Patents Assigned to Pittards Public Limited Company
  • Impregnation of leather with micro-encapsulated material
    Patent number: 6685746
    Abstract: A material is impregnated into leather by incorporating the material into micro-capsules and then applying said micro-capsules to said leather material by means of a suitable process. A roller coating process is described in which the material is applied to a roller under which said leather material passes whilst compressed. Alternatively, the micro-capsules may be applied to said leather by drumming-in in a wet process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Pittards Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Robert Painter
  • Impregnation of leather with micro-encapsulated material
    Patent number: 6277439
    Abstract: A material is impregnated into leather by incorporating the material into micro-capsules and then applying the micro-capsules to the leather material by means of a suitable process. A roller coating process is described in which the material is applied to a roller under which the leather material passes whilst compressed. Alternatively, the micro-capsules may be applied to the leather by drumming-in in a wet process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Assignee: Pittards Public Limited Company
    Inventor: Robert Painter