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US3278013A
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Compact article
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1961-11-07
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Granted: 1966-10-11
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Expires: 1981-11-07
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Millard S Banks
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 07:24
CPC Classifications
A; A61; A61F; A61F13/00; A61F13/15; A61F13/20; A61F13/2051
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
166 words
A NEW ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE COMPRISING AN UNWOVEN, ABSORBENT COTTON IN A COMPRESSED STATE AND A RUPTURABLE TUBULAR CASING SURROUNDING SAID MATERIAL AND MAINTAINING IT IN ITS STATE OF COMPRESSION, SAID COTTON BEING COMPOSED OF A MASS OF COHERENT COTTON FIBERS COMPRESSED FROM END TO END INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL SHAPE TO REDUCE ITS VOLUME CONSIDERABLY FROM THAT OF ITS UNCOMPRESSED STATE, SAID COTTON IN ITS COMPRESSED FORM HAVING AN INHERENT RESILIENCY TENDING TO EXPAND SO AS TO RESUME ITS ORIGINAL UNCOMPRESSED STATE, SAID TUBULAR CASING BEING PROVIDED WITH RUPTURE MEANS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ONE END OF SAID CASING TO THE OTHER END THEREOF SO THAT SAID CASING CAN BE READILY RUPTURED TO RELEASE SAID COMPRESSED COTTON, THE TENDENCY OF SAID COMPRESSED COTTON TO EXPAND ACTING TO ASSIST IN RUPTURING SAID CASING, SAID COTTON BEING RETAINED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER SPACE THAN ITS ORIGINAL VOLUME AND REGAINING SUBSTANTIALLY ITS ORIGINAL FORM UPON RUPTURE OF SAID CASING AND RELEASE OF SAID COTTON FROM SAID CASING.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
166 words
A NEW ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE COMPRISING AN UNWOVEN, ABSORBENT COTTON IN A COMPRESSED STATE AND A RUPTURABLE TUBULAR CASING SURROUNDING SAID MATERIAL AND MAINTAINING IT IN ITS STATE OF COMPRESSION, SAID COTTON BEING COMPOSED OF A MASS OF COHERENT COTTON FIBERS COMPRESSED FROM END TO END INTO A SUBSTANTIALLY CYLINDRICAL SHAPE TO REDUCE ITS VOLUME CONSIDERABLY FROM THAT OF ITS UNCOMPRESSED STATE, SAID COTTON IN ITS COMPRESSED FORM HAVING AN INHERENT RESILIENCY TENDING TO EXPAND SO AS TO RESUME ITS ORIGINAL UNCOMPRESSED STATE, SAID TUBULAR CASING BEING PROVIDED WITH RUPTURE MEANS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ONE END OF SAID CASING TO THE OTHER END THEREOF SO THAT SAID CASING CAN BE READILY RUPTURED TO RELEASE SAID COMPRESSED COTTON, THE TENDENCY OF SAID COMPRESSED COTTON TO EXPAND ACTING TO ASSIST IN RUPTURING SAID CASING, SAID COTTON BEING RETAINED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY SMALLER SPACE THAN ITS ORIGINAL VOLUME AND REGAINING SUBSTANTIALLY ITS ORIGINAL FORM UPON RUPTURE OF SAID CASING AND RELEASE OF SAID COTTON FROM SAID CASING.
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1969-10-10 | 1970-04-11 | 1970-10-11 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1973-10-10 | 1974-04-11 | 1974-10-11 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1977-10-10 | 1978-04-11 | 1978-10-11 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |