US 12,465,831 B2
Systems and methods for mobile molding and bonding
Andrea Piana, Atlanta, GA (US); Michael Stephen DeFranks, Atlanta, GA (US); Eric McCann, Kennesaw, GA (US); Andy Hollis, White, GA (US); Sang-Hoon Lim, Smyrna, GA (US); and Mehran Jafari, Kennesaw, GA (US)
Assigned to Piana Nonwovens LLC, Cartersville, GA (US)
Filed by Piana Nonwovens, LLC., Cartersville, GA (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/457,456.
Application 18/457,456 is a division of application No. 16/842,829, filed on Apr. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,771,971.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/837,417, filed on Apr. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0398421 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. B29C 70/34 (2006.01); A63B 69/00 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B32B 39/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 69/0048 (2013.01) [B29C 70/342 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 37/0046 (2013.01); B32B 39/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/771 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0276 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0284 (2013.01); B32B 2367/00 (2013.01); B32B 2605/003 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for manufacturing three dimensional objects, comprising:
providing a mobile molding system, comprising
a vehicle;
one or more expandable nonwoven textile substrates provided on the vehicle; and
one or more molds arranged on the vehicle;
placing the one or more expandable nonwoven textile substrates in the mold;
heating the one or more expandable nonwoven textile substrates in the mold, wherein the one or more expandable nonwoven textile substrates expand in at least one dimension to at least partially fill the mold and to form at least one object which includes one or more expanded nonwoven textile substrates;
cooling the at least one object to provide the at least one object with a shape that at least partially assumes a configuration defined by the mold; and
opening the mold and retrieving the at least one object.