Patents by Inventor Andrew Leonard Chier

Andrew Leonard Chier 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).

  • Method of fabricating fibrous laminate structures with variable color
    Publication number: 20040053551
    Abstract: A method of providing a color enhanced, patterned nonwoven based composite fabric wherein a hydroentangled, imaged nonwoven facing fabric exhibits variable fiber density in selected regions and where a colored backing material is laminated to the facing layer such that the color of the backing layer is observed as variable hues which coincide with regions of lower fiber density in the facing layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Cheryl Lynn Carlson, Andrew Leonard Chier, James Patrick Lenox, Nick Mark Carter
  • Method of fabricating fibrous laminate structures with variable color
    Patent number: 6671936
    Abstract: A method of providing a color enhanced, patterned nonwoven based composite fabric wherein a hydroentangled, imaged nonwoven facing fabric exhibits variable fiber density in selected regions and where a colored backing material is laminated to the facing layer such that the color of the backing layer is observed as variable hues which coincide with regions of lower fiber density in the facing layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Cheryl Lynn Carlson, Andrew Leonard Chier, James Patrick Lenox, Nick Mark Carter