Patents by Inventor Jeffery Hurley

Jeffery Hurley 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).

  • Methods and systems for designing circularly knitted garments
    Patent number: 6845284
    Abstract: A method and system for designing circularly knitted garments are provided. The method includes designing a model of the circularly knitted garment, stretching the model from a first size to a second size, and governing the stretching with one or more user definable rules. The system includes a circular knitting machine, a controller for controlling the circular knitting machine with a machine code, a tool for saving a model of the circularly knitted garment as a first output, and a conversion program for converting the first output into the machine code. The tool has a stretching function for changing a size of the first output using one or more user selected rules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: Geoffrey Bingham, David Bruner, Jeffery Hurley
  • Methods and systems for designing circularly knitted garments
    Publication number: 20040176869
    Abstract: A method and system for designing circularly knitted garments are provided. The method includes designing a model of the circularly knitted garment, stretching the model from a first size to a second size, and governing the stretching with one or more user definable rules. The system includes a circular knitting machine, a controller for controlling the circular knitting machine with a machine code, a tool for saving a model of the circularly knitted garment as a first output, and a conversion program for converting the first output into the machine code. The tool has a stretching function for changing a size of the first output using one or more user selected rules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Applicant: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: Geoff Bingham, David Bruner, Jeffery Hurley
  • Systems, methods and computer program for measuring the surface contour of an object
    Patent number: 6373963
    Abstract: Systems methods and computer program products are provided for obtaining a three-dimensional data set that is representative of a surface of a three-dimensional object. A grating pattern, having a sinusoidally varying intensity pattern, is projected onto the surface of an object. The projected grating pattern is shifted a number of times and two-dimensional deformed grating images of an area segment of the object surface are captured and stored. A two-dimensional array of optical phase values is then created. Optical phase values in the two-dimensional array are then used to generate a plurality of three-dimensional data points that represent respective points on the surface of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Textile/Clothing Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Michelle H. Demers, Richard Wulpern, Jeffery Hurley, John R. Grindon