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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. 16, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2007
Applicant:
John Y. Chen, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Inventor:
John Y. Chen, Hillsborough, CA (US);
Assignee:
Applied Elastomerics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 67/20 (2006.01); B60R 21/26 (2006.01); A61F 2/80 (2006.01); B60K 28/00 (2006.01); A47C 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A tear and fatigue resistant gel article comprising two or more communicating internal volumes like cavities when depressed by external pressure or force is capable of collapsing unto itself in a controllable and directionally preselected manner by venting static air within said internal through openings in said gel article, said gel article is made from gel compositions having rigidity of from about 20 gram Bloom to about 1,800 gram Bloom suitable for cushioning and other uses.