Patents by Inventor Dana Barone

Dana Barone 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: 6167939
    Abstract: The no-sew window drapery system comprises tucking fabric into a rod. The rod has a profile that creates an opening across the entire length and sufficient space in the interior to accept the fabric. The rod may additionally incorporate a locking system to secure the fabric ends inside the rod. The fabric employed is fed into the opening created by the profile, arranged into the style desired and secured into place. Because of the characteristics of the plastic, and the close-fit force exerted on the fabric, the result is to provide a rod which holds the fabric in place. Yet it is easy to install the fabric without the need for any sewing and still give the fabric a customized look.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2001
    Inventor: Dana A. Barone
  • Patent number: 6047421
    Abstract: The no-sew upholstery system of the invention comprises a soft or semi-soft foam which is covered by fabric through a wrap and tuck process. The form incorporates an opening through an exterior surface. The fabric employed is wrapped around the form and its ends are tucked through the exterior opening. The form may also incorporate a pocket in the interior to provide additional area for accepting the fabric. Multiple fabric accents and devices for decoration and locking function may be selectively inserted into the opening. Because of the characteristics of the foam and the close-fit force exerted on the ends of fabric, the result is to provide a form which holds the fabric in place-yet, one which is easy to cover by the purchaser without the need for any sewing, gluing or stapling to give a customized look.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2000
    Inventor: Dana A. Barone
  • Patent number: 5383635
    Abstract: The no-sew fabric wrap tables of the invention comprise a pair of forms of semi-soft foam which are covered by fabric through a wrap and tuck process. Each form incorporates a straight slit cut into an exterior surface running along its entire length, and each form additionally incorporates a cross-shaped slot running through its center, also along its entire length. The fabric employed is wrapped around each form, cut to the length desired, with its ends fitted into the straight slit. The sides of the fabric are then tucked into each cross-shaped slot. Once so completed, the forms are slid over the angled edges of a metal stem which is joined to the base and cap of the table being made. Each fabric wrapped form then covers half the stem, being joined together side by side, and providing a seamless finish as the included slits become undetectable when they meet side-by-side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Inventor: Dana Barone
  • Patent number: 5361821
    Abstract: The no-sew window treatment of the invention comprises a form of semi-soft foam which is covered by fabric through a wrap and tuck process, along with a mounting assembly for securing the semi-soft foam to a vertical wall surface as a window treatment. The form incorporates a straight slit cut into an exterior surface running along its entire length, and additionally incorporates a cross-shaped slot running through its center, also along its entire length. The fabric employed is wrapped around the form, cut to the length desired, and its ends are then fitted into the straight slit; the sides of the fabric are then tucked into the cross-shaped slot. The mounting assembly for the semi-soft foam incorporates a rod inserted within the slit, but extending outwardly therefrom, to join with an L-bracket for connection to the vertical wall surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 8, 1994
    Inventor: Dana Barone
  • Patent number: 5152331
    Abstract: The no-sew window treatment of the invention comprises a form of semi-soft foam which is covered by fabric through a wrap and tuck process. The form incorporates a straight slit cut into an exterior surface running along its entire length. The form additionally incorporates a cross-shaped slot running through its center, also along its entire length. The fabric employed is wrapped around the form, cut to the length desired, and its ends are then fitted into the straight slit; the sides of the fabric are then tucked into the cross-shaped slot. Because of the semi-soft characteristics of the foam, and the close-fit force exerted on the ends and sides of the fabric, the result is to provide a form which holds the fabric in place--yet, one which is easy to install, cover and assemble (even by the purchaser) and without the need for any sewing to give a customized look.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1992
    Inventor: Dana A. Barone