Patents by Inventor Ami Lakdawala Shah

Ami Lakdawala Shah has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Portable hand-held pleating apparatus for creating pleats in any fabric material
    Patent number: 8177105
    Abstract: A portable hand-held pleating apparatus for fabric material consisting of two halves containing a total of ten to twenty fingers adapted to allow fabric material to be pleated into numerous uniform pleats, specifically accordion pleats. The pleating apparatus can hold fabric material to allow for pleating by any user weaving said material through said fingers and then being removed by a simple upward motion. The pleating apparatus can be adjusted to enable variable pleat widths in a facile way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Inventor: Ami Lakdawala Shah
  • Portable hand-held pleating apparatus for creating pleats in any fabric material
    Publication number: 20110049199
    Abstract: A portable hand-held pleating apparatus for fabric material consisting of two halves containing a total of ten to twenty fingers adapted to allow fabric material to be pleated into numerous uniform pleats, specifically accordion pleats. The pleating apparatus can hold fabric material to allow for pleating by any user weaving said material through said fingers and then being removed by a simple upward motion. The pleating apparatus can be adjusted to enable variable pleat widths in a facile way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventor: Ami Lakdawala Shah