Patents by Inventor Douglas E. Pryor

Douglas E. Pryor 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 and apparatus for making a tire mold
    Patent number: 5449483
    Abstract: Making a tire mold by spraying molten atomized metal on a model to form a metal shell and then reinforcing the shell with a resin backing to form a mold segment for the tire mold. Modular shoe container assemblies have replaceable backing members for making different size molds and flat plate spacers for providing different thicknesses of the mold segment. In one embodiment a slide block is used for one side of the cavity whereby a sole plate is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1994
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1995
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Alan Greenwood, Paul T. Hardy, Veronique Moris-Herbeuval, Werner Hillman, Norbert Majerus, Douglas E. Pryor, Timothy M. Rooney, Ronda R. Bayer-Thayer, David L. Wolfe
  • Tennis net and method of making
    Patent number: 5052686
    Abstract: A tennis net according to the present invention includes a length of netting having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, with the side edges of the netting being spaced apart from each other and joining the top edge to the bottom edge. A headband of preferably thermoplastic material is folded upon itself longitudinally to enclose a portion of the top edge of the netting and then welded to itself in a predetermined manner to retain the headband on the netting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 1990
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: Sport Supply Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas E. Pryor