Patents by Inventor Roy E. Guess

Roy E. Guess 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).

  • Carpet using unused yarn
    Patent number: 7341772
    Abstract: A carpet is described which has a particular yarn pattern which permits the use of different types of yarn such as unused yarn to form a carpet having a visually consistent appearance from manufacturing run to manufacturing run even though different types of yarns may be present. Other aspects of the invention are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Mannington Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Roy E. Guess
  • Carpet using using unused yarn
    Publication number: 20040185219
    Abstract: A carpet is described which has a particular yarn pattern which permits the use of different types of yarn such as unused yarn to form a carpet having a visually consistent appearance from manufacturing run to manufacturing run even though different types of yarns may be present. Other aspects of the invention are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventor: Roy E. Guess
  • Process of making cotton room-size rugs
    Patent number: 5567256
    Abstract: A cotton room-size rug, having dimension between 3 feet.times.5 feet, and 12 feet.times.15 feet, is made from a heat set blend of about 70-90% cotton fibers and about 30-10% low melting temperature polyester fibers. The polyester impregnates the cotton fibers to give them enhanced properties. The fibers are tightly tufted to a primary backing, and latex adhesive connects the primary backing to an open weave polypropylene secondary backing. A stain resistant finish is applied and the sides serged, and fringe attached. A cabled 3.0/2/2 yarn configuration is preferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Burlington Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence E. Queen, Roy E. Guess
  • Stain resistant multicolor textured cut pile carpet: cationic-dyeable nylon yarn dyed with anionic dyes and anionic-dyeable nylon yarn
    Patent number: 5199958
    Abstract: Multicolored stain-resistant nylon carpet is prepared by tufting a space dyed cationic-dyeable carpet nylon, dyed with an acid or premetalized dye intermixed and tufted with an acid dyeable nylon and overdyed with an acid dye to selectively dye the acid dyeable fibers but not the already space dyed yarns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1993
    Assignee: Burlington Industries Inc.
    Inventors: William G. Jenkins, Roy E. Guess