Patents by Inventor Richard Knauer
Richard Knauer 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).
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Patent number: 7886744Abstract: An earplug and a method of manufacturing the earplug are provided, the earplug including a sound attenuating element and a stem where the sound attenuating element includes a flange which extends rearwardly over a portion of the stem, and where the sound attenuating element and the stem are integrally formed of a resilient compressible material.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2006Date of Patent: February 15, 2011Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventor: Richard Knauer
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Patent number: 7731487Abstract: A mold for forming a foam earplug including a lower mold portion including a lower cavity; and an upper mold portion including an upper cavity and a means for venting a gas during a rising of the foam, wherein the lower and upper mold portions are engageable so as to communicably engage the lower and upper cavities.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2006Date of Patent: June 8, 2010Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Richard Knauer, Alan R. Seville, Robert N. Falco, James Hall, Lori S. Hall, legal representative
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Patent number: 7727433Abstract: A hearing device including a foam, a foam insertable portion, a component, and a foam handle portion, and a method of forming the same. The component is nestable with and bondable with the foam such that the component is at least partially within the foam insertable portion and the foam handle portion. The hearing protective device includes earplugs attached to a flexible cord, under-the-chin element, or headband. A method of making a hearing protective device including disposing a component into a mold, introducing a foam or foamable mixture into the mold, causing the foam to rise such that the component is nested within and bonded with the foam.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2006Date of Patent: June 1, 2010Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Richard Knauer, Alan R. Seville, Robert N. Falco, James Hall, Lori S. Hall, legal representative
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Patent number: 7464786Abstract: A hearing protection device insertable into an ear canal is provided, the device generally including a stem portion, a sound attenuating portion affixed to and extending at least partially over the stem portion, and a volume of space disposed between and delimited by the sound attenuating portion and the stem portion, where at least a part of the sound attenuating portion is collapsible into the volume of space during insertion of the hearing protection device into the ear canal.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2004Date of Patent: December 16, 2008Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate CorporationInventors: Robert N. Falco, Richard Knauer, Alan R. Seville
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Publication number: 20070089755Abstract: An earplug and a method of manufacturing the earplug are provided, the earplug including a sound attenuating element and a stem where the sound attenuating element includes a flange which extends rearwardly over a portion of the stem, and where the sound attenuating element and the stem are integrally formed of a resilient compressible material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2006Publication date: April 26, 2007Inventor: Richard Knauer
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Publication number: 20060253308Abstract: A method for providing airplane transportation service is disclosed. A customer is allowed to purchase a first number of flight units, which can be used on any one of a group of airlines. A customer flight request is received to depart a particular airport at a particular time, on a particular day, for a particular destination. It is determined if the first number of flight units is greater than an anticipated number of flight units for a typical flight departing from the particular airport for the particular destination. The customer is booked on a first flight of a plurality of flights if the first number of flight units is greater than or equal to the anticipated number of flight units for the typical flight, wherein the first flight is closest in time of the plurality of flights to the particular time specified by the customer flight request.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 9, 2005Publication date: November 9, 2006Inventor: Richard` Knauer
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Publication number: 20060141083Abstract: A hearing device including a foam, a foam insertable portion, a component, and a foam handle portion, and a method of forming the same. The component is nestable with and bondable with the foam such that the component is at least partially within the foam insertable portion and the foam handle portion. The hearing protective device includes earplugs attached to a flexible cord, under-the-chin element, or headband. A method of making a hearing protective device including disposing a component into a mold, introducing a foam or foamable mixture into the mold, causing the foam to rise such that the component is nested within and bonded with the foam.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2006Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Richard Knauer, Alan Seville, Robert Falco, James Hall, Lori Hall
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Publication number: 20060138691Abstract: A hearing device including a foam, a foam insertable portion, a component, and a foam handle portion, and a method of forming the same. The component is nestable with and bondable with the foam such that the component is at least partially within the foam insertable portion and the foam handle portion. The hearing protective device includes earplugs attached to a flexible cord, under-the-chin element, or headband. A method of making a hearing protective device including disposing a component into a mold, introducing a foam or foamable mixture into the mold, causing the foam to rise such that the component is nested within and bonded with the foam.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2006Publication date: June 29, 2006Inventors: Richard Knauer, Alan Seville, Robert Falco, James Hall, Lori Hall
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Publication number: 20060081415Abstract: An earplug comprising a foam composition comprising a polyvinyl chloride resin and less than about 5 wt % monomeric phthalate, based on the total weight of the foam composition, is described. The foam composition may comprise a plasticizer comprising less than or equal to about 2 wt % monomeric phthalate, based on the total weight of the plasticizer. The earplugs have slow recovery times from 60 percent compression to 10 percent compression of about 10 to about 60 seconds.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2004Publication date: April 20, 2006Inventors: Richard Knauer, Alan Seville
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Publication number: 20050274568Abstract: A hearing protection device insertable into an earcanal is provided, the device generally including a stem portion, a sound attenuating portion affixed to and extending at least partially over the stem portion, and a volume of space disposed between and delimited by the sound attenuating portion and the stem portion, where at least a part of the sound attenuating portion is collapsible into the volume of space during insertion of the hearing protection device into the earcanal.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2004Publication date: December 15, 2005Inventors: Robert Falco, Richard Knauer, Alan Seville
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Publication number: 20020124851Abstract: A hearing device including a foam, a foam insertable portion, a component, and a foam handle portion, and a method of forming the same. The component is nestable with and bondable with the foam such that the component is at least partially within the foam insertable portion and the foam handle portion. The hearing protective device includes earplugs attached to a flexible cord, under-the-chin element, or headband. A method of making a hearing protective device including disposing a component into a mold, introducing a foam or foamable mixture into the mold, causing the foam to rise such that the component is nested within and bonded with the foam.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2001Publication date: September 12, 2002Inventors: Richard Knauer, Alan R. Seville, Robert N. Falco, James Hall, Lori S. Hall
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Patent number: 6095146Abstract: Hearing protective devices having glow-in-the-dark properties are presented in the present invention. In an exemplary embodiment, the hearing protective device comprises a semi-aural device, an earplug, or an earmuff device. In all embodiments, a glow-in-the-dark material is incorporated into at least a part of the hearing protective device so that the glow-in-the-dark material continues to emit light for an extended period of time in a dark environment after the material has been excited by irradiation. Preferred and exemplary glow-in-the-dark materials comprise phosphorescent materials. The glow-in-the-dark materials may be disposed on a surface of the hearing protective part or dispersed throughout the material which forms this part.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 1999Date of Patent: August 1, 2000Assignee: Aearo CompanyInventors: Richard Knauer, Brian Myers, James Hall
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Patent number: D524937Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2004Date of Patent: July 11, 2006Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate CorporationInventors: Marc Doty, Richard Knauer
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Patent number: D528204Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2006Date of Patent: September 12, 2006Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate CorporationInventors: Marc Doty, Richard Knauer
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Patent number: D466995Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2001Date of Patent: December 10, 2002Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate CorporationInventors: Richard Knauer, Alan R. Seville, Robert N. Falco, James Hall
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Patent number: D481118Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2002Date of Patent: October 21, 2003Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate CorporationInventors: Marc Doty, Richard Knauer
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Patent number: D492767Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate CorporationInventors: Richard Knauer, Walter B. Herbst, Marianne B. Grisdale, Gary F. Prokop
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Patent number: D492768Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2003Date of Patent: July 6, 2004Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate CorporationInventors: Richard Knauer, Walter B. Herbst, Marianne B. Grisdale, Gary F. Prokop
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Patent number: D496722Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2003Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Assignee: Cabot Safety Intermediate CorporationInventors: Robert N. Falco, Richard Knauer