Patents by Inventor Todd A. DeMint

Todd A. DeMint 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).

  • Molded parts with discontinuous fabric surface areas and processes for their production
    Publication number: 20050225005
    Abstract: The present invention thus provides a fabric-laminated plastic part and a novel process where the fabric that provides the surface is pre-laminated with a support layer and supplied into a molding process where a plastic substrate component is molded. The fabric surface piece is precisely located and securely bonded by selection of a support layer plastic material having sufficient heat resistance and/or thickness to sufficiently resist melt softening and stretching during the molding process. This process and fabric laminated plastic article are especially suited for preparing thin-wall, articles that need to have precisely located, smooth fabric surface areas corresponding to discontinuities, voids or openings in the underlying molded plastic article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Eric Marchbanks, Curl Peterson, Todd DeMint, Ari Kinnunen, Kenneth Bennick, Thomas Van Conett, Michael Hus
  • Molded parts with discontinuous fabric surface areas and processes for their production
    Publication number: 20040018789
    Abstract: The present invention thus provides a fabric-laminated plastic part and a novel process where the fabric that provides the surface is pre-laminated with a support layer and supplied into a molding process where a plastic substrate component is molded. The fabric surface piece is precisely located and securely bonded by selection of a support layer plastic material having sufficient heat resistance and/or thickness to sufficiently resist melt softening and stretching during the molding process. This process and fabric laminated plastic article are especially suited for preparing thin-wall, articles that need to have precisely located, smooth fabric surface areas corresponding to discontinuities, voids or openings in the underlying molded plastic article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2002
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventors: Eric L. Marchbanks, Curt E. Peterson, Todd A. DeMint, Ari P. Kinnunen, Kenneth T. Bennick, Thomas E. Van Conett, Michael E. Hus