Patents by Inventor Jimmy D. Cross

Jimmy D. Cross 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).

  • Process for preparing a web with an abrasion resistant resilient backing
    Patent number: 4865688
    Abstract: Carpet, or carpet tile having a tough resilient backing may be prepared by incorporating a fleece (6) into a foam backing on a carpet. The foam (5) is applied to the back of a carpet and the fleece (6) is overlaid and the foam and fleece are crushed together and gelled preferably using a drum laminator (10) then dried in a conventional oven (13). The resulting carpet may be cut into carpet tiles. The carpet or tile has lay flat properties and good abrasion resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1989
    Assignee: BASF Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jimmy D. Cross, Landon Smith
  • Process of transferring a latex film onto a substrate
    Patent number: 4731143
    Abstract: A thin tough glossy surface may be applied to a flexible substrate in a one step process comprising: applying an aqueous thin film of a compound of a polymer to an endless carrier belt made of a material having a low adhesion to said polymer, contacting the flexible substrate and coated carrier belt and keeping them together while they pass around a hot drum laminator at a temperature of from about 100.degree. to about 150.degree. C.The process is suitable for applying impermeable surfaces to non wovens, and foam backed carpet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Assignee: Polysar Financial Services, S.A.
    Inventor: Jimmy D. Cross
  • Latex modified asphalt foams
    Patent number: 4731399
    Abstract: Latex may be extended with up to about 40% by weight of an emulsion of asphalt, bitumen or coal tar. The extended latex is useful in adhering scrim to carpet or in the manufacture of attached foamed carpet backing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1985
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1988
    Assignee: Polysar Financial Services S.A.
    Inventors: Paul Fitzgerald, Jimmy D. Cross