Patents by Inventor Charles PETTIT

Charles PETTIT 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).

  • Patent number: 11708307
    Abstract: A composition comprises at least one form of attapulgite present in a solid weight fraction amount ranging from 0.25% to 5%; kaolin present in a solid weight fraction amount ranging from 17% to 50%; and optionally Ball Clay in a solid weight fraction amount ranging from 0% to 25%. Although makeable by other processes, in some embodiments, the composition is makeable by mixing component ingredients. Although usable for other purposes, in some embodiments, the composition is used to make ceramic pieces, e.g., via casting, pressing, jiggering or jollying, especially when the slip has solids, chemistry and viscosity suitable for shaping before drying, sintering, and optionally finishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Active Minerals International, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Clay Parker, Robert J. Purcell, Jr., Matthew J. Lyman, Donald Keith Mills, John W. Kitchens, Charles Pettit, James Cutright
  • Patent number: 11198646
    Abstract: A composition comprises at least one form of attapulgite present in a solid weight fraction amount ranging from 0.25% to 5%; kaolin present in a solid weight fraction amount ranging from 17% to 50%; and optionally Ball Clay in a solid weight fraction amount ranging from 0% to 25%. Although makeable by other processes, in some embodiments, the composition is makeable by mixing component ingredients. Although usable for other purposes, in some embodiments, the composition is used to make ceramic pieces, e.g., via casting, pressing, jiggering or jollying, especially when the slip has solids, chemistry and viscosity suitable for shaping before drying, sintering, and optionally finishing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Active Minerals International, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Clay Parker, Robert J. Purcell, Jr., Matthew J. Lyman, Donald Keith Mills, John W. Kitchens, Charles Pettit, James Cutright
  • Publication number: 20210221740
    Abstract: A composition comprises at least one form of attapulgite present in a solid weight fraction amount ranging from 0.25% to 5%; kaolin present in a solid weight fraction amount ranging from 17% to 50%; and optionally Ball Clay in a solid weight fraction amount ranging from 0% to 25%. Although makeable by other processes, in some embodiments, the composition is makeable by mixing component ingredients. Although usable for other purposes, in some embodiments, the composition is used to make ceramic pieces, e.g., via casting, pressing, jiggering or jollying, especially when the slip has solids, chemistry and viscosity suitable for shaping before drying, sintering, and optionally finishing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Dennis Clay PARKER, Robert J. PURCELL, Jr., Matthew J. LYMAN, Donald Keith MILLS, John W. KITCHENS, Charles PETTIT, James Cutright
  • Publication number: 20210032164
    Abstract: A composition comprises at least one form of attapulgite present in a solid weight fraction amount ranging from 0.25% to 5%; kaolin present in a solid weight fraction amount ranging from 17% to 50%; and optionally Ball Clay in a solid weight fraction amount ranging from 0% to 25%. Although makeable by other processes, in some embodiments, the composition is makeable by mixing component ingredients. Although usable for other purposes, in some embodiments, the composition is used to make ceramic pieces, e.g., via casting, pressing, jiggering or jollying, especially when the slip has solids, chemistry and viscosity suitable for shaping before drying, sintering, and optionally finishing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Dennis Clay PARKER, Robert J. PURCELL, JR., Matthew J. LYMAN, Donald Keith MILLS, John W. KITCHENS, Charles PETTIT, James Cutright
  • Patent number: 5346240
    Abstract: A trunk extends down through an opening in the truck's flat bed. A mounting frame is pivoted in the trunk and swings to an open position where the fifth wheel mounted thereon is exposed. Locks releaseably retain the frame in the open and in the closed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Inventor: Charles A. Pettit