Patents by Inventor Bradley S. McKay

Bradley S. McKay 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).

  • Apparatus for making a surface treating article
    Patent number: 7182682
    Abstract: An apparatus for making a surface treating article, and in one embodment for making a plurality of surface treating articles. The apparatus includes an attaching means for attaching a fastener to a surface treating web and a cutting means for cutting the web around the fastener to provide a surface treating article. In one embodiment, a sensor, such as a machine vision system, senses a position of the fastener on the web, with this sensed position being used to direct operation of the cutting means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Bates, Stanley L. Conwell, Douglas E. Devaney, Darla A. Elgin, Peter J. Fritz, Richard L. Fry, Bruce W. Livermore, James W. Malaske, Bradley S. McKay, Paul J. Richtman
  • Method of making a surface treating article and such a surface treating article
    Patent number: 6817935
    Abstract: A surface treating article including a surface treating member and a fastener including a fiducial. The present invention also provides a preferred method of making a surface treating article that includes to a method of sensing the location of a fasteners on a surface treating web and thereafter cutting the surface treating web around the fastener to provide a surface treating article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Bates, Stanley L. Conwell, Douglas E. Devaney, Darla A. Elgin, Peter J. Fritz, Richard L. Fry, Bruce W. Livermore, James W. Malaske, Bradley S. McKay, Paul J. Richtman
  • Method of making a surface treating article and such a surface treating article
    Publication number: 20030207652
    Abstract: A surface treating article including a surface treating member and a fastener including a fiducial. The present invention also provides a preferred method of making a surface treating article that includes to a method of sensing the location of a fasteners on a surface treating web and thereafter cutting the surface treating web around the fastener to provide a surface treating article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2003
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Bates, Stanley L. Conwell, Douglas E. Devaney, Darla A. Elgin, Peter J. Fritz, Richard L. Fry, Bruce W. Livermore, James W. Malaske, Bradley S. McKay, Paul J. Richtman
  • Method of making a surface treating article
    Patent number: 6609951
    Abstract: A surface treating article including a surface treating member and a fastener including a fiducial. The present invention also provides a preferred method of making a surface treating article that includes to a method of sensing the location of a fasteners on a surface treating web and thereafter cutting the surface treating web around the fastener to provide a surface treating article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Michael S. Bates, Stanley L. Conwell, Douglas E. Devaney, Darla A. Elgin, Peter J. Fritz, Richard L. Fry, Bruce W. Livermore, James W. Malaske, Bradley S. McKay, Paul J. Richtman