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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 1978
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kurt Moser, Kirchheim, DT;
Assignee:
The Upjohn Company, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
425388 ; 425 89 ; 425D / ; 425D / ; 264 89 ; 264 90 ;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus are disclosed for vacuum or gauge pressure shaping of extensible sheet material in a mold, more particularly pre-shaping of a textile or plastic sheet or film used as an integral skin for a foam cushion, to effect uniform stretch of the sheet throughout its area notwithstanding substantial depth variation in surface contour of the final shaped sheet material.