Patents by Inventor Glen HUSSMANN

Glen HUSSMANN 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).

  • Random Tile Installation Using Non-Random Installation Technique
    Publication number: 20150037547
    Abstract: A modular textile system includes a plurality of modular tiles having a machine direction. Each modular tile includes an indicium that is randomly oriented with respect to the machine direction and/or randomly positioned on the tile. The modular tiles are positioned in an installation with the indicia arranged in a uniform manner, so that the resulting installation of modular tiles is a random modular tile installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Glen Hussmann
  • Random tile installation using non-random installation technique
    Patent number: 8898879
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a modular textile system includes dividing a textile web into a plurality of frames that define carpet tiles to be formed from the textile web, providing each frame with an indicium, and forming the textile web into a plurality of carpet tiles. The indicium may include at least one of a variously oriented indicium and a variously positioned indicium for indicating the orientation of each carpet tile in an installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Tandus Flooring, Inc.
    Inventor: Glen Hussmann
  • Random Tile Installation Using Non-Random Installation Technique
    Publication number: 20120110804
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a modular textile system includes dividing a textile web into a plurality of frames that define carpet tiles to be formed from the textile web, providing each frame with an indicium, and forming the textile web into a plurality of carpet tiles. The indicium may include at least one of a variously oriented indicium and a variously positioned indicium for indicating the orientation of each carpet tile in an installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2011
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Applicant: Tandus Flooring, Inc.
    Inventor: Glen HUSSMANN