Patents by Inventor Paul A. Duval

Paul A. Duval 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: 4698276
    Abstract: A sheer textile fabric for use in forming expandable honeycomb window panels, such fabric comprising a plurality of strips of fabric, each strip having a center portion and two spaced end portions formed with a sufficient fabric density to avoid the seepage therethrough of a liquid adhesive used to join the center portion of one strip to the end portions of another strip, and each strip having intermediate portions extending between the center portion and the two end portions thereof, such intermediate portions being formed of a sheer fabric having a fabric density substantially less than the fabric density of the center and end portion. These intermediate portions may be made of varying colors and/or fabric densities to thereby vary the appearance and/or functional aspects of the window panels formed from the textile fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1987
    Assignee: Guilford Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Paul A. Duval