Patents by Inventor Godfrey J. Pyle

Godfrey J. Pyle 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).

  • Patent number: 4776636
    Abstract: A button forming assembly adapted for use in an upholstered cushion of the type comprising a backing, a flexible cover overlying the backing, and a layer of compressible padding material between the backing and the cover. The button forming assembly comprises a button forming member including a head portion in the shape of a button to be formed, and an attachment portion having a cross sectional area smaller than the cross sectional area of the head portion projecting from one side of the head portion. The cover is secured around the attachment portion with a part of the cover positioned smoothly around the head portion, and attachment means are engaged between the attachment portion and the backing through an opening in the padding material to retain the button forming member in place with the cover under tension and the padding partially compressed around the opening to shape the cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1988
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Godfrey J. Pyle, O. B. Solie, Gerald L. Faulkner
  • Patent number: 4679851
    Abstract: A cushion including a resiliently compressible pad having one or more openings through and disposed at about a right angle to its front surface, an enclosure assembly surrounding the pad and comprising a front cover overlaying the front surface of the pad and having a part extending into the opening, and fastener means for retaining the part of the front cover in the opening including a first hook headed fastener portion attached in the opening and a second fastener portion with loops engaged around the hook heads of said first fastener portion attached to the part of the cover in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: O. B. Solie, Godfrey J. Pyle