Patents by Inventor James Van Lear

James Van Lear 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: 12251027
    Abstract: A rotary drum system and method for the formation of a gel infused pliant foam body including a rotary drum, a gel heating metal table, a gel heating metal table cover, a plurality of pliant foam core bodies, an overhead double-beam bridge crane, a rotary drum anchorage conveyor frame, a rack and pinion motor, a rotary drum, a rotary drum motor, a dual gripping effector, a gel position sensor, an exhaust hood, a heated gel infused pliant foam core body lift, a heated gel infused pliant foam core body resting and transport table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventors: John Robert Larsen, James Van Lear
  • Patent number: 11766811
    Abstract: A gel-foam body amalgamation system including a vacuum lift-table; a gel heating metal lift-table; a gel foam fusion lift-table; an overhead double-beam bridge crane; a hood conveyor apparatus; a hood; a foam core body; an intermediary foam core body; a vacuum lift-table cover; a gel heating metal lift-table cover; and a gel foam fusion lift-table. A method of operating the gel-foam body amalgamation system for producing a dual-core foam body amalgamate including a foam core body and an intermediate foam core body. In another embodiment, a gel body amalgamation system including a vacuum table; a heating metal table, a fusion table; and overhead double-beam bridge crane; a hood conveyor apparatus; a hood; a core body; an intermediary core body. A method including a core body and an intermediate core body for producing a dual-core body amalgamate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventors: John Robert Larsen, James Van Lear
  • Publication number: 20120167308
    Abstract: The disclosure and claims herein are directed to a composite support pad comprising a foam base portion with a top surface, an opposing bottom surface substantially parallel to the top surface, and a plurality of receptacles in the foam base portion, and a top portion comprising a top layer on the top surface with a plurality of columns extending from the top layer into the receptacles. The disclosure and claims herein are also directed to a method for producing a composite support pad, the method comprising the steps of providing a foam base portion with a top surface, an opposing bottom surface substantially parallel to the top surface, and a plurality of receptacles in the foam base portion, applying a composition to the foam base portion, and curing the composition, wherein the curing adheres the top layer to the top surface and the columns to the receptacles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: James Van Lear