Patents by Inventor Jan G. Vos

Jan G. Vos 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).

  • Underwater terrain reinforcement matting
    Patent number: 4168335
    Abstract: A matting is disclosed for reinforcing underwater terrains. The matting is made of sections of looped intersecting synthetic polymer filaments bonded to one another at their points of intersection, at least one section being temporarily buoyant in water. The matting disclosed may be towed into position and then submerged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1979
    Assignee: Akzona Incorporated
    Inventors: Jan G. Vos, Berthold H. Daimler, Wilhelm Herveling, Alfred Birker, Siegfried Langefeld
  • Nonwoven horizontal drainage system
    Patent number: 4019326
    Abstract: A horizontal soil drainage system consisting of a nonwoven three-dimensional mat of a plurality of looped, intersecting and substantially amorphous filaments of melt-spun synthetic polymers bonded together at their intersections, at least one of the outer surfaces of said mat having a lower cross-sectional porosity than the center zone of said mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 1972
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Assignee: Akzona Incorporated
    Inventors: Wilhelm Herveling, Alfred Birker, Berthold H. Daimler, Jan G. Vos, Hans Stapp