Patents by Inventor Russell D. Culp

Russell D. Culp 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).

  • Powder-free latex articles and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 5974589
    Abstract: A method of making a latex article, by contacting a latex article with water, an aqueous emulsion comprising a high-density, substantially linear hydrocarbon polymer, and an acid-activated oxidizing agent or initiator, mixing in an acid to the reaction mixture to activate the oxidizing agent or initiator, then, after a first selected period of time sufficient to adhere the polymer to the surface of the article, mixing a stopping agent into the activated reaction mixture to substantially reduce or halt the oxidization and, after a second selected period of time sufficient to reduce substantially or halt oxidization, neutralizing the article with a neutralization mixture comprising water and a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: LRC Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bradley L. Pugh, Russell D. Culp
  • Power-free latex articles and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 5780112
    Abstract: A method of making a latex article, by contacting a latex article with water, an aqueous emulsion comprising a high-density, substantially linear hydrocarbon polymer, and an acid-activated oxidizing agent or initiator, mixing in an acid to the reaction mixture to activate the oxidizing agent or initiator, then, after a first selected period of time sufficient to adhere the polymer to the surface of the article, mixing a stopping agent into the activated reaction mixture to substantially reduce or halt the oxidization and, after a second selected period of time sufficient to reduce substantially or halt oxidization, neutralizing the article with a neutralization mixture comprising water and a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1998
    Assignee: LRC Products, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bradley L. Pugh, Russell D. Culp