Patents by Inventor Clayton S. Smith

Clayton S. Smith 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 of forming a membrane, especially a latex membrane, having a biocide barrier
    Patent number: 5165953
    Abstract: Methods of forming a chemical barrier against the transmission of disease-causing microbes and other harmful agents through a membrane such as latex. In the principal method, a mold or former is coded with a coagulant, which is dried, and then the former is dipped into liquid latex, which is allowed to gel, and then the former is dipped into a solution containing the biocide, and then the former is dipped again into the liquid latex, after which the entire coating on the former is cured. Alternatively, the biocide may be sprayed or otherwise applied onto the gelled latex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 24, 1992
    Assignee: Robin Renee Thill Shlenker
    Inventors: Robin R. T. Shlenker, Clive C. Solomons, Jerry D. Plunkett, Clayton S. Smith
  • Method of forming a membrane, especially a latex membrane, having a biocide barrier
    Patent number: 5128168
    Abstract: Methods of forming a chemical barrier against the transmission of disease-causing microbes and other harmful agents through a membrane such as latex. In the principal method, a mold or former is coded with a coagulant, which is dried, and then the former is dipped into liquid latex, which is allowed to gel, and then the former is dipped into a solution containing the biocide, and then the former is dipped again into the liquid latex, after which the entire coating on the former is cured. Alternatively, the biocide may be sprayed otherwise applied onto the gelled latex.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 7, 1992
    Assignee: Robin R. T. Shlenker
    Inventors: Robin R. T. Shlenker, Clive C. Solomons, Jerry D. Plunkett, Clayton S. Smith