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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 31, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2006
Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Gainsville, FL (US);
Tony L. Schmitz, Gainsville, FL (US);
John C. Ziegert, Gainsville, FL (US);
Jeffrey Alan Bardt, Gainsville, FL (US);
Gerald R. Bourne, Gainsville, FL (US);
Wallace Gregory Sawyer, Gainsville, FL (US);
Tony L. Schmitz, Gainsville, FL (US);
John C. Ziegert, Gainsville, FL (US);
Jeffrey Alan Bardt, Gainsville, FL (US);
Gerald R. Bourne, Gainsville, FL (US);
The University of Florida Research Foundation, Inc., Gainesville, FL (US);
Abstract
A method of forming integral articles having non-line-of-site contours includes the steps of providing a plurality of molds, the molds having at least one mold channel therethrough. The plurality of molds are stacked on one another to form a mold stack, wherein at least one portion of the mold stack provides a non-line of sight multi-level channel through at least partial overlap of the mold channels between adjacent ones of the plurality of molds. A flowable material is applied to the mold stack. The flowable material is pressed to fill the mold channels in each of the plurality of molds to form an integral article comprising a plurality of stacked integrally connected levels of the material, wherein through interconnection of the integrally connected levels the integral article provides at least one non-line of sight contour traversing in its thickness direction. The mold stack is then separated or removed to free the integral article.