Patents Assigned to Urethane Soy Systems Company, Inc.
  • Method for producing a bio-based carpet material
    Patent number: 7537665
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method for making a bio-based carpet material by providing tufts, a backing, a pre-coat, and a backing material wherein the pre-coat includes the reaction product of a pre-coat A-side having a pre-coat isocyanate and a pre-coat B-side and the backing material includes the reaction product of a backing material A-side having an isocyanate and a backing material B-side. The pre-coat B-side and the backing material B-side may include a polyol derived from petroleum; a vegetable oil, cross-linker, and a catalyst; or a transesterified polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2009
    Assignee: Urethane Soy Systems Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Kurth, Richard A. Kurth, Robert B. Turner, Les P. Kreifels
  • Oxylated vegetable-based polyol having increased functionality and urethane materials formed using the polyol
    Patent number: 7084230
    Abstract: The present invention generally includes material comprising the reaction product of an A-side comprising an isocyanate and a B-side comprising a crosslinker, a catalyst, and a modified vegetable oil. The present invention also generally includes a material comprising the reaction product of an A-side comprising an isocyanate and a B-side comprising an oxylation compound, a modified vegetable oil, and a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Urethane Soy Systems Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Kurth, Richard A. Kurth, Robert B. Turner, Les P. Kreifels
  • Bio-based carpet material
    Patent number: 7063877
    Abstract: The present invention includes a bio-based carpet material that includes tufts, a backing, a pre-coat, and a backing material wherein the pre-coat includes the reaction product of a pre-coat A-side having a pre-coat isocyanate and a pre-coat B-side and the backing material includes the reaction product of a backing material A-side having a backing material B-side. The pre-coat B-side and the backing material B-side may include a polyol at least partially derived from petroleum, a vegetable oil, and/or a transesterified polyol and a cross-linker and a catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: Urethane Soy Systems Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Kurth, Richard A. Kurth, Robert B. Turner, Les P. Kreifels
  • Method for producing a bio-based carpet material
    Publication number: 20050260351
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method for making a bio-based carpet material by providing tufts, a backing, a pre-coat, and a backing material wherein the pre-coat includes the reaction product of a pre-coat A-side having a pre-coat isocyanate and a pre-coat B-side and the backing material includes the reaction product of a backing material A-side having an isocyanate and a backing material B-side. The pre-coat B-side and the backing material B-side may include a polyol derived from petroleum; a vegetable oil, cross-linker, and a catalyst; or a transesterified polyol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: Urethane Soy Systems Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Kurth, Richard Kurth, Robert Turner, Les Kreifels
  • Method of producing a bio-based carpet material
    Patent number: 6962636
    Abstract: The present invention includes a method for making a bio-based carpet material by providing tufts, a backing, a pre-coat, and a backing material wherein the pre-coat includes the reaction product of a pre-coat A-side having a pre-coat isocyanate and a pre-coat B-side and the backing material includes the reaction product of a backing material A-side having a backing material B-side. The pre-coat B-side and the backing material B-side may include a petroleum based polyol; a vegetable oil, cross-linker, and a catalyst; or a transesterified polyol.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2005
    Assignee: Urethane Soy Systems Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Kurth, Richard A. Kurth, Robert B. Turner, Les P. Kreifels