WikiPatents - Community Patent Review
Create Free Account  |  License or Sell Your Patent  |  WikiPatents Marketplace  |  WikiPatents Blog
Username:  Password:  
    
Advanced Search
Articles which include a hinged starch-bound cellular matrix    

Get related patents on CD
United States Patent5843544   
Link to this pagehttp://www.wikipatents.com/5843544.html
Inventor(s)Andersen; Per Just (Santa Barbara, CA); Hodson; Simon K. (Santa Barbara, CA)
AbstractMethods and systems for forming hinged starch-bound matrices. Starch-based compositions are molded between heated molds in order to form a cellular matrix and also to remove the water from the starch-based compositions in order to form a binding matrix of solidified starch. The molding apparatus is configured to form one or more creases within the hinge area in order to define one or more lines upon which the hinge will bend. The molding apparatus is also configured such that the region of the mold corresponding to the inner surface of the hinge area will transfer heat more slowly to the inner hinge surface, resulting in reduced thickness of the skin of the inner hinge. This increases the collapsibility, or ability of the inner surface of the hinge to fold or buckle, during the bending action. This in turn reduces the bending radius of hinge such that the hinging action exerts less strain on the outer surface of the hinge. The inner surface of the hinge may optionally be treated with glycerin or other polyols soften the inner surface. The outer surface of the hinge may optionally be coated with an elastomeric material, such as polyvinyl alcohol, in order to strengthen the outer surface and reduce its tendency to fracture during the hinging action.
   














 Title Information Submit all comments and votes
 
Patent Text Patent PDF Print Page Summary File History
Plain text PDF images Print Summary File History Custom Search
Inventor     Andersen; Per Just (Santa Barbara, CA); Hodson; Simon K. (Santa Barbara, CA)
Owner/Assignee     E. Khashoggi Industries (Santa Barbara, CA)
Patent assignment
All assignments
Company News
Publication Date     December 1, 1998
Application Number     08/661,223
PAIR File History     Application Data   Transaction History
Image File Wrapper   Patent Term   Fees
Litigation
Filing Date     June 10, 1996
US Classification     428/36.5 16/221 16/277 16/385 206/524.7 206/562 428/36.4 428/158 428/213 428/317.9 428/318.8
Int'l Classification     B32B 005/16 B32B 019/02 B32B 025/02 E05F 001/08
Examiner     McCamish; Marion E.
Assistant Examiner     Copenheaver; Blaine R.
Attorney/Law Firm     Workman, Nydegger & Seeley
Address
Parent Case     RELATED APPLICATIONS The present application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/192,965, entitled "Hinges for Inorganically Filled Compositions," and filed Feb. 7, 1994 in the names of Per Just Andersen, Ph.D. and Simon K. Hodson now abandoned; and also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/218,967, entitled "Articles of Manufacture Molded from Inorganically Filled Compositions," and filed Mar. 25, 1994 in the names of Per Just Andersen, Ph.D. and Simon K. Hodson which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,545,450; and also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/288,664, entitled "Inorganically Filled, Starch-Based Compositions for Manufacturing Containers and Other Articles Having a Thermodynamically Controlled Cellular Matrix," and filed Aug. 9, 1994 in the names of Per Just Andersen, Ph.D. and Simon K. Hodson now allowed; and also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/353,543, entitled "Articles Having a Starch-Bound Cellular Matrix Reinforced With Uniformly Dispersed Fibers," and filed Dec. 9, 1994 in the names of Per Just Andersen, Ph.D. and Simon K. Hodson now allowed; and also a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No. 08/577,123, entitled "Compositions and Methods for Controlling Operational Windows in the Manufacture of Starch-Bound Cellular Articles," and filed Dec. 22, 1995 in the names of Per Just Andersen, Ph.D., Amitabha Kumar, Ph.D., and Simon K. Hodson still pending. For purposes of disclosure of the present invention, each of the foregoing applications is incorporated herein by specific reference.
Priority Data    
USPTO Field of Search     16/221 16/277 16/385 206/524.7 206/562 428/158 428/108 428/182 428/213 428/317.9 428/339 428/532 428/36.4 428/36.5 428/35.7 428/35.8 428/318.8
Patent Tags     articles which include hinged starch-bound cellular matrix
   
Enter a comma (,) or semicolon (;) between multiple tag words/phrases.
Describe this patent:
 Amusing   
 Clever   
 Complex   
 Efficient   
 Historic   
 Important   
 Innovative   
 Interesting   
 Practical   
 Simple   
[no votes]
Patent WIKI

Share information and news about this patent, including information and news about the technology, inventors, company, ligation and licensing.
 References Submit all comments and votes
 
*references marked with an asterisk below are user-added references
 U.S. References
 
Add a new US reference:  
ReferenceRelevancyCommentsReferenceRelevancyComments
3732112



[0 after 0 votes]		3493382



[0 after 0 votes]
5525281
Lorcks
264/101
Jun,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5523923
Stowe, Jr.
362/505
Jun,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5512090
Franke
106/126.1
Apr,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5512378
Bastioli
428/484.1
Apr,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5512135
Carre
162/175
Apr,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5506277
Griesbach, III
521/84.1
Apr,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5501774
Burke
162/164.1
Mar,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5501771
Bourson
162/158
Mar,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5500089
Huang
162/226
Mar,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5496440
Carre/
162/168.3
Mar,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5494509
Kruythoff
106/140.3
Feb,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5487813
Vinson
162/111
Jan,1996
[0 after 0 votes]
5480923
Schmid
524/47
Jan,1996
[0 after 0 votes]		5476621
Kustner

Dec,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5474856
Tamagawa

Dec,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5470382
Andou
106/124.4
Nov,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5466493
Mefford
427/384
Nov,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5462980
Bastioli
524/47
Oct,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5456933
Lee
426/549
Oct,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5454863
Foran
106/206.1
Oct,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5447604
Johansson
162/181.6
Sep,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5436078
Buhler
428/474.4
Jul,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5432000
Young, Sr.
428/372
Jul,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5428150
De Bock
536/102
Jun,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5427614
Wittwer
106/209.1
Jun,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5419962
Robertson
428/34.8
May,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5415827
Tomka
264/510
May,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5411639
Kurrle
162/175
May,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5405564
Stepto
264/115
Apr,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5405437
Leake
106/217.9
Apr,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5397834
Jane
525/54.1
Mar,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5395438
Baig
106/164.51
Mar,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5393804
George
523/128
Feb,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5393333
Trouve
106/144.1
Feb,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5389322
Kim

Feb,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5382611
Stepto
524/47
Jan,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5382285
Morrison
106/122
Jan,1995
[0 after 0 votes]		5378418
Berger
264/83
Jan,1995
[0 after 0 votes]
5376320
Tiefenbacher
264/50
Dec,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5372877
Kannankeril
428/311.71
Dec,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5367067
Frische
536/45
Nov,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5362777
Tomka
524/47
Nov,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5362776
Barenberg
524/35
Nov,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5362312
Skaggs
106/162.8
Nov,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5360844
Delrue
524/50
Nov,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5360828
Morrison
521/64
Nov,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5360586
Wyatt
264/54
Nov,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5360473
Fleche
106/208.5
Nov,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5356467
Oshlack
106/161.1
Oct,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5352709
Tarrant
521/84.1
Oct,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5346541
Goldman
106/162.8
Sep,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5332147
Sorenson
229/114
Jul,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5324351
Oshlack
106/156.3
Jun,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5320669
Lim
106/127.1
Jun,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5317119
Ayres
219/734
May,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5314754
Knight
428/532
May,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5308879
Akamatu
521/84.1
May,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5300333
Wilkerson
428/35.6
Apr,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5298273
Ito

Mar,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5296526
Delrue

Mar,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5296180
Hayes

Mar,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5290350
Besnard

Mar,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5288765
Bastioli
521/84.1
Feb,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5288318
Mayer
106/126.3
Feb,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5280055
Tomka
524/47
Jan,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5279658
Aung
106/126.1
Jan,1994
[0 after 0 votes]
5278194
Tickner
521/55
Jan,1994
[0 after 0 votes]		5277764
Johansson