Patents by Inventor Larry A. Kestner

Larry A. Kestner 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).

  • Publication number: 20130231454
    Abstract: There is disclosed herein a multicomponent fibrous assembly comprising a plurality of continuous filaments formed from a biobased polyhexamethylene sebacamide polymer or a blend of a biobased polyhexamethylene sebacamide polymer together with up to 80 wt % of at least one other polymer compatible with the biobased polyhexamethylene sebacamide polymer. There is also disclosed a process for preparing a biobased polyhexamethylene sebacamide bulked continuous filament (BCF) yarn comprising melt-spinning a polymer melt containing polyhexamethylene sebacamide polymer or a blend of a biobased polyhexamethylene sebacamide polymer together with up to 80 wt % of at least one other polymer compatible with the biobased polyhexamethylene sebacamide polymer to form at least one filament, passing the at least one filament to a drawing stage where the filament is drawn and lengthened to produce a yarn, followed by texturing the yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicants: Universal Fibers, Inc., INTERFACE AUST PTY. LTD.
    Inventors: Larry A. Kestner, Zulfiqar A. Khan