Patents by Inventor Karl Collida

Karl Collida 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).

  • Patent number: 6860092
    Abstract: A fiber stuffing and fluffing machine utilized for fiber stuffing toys, pillows, and other skins having a venturi vacuum system, a unique agitation cavity and blade arrangement, and various unique mechanical and electrical features which provide improved stuffing and fluffing capabilities over the prior art. The art of the present invention is capable of integration into a single stand alone unit which performs improved fluffing and stuffing operations without the need for external pneumatic sources. The art of the present invention, in its various embodiments, also utilizes scroll compressors or turbine compressors heretofore not found in prior art stuffing and fluffing applications. The present art further provides means for separating foreign objects from the ingested stuffing fibers to protect the fluffer blower.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2005
    Inventors: Karl Collida, Edwin T. Wood, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20040040264
    Abstract: A fiber stuffing and fluffing machine utilized for fiber stuffing toys, pillows, and other skins having a venturi vacuum system, a unique agitation cavity and blade arrangement, and various unique mechanical and electrical features which provide improved stuffing and fluffing capabilities over the prior art. The art of the present invention is capable of integration into a single stand alone unit which performs improved fluffing and stuffing operations without the need for external pneumatic sources. The art of the present invention, in its various embodiments, also utilizes scroll compressors or turbine compressors heretofore not found in prior art stuffing and fluffing applications. The present art further provides means for separating foreign objects from the ingested stuffing fibers to protect the fluffer blower.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Karl Collida, Edwin T. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: D486162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Inventors: Karl Collida, Edwin T. Wood, Jr.
  • Patent number: D427209
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2000
    Assignee: Build-A-Bear Workshop, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Karl Collida, Edwin T. Wood, Jr.