Patents by Inventor William F. Horvath

William F. Horvath 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).

  • Method of making a rolled roof vent
    Patent number: 5902432
    Abstract: An improved roll-form vent for buildings comprises a sequentially thermoformed polymeric vent which provides multiple venting air flow paths between the interior of a building and ambient atmosphere. The vent includes projections extending from a web and a plurality of vent openings that cooperate with screening to bar entry into the building of water, insects and foreign matter. A method of making the vent includes steps of providing a web of material of indeterminate running length, heating the web, sequentially thermoforming the web, cooling the web and rolling the formed vent for storage, shipment and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Benjamin Obdyke, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael S. Coulton, Geoffrey N. Ehrman, William F. Horvath, Kenneth L. Laubsch, Joseph DeMeo
  • Rolled roof vent and method of making same
    Patent number: 5673521
    Abstract: An improved roll-form vent for buildings comprises a sequentially thermoformed polymeric vent which provides multiple venting air flow paths between the interior of a building and ambient atmosphere. The vent includes projections extending from a web and a plurality of vent openings that cooperate with screening to bar entry into the building of water, insects and foreign matter. A method of making the vent includes steps of providing a web of material of indeterminate running length, heating the web, sequentially thermoforming the web, cooling the web and rolling the formed vent for storage, shipment and use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1997
    Assignee: Benjamin Obdyke Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael S. Coulton, Geoffrey N. Ehrman, William F. Horvath, Kenneth L. Laubsch, Joseph DeMeo