Patents by Inventor Thomas F. Monahan

Thomas F. Monahan 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).

  • REINFORCING FIBER AND MATERIAL FORMED THEREWITH
    Publication number: 20170217834
    Abstract: A reinforcing fiber and reinforced material, which includes a fiber having a first radical wave therein, wherein said first radical wave includes an amplitude of between about 0.5 to 1 cm and a wave run width of about 0.05 to about 0.3 cm, and a leading run and trailing run of at least about 0.75.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Publication date: August 3, 2017
    Inventors: Jon E. Monahan, Thomas F. Monahan
  • Reinforcing fiber and material formed therewith
    Patent number: 9718730
    Abstract: A reinforcing fiber and reinforced material, which includes a fiber having a first radical wave therein, wherein said first radical wave includes an amplitude of between about 0.5 to 1 cm and a wave run width of about 0.05 to about 0.3 cm, and a leading run and trailing run of at least about 0.75.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: THE THOMAS MONAHAN CO.
    Inventors: Jon E. Monahan, Thomas F. Monahan
  • Method for harvesting broom corn and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 5379579
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to improvements in apparatus and method for harvesting and baling broom corn. The harvesting operations include removing the boot leaves, stalk, knuckle, stem and seed from the broom corn while wet, drying the fibers sufficiently, while retaining original coloration and flexibility to allow for the fibers ready implementation into a broom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: The Thomas Monahan Company
    Inventor: Thomas F. Monahan, Jr.