Patents by Inventor Frank Nicolaus

Frank Nicolaus 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).

  • Patent number: 5116557
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of making in a mould cavity objects having an outer wall from a micro-cellular or non-cellular elastomer (7) and a core consisting at least partly of a synthetic foam (9), including the following steps: in a first step, a layer (7) of the elastomer is applied by spraying onto the surface (1) defining the mould cavity, and then, in a second step, before the elastomer is completely cured, a reaction mixture for obtaining a synthetic foam (9) is injected in the thus by the formed elastomer layer (7) defined space (8) of the mould cavity and wherein, in a third step, after the synthetic foam (9) has been cured substantially completely and forms a whole with the elastomer layer (7), the thus obtained object is demoulded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1992
    Assignee: Recticel
    Inventors: Bernard Debaes, Hugo De Winter, Frank Nicolaus