Patents by Inventor Theodore Melvin Sarver

Theodore Melvin Sarver 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).

  • Method for making molded air bag covers and other articles with integral cover layer of leather
    Patent number: 5650115
    Abstract: A method for making air bag covers includes enclosing leather or other covering material in a mold, advancing a projection on a mold portion against a covering material to form a tear seam, and injecting moldable material behind the covering material to form a backing layer bonded to the material while forming an aligned groove in the backing layer. Embossing a desired pattern in the leather or covering material with a design in the mold cavity is also disclosed. A method for molding leather covered, resinous articles using a preformed, preshrunk leather piece, which articles optionally have designs, indicia or enhanced leather graining embossed during molding, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: Plastic Mold Technology Incorporated
    Inventors: Gary K. Proos, Donald W. Boehlke, Theodore Melvin Sarver