Patents by Inventor Michael L. Travis

Michael L. Travis 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).

  • Pant fabric expanding method and apparatus
    Patent number: 10077519
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inflatable object including a main body, a first bulge extending from the main body and a second bulge extending from the main body. The inflatable object is receivable within a pair of pants such that the first and second bulges are each configured to expand within a thigh portion of the pair of pants and the main body is configured to expand within a hip portion of the pair of pants. Further, the inflatable object is made of an impermeable, elastic material that is capable of enduring a pressure that will stretch the pair of pants such that the pair of pants retains its stretched dimensions after deflation of the inflatable object. Furthermore, a method for expanding pants is disclosed that includes inserting an inflatable object within a garment, inflating the inflatable object, retaining the inflatable object within the garment, and stretching the garment with the inflatable object such that the garment retains its stretched dimensions after deflation of the inflatable object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Inventor: Michael L. Travis
  • PANT FABRIC EXPANDING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20120292351
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an inflatable object including a main body, a first bulge extending from the main body and a second bulge extending from the main body. The inflatable object is receivable within a pair of pants such that the first and second bulges are each configured to expand within a thigh portion of the pair of pants and the main body is configured to expand within a hip portion of the pair of pants. Further, the inflatable object is made of an impermeable, elastic material that is capable of enduring a pressure that will stretch the pair of pants such that the pair of pants retains its stretched dimensions after deflation of the inflatable object. Furthermore, a method for expanding pants is disclosed that includes inserting an inflatable object within a garment, inflating the inflatable object, retaining the inflatable object within the garment, and stretching the garment with the inflatable object such that the garment retains its stretched dimensions after deflation of the inflatable object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventor: Michael L. Travis
  • Deformable sanding block
    Patent number: 5203123
    Abstract: A sanding block having a central metallic core which is deformable yet shape retaining, the core being enclosed totally within an elastomeric covering which is non-abrasive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1993
    Inventor: Michael L. Travis