Patents by Inventor Dwight E. Chapman

Dwight E. Chapman 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).

  • Enamel receptive banner fabric and method of manufactured thereof
    Patent number: 5173144
    Abstract: This invention is directed to an enamel paint receptive flexible laminate and its method of manufacture. The laminate is useful for making banners, flags, signs and the like that are decorated with enamel poster paints. The laminates of the present invention comprise a base fabric material, a first film coating of a plasticized polyvinyl chloride and a second coating of thermosetting vinyl acrylic copolymer. The thermosetting vinyl acrylic copolymer promotes increased adhesion and decreased drying time of poster paints and lettering enamel when they are applied to the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 22, 1992
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight E. Chapman, David R. Morse
  • Composite sheet material for electromagnetic radiation shielding
    Patent number: 4965408
    Abstract: A radiation shielding laminate includes a layer of a polymeric or copolymeric film; a layer of metal foil; an adhesive in an amount sufficient to bond the metal and the polymeric or copolymeric layers together. A thin metal strip bridging two adjacent laminates is a means by which electricity may flow from one sheet to another and to attach an electrical ground to the layer of metal foil. An optional backing layer may be bonded to the sheet material on the opposite side of the layer of metal foil from the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 23, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight E. Chapman, David A. DeProspero
  • Enamel receptive banner fabric
    Patent number: 4946739
    Abstract: This invention is directed to an enamel paint receptive flexible laminate and its method of manufacture. The laminate is useful for making banners, flags, signs and the like that are decorated with enamel poster paints. The laminates of the present invention comprise a base fabric material, a first film coating of a plasticized polyvinyl chloride and a second coating of thermosetting vinyl acrylic copolymer. The thermosetting vinyl acrylic copolymer promotes increased adhesion and decreased drying time of poster paints and lettering enamel when they are applied to the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1990
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: Dwight E. Chapman, David R. Morse
  • Woven-backed vinyl decorative-coverings with starchy-PVA prepaste adhesive
    Patent number: 4844972
    Abstract: Woven-backed vinyl coverings with starchy-PVA adhesive are readily applicable by "do-it-yourselfers" to interior walls and ceilings, cabinets, other appropriate furniture, and so forth, and are long-lasting when so applied. These coverings are fully strippable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: Borden, Inc.
    Inventors: Vincent Tedeschi, Dwight E. Chapman