Patents by Inventor David Robert Reed

David Robert Reed 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: 4082890
    Abstract: A decorative sheet material having a decorative surface and a working surface, the working surface being provided with a coating of a water-activatable adhesive, in which the improvement is disposing a coating of a dry powdered deliquescent material on the adhesive coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1978
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Arthur Burton, David Robert Reed
  • Patent number: 4054697
    Abstract: A sheet material having a decorative surface and a working surface, for application to a support surface is disclosed, the working surface of which is provided with a continuous coating of tacky, pressure-sensitive, adhesive, which adhesive is provided with a coating of a discontinuous layer of resilient, non-adhesive particles. The coating of particles have the ability to be deformed under a load and thus, upon application to a support surface, deform, under pressure, to such an extent as to bring the adhesive and the surface into fuller contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1975
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1977
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: David Robert Reed, Thomas Whitehead Stafford