Patents by Inventor Brian Lovelady

Brian Lovelady 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).

  • TUFTING MACHINES AND METHODS OF TUFTING
    Publication number: 20240068144
    Abstract: A system, apparatus and methods for forming tufted articles can include a hollow needle tufting machine for forming patterned tufted articles including multiple colors of yarns. The hollow needle tufting machine can include a series of hollow needles arranged along a needle bar at a gauge spacing and will receive a series of different color and/or types of yarns from a yarn feed system. A funnel block having a series of funnels configured to receive a series of yarns will be provided adjacent the needle bar for directing selected yarns to a corresponding or associated hollow needle. The hollow needles will be reciprocated into and out of a backing to deliver a series of yarns; and can be engaged by corresponding knives to form tufts of yarns. The knives can be moved between no-cut and cutting positions to form loop and cut pile tufts of yarns in the backing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Ricky E. Mathews, William M. Christman, JR., Brian Lovelady, Jamie Vetter
  • Tufted fabric with embedded stitches
    Patent number: 7431974
    Abstract: The present invention provides for tufted needlefelts with partially or totally obscured loop bights that provide good tuft bind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Tuftco Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Lovelady, Steven Frost, Ernest S Boyd
  • Tufting machine and process for variable stitch rate tufting
    Patent number: 7426895
    Abstract: A tufting machine as disclosed with a variable yarn feed mechanism and a method for tufting patterns with yarns from two rows of needles offset longitudinally from one another in a fashion that the different stitch lengths are selected in a fashion that the yarns from each row of needles are complementary to the other and maintain a consistent stitch density.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Tuftco Corporation
    Inventors: Jeff Smith, Mike Bishop, Brian Lovelady, Roberta M. Rumfola
  • Tufting machine and process for variable stitch rate tufting
    Publication number: 20060070564
    Abstract: A tufting machine as disclosed with a variable yarn feed mechanism and a method for tufting patterns with yarns from two rows of needles offset longitudinally from one another in a fashion that the different stitch lengths are selected in a fashion that the yarns from each row of needles are complementary to the other and maintain a consistent stitch density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Jeff Smith, Mike Bishop, Brian Lovelady, Roberta Rumfola
  • Tufted fabric with embedded stitches
    Publication number: 20050160955
    Abstract: The present invention provides for tufted needlefelts with partially or totally obscured loop bights that provide good tuft bind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2005
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventors: Brian Lovelady, Steven Frost, Ernest Boyd