Patents by Inventor Bradley B. Critchfield

Bradley B. Critchfield 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).

  • Method and apparatus for automated generation and sewing of a border pattern
    Patent number: 10082776
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automated assisted generation, by a user, of a digitized border pattern for a border zone of a fabric article, and automated assisted sewing of the digitized border pattern, the border pattern incorporating a plurality of border pattern segments having one or more pattern lines, the actuator displaying the border zone to the user, presenting available digitized border pattern segments to the user for selection, positioning, orienting, scaling, and selective interconnecting, by the user through interaction with the actuator, for integration of the selected border pattern segments into the digitized border pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Gracewood Management, Inc.
    Inventor: Bradley B. Critchfield
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATED GENERATION AND SEWING OF A BORDER PATTERN
    Publication number: 20170285593
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for automated assisted generation, by a user, of a digitized border pattern for a border zone of a fabric article, and automated assisted sewing of the digitized border pattern, the border pattern incorporating a plurality of border pattern segments having one or more pattern lines, the actuator displaying the border zone to the user, presenting available digitized border pattern segments to the user for selection, positioning, orienting, scaling, and selective interconnecting, by the user through interaction with the actuator, for integration of the selected border pattern segments into the digitized border pattern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2016
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Applicant: Gracewood Management, Inc.
    Inventor: Bradley B. Critchfield