Patents by Inventor Joseph F. FINLAW

Joseph F. FINLAW 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).

  • Device And Methods For Making A Stair Tread And A Molded Curved Stair Tread
    Publication number: 20220235557
    Abstract: A device for making a molded stair tread is described. The device can have: a base; a pivoting assembly; a molding template connected to the pivoting assembly; a holding device connected to the molding template, the holding device having a clamp jaw and a pivot configured to rotate the holding device relative to the molding template; and a locking mechanism configured to hold the molding template and the holding device in an open configuration such that the holding device can accept a first part of the plastic sheet and configured to release the molding template and the holding device such that the holding device is in a securing configuration that secures, via the clamp jaw, the first part of the plastic sheet to the first side of the molding template at the first longitudinal edge of the molding template. Methods for making the stair tread are described as well as the molded stair tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Mannington Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith BODENDORF, Dennis H. BRADWAY, Joseph F. FINLAW
  • Device and methods for making a stair tread and a molded curved stair tread
    Patent number: 11332941
    Abstract: A device for making a molded stair tread is described. The device can have: a base; a pivoting assembly; a molding template connected to the pivoting assembly; a holding device connected to the molding template, the holding device having a clamp jaw and a pivot configured to rotate the holding device relative to the molding template; and a locking mechanism configured to hold the molding template and the holding device in an open configuration such that the holding device can accept a first part of the plastic sheet and configured to release the molding template and the holding device such that the holding device is in a securing configuration that secures, via the clamp jaw, the first part of the plastic sheet to the first side of the molding template at the first longitudinal edge of the molding template. Methods for making the stair tread are described as well as the molded stair tread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: MANNINGTON MILLS, INC.
    Inventors: Keith Bodendorf, Dennis H. Bradway, Joseph F. Finlaw
  • Device And Methods For Making A Stair Tread And A Molded Curved Stair Tread
    Publication number: 20210010272
    Abstract: A device for making a molded stair tread is described. The device can have: a base; a pivoting assembly; a molding template connected to the pivoting assembly; a holding device connected to the molding template, the holding device having a clamp jaw and a pivot configured to rotate the holding device relative to the molding template; and a locking mechanism configured to hold the molding template and the holding device in an open configuration such that the holding device can accept a first part of the plastic sheet and configured to release the molding template and the holding device such that the holding device is in a securing configuration that secures, via the clamp jaw, the first part of the plastic sheet to the first side of the molding template at the first longitudinal edge of the molding template. Methods for making the stair tread are described as well as the molded stair tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Mannington Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith BODENDORF, Dennis H. BRADWAY, Joseph F. FINLAW