Patents by Inventor Scott F. Schafer

Scott F. Schafer 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).

  • Engineered hardwood flooring and manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 11060306
    Abstract: Methods and articles of manufacture relating to engineered hardwood flooring are provided. Engineered hardwood flooring is produced by drying a structural layer comprising a hardwood to a moisture content from about 0.1% to about 3%, whereupon a cell structure of the hardwood collapses. The dried structural layer is humidified to where the hardwood has an increased moisture content greater than about 3%. First and second outer layers are adhered to respective first and second sides of the structural layer to form an engineered product, the structural layer sandwiched by the first outer layer and the second outer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: Schafer Hardwood Flooring Company
    Inventor: Scott F. Schafer
  • ENGINEERED HARDWOOD FLOORING AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20180135312
    Abstract: Methods and articles of manufacture relating to engineered hardwood flooring are provided. Engineered hardwood flooring is produced by drying a structural layer comprising a hardwood to a moisture content from about 0.1% to about 3%, whereupon a cell structure of the hardwood collapses. The dried structural layer is humidified to where the hardwood has an increased moisture content greater than about 3%. First and second outer layers are adhered to respective first and second sides of the structural layer to form an engineered product, the structural layer sandwiched by the first outer layer and the second outer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventor: Scott F. Schafer