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Patent No. 6260903

Portable automobile partition

A portable partition for use in an automobile having a seat with a seat bench and a seat backrest.

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Assignee: Industrial Origami, Inc.


Location: San Francisco, CA
No. of patents: 13

NumberTitleIssue Date
7640775Apparatus and method for joining the edges of folded sheet material to form three-dimensional structure
A sheet of material formed for folding into a three-dimensional structure. The sheet has edges formed with joinder structures, such as dovetails, and a plurality of folding structures, such as slits, grooves or displacements, that control folding of the sheet in a m...
01/05/2010
7560155Sheet material with bend controlling grooves defining a continuous web across a bend line and method for forming the same
A sheet of material (21, 61, 81) formed for control bending along a bend line (23, 63) while maintaining a continuous web of material (26) across the bend line (23, 63). The sheet has at least one groove (22, 62, 82) formed therein...
07/14/2009
7534501Precision-folded, high strength, fatigue-resistant structures and sheet therefor
Precision-folded, high strength, fatigue-resistant structures and a sheet therefore are disclosed. To form the structures, methods for precision bending of a sheet of material along a bend line and a sheet of material formed with bending strap-defining structures, s...
05/19/2009
7464574Method for forming sheet material with bend facilitating structures into a fatigue resistant structure
A process for designing and manufacturing precision-folded, high strength, fatigue-resistant structures and a sheet therefore. The techniques include methods for precision bending of a sheet of material (41, 241, 341, 441, 541) along a bend line (45, 245, ...
12/16/2008
7440874Method of designing fold lines in sheet material
A method includes defining a desired fold line in sheet material and populating the fold line with a fold geometry including cut zones that define connected zones, whereby upon folding the material produces edge-to-face engagement of the material on opposite sides o...
10/21/2008
7412865Method for forming sheet material with bend controlling displacements
A method of preparing a sheet of material for bending along a bend line includes the step of forming at least one displacement in the thickness direction of the sheet of material, the displacement including a flat zone substantially parallel to the sheet of material...
08/19/2008
7374810Method for precision bending of sheet of materials, slit sheets fabrication process
A method for precision bending of a sheet of material (41, 241, 341, 441) along a bend line (45, 245, 345, 445) and the resulting sheet are disclosed. A method includes a step of forming longitudinally extending slits (43, 243, 343, 443) through...
05/20/2008
7355861Card guide for mounting printed circuit boards and the like to electronic equipment housings
A card guide for mounting printed circuit boards, electronic pathway or component carrying cards, or the like, to an electronic equipment housing having a wall with a pair of openings formed to receive mounting feet provided on the card guide. The card guide body in...
04/08/2008
7354639Method of bending sheet materials and sheet therefor
A sheet of material formed for bending along a bend line including a sheet of material (30) includes a plurality of dividing slits (37) and a plurality of strap slits (39) formed therethrough. The dividing slits extending substantially along a d...
04/08/2008
7350390Sheet material with bend controlling displacements and method for forming the same
A method of preparing a sheet of material for bending along a bend line includes the step of forming at least one displacement in the thickness direction of the sheet of material, the displacement including a flat zone substantially parallel to the sheet of material...
04/01/2008
7296455Tool system for bending sheet materials and method of using same
A bending tool system is provided for forming a three-dimensional structure from a two-dimensional sheet material which includes a predetermined fold line. The system includes a tool base for receiving and supporting the sheet material in a work plane, a clamp for e...
11/20/2007
7263869Method for forming sheet material with bend controlling grooves defining a continuous web across a bend line
A sheet of material (21, 61, 81) formed for control bending along a bend line (23, 63) while maintaining a continuous web of material (26) across the bend line (23, 63). The sheet has at least one groove (22, 62, 82) formed therein...
09/04/2007
7222511Process of forming bend-controlling structures in a sheet of material, the resulting sheet and die sets therefor
A process of forming bend-controlling structures, such as slits, grooves or displacements (22), in a sheet of material (21, 121, 221, 321, 421, 521, 621, 721). The bend-controlling structures (22) have central portions (26) extending subs...
05/29/2007
 
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