Patents by Inventor Hal G. Johnson

Hal G. Johnson 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 manufacturing a decorative ribbon with wire thread and product
    Patent number: 5271984
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a decorative ribbon, including the steps of gathering an elongate ribbon, stitching the ribbon along the length thereof while gathered with wire thread to hold the ribbon in the gathered condition. The ribbon may also be heat set while held in the gathered condition by the wire stitches. A ribbon according to the method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1993
    Assignee: Ribbon Textiles, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Thurman Johnson, Hal G. Johnson
  • Decorative ribbon and method of manufacturing same
    Patent number: 5145725
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a decorative ribbon, including the steps of gathering an elongate ribbon, stitching the ribbon along the length thereof while gathered to hold the ribbon in the gathered condition and heat setting the ribbon while held in the gathered condition by the stitches to permanently set the ribbon itself into the gathered condition. A variation in the appearance of the ribbon is achieved by winding the gathered ribbon onto a mandrel before heat setting the ribbon, heat setting the ribbon while the ribbon is wound onto the mandrel to place an axially repeating permanent twist into the ribbon, and removing the heat set ribbon from the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Ribbon Textiles, Inc.
    Inventors: R. Thurman Johnson, Hal G. Johnson