Patents by Inventor Josep Obiols

Josep Obiols 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).

  • Strapping system
    Patent number: 8069540
    Abstract: A strapping system including a strap having opposite first and second faces carrying first and second arrays of touch fastening elements respectively and a buckle assembly releasably attached to one end of the strap and defining an opening sized to receive an opposite end of the strap. The buckle assembly includes a buckle and an attachment portion coupled to the buckle, the attachment portion having opposing surfaces that releasably engage the touch fastening elements on the first and second faces of the strap, respectively, to releasably secure the buckle to the strap, wherein the strap includes touch fastening elements engageable with other touch fastening elements of the strapping system when the buckle assembly attached to the strap to secure the strapping system about an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Velcro Industries B.V.
    Inventors: Josep Obiols, Gemma Rovira
  • STRAPPING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20080201915
    Abstract: A strapping system including a strap having opposite first and second faces carrying first and second arrays of touch fastening elements respectively and a buckle assembly releasably attached to one end of the strap and defining an opening sized to receive an opposite end of the strap. The buckle assembly includes a buckle and an attachment portion coupled to the buckle, the attachment portion having opposing surfaces that releasably engage the touch fastening elements on the first and second faces of the strap, respectively, to releasably secure the buckle to the strap, wherein the strap includes touch fastening elements engageable with other touch fastening elements of the strapping system when the buckle assembly attached to the strap to secure the strapping system about an object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: August 28, 2008
    Applicant: VELCRO INDUSTRIES B.V.
    Inventors: Josep Obiols, Gemma Rovira