Patents by Inventor Paul D. Bobb

Paul D. Bobb 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).

  • Furniture with distressed appearance
    Patent number: 6609546
    Abstract: A process for creating a distressed surface for an article of furniture, and an article of furniture incorporating a distresses surface. The process includes the steps of selecting at least one piece of material having at least one planar surface and opposed side edges, mechanically forming grooves along at least one of the opposed side edges of the piece of material, and adjoining multiple pieces of material so formed to create a surface of an article of furniture that has a distressed appearance. The article of furniture includes a surface having a distresses appearance that is adhered to a substrate to create the face of the article of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul D. Bobb, Mike Washburn, Brian K. Moore