Patents by Inventor Patricia Clare Belford

Patricia Clare Belford 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).

  • Method of manufacture of a composite concrete article
    Patent number: 8871657
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite concrete article comprising forming a textile structure, removing material from regions of the textile structure to create voids in the textile structure and incorporating the textile structure into a body of wet uncured concrete such that the concrete flows into the voids created in the textile structure, embedding the textile structure into the concrete, whereby the textile structure defines at least a portion of a surface of the cured concrete article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: University of Ulster
    Inventors: Patricia Clare Belford, Ruth Ellen Morrow
  • Composite concrete article and method of manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 8771526
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite concrete article comprising affixing at least one layer of textile to a base layer and incorporating the base layer into a body of wet uncured concrete such that the base layer becomes embedded in the concrete, whereby at least a portion of the at least one textile layer defines at least a portion of a surface of the cured concrete article with the base layer embedded within the concrete to anchor the textile layer to the concrete.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: University of Ulster
    Inventors: Patricia Clare Belford, Ruth Ellen Morrow
  • COMPOSITE CONCRETE ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF
    Publication number: 20120189801
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite concrete article comprising affixing at least one layer of textile to a base layer and incorporating the base layer into a body of wet uncured concrete such that the base layer becomes embedded in the concrete, whereby at least a portion of the at least one textile layer defines at least a portion of a surface of the cured concrete article with the base layer embedded within the concrete to anchor the textile layer to the concrete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2010
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER
    Inventors: Patricia Clare Belford, Ruth Ellen Morrow
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURE OF A COMPOSITE CONCRETE ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20120027992
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a composite concrete article comprising forming a textile structure, removing material from regions of the textile structure to create voids in the textile structure and incorporating the textile structure into a body of wet uncured concrete such that the concrete flows into the voids created in the textile structure, embedding the textile structure into the concrete, whereby the textile structure defines at least a portion of a surface of the cured concrete article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER
    Inventors: Patricia Clare Belford, Ruth Ellen Morrow