Patents by Inventor Manuel Figueroa
Manuel Figueroa 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).
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Publication number: 20220287386Abstract: A method utilizing a tag with embedded RF-enabled chip that includes steps of providing an apparel body of a cloth material or a body of a non-apparel tangible item such as, without limitation, mug, bottle, box, hat, or any other widely available retail product, a RF tag layup with a first tag layer of a polymeric adhesive material directly coupled to the apparel body or body and a second tag layer directly coupled to the first tag layer to encapsulate and define a chip cavity with an electronic chip disposed therein and having a non-transitory memory storage operably configured to store digital data thereon and a data transmitter operably configured to wirelessly transfer the stored digital data through an electronic communication protocol and using radio waves, and a data reader operably configured to receive the digital data stored on the non-transitory memory storage of the electronic chip.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2021Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: World Emblem International, Inc.Inventor: Manuel Figueroa
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Patent number: 11155116Abstract: Embodiments include a cap or hat decoration method by providing a press including a lower platen and upper platen, and coupling a pad to the lower platen, where the pad is dimensioned based on one or more dimensions of the cap or hat, and positioning the cap or hat onto at least a portion of the pad. Further, the method includes positioning at least one decoration onto at least a portion of the cap or hat, where the at least one decoration includes a heat-activated adhesive, and heating and compressing the decoration onto the cap or hat by compressing the cap or hat and decoration between the lower platen and upper platen.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2018Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: WORLD EMBLEM INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventor: Manuel Figueroa
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Patent number: 10870255Abstract: An adhesive assembly can be used to join textile materials together creating a durable wash resistant. An emblem can be removed from a work shirt without leaving glue stains or residue. The shirt may be reused if emblems need to be removed or changed before the life of the garment expires. In various embodiments, a layer of mesh is incorporated into the heat activated glue on the back of the emblem. This mesh does not affect adherence to the garment. The emblem sticks just as well as without the mesh layer and with zero process changes to how the emblem is applied. The mesh allows for the complete removal of the adhesive from the garment when the patch is removed allowing the garment to be used even after the patch is removed.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Cintas Corporate Services, Inc.Inventors: Manuel Figueroa, Susan Lillard, Christopher R. Ventura
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Patent number: 10647087Abstract: An adhesive assembly can be used to join textile materials together creating a durable wash resistant. An emblem can be removed from a work shirt without leaving glue stains or residue. The shirt may be reused if emblems need to be removed or changed before the life of the garment expires. In various embodiments, a layer of mesh is incorporated into the heat activated glue on the back of the emblem. This mesh does not affect adherence to the garment. The emblem sticks just as well as without the mesh layer and with zero process changes to how the emblem is applied. The mesh allows for the complete removal of the adhesive from the garment when the patch is removed allowing the garment to be used even after the patch is removed.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignee: Cintas Corporate Services, Inc.Inventors: Manuel Figueroa, Susan Lillard, Christopher R. Ventura
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Publication number: 20190126665Abstract: Embodiments include a cap or hat decoration method by providing a press including a lower platen and upper platen, and coupling a pad to the lower platen, where the pad is dimensioned based on one or more dimensions of the cap or hat, and positioning the cap or hat onto at least a portion of the pad. Further, the method includes positioning at least one decoration onto at least a portion of the cap or hat, where the at least one decoration includes a heat-activated adhesive, and heating and compressing the decoration onto the cap or hat by compressing the cap or hat and decoration between the lower platen and upper platen.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventor: Manuel Figueroa
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Patent number: 10239114Abstract: A system for transporting material is provided. The system includes a container and a robot having a material-handling device for inserting the material into the container and removing the material from the container. The system also includes a track assembly having a track and at least one platform on which the robot and the container are mounted such that the robot and the container are movable along the track via the at least one platform.Type: GrantFiled: January 29, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeevitha Puveendiran, Ankit Sehgal, Carlos Manuel Figueroa, Ronald Richard Cook
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Publication number: 20190001615Abstract: An adhesive assembly can be used to join textile materials together creating a durable wash resistant. An emblem can be removed from a work shirt without leaving glue stains or residue. The shirt may be reused if emblems need to be removed or changed before the life of the garment expires. In various embodiments, a layer of mesh is incorporated into the heat activated glue on the back of the emblem. This mesh does not affect adherence to the garment. The emblem sticks just as well as without the mesh layer and with zero process changes to how the emblem is applied. The mesh allows for the complete removal of the adhesive from the garment when the patch is removed allowing the garment to be used even after the patch is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: January 3, 2019Applicant: Cintas Corporate Services, Inc.Inventors: Manuel Figueroa, Susan Lillard, Christopher R. Ventura
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Patent number: 9945785Abstract: A method for the formation of flexible surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates with filtering capabilities. The method produces thin flexible substrates that have a nanoparticle ink deposited thereon. The nanoparticle ink may be any suitable nanoparticle ink which includes stabilized nanoparticles such as silver, gold or copper nanoparticles. The substrates and nanoparticle ink undergo a thermal treatment for an amount of time sufficient to remove liquid vehicle and a substantial portion of the stabilizer. The thermal treatment provides a fractal aggregate nanoparticle layer on the substrate suitable for Raman spectroscopy. Such flexible SERS substrates may be used to detect trace amounts of analyte in large volume samples.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Drexel UniversityInventors: Som Tyagi, Manuel Figueroa
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Publication number: 20170246834Abstract: An adhesive assembly can be used to join textile materials together creating a durable wash resistant. An emblem can be removed from a work shirt without leaving glue stains or residue. The shirt may be reused if emblems need to be removed or changed before the life of the garment expires. In various embodiments, a layer of mesh is incorporated into the heat activated glue on the back of the emblem. This mesh does not affect adherence to the garment. The emblem sticks just as well as without the mesh layer and with zero process changes to how the emblem is applied. The mesh allows for the complete removal of the adhesive from the garment when the patch is removed allowing the garment to be used even after the patch is removed.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2017Publication date: August 31, 2017Applicants: Cintas Corporation, World Emblem International, Inc.Inventors: Manuel Figueroa, Susan Lillard, Christopher R. Ventura
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Publication number: 20170217695Abstract: A system for transporting material is provided. The system includes a container and a robot having a material-handling device for inserting the material into the container and removing the material from the container. The system also includes a track assembly having a track and at least one platform on which the robot and the container are mounted such that the robot and the container are movable along the track via the at least one platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 29, 2016Publication date: August 3, 2017Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jeevitha Puveendiran, Ankit Sehgal, Carlos Manuel Figueroa, Ronald Richard Cook
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Publication number: 20160161414Abstract: A method for the formation of flexible surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates with filtering capabilities. The method produces thin flexible substrates that have a nanoparticle ink deposited thereon. The nanoparticle ink may be any suitable nanoparticle ink which includes stabilized nanoparticles such as silver, gold or copper nanoparticles. The substrates and nanoparticle ink undergo a thermal treatment for an amount of time sufficient to remove liquid vehicle and a substantial portion of the stabilizer. The thermal treatment provides a fractal aggregate nanoparticle layer on the substrate suitable for Raman spectroscopy. Such flexible SERS substrates may be used to detect trace amounts of analyte in large volume samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2016Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: Drexel UniversityInventors: Som Tyagi, Manuel Figueroa
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Patent number: 9278855Abstract: A method for the formation of flexible surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates with filtering capabilities. The method produces thin flexible substrates that have a nanoparticle ink deposited thereon. The nanoparticle ink may be any suitable nanoparticle ink which includes stabilized nanoparticles such as silver, gold or copper nanoparticles. The substrates and nanoparticle ink undergo a thermal treatment for an amount of time sufficient to remove liquid vehicle and a substantial portion of the stabilizer. The thermal treatment provides a fractal aggregate nanoparticle layer on the substrate suitable for Raman spectroscopy. Such flexible SERS substrates may be used to detect trace amounts of analyte in large volume samples.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2012Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: Drexel UniversityInventors: Som Tyagi, Manuel Figueroa
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Publication number: 20120300203Abstract: A method for the formation of flexible surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy substrates with filtering capabilities. The method produces thin flexible substrates that have a nanoparticle ink deposited thereon. The nanoparticle ink may be any suitable nanoparticle ink which includes stabilized nanoparticles such as silver, gold or copper nanoparticles. The substrates and nanoparticle ink undergo a thermal treatment for an amount of time sufficient to remove liquid vehicle and a substantial portion of the stabilizer. The thermal treatment provides a fractal aggregate nanoparticle layer on the substrate suitable for Raman spectroscopy. Such flexible SERS substrates may be used to detect trace amounts of analyte in large volume samples.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2012Publication date: November 29, 2012Inventors: Som Tyagi, Manuel Figueroa
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Patent number: 7767600Abstract: The present invention relates to a detachable three-dimensional design or image for industrial wash that may be applied to a fabric. The three-dimensional design or image is formed by performing a doming process on a two-dimensional design or image. The three-dimensional design or image may be attached to the fabric by heat sealing.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2006Date of Patent: August 3, 2010Assignee: World Emblem International, Inc.Inventor: Manuel Figueroa
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Patent number: 7410932Abstract: An appliqué and associated method of applying an appliqué an improved sublimated and screen printed image on a substrate of a An improved appliqué suitable for applying a graphic to a material a first printing layer and a second polyurethane layer. The appliqué is cut the graphic imparted thereon and adhered to a garment.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2005Date of Patent: August 12, 2008Assignee: World Emblem International, Inc.Inventor: Manuel Figueroa
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Publication number: 20060234015Abstract: An appliqué and associated method of applying an appliqué an improved sublimated and screen printed image on a substrate of a An improved appliqué suitable for applying a graphic to a material a first printing layer and a second polyurethane layer. The appliqué is cut the graphic imparted thereon and adhered to a garment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2005Publication date: October 19, 2006Applicant: WORLD EMBLEM INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventor: Manuel Figueroa