Fabric (woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.) inventions 06/06

20060141880 - Liquid water impermeable reinforced nonwoven fire blocking fabric, method for making such fabric, and articles fire blocked therewith: This invention relates to a thin reinforced nonwoven fabric comprising a liquid impervious polymeric layer, a compressed web of crimped fiber, a binder, and a reinforcing scrim. The fabric bulks when exposed to heat or flame and is useful as a component for fire blocking mattresses, upholstery, and the like....

20060141881 - Wipe: A wipe is provided that includes a first wiping member bonded to a backing member along valleys, whereby the wiping member includes a plurality of discrete peaks, and an adhesive is provided, in one embodiment, in the valleys and not on the peaks....

20060141882 - Method for applying an exothermic coating to a substrate: A substrate that is capable of generating heat upon activation is provided. Specifically, the substrate is applied with an exothermic coating that may be formed from a variety of different components, including oxidizable metals, carbon components, binders, electrolytic salts, moisture-retaining particles, and so forth. The oxidizable metal is capable of...

20060141883 - Stretch nonwoven fabric and method for production thereof: A spunbonded elastic nonwoven fabric according to the invention comprises fibers formed from a polymer comprising a thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer, wherein the thermoplastic polyurethane elastomer has a solidifying point of 65° C. or above as measured by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) and contains 3.00×106 or less polar-solvent-insoluble particles per...

20060141884 - Polymer/wucs mat for use in automotive applications: An acoustical and thermally absorbent chopped strand mat formed of thermoplastic bonding materials and bundles of reinforcing fibers is provided. The reinforcing fibers are preferably wet use chopped strand glass fibers (WUCS). The thermoplastic bonding materials may be any thermoplastic or thermosetting material having a melting point less than the...

20060141885 - Apertured spunbond/spunblown composites: A liquid-permeable laminate includes at least one layer of spunbond material and at least one layer of spunblown material. The laminate is apertured. The inclusion of the spunblown material results in hole uniformity in the apertured laminate. The invention also includes a method of forming the liquid-permeable laminate....

20060141886 - Spunbond-meltblown-spunbond laminates made from biconstituent meltblown materials: Spunbond-meltblown-spunbond nonwoven fabrics having good softness, drape and extensibility, in addition to strength and barrier, are formed from combinations of bicomponent spunbond fibers having low fiber denier and biconstituent meltblown fibers. The spunbond fibers include an outer sheath portion formed using a first polyolefin and an inner core portion formed...

20060141887 - Cross-direction elastic film laminates, and methods of making same: A film laminate having cross-directional elasticity includes an elastomeric film laminated to at least one neckable facing layer such that fibers of the facing layer are attached to the elastomeric film. The laminate can be made by applying an elastic polymer, such as a liquid elastic polymer, onto a neckable...

20060141888 - Slit necked extendable laminates, and methods of making same: An extendable laminate having cross-directional extendability includes a film layer laminated to at least one neckable facing layer. The laminate can be made by attaching the film layer to the neckable facing layer to form the laminate, longitudinally slitting the laminate into a plurality of laminate strips, and necking the...

20060141889 - Cleaning sheets comprising a fibrous web of carded staple fibers hydroentangled with a reinforcing fibrous web: A cleaning sheet for removing particulate matter from a surface comprises a substrate comprising a first fibrous web comprising carded staple fibers and a reinforcing fibrous web comprising fibers selected from the group consisting of thermal bonded fibers, meltblown fibers, hydroentangled fibers, and spunbonded fibers. The first fibrous web is...

20060141890 - Ultrasonic lamination: The present invention is directed at the field of ultrasonic welding of flame retardant materials. In one exemplary embodiment, two layers of non-woven fabrics may be welded together to create a woven appearance and which may resemble the appearance of a woven fabric, such as that used in mattress ticking....

20060141891 - Absorbent structure with aggregate clusters: An absorbent structure has a macro absorbent structure with a plurality of aggregate clusters intermixed therein. The aggregate clusters have a periphery, an interior, and thermoplastic binder fibers. The thermoplastic binder fibers have thermoplastic binder fiber ends. The thermoplastic binder fiber ends are located at the periphery of the aggregate...

20060135011 - Thermoplastic insulation blanket: An improved lightweight, compact, multi-layer thermoplastic insulation blanket for thermally insulating a building structure, the blanket comprising a laminate of a first thermoplastic layer; a second thermoplastic layer; a thermoplastic bubble layer; and a third thermoplastic layer, the improvement comprising a scrim laminated to the first and second layers as...

20060135012 - Wiper/tack cloth with anti-static properties for painting operation and method of manufacture thereof: A wiper/tack cloth used in painting operations being a knitted synthetic filament forming a fabric with non-lint producing edges. The wiper/tack cloth is impregnated in a chemical bath, squeezed and cured in an oven. The dried, impregnated substrate is cut to a desired size. A method of preparing the wiper/tack...

20060135013 - Hot press-bonding type label or mark having its base sheet made of non-woven fabric, taffeta, spongy material or the like: In a hot press-bonding mark: the mark has a base sheet made of a non-woven fabric, a taffeta, a spongy material or the like; a thin film of a thermoplastic synthetic resin excellent in printability in an ink-jet or an ink-ribbon printing system is formed in one of opposite surfaces...

20060135014 - Fire retardant cover for mattresses: A retrofit cover for fully or partially enclosing a mattress, wherein the cover is formed of a unitary, integrally formed fabric having a fire barrier element. The cover is capable of rendering mattresses, mattress foundations, upholstered furniture article and other articles filled with resilient cushioning materials that were not originally...

20060135017 - Continuous filament mat and method of making: The present invention provides an improved method of forming continuous filament mat (CFM) at greater through-put while maintaining or improving product quality by use of a synchronized draw process. The synchronized draw process provides CFM having improved weight variation, structure and tensile strength is capable of operating at increased mat...

20060135018 - Dispersible nonwoven webs and methods of manufacture: Nonwoven webs that are comprised of non-thermoplastic fibers, have good in-use strength, and that disperse or break apart when subjected to agitation in water are disclosed. Pre-moistened wipes comprising such webs are also disclosed. The method of making the nonwoven webs is described as providing the webs with discrete compressed...

20060135015 - Method for making flexible automobile interior material and sheet for the construction and its product made therefrom: Disclosed is a method of producing an automobile interior material or construction sheet with excellent processability, and its product made therefrom. More particularly, a method comprises by carding short fibers wherein short fibers are mixed with polypropylene fibers and polyethylene fibers in a mixing ratio of 3 to 7:7 to...

20060135016 - Simplified warm-keeping body and warm-keeping cloth: A simple warmth-retaining article comprising a heat insulating material, a cover material and an exothermic article that generates heat in the presence of air and that is inserted between the heat insulating material and the cover material, and a warmth-retaining cloth formed by connecting a plurality of the simple warmth-retaining...

20060135019 - Heat-reflective nonwoven liner material: A heat reflective garment interlining laminate is provided that includes a continuous filament layer and a metallized thermoplastic film. The laminate is characteristically low-cost and suitable for such apparel applications as sports clothing, military clothing, camping gear, hunting/fishing clothing, and the like....

20060135020 - Flash spun web containing sub-micron filaments and process for forming same: A nonwoven fibrous structure and process for forming it, which is an interconnecting web of polyolefin filaments having filament widths greater than about 1 micrometer which are further interconnected with webs of smaller polyolefin filaments having filament widths less than about 1 micrometer, wherein the smaller polyolefin filaments comprise a...

20060135021 - Multicomponent fiber including elastic elements: Disclosed herein are multicomponent fibers, and particularly sheath-and-core type multicomponent fibers including elastic polymers. The multicomponent fibers have at least three cross sectional elements, wherein a first cross sectional element is an outer sheath element, the second cross sectional element is an inner sheath element, and the third cross sectional...

20060135022 - Energy absorbent laminate: This invention provides multi-layered composites, laminates and composite joints in which at least one resin-impregnated, fiber-containing layer is joined or laminated to a core layer having a lower flexural modulus or higher elongation at break, higher toughness, or a combination of all or some of these properties. The multi-layer composite...

20060135023 - High loft flame resistant batting for mattresses and furniture and processes for making same: i

20060135024 - High performance elastic materials made using styrene block copolymers and mixtures: An elastic laminate having improved elastomeric properties is prepared by forming an elastic layer from a thermoplastic styrene block copolymer elastomer, crosslinking the elastic layer, and bonding the elastic layer to at least one nonwoven web. The elastic layer may be crosslinked before or after it is bonded to the...

20060135025 - Laminate and a method for producing a laminate consisting of at least three layers: A laminate consisting of at least three layers, one layer of the laminate being formed by at least one nonwoven web made from continuous filaments. This is a nonwoven web thermally hardened by means of the effect of a hot fluid. A further layer of the laminate is disposed both...

20060135026 - Composite cleaning products having shape resilient layer: The present invention discloses a disposable cleaning product for use in household cleaning or personal care applications. The cleaning product of the invention is a multi-layer laminate product and may include at least two distinct layers, an abrasive layer and an absorbent layer. The absorbent layer contains a sponge-like member...

20060128238 - Net containing visible lettering and method for applying visible lettering to nets: A net, in particular a ball net for catching balls, such as a volleyball net, football net, tennis net or ball-catching net, or a net-like fence, has a net body formed from net threads connected to one another in mesh form. The net is distinguished in that the net. threads...

20060128240 - Cleaning substrate with additive: The present invention provides a cleaning sheet for cleaning a surface which includes an additive applied on at least one of the outer surfaces of the sheet. The additive can have a penetration value at 25° C. between 20 dmm and about 100 dmm. The additive can have a “relative...

20060128239 - Production of self-cleaning surfaces on textile coatings: The invention relates to a process for producing self-cleaning surfaces on coated textile sheets, by the following steps of the process: i.) applying hydrophobic nanostructured particles to a surface of a transfer-medium sheet, ii.) applying a coating composition and a textile sheet to those surfaces of the transfer medium to...

20060128241 - Thermal-responsive textile product: The invention provides a thermal-responsive moisture permeable and waterproof textile product. The moisture-permeable and waterproof product contains a textile substrate of textile product and a moisture-permeable and waterproof layer, which is coated on at least one side, and the moisture-permeable and waterproof layer contains a polymer and a thermoshrinking volume...

20060128242 - Binder for high wet-strength substrates: The present invention is directed to a fibrous substrate made of chemically bonded fibers, where the fibers are bound with a polymeric binder in an amount which is sufficient to bind the fibers together to form a self-sustaining web, and where the binder is characterized as having a wet tensile...

20060128243 - Stretchable fabrics comprising elastics incorporated into nyco for use in combat uniforms: A stretchable fabric comprising NYCO fabric with about 2 to about 4 wt. % elastic, such as an elastane as LYCRA®, is disclosed. The stretchable fabric of the invention exhibits about 20 to about 50% fabric stretch, and is suitable for application in combat uniforms where mobility and comfort are...

20060128244 - Inflatable curtain with variable seam pattern: An inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle (12) includes strands of material woven together to form both (a) overlying woven panels (40 and 42) and (b) single layer first and second woven seams (120 and 150) that include strands of material...

20060128246 - Acoustically effective nonwoven material for vehicle liners: An acoustically effective nonwoven for linings of motor vehicles comprises a porous fibrous skeleton made of coarse fibers (8). These coarse fibers (8) comprise in particular staple fibers or spun-bonded fibers. A continuously changing weight quota of melted-on microfibrous material (7) is foreseen in a front and/or rear surface region...

20060128245 - Device and method of liquid-permeable perforation of a nonwoven: A method for the manufacture of a perforated nonwoven, whereby perforation means engage into the nonwoven. The perforation means are arranged on a first roller. The perforation means engage through the nonwoven into a surface of a second roller. The perforation means displace fibers of the nonwoven, whereby the perforation...

20060128247 - Embossed nonwoven fabric: A three-dimensional hydraulically entangled nonwoven composite structure made of nonwoven fibrous web and a fibrous material integrated in the nonwoven fibrous web by hydraulic entanglement is disclosed. The nonwoven composite structure has a greater ability to maintain an embossed pattern when wet and has the ability for the structure to...

20060128249 - Hydroentangled continuous filament nonwoven fabric and the articles thereof: A three-dimensionally imaged nonwoven fabric, as formed in accordance with the principles of the present invention, contemplates a material formed by hydroentanglement of at least one lightly bonded continuous filament layer upon a device having a three-dimensional foraminous forming surface. The preferred continuous filament substrate is in the form of...

20060128248 - Nonwoven sanitizing wipe including an anionic binder formulation: A nonwoven wipe, a wiping system and method for using a wipe are provided that offer superior sanitization capabilities over prolonged periods of use. The novel combination of nonwoven substrate having wettable polypropylene and an anionic binder formulation results in a wipe that exhibits washable durability and is capable interacting...

20060116040 - Geogrid composed of fiber-reinforced polymeric strip and method for producing the same: A geogrid using fiber-reinforced polymeric strips and its producing method are disclosed. The geogrid of a lattice shape includes plural longitudinal fiber-reinforced polymeric strips longitudinally arranged in parallel at regular intervals and formed by reinforcing fiber in a thermoplastic polymer resin, and plural lateral fiber-reinforced polymer strip laterally arranged in...

20060116041 - Yarn having lateral projections: An elongated polymer yarn includes a central body from which there extends a pair of spaced apart lateral projections. In one embodiment, the body is in the nature of a cylindrical member, while the projections are in the nature of flat planar members. The projections are arranged opposing one another...

20060116042 - Industrial two-layer fabric: In a lower surface side layer of an industrial two-layer fabric, warps are formed by sequentially arranging a repeating design unit, in which one warp passes over six successive lower surface side wefts, passes under one lower surface side weft, passes over two lower surface side wefts, and passes under...

20060116043 - Flame resistant fiber blend and fabrics made therefrom: A flame retardant or flame resistant (FR) fiber blend is provided that comprises amorphous silica fibers and at least one FR fiber. A flame retardant fabric, manufactured from a blend of fibers comprises amorphous silica fibers and at least one FR fiber. Barrier fabrics, manufactured from a blend of fibers,...

20060116044 - Stretch fabric substrate for medical use: The present invention provides a stretch fabric substrate for medical use in a simple knitted structure with a good productivity having such a desired elastic recovery of elongation that no reduction of the fabric substrate in the widthwise direction takes place when elongation is applied to a necessary extent in...

20060116045 - Spring structural resin molded product, and method and device for forming surface layer on the spring structure resin molded product: The present invention relates to a resin-molded article with a spring structure, and to a method and apparatus for preparing a superficial layer of such a resin-molded article with a spring structure which has surfaces free from undulations, comprises fused filaments whose fusion is resistant to separation, maintains its cushioning...