Inventor · Chattanooga, TN, US

Roy T. Card

36Patents
27h-index
9Co-inventors
78Inventor score

Filing activity: Mar 16, 1971 → Jul 10, 2006

Most-cited inventions

PatentTitleAreaCited byStatus
US4366761A Dual shiftable needle bars for tufting machine Textiles; Paper 95 Expired
US5058518A Method and apparatus for producing enhanced graphic appearances in a tufted product and a product produced therefrom Textiles; Paper 88 Expired
US5983815A Tufting machine with pattern yarn feed and distribution device Textiles; Paper 74 Expired
US5224434A Method and apparatus for producing tufts from different yarns in longitudinal lines Textiles; Paper 74 Expired
US6834601B2 Yarn feed system for tufting machines Textiles; Paper 69 Expired
US6009818A Tufting machine pattern yarn feed device Textiles; Paper 65 Expired
US5743201A Tufting machine pattern yarn feed mechanism Textiles; Paper 64 Expired
US4867080A Computer controlled tufting machine and a process of controlling the parameters of operation of a tufting machine Textiles; Paper 64 Expired
US4981091A Computer controlled tufting machine and a process of controlling the parameters of operation of a tufting machine Textiles; Paper 62 Expired
US5622126A Tufting machine yarn feed mechanism Textiles; Paper 62 Expired
US4440102A Tufting machine and method of tufting for producing multiple rows of tufts with single lengths of yarn Textiles; Paper 61 Expired
US4619212A Tufting machine and method of tufting for producing multiple rows of tufts with single lengths of yarn Textiles; Paper 61 Expired
US4630558A Tufting machine and method of tufting for producing multiple rows of tufts with single lengths of yarn Textiles; Paper 59 Expired
US4903625A Apparatus and method for producing a cut loop overlay of a loop pile base fabric in a single pass of the base fabric through the tufting machine Textiles; Paper 57 Expired
US4815403A Cut loop over cut pile fabric and apparatus for and method of producing the same Textiles; Paper 55 Expired
US4836118A Apparatus and method for producing a cut loop overlay of a loop pile base fabric in a single pass of the base fabric through the tufting machine Textiles; Paper 52 Expired
US4419944A Multiple stroke looper mechanism for stitching machine Textiles; Paper 52 Expired
US4903624A Cut loop over cut pile fabric and apparatus for and method of producing the same Textiles; Paper 52 Expired
US7096806B2 Yarn feed system for tufting machines Textiles; Paper 43 Expired
US4669171A Process of installing knives in a cut pile tufting machine Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies 43 Expired
US4103629A Looper apparatus for forming cut pile and loop pile in the same row of stitching in a narrow gauge tufting machine Textiles; Paper 42 Expired
US4048930A Method and apparatus for forming J-tuft pile Textiles; Paper 42 Expired
US5706744A Method and apparatus for producing tufts from different yarns in longitudinal lines Textiles; Paper 40 Expired
US5499588A Method and apparatus for producing tufts in longitudinal lines Textiles; Paper 38 Expired
US4586445A High speed tufting machine Textiles; Paper 37 Expired

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Inventor disambiguation is heuristic; counts are objective bibliographic measures.