Patents by Inventor Dennis B. Bills, Sr.

Dennis B. Bills, Sr. 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).

  • Method of making skid-resistant bed liner
    Patent number: 6521154
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a skid-resistant surface on a thermoformed object such as a bed liner. The method includes forming a blank of extruded plastic material, abrading the surface with a wire brush, reheating the blank and thermoforming the blank to open the abraded surface of the blank. The apparatus includes an extruder delivery mechanism delivering a blank of sheet material to a wire brush which is turned by an electric motor at a speed slightly greater and in the same direction as the travel of the blank under the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: The Colonel's, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis B. Bills, Sr.
  • Method of making a skid-resistant bed liner
    Patent number: 6095787
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a skid-resistant surface on a thermoformed object such as a bed liner. The method includes forming a blank of extruded plastic material, abrading the surface with a wire brush, reheating the blank and thermoforming the blank to open the abraded surface of the blank. The apparatus includes an extruder delivery mechanism delivering a blank of sheet material to a wire brush which is turned by an electric motor at a speed slightly greater and in the same direction as the travel of the blank under the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2000
    Assignee: The Colonel's, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis B. Bills, Sr.
  • Truck bed liner with reinforced corners
    Patent number: 5540473
    Abstract: A truck bed liner is provided with an arrangement of angled wall portions and fillets to provide strength. A center front wall portion is angled forwardly between a pair of vertically aligned end panels having angled fillets to provide strength and rigidity. The angled center portion permits stacking of 4'.times.8' sheet material. A channel is formed in the floor to permit drainage of water from forward corners of the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: The Colonel's, Inc.
    Inventor: Dennis B. Bills, Sr.