System and Method for Making Shaped Bands
AssigneeTinnus Technology, LLC
InventorJoshua Malone
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Abstract
A system and method for making shaped bands includes stretching a band into a shape, heating the band to a softening point of a material of the band, and cooling the band to room temperature, such that the band sets into the shape. Other embodiments include an apparatus comprising a pegboard with a plurality of holes, and a plurality of pegs configured to be inserted into corresponding holes from the plurality of holes, wherein the corresponding holes are located at vertices of a shape, and stretching the band around the pegs into the shape. Another embodiment includes attaching the band to a metal wire and bending the metal wire into the shape.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- stretching a band into a shape;
- heating the band to a softening point of a material of the band;
- and
- cooling the band to room temperature, such that the band sets into the shape.
An apparatus comprising:
- a pegboard comprising a plurality of holes;
- and
- a plurality of pegs, such that the apparatus is configured for:
- inserting the plurality of pegs into corresponding holes from the plurality of holes, wherein the corresponding holes are located at vertices of a shape;
- stretching a band around the plurality of pegs to form an outline of the shape;
- heating the band to a softening point of a material of the band;
- and
- cooling the band to room temperature, such that the band sets into the shape.
An apparatus comprising:
- at least one band attached to at least one metal wire, such that the apparatus is configured for:
- stretching the band into a shape by bending the metal wire into the shape;
- heating the band to a softening point of a material of the band;
- and
- cooling the band to room temperature, such that the band sets into the shape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.