Patents by Inventor Frank A. DiGioia

Frank A. DiGioia 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).

  • Automotive carpet mat and method of preparing same
    Patent number: 4016318
    Abstract: A moldable tufted carpet automobile mat, the molded mat and the process of preparing the mat, the moldable automobile mat comprising in combination: a tufted carpet having a tufted face surface and a back surface; a thin layer of a stiff, heat-moldable thermoplastic urethane resin having a thickness of up to about one-eighth of an inch, the layer bonded to the back surface of the carpet to secure the tufts to the carpet; and a thick layer of a flexible, cross-linked, thermoset, elastomeric, urethane resin secured to the stiff thermoplastic urethane resin layer, the elastomeric layer having a thickness from about one-eighth of an inch to about three-eighths of an inch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: General Latex and Chemical Corporation
    Inventors: Frank A. DiGioia, Timothy W. Brown