Patents by Inventor Gerard S. Boyce

Gerard S. Boyce 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).

  • Sign post comprising composite material
    Patent number: 8341860
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tubular support (12) comprising a composite layer of resin and longitudinal arranged first fibers (66), said tubular support (12) further comprising longitudinal arranged second fibers (68) that are concentrated in discrete domains along the circumference of the tubular support, said second fibers having a Tensile modulus that is higher than the Tensile modulus of said first fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Frangible Safety Posts Limited
    Inventors: Gerard S. Boyce, Nigel A. Finney, Ralph T. Middleton, Nicholas L. Weatherby
  • SIGN POST COMPRISING COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20100112249
    Abstract: There is provided a tubular support comprising a first composite layer of resin and longitudinal arranged fibers (66, 98) having on each of its opposite major sides a further composite layer (64, 70) comprising resin, transverse fibers at an angle of between 10 and 80° relative to the longitudinal axis of said tubular support and traverse fibers at an angle of between ?10 and ?80° relative to the longitudinal axis of said tubular support. The method for producing this tubular support is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Gerard S. Boyce
  • SIGN POST COMPRISING COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20100101130
    Abstract: The present invention provides a tubular support (12) comprising a composite layer of resin and longitudinal arranged first fibers (66), said tubular support (12) further comprising longitudinal arranged second fibers (68) that are concentrated in discrete domains along the circumference of the tubular support, said second fibers having a Tensile modulus that is higher than the Tensile modulus of said first fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Publication date: April 29, 2010
    Inventor: Gerard S. Boyce