Patents by Inventor Mark Durfield

Mark Durfield 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: 8011137
    Abstract: A seal including a body with a longitudinal axis X that includes a base-piece having a first end and an opposed second end, two opposed side walls connecting the two ends, and two shoulders located on either side of each of the two side walls and at one of the ends. The body is made of a single flexible material and, in a section perpendicular to the X axis, the width of the base-piece, from one side wall to the other, in the vicinity of the end on the opposite side from the shoulders is larger than the width of the base-piece, from one side wall to the other, in the vicinity of the end near the shoulders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Glass France
    Inventors: Mark Durfield, Luc-Michel Riblier
  • Publication number: 20060006612
    Abstract: A seal including a body with a longitudinal axis X that includes a base-piece having a first end and an opposed second end, two opposed side walls connecting the two ends, and two shoulders located on either side of each of the two side walls and at one of the ends. The body is made of a single flexible material and, in a section perpendicular to the X axis, the width of the base-piece, from one side wall to the other, in the vicinity of the end on the opposite side from the shoulders is larger than the width of the base-piece, from one side wall to the other, in the vicinity of the end near the shoulders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2003
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Applicant: SAINT-GOBAIN GLASS FRANCE
    Inventors: Mark Durfield, Luc-Michel Riblier