Patents Assigned to Carpet Co-op of America Association
  • Color selection method and system for floor, wall, and window coverings
    Patent number: 6343264
    Abstract: An improved color selection process for assisting customers when shopping for floor, wall, or window coverings is disclosed. The color selection process includes: (a) the creation of a digital and graphic computer database that classifies a store's or other entity's entire product inventory according to internally harmonious color families, and (b) a visualization experience, using this database, computer graphics and a specially designed color room to give customers a more realistic preview of product(s) being considered.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2002
    Assignee: Carpet Co-op of America Association
    Inventors: Kathleen H. Fenton, James H. Holbrook, III, Chris Foret
  • Cleaner/rinse dispensing device for carpet cleaning mechanism
    Patent number: 6016973
    Abstract: A system for dispensing an alkaline liquid cleaner solution and an acidic liquid rinse solution via a rotating head on a carpet cleaning machine, wherein the flow of the liquid cleaner solution and the liquid rinse solution are metered such that the rinse solution neutralizes the alkaline cleaner solution and leaves the carpet chemically neutral and residue-free.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Carpet Co-op of America Association
    Inventors: Frederick D. Thompson, Steven R. Brandt, Eric K. Jacobson