Patents by Inventor Bradley L. Forbes

Bradley L. Forbes 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 manufacturing individual wipers having finished edges
    Patent number: 6308538
    Abstract: A knitted web and a method for making the same includes a plurality of wipers, each having a wiper body with a length defined between finished leading and trailing edges and a width defined between opposed, selvaged side edges. The wipers are knitted with continuous yarns, including a primary yarn and a reinforcing yarn, and a separable portion is knitted between individual wipers using a dissociable yarn. Loose primary and reinforcing yarns extending between wipers are cut and the dissociable yarn is removed from between the wipers to separate the web into individual wipers with edges that require no edge treatment to prevent raveling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Berkshire Corporation
    Inventors: William T. Wood, Bradley L. Forbes, Peter S. Simmons, Jr., Christopher J. Fountain, John O'Connell, Richard H. Romer