Patents by Inventor R. Suter Hudson

R. Suter Hudson 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: 7288289
    Abstract: Surface coverings and surface covering components and methods for forming them using slot die coating are disclosed. The methods involve applying a plurality of wet layers to a substrate simultaneously or in sequence using a slot die coater, wherein a plurality of wet layers can be applied before any of the individual layers are dried, gelled, cured and/or fused. The layers remain separate and distinct before and after drying, gelling, curing and/or fusing, and can be dried, gelled, cured and/or fused together or separately after wet on wet application to the substrate. The surface coverings may be decorative surface covering, including floor coverings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: AWI Licensing Company
    Inventors: R. Suter Hudson, Robert E. Waters, Lowell E. West
  • Publication number: 20020176945
    Abstract: Surface coverings and surface covering components and methods for forming them using slot die coating are disclosed. The methods involve applying a plurality of wet layers to a substrate simultaneously or in sequence using a slot die coater, wherein a plurality of wet layers can be applied before any of the individual layers are dried, gelled, cured and/or fused. The layers remain separate and distinct before and after drying, gelling, curing and/or fusing, and can be dried, gelled, cured and/or fused together or separately after wet on wet application to the substrate. The surface coverings may be decorative surface covering, including floor coverings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: R. Suter Hudson, Robert E. Waters, Lowell E. West