Patents by Inventor Robert Allen Humbarger

Robert Allen Humbarger 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 and apparatus for folding an inflatable cushion
    Patent number: 5746690
    Abstract: An automated inflatable cushion folding process is provided wherein cushion tension, and, as a consequence, cushion wear, is reduced during the folding process. An inflatable cushion portion of a cushion assembly is folded by installing a cushion assembly in a cushion fixture and a cushion receiving mechanism such that an inflatable cushion portion of the cushion assembly is positioned along a cushion path extending between the cushion fixture and the cushion receiving mechanism and creating at least one fold in the inflatable cushion portion at a fold location along the cushion path by actuating a fold developer and moving the cushion fixture incrementally towards the fold location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Assignee: Omega Automation, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Allen Humbarger, Paul V. Camposeo, Terry William Hurtig