Patents by Inventor Kyle E. Morrison

Kyle E. Morrison 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).

  • Method and apparatus for forming splices in flexible, fusible material and material spliced accordingly
    Patent number: 5523139
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for forming diagonal splices in flexible, fusible material and the material spliced accordingly. The splice is formed by overlapping the material, tensioning the material at the area to be spliced, and heating a strip of the material under tension to its fusion temperature, thereby fusing and separating the material at the strip. The splice is nearly undetectable to the untrained eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1996
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kyle E. Morrison, Kenneth R. Wilmoth, Richard D. Neal, Jimmie L. Cox
  • Method and apparatus for forming splices in flexible, fusible material and material spliced accordingly
    Patent number: 5356498
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and apparatus for forming diagonal splices in flexible, fusible material and the material spliced accordingly. The splice is formed by overlapping the material, tensioning the material at the area to be spliced, and heating a strip of the material under tension to its fusion temperature, thereby fusing and separating the material at the strip. The splice is nearly undetectable to the untrained eye.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1994
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kyle E. Morrison, Kenneth R. Wilmoth, Richard D. Neal, Jimmie L. Cox