Fabric (woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.) inventions 02/07

20070042654 - Electromagnetic wave shielding sheet: The present invention discloses a sheet for electromagnetic wave shielding, comprising a laminate of at least a transparent substrate film and an electromagnetic wave shielding layer. The electromagnetic wave shielding layer is formed of a meshy metal foil with densely arranged openings and being transparent. A protective film is stacked... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070042656 - Multicolored mat and manufacturing method thereof: A multicolored mat and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The present method includes the following steps: (a) providing, flattening and conveying a piece of meshed cloth; (b) coating the flattened cloth with several flexible high polymers having different colors contained in a plurality of containers according to at least one... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070042655 - Natural polymer mat and manufacturing method thereof: A natural polymer mat, which is biodegradable, and manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The present method includes the steps of: (a) providing, flattening and conveying a piece of meshed cloth; (b) coating the flattened meshed cloth with natural high polymer raw material regulated according to a predetermined formula contained in... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070042657 - Method and composition for coating mat and articles produced therewith: A coated glass mat comprises a glass mat substrate having non-woven glass fibers and a coating which essentially uniformly penetrates the glass mat substrate to desired fractional thickness of the coated glass mat. The coating imparts a tensile strength to the coated glass mat which on average is at least... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070042658 - Fiber-containing article and method of manufacture: A fire resistant or acoustical article comprising a bast fiber component, a thermoplastic material that acts as a binder, and a first fire retardant component, the article having a coating of a second fire retardant component, such that the article may be used in the manufacture of structures having a... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP Patent Docketing

20070042659 - Fiber mat and process for making same: A fiber mat of improved wet web strength and a process of making same is disclosed. The fiber mat comprises fibers; a resinous fiber binder; and a vinylpyrrolidone/acrylic acid/lauryl methacrylate terpolymer.... Agent: Gaf Materials Corporation Attn: William J. Davis, Esq.

20070042660 - Controllable surface area fabric: A fabric (1) with an adjustable surface area, contour, and/or adjustable portion includes interwoven textiles fibers, at least one shape memory alloy fiber (40) woven among the textile fibers that alters the surface are of the fabric upon receiving current, and a means for passing current (100) though the at... Agent: Philips Intellectual Property & Standards

20070042661 - Mineral fibre-based insulating panel, production method thereof and use of same: The invention relates to an insulating panel which is used as lagging for an electrical apparatus and which is based on mineral fibres, particularly glass fibres. The invention also relates to a method of producing one such panel. The inventive panel comprises a core (13; 113) of interconnected mineral fibres... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070042662 - Machine for production of non-woven material, adjustment procedure for the same and non-woven material produced thus: In this nonwoven production machine, filaments are projected by a spunbond tower (1 to 4) into the nip between two rolls (6, 7) and the web formed in the nip is taken up onto a horizontal conveyor (19) by applying an underpressure inside one of the rolls (6).... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20070042663 - Cross-direction elasticized composite material and method of making it: A cross-directional elasticized composite includes a facing layer and a plurality of elastic filaments disposed in the cross direction. A method for making the cross-direction elasticized composite by continuously disposing molten elastic filaments on the facing layer and in the cross direction, is also provided.... Agent: Maxwell J. Petersen Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20070042664 - Fiber-containing composite and method for making the same: A unitary, fiber-containing composite comprises (a) a first region comprising a plurality of first binder fibers and a plurality of bast fibers, (b) a second region disposed above the first region, the second region comprising a plurality of second binder fibers and a plurality of bast fibers, and (c) a... Agent: Robert M. Lanning Legal Department, M-495

20070042665 - Micro-porous non-woven fabric and fabricating method thereof: The present invention relates to a method for making a micro-porous non-woven fabric, which comprises melt-blown fibers, functional particulates and low-melting point fibers. The low-melting point fibers are used to increase porosity of the non-woven fabric to enhance air permeability. The melt-blown fibers are tacky to improve the strength of... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070042666 - Non-woven wash cloth: A non-woven washcloth formed from a blend of two different size polyester fibers, the majority of which have a length about half of that of the minority. The washcloth has good fluid retention properties, and releases fluids in a controlled manner when used.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070037461 - Laminar covering material: A covering material, such as a flooring, comprises a layer of resilient material, for example rubber-based material, and a plane metal reticular structure, for example made of aluminium, coupled to the layer of resilient material. The metal reticular structure is at least partially emerging at the surface of the layer... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070037462 - Optical fiber substrate useful as a sensor or illumination device component: This disclosure generally pertains to a method for manufacturing a distributed optical fiber scrim comprising a functional optical fiber, the functional optical fiber scrim thus manufactured, and composites in which an optical fiber scrim is incorporated. The present disclosure describes a variety of textile scrims, particularly adhesively bonded nonwoven scrim... Agent: Legal Department, M-495

20070037463 - Fiber batt having a separator layer: A nonwoven fiber product comprising a first nonwoven fiber batt, a second nonwoven fiber batt, and a separator layer attached to each of the first fiber batt and the second fiber batt, the separator layer physically separating the first fiber batt and the second fiber batt, wherein upon application of... Agent: Conley Rose, P.C.

20070037464 - Isolation, formulation, and shaping of macrocyclic oligoesters: Processes for isolating, formulating, and shaping macrocyclic oligoesters were developed which allow efficient production of macrocyclic oligoesters substantially free from solvent, which may include additives, fillers, and catalysts.... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070037465 - Porous metallized sheets coated with an inorganic layer having low emissivity and high moisture vapor permeability: A metallized composite sheet having low emissivity formed by coating a metallized moisture vapor permeable sheet with at least one outer inorganic coating layer, wherein the moisture vapor permeability of the composite sheet is at least about 80% of the moisture vapor permeability of the starting sheet.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070032150 - Architectural fabric: An architectural fabric is claimed where the tension members are strips. These strips comprise a tension member and a polymer matrix. The matrix is preferably of the thermoplastic type and is preferably chemically attached to the polymer used for the membrane. However, mechanical fastening of the strip to the membrane... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070032151 - Cationic fibrous sanitizing substrate: The present invention is directed to an essentially binder free cleaning and/or sanitizing nonwoven article including a cationic fibrous component for cleaning a surface, to be utilized with a sanitizing solution without depleting the solution's effectiveness. The cationic cleaning or sanitizing article of the present invention is particularly engineered to... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070032152 - Architectural fabric: An article useful as an architectural fabric consisting of (a) a layer of fabric having a first surface and a second surface made of polytetrafluoroethylene fibers; and (b) a fluoropolymer coating disposed on at least the first surface of the fabric.... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070032153 - Altering the polarity of surfaces with amphipathic peptides: A method is disclosed for enhancing interactions between nonpolar substances and polar liquids, such as interactions between nonpolar polymers and aqueous systems, using amphipathic peptides, without the need for conventional surfactants. The nonpolar substance may either be pretreated to enhance its interactions with polar liquids, or the polar liquid (e.g.,... Agent: Patent Department Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.l.p

20070032154 - Antimicrobial absorbent article, and methods of making and using the same: A non-irritating multi-ply absorbent article made by treating an inner surface with one or more antimicrobial agents and treating the one or more outer surfaces with one or more siloxane compositions, and methods of making and using the same. The antimicrobial agent will remain confined to the inner portion of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070032155 - Yarns containing siliconized microdenier polyester fibers: The invention relates to a yarn containing siliconized micro-denier polyester fibers and macro-denier fibers. The blending ratio of the siliconized micro-denier polyester fibers and macro-denier fibers in the yarn ranges between about 10 to about 90 and about 90 to about 10 percent by weight. The macro-denier fiber of the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070032156 - Microfibrous non-woven chamois fabric having a high light fastness and process for its preparation: A non-woven chamois fabric is described consisting of a microfibrous portion and an elastomeric matrix, having high light fastness values.... Agent: Takafumi Hashimoto

20070032157 - Dually dispersed fiber construction for nonwoven mats using chopped strands: A chopped strand mat formed of bundles reinforcin fibers and individual reinforcing fibers is provided. The chopped strand mat may be engineered to contain pre-selected amounts of bundles of reinforcement fibers and/or individual reinforcement fibers to select or enhance a particular feature of the chopped strand mat. In at least... Agent: Owens Corning

20070032158 - Multiple layer nonwoven fabric structures: Multiple layer structures incorporating at least one polymeric film layer and at least one nonwoven fabric layer and products produced from such structures are provided. The polymeric film layer includes at least one tackifier resin. The at least one tackifier resin may be selected from a variety of resins including... Agent: Exxonmobil Chemical Company

20070032159 - Nonwoven composite element: The invention relates to nonwoven composite elements in which a blended fiber nonwoven comprised of thermoplastic fibers and of reinforcing fibers having a high-melting point is joined on one or both sides to one or two composite films of the structure ba or bab, in which a is a thermoplastic... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070026751 - Papermachine fabric: A fabric for a paper machine treated on at least one side with a surface-enlarging coating, whose penetration depth, based on the total thickness of the fabric provided with the coating, lies in a range from greater than 0 to about 95%.... Agent: Voith Fabrics

20070026752 - Textile surface which can be used to produce protective clothing, in particular, for fire fighters, and multilayer complexes comprising said surface: The present invention relates to a textile surface for thermal insulation, in particular for making protective garments, in particular garments for protecting firefighters, the textile surface presenting a thermal barrier function and comprising threads of type A that are temperature-stable and presenting little or no shrinkage under the effect of... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070026753 - Differential basis weight nonwoven webs: Differential basis weight nonwoven webs and a process for producing the webs is disclosed. In particular, the webs contain areas of higher basis weight and areas of lower basis weight. For instance, in one embodiment, the higher basis weight areas and the lower basis weight areas form alternating columns. The... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070026754 - Scouring material: A scouring material comprises a three-dimensional non-woven web of entangled fibres bonded to one another at their mutual contact points by a pre-bond resin and a plurality of abrasive particles are adhered to the fibres of the bonded web by a make-coat resin. A majority by weight of the fibres... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company