Patents by Inventor Michelle Sharon Barker

Michelle Sharon Barker 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).

  • Dissipation of static electricity in workwear
    Patent number: 6767603
    Abstract: An article of workwear comprises a plurality of components (17,18) incorporating electrically conductive fibres (21), and an electrically conductive member (20) bridging the junction between adjacent components. The electrically conductive member comprises a strip or tape (20) incorporating a plurality of electrically conductive filaments or yarns (22), each filament or yarn being incorporated in the strip or tape in such a manner as to have alternate portions of the filament or yarn exposed at opposite faces of the strip or tape. The strip or tape may be secured to each of the adjacent components by stitching (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Inventors: Norman John Alfred Hurst, Michelle Sharon Barker