Patents by Inventor Roger Alan Chapman

Roger Alan Chapman 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).

  • Lining material
    Patent number: 6555490
    Abstract: The invention features a lining material for footwear. The material includes a non-woven felt including up to 80% by weight of grooved or multi-lobed cross section transport fibers and the remainder of thermally bondable fibers arranged to secure the transport fibers against abrasion and excessive mechanical stretch presented during incorporation of the lining material into a product during that product's manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Texon UK Limited
    Inventors: Kirsty Marlene Wildbore, Susan Gwynneth Johnson, Roger Alan Chapman
  • Shoe toe or heel end stiffener
    Publication number: 20020108269
    Abstract: A shoe toe or heel end stiffener consisting of a net, at least some strands of which are of hot melt adhesive material having an activation temperature of between 50° C. and 80° C. Suitable adhesive materials include polycaprolactone and certain polyesters. The stiffeners are of improved stiffness per unit weight, in comparison with previously known stiffeners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Inventor: Roger Alan Chapman