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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:
Feb. 12, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Henry D. Swartz, Chestnut Hill, MA (US);
Gary P. Magnant, Rockport, MA (US);
George Corey, Newton, MA (US);
Assignee:
The Rockport Company, LLC, Canton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/508 ; B29C 3/512 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 3/508 ; B29C 3/512 ;
Abstract
A susceptor-impregnated thermoplastic foam is molded by heating the susceptor-impregnated thermoplastic foam, preferably by induction; imprinting an object against the foam; and allowing the foam to cool into a hardened form conformed to the object.