Patents by Inventor William B. Barnhardt

William B. Barnhardt 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).

  • Patent number: 6698251
    Abstract: A mattress closing tape formed of a crochet-type warp knitted construction comprises a set of parallel warp yams knitted in a series of lengthwise-extending chain stitches, first and second base filling yams of a first color (or other visual indicia) inlaid widthwise in opposing relation to each other through the chain stitches of the warp yarns to form a base fabric layer predominantly of such color at one fabric face, and third and fourth sets of multiple pattern filling yarns of a differing color (or visual indicia) inlaid diagonally in opposing relation to one another beneath the underlaps of the warp yarns to form a diamond pattern layer predominantly of such differing color at the opposite fabric face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Southern Webbing Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Ivan J. Smyre, William B. Barnhardt
  • Patent number: 6684461
    Abstract: A handle for a mattress, box spring or other bedding structure is formed of an elongate textile web having a lengthwise-extending relatively stiffer main body and relatively softer lengthwise-extending cushioning edges along opposite sides of the main body. The main body preferably comprises two face-abutting layers of the textile web with the cushioning edges connecting the two layers at each opposite side of the main body. The textile web may be of a crochet-type warp-knitted fabric comprised of interknitted warp and filling yarns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Southern Webbing Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: William B. Barnhardt