Patents by Inventor Erick A. Phillips

Erick A. Phillips 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).

  • Architectural Covering with Woven Material
    Publication number: 20220205147
    Abstract: A covering for an architectural feature includes a woven material. The woven material is made at least partially from binder yarns to form a woven fabric. The binder yarns are heated after the fabric is woven to a temperature sufficient to cause the binder yarns to bond and fuse to adjacent yarns at crossover points. The woven material is inherently resistant to fraying and/or unraveling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventor: Erick A. Phillips
  • FABRIC HAVING A BACKING MATERIAL FOR A COVERING FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL OPENING
    Publication number: 20220127904
    Abstract: An architectural covering with an operable vane having a fabric backing is provided. The vane may include a vane fabric and a backing material connected to the vane fabric by a layer of adhesive. The backing material may increase a machine-direction stiffness of the vane while slightly affecting a cross-direction stiffness of the vane. As such, the vane may have increased stiffness in its machine direction while simultaneously remaining flexible in its cross direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: David Lynch, Erick A. Phillips, Paul G. Swiszcz, Stephen T. Wisecup
  • Fabric having a backing material for a covering for an architectural opening
    Patent number: 11242711
    Abstract: An architectural covering with an operable vane having a fabric backing is provided. The vane may include a vane fabric and a backing material connected to the vane fabric by a layer of adhesive. The backing material may increase a machine-direction stiffness of the vane while slightly affecting a cross-direction stiffness of the vane. As such, the vane may have increased stiffness in its machine direction while simultaneously remaining flexible in its cross direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: HUNTER DOUGLAS INC.
    Inventors: David Lynch, Erick A. Phillips, Paul G. Swiszcz, Stephen T. Wisecup
  • FABRIC HAVING A BACKING MATERIAL FOR A COVERING FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL OPENING
    Publication number: 20180216402
    Abstract: An architectural covering with an operable vane having a fabric backing is provided. The vane may include a vane fabric and a backing material connected to the vane fabric by a layer of adhesive. The backing material may increase a machine-direction stiffness of the vane while slightly affecting a cross-direction stiffness of the vane. As such, the vane may have increased stiffness in its machine direction while simultaneously remaining flexible in its cross direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: David Lynch, Erick A. Phillips, Paul G. Swiszcz, Stephen T. Wisecup