Patents by Inventor Bobby Edwards

Bobby Edwards 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).

  • Patent number: 5484561
    Abstract: A vehicle air bag installation comprises an air bag mounted in a unitary container comprising a molded plastic substrate having an I-shaped slot defining a pair of doors with integral hinges, and a continuous self-skinned polyurethane foam covering adhered thereto during the formation of the covering. The covering has predetermined weakened sections formed along a tear line defined by the slot which rupture during air bag deployment to facilitate door opening. The covering material is an aliphatic or aromatic isocyanate cured low density polyurethane foam having a durometer of 35-60 Shore A. The unitary container is formed by providing a molded plastic container substrate having slots defining the doors, placing the substrate in a mold having a cover, placing a core within the mold to support the substrate. The core has a plurality of upstanding spaced blades projecting into the slots into spaced relation to the mold cover. Urethane foam is injected into the mold and the cover is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: John C. Weber, Bobby Edwards
  • Patent number: 5047238
    Abstract: An efficacious parenterally administered inactivated canine coronavirus vaccine which provides systemic, humoral protection and also protection of the intestinal tract in dogs from infection by virulent canine coronavirus is produced. A method for propagation of the canine coronavirus and its attenuation and a method of evaluating the effectiveness of a canine coronavirus vaccine in canines is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 10, 1991
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Acree, Bobby Edwards, John W. Black
  • Patent number: 4824785
    Abstract: An efficacious parenterally administered modified live Canine Corona virus vaccine which provides systemic, humoral protection and also protection of the intestinal tract in dogs from infection by virulent Canine Corona virus is produced. A method for propagation of the Canine Corona virus and its attenuation and a method of evaluating the effectiveness of a Canine Corona virus vaccine in canines is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1989
    Assignee: American Home Products Corp. (Del)
    Inventors: William M. Acree, Bobby Edwards, John W. Black
  • Patent number: 4567043
    Abstract: An efficacious parenterally administered modified live Canine Corona virus vaccine which provides systemic, humoral protection and also protection of the intestinal tract in dogs from infection by virulent Canine Corona virus is produced. A method for propagation of the Canine Corona virus and its attenuation and a method of evaluating the effectiveness of a Canine Corona virus vaccine in canines is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation (Del.)
    Inventors: William M. Acree, Bobby Edwards, John W. Black
  • Patent number: 4567042
    Abstract: An efficacious parenterally administered inactivated canine coronavirus vaccine which provides systemic, humoral protection and also protection of the intestinal tract in dogs from infection by virulent canine coronavirus is produced. A method for propagation of the canine coronavirus and its attenuation and a method of evaluating the effectiveness of a canine coronavirus vaccine in canines is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: January 28, 1986
    Assignee: American Home Products Corporation
    Inventors: William M. Acree, Bobby Edwards, John W. Black
  • Patent number: D677478
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Inventors: Judy Edwards, Bill Edwards, Bobby Edwards