Patents by Inventor David Erick Fuller

David Erick Fuller 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).

  • Needling fibrous webs
    Patent number: 9790626
    Abstract: Methods for forming a touch fastening material are described as including: providing a lengthwise-incoherent layer of staple fibers supported directly on a bed of bristle tips of a brush; needling the layer of staple fibers by cycling needles through the layer of staple fibers and into the brush; then, while the needled layer of staple fibers remains supported on the brush, fusing portions of the staple fibers by at least partially melting resin of the fibers disposed outside the brush; and then pulling the layer of fibers from the brush as a lengthwise-coherent touch fastening material having exposed fastening loops pulled from between the brush bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: Velcro BVBA
    Inventors: Christopher M. Gallant, James R. Barker, Gregory K. Kopanski, David Erick Fuller
  • NEEDLING FIBROUS WEBS
    Publication number: 20160222559
    Abstract: Methods for forming a touch fastening material are described as including: providing a lengthwise-incoherent layer of staple fibers supported directly on a bed of bristle tips of a brush; needling the layer of staple fibers by cycling needles through the layer of staple fibers and into the brush; then, while the needled layer of staple fibers remains supported on the brush, fusing portions of the staple fibers by at least partially melting resin of the fibers disposed outside the brush; and then pulling the layer of fibers from the brush as a lengthwise-coherent touch fastening material having exposed fastening loops pulled from between the brush bristles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher M. Gallant, James R. Barker, Gregory K. Kopanski, David Erick Fuller
  • Needling fibrous webs
    Patent number: 9388519
    Abstract: Methods for forming a touch fastening material are described as including: providing a lengthwise-incoherent layer of staple fibers supported directly on a bed of bristle tips of a brush; needling the layer of staple fibers by cycling needles through the layer of staple fibers and into the brush; then, while the needled layer of staple fibers remains supported on the brush, fusing portions of the staple fibers by at least partially melting resin of the fibers disposed outside the brush; and then pulling the layer of fibers from the brush as a lengthwise-coherent touch fastening material having exposed fastening loops pulled from between the brush bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Velcro BVBA
    Inventors: Christopher M. Gallant, James R. Barker, Gregory R. Kopanski, David Erick Fuller