Patents by Inventor Stephen Cline
Stephen Cline 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: 12680318Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to building surface joint supports, for example, suitable for covering a seam between two building surface panels, such as drywall. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a joint support including an encapsulated adhesive for securing the joint support to the building surface panels. The joint support includes a support strip having a width, a length, a first end, a second end, a contact surface, and an outer surface. An adhesive is disposed on the contact surface of the support strip. The adhesive includes a first set of capsules and each capsule of the first set of capsules includes a membrane enclosing a first component of an adhesive composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: July 14, 2026Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.Inventors: Mithun N. Kamath, Nicholas David Orf, James Dimitrakopoulos, Michael House, Michael Lemberger, Stephen Cline
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Patent number: 12378444Abstract: The present disclosure relates a building surface accessory comprising an elongated body having a length that extends from a first end to a second end, the elongated body having an inside surface, an outside surface, a first edge, and a second edge, and an adhesive sheet having an outside surface coupled to the elongated body, an inside surface, and pressure sensitive adhesive on at least a portion of the inside surface, wherein the adhesive sheet is embossed such that the pressure sensitive adhesive has a plurality of raised portions.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 5, 2025Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Cline, Craig D. Radford, Michael House
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Publication number: 20240401346Abstract: The present disclosure relates a joint support that includes a support strip having first and second elongate flanges, the first and second elongate flanges having an inside surface, an outside surface, an inner edge, and an outer edge. The joint support further includes a first auxiliary flap including an inner portion attached to the inside surface of the first elongate flange and an outer portion that extends laterally beyond the outer edge of the first elongate flange. The joint support further includes a second auxiliary flap including an inner portion attached to the inside surface of the second elongate flange and an outer portion that extends laterally beyond the outer edge of the second elongate flange. The joint support further includes a pressure sensitive adhesive substance disposed on at least a first portion of an inside surface of each of the first auxiliary flap and the second auxiliary flap.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 7, 2024Publication date: December 5, 2024Inventors: Michael House, Stephen Cline
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Patent number: 11976475Abstract: The present disclosure relates a joint support that includes a support strip having first and second elongate flanges, the first and second elongate flanges having an inside surface, an outside surface, an inner edge, and an outer edge. The joint support further includes a first auxiliary flap including an inner portion attached to the inside surface of the first elongate flange and an outer portion that extends laterally beyond the outer edge of the first elongate flange. The joint support further includes a second auxiliary flap including an inner portion attached to the inside surface of the second elongate flange and an outer portion that extends laterally beyond the outer edge of the second elongate flange. The joint support further includes a pressure sensitive adhesive substance disposed on at least a first portion of an inside surface of each of the first auxiliary flap and the second auxiliary flap.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.Inventors: Michael House, Stephen Cline
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Patent number: 11808047Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to building surface joint supports, for example, suitable for covering a seam between two building surface panels. In certain aspects, the disclosure provides joint supports that include an elongate layered structure having inside and outside surfaces, the elongate layered structure including a support strip that includes first and second elongate flanges. In certain embodiments, the elongate layered structure also includes an inner facing sheet disposed on the inside surface of the support strip; and an outer facing sheet disposed on the outside surface of the support strip, wherein the each of the inner facing sheet and the outer facing sheet is formed from a fibrous polymer material.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.Inventors: Stephen Cline, Mithun N. Kamath, Michael House, Nicole Love, Michael J. Lemberger
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Publication number: 20230052281Abstract: The present disclosure relates a building surface accessory comprising an elongated body having a length that extends from a first end to a second end, the elongated body having an inside surface, an outside surface, a first edge, and a second edge, and an adhesive sheet having an outside surface coupled to the elongated body, an inside surface, and pressure sensitive adhesive on at least a portion of the inside surface, wherein the adhesive sheet is embossed such that the pressure sensitive adhesive has a plurality of raised portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 12, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Stephen Cline, Craig D. Radford, Michael House
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Publication number: 20210198903Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to building surface joint supports, for example, suitable for covering a seam between two building surface panels. In certain aspects, the disclosure provides joint supports that include an elongate layered structure having inside and outside surfaces, the elongate layered structure including a support strip that includes first and second elongate flanges. In certain embodiments, the elongate layered structure also includes an inner facing sheet disposed on the inside surface of the support strip; and an outer facing sheet disposed on the outside surface of the support strip, wherein the each of the inner facing sheet and the outer facing sheet is formed from a fibrous polymer material.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Stephen Cline, Mithun N. Kamath, Michael House, Nicole Love, Michael J. Lemberger
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Publication number: 20210140179Abstract: The present disclosure relates a joint support that includes a support strip having first and second elongate flanges, the first and second elongate flanges having an inside surface, an outside surface, an inner edge, and an outer edge. The joint support further includes a first auxiliary flap including an inner portion attached to the inside surface of the first elongate flange and an outer portion that extends laterally beyond the outer edge of the first elongate flange. The joint support further includes a second auxiliary flap including an inner portion attached to the inside surface of the second elongate flange and an outer portion that extends laterally beyond the outer edge of the second elongate flange. The joint support further includes a pressure sensitive adhesive substance disposed on at least a first portion of an inside surface of each of the first auxiliary flap and the second auxiliary flap.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2020Publication date: May 13, 2021Inventors: Michael House, Stephen Cline
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Publication number: 20210079273Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to building surface joint supports, for example, suitable for covering a seam between two building surface panels, such as drywall. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a joint support including an encapsulated adhesive for securing the joint support to the building surface panels. The joint support includes a support strip having a width, a length, a first end, a second end, a contact surface, and an outer surface. An adhesive is disposed on the contact surface of the support strip. The adhesive includes a first set of capsules and each capsule of the first set of capsules includes a membrane enclosing a first component of an adhesive composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Inventors: Mithun N. Kamath, Nicholas David Orf, James Dimitrakopoulos, Michael House, Michael Lemberger, Stephen Cline
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Patent number: 6939096Abstract: A scissor gate is provided which has two securement mechanisms enabling it to be stretched across a cargo hold such as a semi tractor trailer box and connected to the E-track on each opposing wall to retain a transported load against shifting.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2004Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Beemac Trucking Inc.Inventors: Stephen Cline, Richard Macklin