Russell B Whatcott

20100183847, Jul 22, 2010

Aug 25, 2008

12/229724

Tony M. Pearce - Alpine UT, US
Terry V. Pearce - Alpine UT, US
Russell Whatcott - Eagle Mountain UT, US

B32B 3/30
B32B 3/02
B29C 51/00
B29D 16/00
B29C 43/00
B29C 45/00
B29C 47/00
B29C 41/00

428158, 264544, 2642101, 264286, 264310, 264322, 428162, 428174, 428175, 428178, 428179, 428180

An alternating pattern gel cushioning device and methods for making the same. The gel pattern may be two or three dimensional. The devices may be zoned or stacked. The device may be made by a variety of methods including roller molding, open face molding, injection molding, casting, extrusion, compression molding and other methods.

20120015151, Jan 19, 2012

Jul 21, 2011

13/188134

Tony M. Pearce - Alpine UT, US
Terry V. Pearce - Alpine UT, US
Russell Whatcott - Eagle Mountain UT, US

EDIZONE, LLC - Alpine UT

B32B 3/28
B29C 59/02
B32B 3/30

428156, 428174, 428175, 264293

Gel cushioning elements may comprise a sheet of elastomeric gel. The sheet may be shaped and configured to define recesses aligned with and extending into corresponding protrusions. The protrusions are configured to buckle in response to a pressure greater than a threshold pressure. Methods of forming a gel cushioning element may comprise disposing elastomeric gel between two molds having elevated features to impart an alternating pattern to the elastomeric gel, and hardening the elastomeric gel to form a sheet defining a plurality of protrusions. Elevated features of one mold may face elevated features of the other mold, and each elevated feature of one mold may be adjacent an elevated feature of the other mold. A portion of the sheet may be configured to buckle in response to a pressure greater than a threshold pressure. A cushion may comprise a gel cushioning element and fabric bonded to the gel cushioning element.

20120031800, Feb 9, 2012

Apr 29, 2011

13/098182

Joseph T. Nilson - Alpine UT, US
Russell Whatcott - Eagle Mountain UT, US

EDIZONE, LLC - Alpine UT

B65D 85/00
C08L 53/00

2065241, 524528

A healable gel putty may comprise an elastomeric polymer and a plasticizer. The elastomeric polymer may have a melt mass-flow rate in a range extending from about 2 g/10 min to about 100 g/10 min. A weight ratio of the plasticizer to the elastomeric polymer may be from about 1-to-1 to about 50-to-1. An article of manufacture may comprise gel putty disposed in a flexible container. A method of forming gel putty may comprise forming a mixture comprising an elastomeric polymer and a plasticizer. An article of manufacture may be formed by disposing gel putty within a flexible container.

20120052769, Mar 1, 2012

Aug 31, 2011

13/222214

Tony M. Pearce - Alpine UT, US
Russell Whatcott - Eagle Mountain UT, US
Joseph T. Nilson - Alpine UT, US

EDIZONE, LLC - Alpine UT

A41C 3/10
A41C 5/00

450 38, 450 41, 450 92

An insert configured to modify an appearance of a breast comprises a flexible bladder comprising a gelatinous elastomer and a flowable material disposed within the flexible bladder. A bra may comprise at least one insert and a shell configured to cover the breast and the at least one insert. An underwire comprises an elongated body comprising an elastomeric material having a Shore A durometer hardness of about 1 or greater. A shell may be connected to the underwire and configured to cover a breast. A method of forming a bra comprises forming an underwire and securing the underwire to a shell. Another method of forming a bra comprises forming a flexible bladder comprising a gelatinous elastomer, disposing a flowable material within the flexible bladder to form an insert, and securing the insert to a shell.

20120244312, Sep 27, 2012

Mar 15, 2012

13/420999

Tony M. Pearce - Alpine UT, US
Russell B. Whatcott - Eagle Mountain UT, US
LaVon Lee Bennett - Alpine UT, US

EDIZONE, LLC - Alpine UT

B32B 3/16
B29C 65/02

428136, 156 65, 4281951, 428131, 428196

Cushioning elements include a breathable material configured to allow gases to pass through at least a portion thereof, and a plurality of discrete segments of thermoplastic elastomeric gel (“gel”) heat-fused or otherwise attached to the breathable material. The gel comprises an elastomeric polymer and a plasticizer, with a plasticizer-to-polymer ratio of from about 0.3 to about 50. The plurality of discrete segments defines at least one breathable gap between adjacent discrete segments. Methods of forming cushioning elements include forming a plurality of discrete segments of gel, securing each segment to a breathable material, and providing a gas path through the breathable material and between adjacent segments. Another method includes providing molten gel within a mold, providing at least a second portion of the gel within a permeable material, and solidifying the gel to form discrete segments of gel.

20120276339, Nov 1, 2012

Apr 24, 2012

13/454874

Tony M. Pearce - Alpine UT, US
Russell B. Whatcott - Eagle Mountain UT, US

EDIZONE, LLC - Alpine UT

B32B 5/18
B32B 3/12
B05D 7/00
D05B 11/00
B32B 37/10
B32B 38/06
B32B 37/02
B32B 38/10
B32B 5/20
B05D 3/06

428160, 4283084, 428159, 427244, 427521, 156 60, 156219, 156152, 156247, 11247508

Cushioning elements include a porous foam comprising a series of interconnected cell walls and an elastomeric material formed over at least a portion of the interconnected cell walls. The porous foam is configured to allow gases to pass through at least a portion thereof. Methods of forming cushioning elements may include coating interconnected cell walls of a breathable porous foam with a liquid comprising an elastomeric material, solidifying at least a portion of the elastomeric material, and providing a gas path through the elastomeric material. Other methods include pressing sheets of foam together at a pinch point, disposing a liquid between the foam over the pinch point, coating the foam with the liquid, and separating the sheets beyond the pinch point. Some methods include consolidating a plurality of portions of porous foam into a continuous cushioning material.

20130043628, Feb 21, 2013

Aug 3, 2012

13/566763

Tony M. Pearce - Alpine UT, US
Russell B. Whatcott - Eagle Mountain UT, US

EDIZONE, LLC - Alpine UT

F16F 3/087
B23P 11/00

267153, 29428

Cushioning elements having a top cushioning surface and a bottom base surface include an elastomeric cushion member and a stabilizing material. The elastomeric cushion member includes a first plurality of interconnected buckling walls having a first mean height and a second plurality of buckling walls having a second mean height. Each buckling wall of the second plurality intersects and connects to at least two buckling walls of the first plurality. A surface of the stabilizing material on a side thereof opposite the elastomeric cushion member defines the bottom base surface of the cushioning element. The first ends of the first plurality of interconnected buckling walls and the first ends of the second plurality of buckling walls define the top cushioning surface of the cushioning element. Methods of forming cushioning elements include securing a stabilizing material to ends of the first plurality of interconnected buckling walls.

20220273113, Sep 1, 2022

Feb 28, 2022

17/682649

- Lehi UT, US
Russell B. Whatcott - Eagle Mountain UT, US
Brett Pearson - Taylorsville UT, US

A47C 27/08

A cushioning element includes pressurizable cells. The pressurizable cells of the cushioning elements are grouped into a plurality of sets, with each set of pressurizable cells being independently pressurizable from every other set of pressurizable cells of the cushioning element. The pressurizable cells may extend across a widths of the cushioning element and be arranged in series along the length of the cushioning element. Such a cushioning element may be part of a cushion, such as a mattress, a mattress topper, or the like. Methods for manufacturing the cushioning elements are also disclosed.