Patents by Inventor Kenneth W. Bitting

Kenneth W. Bitting 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).

  • Straight stitch carpets with one or more pre-defined trim lines and methods of their manufacture using tufting equipment
    Patent number: 6890615
    Abstract: A pre-defined trim line within a carpet between a usable portion of carpet and a trim edge. The trim line may be formed by avoiding the tufting of yarn or by the removal of a tufting of yarn along a row. In one aspect of an embodiment of the invention, the pre-defined trim line provides an identifier of where to cut a patterned carpet to provide a high quality seam. Another aspect of an embodiment of the invention provides a gap for installers to easily cut between rows of yarn without unintended cross-cuts and also speeds the installation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2005
    Assignee: Atlas Carpet Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: James Horwich, Kenneth W. Bitting, Stanley E. Dunford
  • Straight stitch carpets with one or more pre-defined trim lines and methods of their manufacture using tufting equipment
    Publication number: 20040202815
    Abstract: A pre-defined trim line within a carpet between a usable portion of carpet and a trim edge. The trim line may be formed by avoiding the tufting of yarn or by the removal of a tufting of yarn along a row. In one aspect of an embodiment of the invention, the pre-defined trim line provides an identifier of where to cut a patterned carpet to provide a high quality seam. Another aspect of an embodiment of the invention provides a gap for installers to easily cut between rows of yarn without unintended cross-cuts and also speeds the installation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: James Horwich, Kenneth W. Bitting, Stanley E. Dunford