Patents by Inventor B. Conley Worcester

B. Conley Worcester 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).

  • Wall coverings and method of making the same
    Patent number: 3962510
    Abstract: A wall covering having a long dimension and a short dimension and comprising a laminate of a facing matrial bonded to a woven fabric backing material. The backing material is woven with warp and filling yarns with each filling yarn comprising a percentage of thermoplastic fibers. The remaining fibers in each of the filling yarns and the warp yarns are not capable of being autogenously bonded to the facing material. The warp yarns lie in the direction of the long dimension and the filling yarns lie in the directon of the short dimension so the wall covering is rendered more stiff and less flexible in the directon of its short dimension as compred to its long dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1976
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson
    Inventors: B. Conley Worcester, Wayne W. Grobner