Patents by Inventor Gerald D. Van Zeeland

Gerald D. Van Zeeland 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 making paint roller cover
    Patent number: 4100007
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a paint roller cover or similar applicator fabricated partially from animal pelt, such as sheepskin or other like shrinkable material, comprising the steps of forming a sleeve of the shrinkable material, providing an internal core about which the sleeve is embraced, and heat shrinking the sleeve onto the core. The sleeve can be overlapped about at least one end of the core and heat shrunk thereto for applying paint along adjoining corner surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: E Z Paintr
    Inventor: Gerald D. Van Zeeland