Patents by Inventor Eric Van Harvey

Eric Van Harvey 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).

  • Molds for manufacturing textured articles, methods of manufacturing thereof and articles manufactured therefrom
    Patent number: 12420456
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of forming a mold comprising disposing a film having a textured surface on a support; pressing the film onto the support to cover a surface of the support; disposing a backing on the film; separating the support from the backing; and molding a material in the backing. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising contacting a first mandrel with a first mold; where the first mold has a textured surface; texturing a surface of the first mandrel with the first mold; disposing the first mandrel in a die; disposing a first material in the die to contact the first mandrel; imparting a texture from the surface of the first mandrel onto the material to form a second mold; and disposing a texture from the second mold onto a second material; where the second material is different from the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2025
    Assignee: SHARKLET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Van Harvey, Ryan Eugene Stoneberg
  • MOLDS FOR MANUFACTURING TEXTURED ARTICLES, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF AND ARTICLES MANUFACTURED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20230382018
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of forming a mold comprising disposing a film having a textured surface on a support; pressing the film onto the support to cover a surface of the support; disposing a backing on the film; separating the support from the backing; and molding a material in the backing. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising contacting a first mandrel with a first mold; where the first mold has a textured surface; texturing a surface of the first mandrel with the first mold; disposing the first mandrel in a die; disposing a first material in the die to contact the first mandrel; imparting a texture from the surface of the first mandrel onto the material to form a second mold; and disposing a texture from the second mold onto a second material; where the second material is different from the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Eric Van Harvey, Ryan Eugene Stoneberg
  • Molds for manufacturing textured articles, methods of manufacturing thereof and articles manufactured therefrom
    Patent number: 11717991
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of forming a mold comprising disposing a film having a textured surface on a support; where the support has a shape of an article to be manufactured; pressing the film onto the support to cover a surface of the support; disposing a backing on the film; separating the support from the backing; and molding a material in the backing. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising contacting a first mandrel with a first mold; where the first mold has a textured surface; texturing a surface of the first mandrel with the first mold; disposing the first mandrel in a die; disposing a first material in the die to contact the first mandrel; imparting a texture from the surface of the first mandrel onto the material to form a second mold; and disposing a texture from the second mold onto a second material; where the second material is different from the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: SHARKLET TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Van Harvey, Ryan Eugene Stoneberg
  • MOLDS FOR MANUFACTURING TEXTURED ARTICLES, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF AND ARTICLES MANUFACTURED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20190291308
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method of forming a mold comprising disposing a film having a textured surface on a support; where the support has a shape of an article to be manufactured; pressing the film onto the support to cover a surface of the support; disposing a backing on the film; separating the support from the backing; and molding a material in the backing. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising contacting a first mandrel with a first mold; where the first mold has a textured surface; texturing a surface of the first mandrel with the first mold; disposing the first mandrel in a die; disposing a first material in the die to contact the first mandrel; imparting a texture from the surface of the first mandrel onto the material to form a second mold; and disposing a texture from the second mold onto a second material; where the second material is different from the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Eric Van Harvey, Ryan Eugene Stoneberg