Patents by Inventor Thurmond Rufus Vaughn

Thurmond Rufus Vaughn 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).

  • System and method of forming a toe seam
    Patent number: 8156768
    Abstract: An article of hosiery having a toe seam has been developed. The hosiery includes a foot portion and a first circumferential toe portion having a first stitch length. A second circumferential toe portion can be adjacent the first toe portion. The second circumferential toe portion has at least two knitted courses with each of the at least two knitted courses having a second stitch length that is less than the first stitch length. There is at least one thread in the first circumferential toe portion that forms the toe seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: HBI Branded Apparel Enterprises, LLC
    Inventors: David H. Green, Howard Van Saunders, Thurmond Rufus Vaughn
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING A TOE SEAM
    Publication number: 20110192198
    Abstract: An article of hosiery having a toe seam has been developed. The hosiery includes a foot portion and a first circumferential toe portion having a first stitch length. A second circumferential toe portion can be adjacent the first toe portion. The second circumferential toe portion has at least two knitted courses with each of the at least two knitted courses having a second stitch length that is less than the first stitch length. There is at least one thread in the first circumferential toe portion that forms the toe seam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2009
    Publication date: August 11, 2011
    Inventors: David H. Green, Howard Van Saunders, Thurmond Rufus Vaughn