a surface covering having foamed regions and nonfoamed regions. The temperature gradient of the surface covering is adjusted such that there is a temperature gradient difference between the foamed and nonfoamed regions. A surface texture is then mechanically embossed into the wear layer and selectively set onto the wear layer substantially overlying the non-foamed regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2003
    Publication date: September 18, 2003
    Applicant: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Craig Brossman, Steven F. Hynicka, Lisa Moyer, William J. Kauffman
  • Mechanical embossing texture differentiation between chemically restricted areas and non-restricted areas
    Patent number: 6613256
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a mechanically and chemically embossed surface covering having selectively textured surfaces. The method includes forming a web coated with a wear layer. The coated web is heated to a temperature at which the wear layer is cured, the foam layer expands, and the pattern is chemically embossed to form a surface covering having foamed regions and nonfoamed regions. The temperature gradient of the surface covering is adjusted such that there is a temperature gradient difference between the foamed and nonfoamed regions. A surface texture is then mechanically embossed into the wear layer and selectively set onto the wear layer substantially overlying the non-foamed regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: AWI Licensing Company
    Inventors: W. Craig Brossman, Steven F. Hynicka, Lisa Moyer, William J. Kauffman
  • Mechanical embossing texture differentiation between chemically restricted areas and non-restricted areas
    Publication number: 20030021955
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a mechanically and chemically embossed surface covering having selectively textured surfaces. The method includes forming a web coated with a wear layer. The coated web is heated to a temperature at which the wear layer is cured, the foam layer expands, and the pattern is chemically embossed to form a surface covering having foamed regions and nonfoamed regions. The temperature gradient of the surface covering is adjusted such that there is a temperature gradient difference between the foamed and nonfoamed regions. A surface texture is then mechanically embossed into the wear layer and selectively set onto the wear layer substantially overlying the non-foamed regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: January 30, 2003
    Applicant: Armstrong World Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: W. Craig Brossman, Steven F. Hynicka, Lisa Moyer, William J. Kauffman
  • Mechanical embossing texture differentiation between chemically restricted areas and non- restricted areas
    Publication number: 20020114927
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a mechanically and chemically embossed surface covering having selectively textured surfaces. The method includes forming a web coated with a wear layer. The coated web is heated to a temperature at which the wear layer is cured, the foam layer expands, and the pattern is chemically embossed to form a surface covering having foamed regions and nonfoamed regions. The temperature gradient of the surface covering is adjusted such that there is a temperature gradient difference between the foamed and nonfoamed regions. A surface texture is then mechanically embossed into the wear layer and selectively set onto the wear layer substantially overlying the non-foamed regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Publication date: August 22, 2002
    Inventors: W. Craig Brossman, Steven F. Hynicka, Lisa Moyer, William J. Kauffman