Patents by Inventor Arliss Patton

Arliss Patton 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).

  • Unit and method for bending wood
    Patent number: 6571841
    Abstract: Wood is bent using a unit and a method in which a continuous and uninterrupted curved path is defined over a workpiece-supporting surface and form and clamp blocks are electromagnetically attached to the workpiece-supporting surface adjacent to the path. The form and clamp blocks engage a wood workpiece to force that workpiece into a shape that matches the path defined over the workpiece-supporting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Inventor: Arliss Patton