Patents by Inventor Gerjan van Voorst

Gerjan van Voorst 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).

  • Split resistant fibre
    Patent number: 11939730
    Abstract: A fibre for use in artificial turf has an elongate cross-sectional shape defining a first face and a second face that meet at side edges of the fibre. The first and second faces having respective first and second ridges that are offset with respect to each other, such that the cross-sectional shape is 2-fold rotationally symmetric with no reflectional symmetry. The fibre may be an extruded monofilament and shows improved resilience over symmetrical fibres of similar dimensions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Ten Cate Thiolon B.V.
    Inventors: Gerjan van Voorst, Frank Pfeiffer, Niels Gerhardus Kolkman
  • Split resistant fibre
    Publication number: 20190323179
    Abstract: A fibre for use in artificial turf has an elongate cross-sectional shape defining a first face and a second face that meet at side edges of the fibre. The first and second faces having respective first and second ridges that are offset with respect to each other, such that the cross-sectional shape is 2-fold rotationally symmetric with no reflectional symmetry. The fibre may be an extruded monofilament and shows improved resilience over symmetrical fibres of similar dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Ten Cate Thiolon B.V.
    Inventors: Gerjan van Voorst, Frank Pfeiffer, Niels Gerhardus Kolkman