Rubber Patents (Class 2/200.2)
  • Patent number: 10137616
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a skin system or its elements using a laser cutter. The laser cutter is controlled to perform multiple passes to selectively cut away layers of material on a surface of a sheet of cellular foam materials. Each layer of material to be removed is defined by a cut or texture pattern. The laser cutter is operated to cut deeper with each layer of material removed by setting a different resolution for the laser cutter for each layer. For example, a laser cutter may be selectively controlled to operate within a resolution range, and each layer defined by the same or different cut pattern is cut using a different resolution. The method includes associating lower resolution settings for the first or outer layers to remove a first depth of material from the skin sheet's surface and associating higher and higher resolution settings for additional layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: DISNEY ENTERPRISES, INC.
    Inventors: Daniel Reetz, Philip John Jackson
  • Patent number: 7996920
    Abstract: A protective garment including a first portion which is generally impermeable to gases and a second portion which is generally impermeable to gases. The second portion is releasably coupled to the first portion at a joint which is generally impermeable to gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Lion Apparel, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Aldridge
  • Patent number: 7472428
    Abstract: A swim cap includes a first portion configured to cover at least a portion of a crown of a user's head and having a first durometer. A second portion of the swim cap is secured to the first portion and has a second durometer, with the second durometer being smaller than the first durometer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Dylan S. Van Atta, Robert Bruce
  • Publication number: 20080256677
    Abstract: The invention relates to an item of clothing (1), in particular a glove (2), a shoe or headwear, comprising at least one material layer (4), and the at least one material layer (4) is formed by a sealing, in particular fluid-tight functional layer (6), and having in particular a tubular shaft (15) with an attachment (16), which attachment (16) can be coupled with a specifically tubular connecting piece (17) of another item of clothing (3) to form a sealed connection preventing penetration by foreign substances into an interior (5, 26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2005
    Publication date: October 23, 2008
    Applicant: ESKA Lederhandschuhfabrik Gesellschaft m.b.H. & Co
    Inventor: Paul Loos
  • Patent number: 6966068
    Abstract: A semirigid swim cap (100) is disclosed, having a unitary construction. The swim cap is generally open at the bottom and includes a forward edge (104), a rearward edge (106), oppositely disposed ear cover portions (108), and a center portion (101). In a preferred embodiment, the swim cap is made from an elastomeric thermoplastic and the center portion is relatively thick, while the peripheral edge portions are relatively thin and therefore less rigid. A pair of sealing ridges (110) extends from an inner surface of the swim cap, near the open bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2005
    Assignee: Aero Tech Sports Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald Johnson, David E. Calapp, Matthew A. Rhoades
  • Patent number: 6436529
    Abstract: Microtextured elastomeric materials having at least one elastomeric core layer or region and at least one skin layer wherein the skin layer has a semi-crystalline or amorphous polymer and an elastomeric block copolymer or pressure sensitive adhesive, the combination of which is less elastic than the core layer and will undergo permanent deformation at the stretch percentage that the elastomeric laminate will undergo. The materials are suited for use in applications such as respirators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Gerald Steven Deeb, Dennis Louis Krueger, Jane K. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20010037517
    Abstract: A peak including a peak part and an elongated substantially rectangular retaining band both die cut from closed cell foamed plastic material. A pair of openings are formed respectively at the corners of the peak part. A pair of apertures are provided at each end of the retaining band. Dumbbell shaped connectors connect the band to the peak part. Each connector passes through one of each pair of apertures and a registering opening. By having two apertures at each end of the band, the length of the band can be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2001
    Publication date: November 8, 2001
    Inventor: Clive Elchonon Zar