Patents by Inventor Stuart Thomas Smith

Stuart Thomas Smith 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).

  • Knitted cover
    Patent number: 5887452
    Abstract: A method of forming a weft knitted fabric upholstery cover having a wale-wise extending flap on its reverse side in which method the excess fabric is knitted coursewise into the cover and is gathered into a flap on the reverse side of the fabric and sewn along its length. The coursewise length of the cover is sufficient so that after gathering to form the flap, the cover is substantially an exact fit over the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1999
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Stuart Thomas Smith, Debra Jean Tiensivu
  • Method of knitting fabric where joined edges are formed from sub-edges of 45.degree. and course-wise directions
    Patent number: 5722262
    Abstract: A continuously weft-knitted three-dimensional fabric cover having sutures to accommodate its three-dimensional format in which each suture defines a straight line or a series of straight lines joined end-to-end, each straight line lying at an angle of between 0.degree. and 50.degree. to the course-wise direction of the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Malcolm Frederick Proctor, Giles Timothy Gregory, Stuart Thomas Smith, Gary John Leeke
  • Knitting method
    Patent number: 5711168
    Abstract: A continuously weft-knitted three-dimensional fabric cover having sutures to accommodate its three-dimensional format in which each suture defines a straight line or a series of straight lines joined end-to-end, each straight line lying at an angle of between 0 and 50 to the course-wise direction of the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1998
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Malcolm Frederick Proctor, Giles Timothy Gregory, Stuart Thomas Smith, Gary John Leeke