Patents Assigned to Thomasville Furniture Industries, In.
  • Furniture with distressed appearance
    Patent number: 6609546
    Abstract: A process for creating a distressed surface for an article of furniture, and an article of furniture incorporating a distresses surface. The process includes the steps of selecting at least one piece of material having at least one planar surface and opposed side edges, mechanically forming grooves along at least one of the opposed side edges of the piece of material, and adjoining multiple pieces of material so formed to create a surface of an article of furniture that has a distressed appearance. The article of furniture includes a surface having a distresses appearance that is adhered to a substrate to create the face of the article of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Bobb, Mike Washburn, Brian K. Moore
  • Table
    Patent number: D470344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn C. Stanton
  • Chest
    Patent number: D470346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn C. Stanton
  • Table
    Patent number: D472076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn C. Stanton
  • Furniture leg
    Patent number: D472078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn C. Stanton
  • Table
    Patent number: D473079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Barbara Joan Barry
  • Mirror
    Patent number: D474035
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Avis Edward Tobin, Jr.
  • Mirror
    Patent number: D474036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Paus
  • Table
    Patent number: D474048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn C. Stanton
  • Bedstead
    Patent number: D474918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Avis Edward Tobin, Jr.
  • Headboard
    Patent number: D475224
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Paus
  • Dresser
    Patent number: D480896
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael J. Paus
  • Dresser
    Patent number: D482901
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn Christopher Stanton
  • Dresser
    Patent number: D483962
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn Christopher Stanton
  • Seat
    Patent number: D485447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn Christopher Stanton
  • Seat
    Patent number: D485996
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn Christopher Stanton
  • Desk
    Patent number: D486016
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn Christopher Stanton
  • Table
    Patent number: D486017
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn Christopher Stanton
  • Seat
    Patent number: D486319
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn Christopher Stanton
  • Table
    Patent number: D486328
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2004
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Shawn Christopher Stanton