Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Brian Hardwick

Geoffrey Brian Hardwick 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).

  • Method of producing core component, and product thereof
    Patent number: 6764625
    Abstract: A core component is molded to include surface depressions to compensate for varying widths and depths of the shell or framing of a building or structural member. The component includes two major surfaces defining respective front and rear sides of the component, and the rear side of the component is preferably the mirror image of the front side. The core component is preferably pre-formed and the surface layers are wetted to contain at least 2%, preferably about 4% to 20%, more moisture than at the thickness center of the mat to provide surfaces capable of adhesive coating for adherence to surrounding structural members, preferably two prefabricated molded doorskins. The core component is preferably made from a composite soft board material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2004
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: John Peter Walsh, Geoffrey Brian Hardwick, Allen Ray Hill
  • Method of producing core component, and product thereof
    Publication number: 20030168769
    Abstract: A core component is molded to include surface depressions to compensate for varying widths and depths of the shell or framing of a building or structural member. The component includes two major surfaces defining respective front and rear sides of the component, and the rear side of the component is preferably the mirror image of the front side. The core component is preferably pre-formed and the surface layers are wetted to contain at least 2%, preferably about 4% to 20%, more moisture than at the thickness center of the mat to provide surfaces capable of adhesive coating for adherence to surrounding structural members, preferably two prefabricated molded doorskins. The core component is preferably made from a composite soft board material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Inventors: John Peter Walsh, Geoffrey Brian Hardwick, Allen Ray Hill