Patents by Inventor James A. Wattie

James A. Wattie 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: 5138732
    Abstract: A pillow is of rectangular form and formed by adhering together a top part and base part, the top part being of a softer material than that of the base part. The base part has front and rear rolls at its longer sides and side rolls at its shorter sides, upper and lower surfaces of the pillow having respective large, central recessed areas between the front and rear rolls, the rolls being interrupted by minor recesses extending from respective sides of the pillow into the central recessed areas of the upper and lower surfaces respectively, the front and rear rolls forming on each surface a central main buttress and together with the side rolls forming four corner buttresses, side buttresses also being formed between pairs of adjacent corner buttresses respectively, the side buttresses tapering in width and height away from their respective associated sides of the pillow into a central recessed area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: National Research Development Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Wattie, Joanna M. Wattie
  • Patent number: 5084926
    Abstract: A pillow is of rectangular form having front and rear rolls (17,18) at its longer sides and side rolls at its shorter sides, upper and lower surfaces (15, 16) of the pillow having respective large, central recessed areas (19, 20) between the front and rear rolls, the rolls being interrupted by minor recesses (21, 22 21a, 22a30, 31) extending from respective sides of the pillow into the central recessed areas of the upper and lower surfaces respectively, the front and rear rolls forming on each surface a central main buttress and together with the side rolls forming four corner buttresses, side buttresses also being formed between pairs of adjacent corner buttresses respectively, the side buttresses tapering in width and height away from their respective associated sides of the pillow into a central recessed area (19, 20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 4, 1992
    Assignee: National Research Development Corporation
    Inventors: James A. Wattie, Joanne M. Wattie