Patents by Inventor Armando Carrera

Armando Carrera 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).

  • Composite plastic mat and method of forming same
    Patent number: 4476174
    Abstract: An improved floor mat which may be readily folded 180.degree. upon itself. The mat includes a semi-rigid plastic surface with a transversely extending plastic strip laminated into its undersurface. The plastic strip is formed of material relatively more flexible than the overlying mat material. The mat is provided with a transverse slit overlying the laminated plastic strip which preferably extends downwardly to the upper surface of the plastic strip whereby the floor mat may be readily folded along the flexible plastic strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1984
    Assignee: Tenex Corporation
    Inventor: Armando Carrera
  • Method of making a composite plastic mat
    Patent number: 4448625
    Abstract: An improved floor mat which may be readily folded 180.degree. upon itself. The mat includes a semi-rigid plastic surface with a transversely extending plastic strip laminated into its undersurface. The plastic strip is formed of material relatively more flexible than the overlying mat material. The mat is provided with a transverse slit overlying the laminated plastic strip which preferably extends downwardly to the upper surface of the plastic strip whereby the floor mat may be readily folded along the flexible plastic strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1984
    Assignee: Tenex Corporation
    Inventor: Armando Carrera