Patents by Inventor Cynthia A. Houfek

Cynthia A. Houfek 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).

  • Coil seam for single layer industrial fabrics having an uneven shed pattern
    Patent number: 5488976
    Abstract: A seam construction for joining the ends of an industrial fabric. The fabric having machine direction and cross machine direction yarns interwoven in an uneven shed pattern that defines a single layer fabric body. The machine direction yarns at each end define a series of loops that secure a respective coil seam member to each end of the fabric. The machine direction yarns of the fabric are woven in a repeated pattern having "n" yarns, wherein "n" is an uneven number and "(n-1).div.2" machine direction yarns are woven back into the body of the fabric in a shed pattern defined by another machine direction yarn and the "n.sup.th " yarn is woven back into the body of the fabric in its identical shed pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 6, 1996
    Assignee: Asten, Inc.
    Inventors: Michelle M. Lorenz, Cynthia A. Houfek