Patents by Inventor Heidi S. Tremblay

Heidi S. Tremblay 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).

  • Submerged hooks
    Patent number: 7422783
    Abstract: Articles having cooperative fasteners are described. The cooperative fasteners comprise an elongated fastening strip with male fasteners extending from a first surface and foam disposed on the first surface, where at least a portion of the foam extends to a height greater than the height of the male fastener elements. In some instances the article is a hat, a mat, a bag, a garment, or a hair roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Heidi S. Tremblay, Richard Schmidt, Wallace L. Kurtz, Jr., William H. Shepard
  • Hook fasteners and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 7172008
    Abstract: A method of making a touch fastener includes coextruding, side-by-side, a plurality of lanes of polymeric material to form a sheet-form base. The sheet-sheet form base includes a lane of a first polymeric material disposed between two lanes of a second polymeric material, the second polymeric material is different from the first polymeric material. The method further includes molding a plurality of discrete fastener element stems extending outwardly from and integral with the sheet-form base in each of the two lanes of the second polymeric mateial and forming engageable heads on the stems.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2007
    Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Brian J. Vanbenschoten, Ernesto S. Tachauer, Wallace L. Kurtz, Jr., Heidi S. Tremblay, Paul A. Dandurand, William P. Clune, Alexander J. Neeb, Joseph E. Pierce, Richard J. Schmidt, Richard W. Tanzer
  • Direct hook engagement
    Patent number: 6904649
    Abstract: A fastening tape has a sheet-form base carrying an array of hooking members (10,22,24,34) each having a height (h) of about 0.008 inch (0.2 millimeter) or less, as measured from the base, and fiber-engaging features, such as re-entrant tips (18,32), disposed less than about 0.003 inch (0.08 millimeter) from their upper surfaces, as measured normal to the base. Such hooking members are employed to releasably engage directly into foams and fine denier non-woven materials, such as those of insulation, filters, construction moisture barriers, disposable gowns and diapers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Brian J. VanBenschoten, Christopher M. Gallant, Hariani Zaki Sepanik, Heidi S. Tremblay
  • Direct hook engagement
    Publication number: 20030121128
    Abstract: A fastening tape has a sheet-form base carrying an array of hooking members (10,22,24,34) each having a height (h) of about 0.008 inch (0.2 millimeter) or less, as measured from the base, and fiber-engaging features, such as re-entrant tips (18,32), disposed less than about 0.003 inch (0.08 millimeter) from their upper surfaces, as measured normal to the base. Such hooking members are employed to releasably engage directly into foams and fine denier non-woven materials, such as those of insulation, filters, construction moisture barriers, disposable gowns and diapers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2002
    Publication date: July 3, 2003
    Inventors: Brian J Vanbenschoten, Christopher M Gallant, Hariani Zaki Sepanik, Heidi S Tremblay
  • Touch fastener element
    Patent number: D516952
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2006
    Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Howard A. Kingsford, William L. Huber, Heidi S. Tremblay
  • Touch fastener element
    Patent number: D527989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Velero Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Howard A. Kingsford, William L. Huber, Heidi S. Tremblay