Patents by Inventor Sarah Bilbey

Sarah Bilbey 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: 6628885
    Abstract: A woven fiber-optic sheet (1) has warp strands (2) formed by sheathed bundles of fine optic-fibers (4). The fibers (4) of each strand (2) are broken pseudo-randomly, different ones at different locations along its length so that light transmitted into the strands (2) from a source (7) escapes from the various locations (8) to radiate through the transparent sheathing (5). Decorative effect is intensified by periodic light-color change being a rotating multi-color filter (9) to distribute different colors to different strands (2). The sheet (1) is woven with metal wire (3), plastics filament or fiber-optic strands as the weft, and the fibers (4) are broken before, during or after weaving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Inventors: Mark Ian Wilkie, Sarah Bilbey