Patents by Inventor Charles I. Howell

Charles I. Howell 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).

  • Carpet web having patterned adhesive segments on the backing thereof and method of manufacture of the same
    Patent number: 4242389
    Abstract: A flexible carpet web having a plurality of spaced apart pressure sensitive adhesive segments disposed in a patterned relationship on the backing thereof, and in which the same are preferably patterned according to certain given parameters involving the relation of the total area of the adhesive segments to the weight and/or the area of the carpet web, the spacing between adhesive segment centers as related to the area of the adhesive segments, and/or the spacing apart of the adhesive segments in relation to the configuration thereof; and a method of manufacture of a carpet web having adhesive segments applied to the backing thereof for facile installation thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1979
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1980
    Assignee: World Carpets, Inc.
    Inventor: Charles I. Howell