Patents by Inventor Benji Rude

Benji Rude 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).

  • Mold apparatus and method for one step steam chest molding
    Publication number: 20040150127
    Abstract: A mold apparatus and method for forming a shaped laminate in one step are provided where the laminate includes a cladding layer and a foam backing layer. The apparatus includes a male mold half matable to a female mold half that define a mold cavity. An inlet is mounted on the mold apparatus for introducing foamable materials into the mold cavity. Edge folding members, carried by one of the mold halves, movable from a retracted position to an extended position, fold the cladding layer over at least part of the edge of the foam backing layer. Trim blades are located adjacent to the edge folding members movable from a retracted position adjacent the cavity to an extended position engaging the other mold half to sever the cladding layer to define the finished shape of the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: JSP Licenses, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Sandefer, Benji Rude, Arthur C. Stein, Douglas Litwiller, Thomas W. Gibson, David White
  • Mold apparatus and method for one step steam chest molding
    Patent number: 6695998
    Abstract: A mold apparatus and method for forming a shaped laminate in one step are provided where the laminate includes a cladding layer and a foam backing layer. The apparatus includes a male mold half matable to a female mold half that define a mold cavity. An inlet is mounted on the mold apparatus for introducing foamable materials into the mold cavity. Edge folding members, carried by one of the mold halves, movable from a retracted position to an extended position, fold the cladding layer over at least part of the edge of the foam backing layer. Trim blades are located adjacent to the edge folding members movable from a retracted position adjacent the cavity to an extended position engaging the other mold half to sever the cladding layer to define the finished shape of the laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: JSP Licenses, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Sandefer, Benji Rude, Arthur C. Stein, Douglas Litwiller, Thomas W. Gibson, David White
  • Mold apparatus and method for one step steam chest molding
    Publication number: 20020121715
    Abstract: A mold apparatus and method for forming a shaped laminate in one step are provided where the laminate includes a cladding layer and a foam backing layer. The apparatus includes a male mold half matable to a female mold half that define a mold cavity. An inlet is mounted on the mold apparatus for introducing foamable materials into the mold cavity. Edge folding members, carried by one of the mold halves, movable from a retracted position to an extended position, fold the cladding layer over at least part of the edge of the foam backing layer. Trim blades are located adjacent to the edge folding members movable from a retracted position adjacent the cavity to an extended position engaging the other mold half to sever the cladding layer to define the finished shape of the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventors: Paul Sandefer, Benji Rude, Arthur C. Stein, Douglas Litwiller, Thomas W. Gibson, David White