Patents by Inventor Gabriele Biava

Gabriele Biava 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: 10271618
    Abstract: There is provided a slide fastener stringer. A substrate tape includes a first main side having a rough surface structure perceptible to the eye and/or the touch and a second main side opposite to the first main side. A gripping member is affixed to a longitudinal edge of the first main side of the substrate tape. A cover sheet is made of an artificial flexible material and has a 5 top surface provided with a predetermined design and a bottom layer made of a thermoformable material having a predetermined thickness. The bottom layer is attached to the second main side of the substrate tape such that the surface structure of the second main side of the substrate tape is not perceivable through the cover sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni La Rocca, Gabriele Biava, Pier Marco Gabutti
  • Publication number: 20160255920
    Abstract: There is provided a slide fastener stringer. A substrate tape includes a first main side having a rough surface structure perceptible to the eye and/or the touch and a second main side opposite to the first main side. A gripping member is affixed to a longitudinal edge of the first main side of the substrate tape. A cover sheet is made of an artificial flexible material and has a 5 top surface provided with a predetermined design and a bottom layer made of a thermoformable material having a predetermined thickness. The bottom layer is attached to the second main side of the substrate tape such that the surface structure of the second main side of the substrate tape is not perceivable through the cover sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: YKK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Giovanni La Rocca, Gabriele Biava, Pier Marco Gabutti
  • Patent number: 9237783
    Abstract: The slide fastener includes a pair of stringers, each including a flexible tape having first and second sides facing in opposite directions, and outer and inner longitudinal edges, and coupling elements attached to the first side of the tape, for engagement with corresponding coupling elements of the tape of the other stringer. In the disengaged condition of the coupling elements, inner longitudinal edge portions of the stringers project beyond the respective coupling elements toward the other stringer, to an extent such that when the coupling elements are engaged with each other, the inner longitudinal edge portions of the stringers are engaged with one another in a substantially overlapped condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: YKK Corporation
    Inventors: Giovanni La Rocca, Gabriele Biava, Piero Masserano
  • Publication number: 20140304954
    Abstract: The slide fastener comprises a pair of stringers, each including a flexible tape having first and second sides facing in opposite directions, and outer and inner longitudinal edges, and coupling elements attached to the first side of the tape, for engagement with corresponding coupling elements of the tape of the other stringer. In the disengaged condition of the coupling elements, inner longitudinal edge portions of the stringers project beyond the respective coupling elements toward the other stringer, to an extent such that when the coupling elements are engaged with each other, the inner longitudinal edge portions of the stringers are engaged with one another in a substantially overlapped condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2012
    Publication date: October 16, 2014
    Inventors: Giovanni La Rocca, Gabriele Biava, Piero Masserano