Patents by Inventor Martin Bentham

Martin Bentham 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).

  • Automated processes for the production of garments
    Patent number: 6835258
    Abstract: An automated process is provided that includes loading a blank on a carrier and moving one of the carrier or the blank to more than one of a number of stations. The carrier has at least a portion with a desired shape that provides the blank with a stretched condition. Each station performs an operation on the blank while the blank is mounted on the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: Geoff Bingham, Martin Bentham
  • Configurable mannequin form
    Publication number: 20040222249
    Abstract: A mannequin form having a first section and a second section is provided. The first and second sections are made of a selected material that is resistant to damage from a stress selected from the group consisting of heating, cutting, dying, and any combinations thereof. The second section is releasably secured to the first section to define a predetermined three-dimensional shape. The first section abuts the second section to define a first smooth mating line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: November 11, 2004
    Inventors: Martin Bentham, Geoffrey Bingham, David Bruner, Michelle Demers
  • Spray dyeing of garments
    Publication number: 20040177454
    Abstract: A method of dyeing a fabric is provided. The method includes removing folds from the fabric, spraying a dye on a first side of the fabric, and exposing the fabric to a migration and fixation process prior to the dye drying on the first side so that the dye migrates from the first side to a second side of the fabric and reacts with and affixes to a component of the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: SARA LEE CORPORATION
    Inventor: Martin Bentham
  • Spray dyeing of garments
    Publication number: 20040123405
    Abstract: A method of dyeing a fabric is provided. The method includes removing folds from the fabric, spraying a dye on a first side of the fabric, and exposing the fabric to a migration and fixation process prior to the dye drying on the first side so that the dye migrates from the first side to a second side of the fabric and reacts with and affixes to a component of the fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2003
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventor: Martin Bentham
  • Automated processes for the production of garments
    Publication number: 20040123368
    Abstract: An automated process is provided that includes loading a blank on a carrier and moving one of the carrier or the blank to more than one of a number of stations. The carrier has at least a portion with a desired shape that provides the blank with a stretched condition. Each station performs an operation on the blank while the blank is mounted on the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Applicant: Sara Lee Corporation
    Inventors: Geoff Bingham, Martin Bentham