Patents by Inventor Deirdre T. Rapacz

Deirdre T. Rapacz 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: 4500592
    Abstract: A tent insulation liner which functions to both retain heat within the tent uring the winter heating season and reduce the external heat load during the summer air conditioning season. The liner is positioned on the interior side of an outer tent shell and is formed by alternating plies of fibrous flame retardant (FR) polyester batting, metallic reflective film and fibrous FR polyester batting and having fiberglass fabric as external cover layers. Optimum insulative properties were found to occur when a three-ply quilting arrangement was employed in which each fiberglass fabric layer was quilted to the adjacent FR batting layer and the two metallic film layers were quilted together with a FR batting layer between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1985
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Calvin K. Lee, Deirdre T. Rapacz