Fabric (woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.) inventions 06/07

20070149072 - Coatings for airbag fabrics, coated airbag fabrics, and methods for making the same: An airbag fabric has a finish on a surface thereof, the finish comprising a plurality of particles having a diameter of about 20 μm or less. A process for producing a coated airbag fabric comprises the steps of (a) providing an airbag fabric, (b) contacting at least one surface of... Agent: Legal Department (m-495)

20070149073 - Electric machine with a corona shield: An electric machine includes a laminated stator core having slots for receiving a stator winding, and a corona shield for insulating the stator winding. The corona shield includes a substrate; and a coating applied on the substrate, wherein the substrate and the coating are made entirely of inorganic material.... Agent: Henry M. Feiereisen Henry M. Feiereisen, LLC

20070149071 - Needled belt with high thickness and elasticity: A multi-base needled belt having an elastic surface comprising a conventional base layer, an elastic base layer and at least two batt layers needled into both base layers in order to join the base layers to each other, wherein the belt's elasticity derives from elastic fibers that are used to... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070149074 - Water-vapor permeable films and textiles: A water-vapor permeable film. The film includes 90˜99 wt % polyurethane (PU) and 1˜10 wt % polyethylene (PE). The invention also provides a textile including the film.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070149075 - Method for making an article hydrophobic and oleophobic as well as articles made therefrom and their use: The present invention relates in general to a method and variations thereof for making an article, such as cloth, water repellent and/or water resistant (i.e. hydrophobic) as well as oil repellent (i.e. oleophobic). In particular, the method involves the process of providing a thin-layer polymer coating on the article thereby... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070149076 - Cut-resistant composite: The present invention relates in a first aspect to a cut-resistant and/or cut-warning composite comprising a matrix, provided on one side of a fabric, a fabric, and at least one insulating layer provided between said matrix and said fabric. In another aspect, the invention relates to a composite, whereby cavities... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070149077 - Latex with isocyanate crosslinker as binder for fibrous substrates: A polymeric dispersion in aqueous phase for use as a polymeric binder for paper and other nonwoven articles is described utilizing a polyisocyanate in combination with said polymeric binder to increase the ratio wet tensile/dry tensile strength. The polyisocyanate seems to be functioning by increasing the fiber to binder interaction... Agent: Legal Department Noveon, Inc.

20070149078 - Perforated non-woven fiberglass mat: A novel nonwoven fiberglass mat having properties particularly suited for a facer on gypsum wallboard, laminates made therefrom and the method of making the mat is disclosed. The mat has a controlled permeability, with the permeability of the mat being controlled by perforation of the mat.... Agent: Johns Manville

20070149079 - Vibration dampening material and method of making same: The material minimizes vibration transmitted through the material that includes shear thickening fluids and magnetorheological fluids, which are generally referred to as “resistive fluids.”... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070149080 - Preform, frp, and processes for producing these: A preform, formed with a plurality of reinforcing fiber substrates stacked to each other and each made of at least reinforcing fiber yarns, has a resin material, whose main component is a thermoplastic resin, interlaminated between the layers of the reinforcing fiber substrates in the preform, and has through holes... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20070149081 - Automobile interior board and method of producing automobile interior board: An automobile interior board includes a base layer; and a nonwoven or woven surface layer, laminated on at least one surface of the base layer. The base layer is comprised of a composite material of: a first fiber, comprised of a bamboo fiber; a second fiber, comprised of one of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070149082 - Textile laminate: A textile laminate includes a hydrophobic membrane, an inner fabric layer and an outer fabric layer sandwiching the hydrophobic membrane. The hydrophobic membrane has a plurality of tangled polymer fibers, a plurality of pores among the polymer fibers, and a plurality of adhesive powder attached on the polymer fibers on... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070149083 - Board formed from a cementitious material and a facer containing a laminate: A process for producing a board suitable for use as a wallboard or a ceiling panel is provided, comprising: (a) providing a substrate comprising a first facer; (b) applying a slurry comprising a cementitious material on the substrate; and (c) providing a second facer above the slurry, wherein at least... Agent: Johns Manville

20070149084 - Natural fiber as core material in composite sandwich structure: A core component includes a natural fiber portion and a binder portion. The natural fiber portion and the binder portion are combined together, either partially or fully, so as to form a substantially homogenous material. Natural fibers can include: (1) bast fibers such as hemp, flax, kenaf, ramie, jute, and/or... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20070141926 - Hydroentangled elastic nonwoven sheet: A method for making an elastic fabric with the steps of providing a hydroentangled precursor fabric having at least 1% by weight of binder fibers, heating the precursor fabric to a temperature above the melting point of the binder fibers and then drawing the precursor fabric in the machine direction... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070141927 - Method and system for exterior protection of an aircraft: A method of forming an exterior surface protective structure (12) for an aircraft (10) includes providing a surfacer (26) having a carrier on a metal mesh material (24) and an isolator (22) with resin in the surfacer and the isolator filling holes in the metal mesh to form a surface... Agent: Klein, O'neill & Singh, LLP

20070141928 - Scrim for seams and joins of papermaking fabric: A papermachine fabric includes a base fabric and a strip of material covering a join or seam of the base fabric. The strip of material has an edge with a plurality of crenulations therein.... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070141929 - Durable exothermic coating: A substrate that contains an exothermic coating is provided. More specifically, the exothermic coating includes one or more components (e.g., carbon, oxidizable metal, moisture-retaining particles, etc.) that are durably adhered to the substrate. To provide the desired durability, the exothermic coating includes the combination of a certain amount of a... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070141931 - Faced board material having a smooth aesthetically pleasing outer surface and good adhesion of facer to core: An improved board material is provided comprising a set cementitious core bearing on at least one of its surfaces as a facer a multilayer nonwoven fibrous mat of a specific structure. The outer layer of the mat comprises fibers of a fine diameter of approximately 1 to 10 microns and... Agent: Johns Manville

20070141932 - Interlining material, process of manufacturing and use thereof: A method of making a fabric composite capable to assuming a desired shape including the steps of forming an interlining fabric (10) containing elastic yarn (15) running longitudinally of the fabric, varying the density of yarn across the width of the interlining to control the longitudinal extensibility across the width,... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070141930 - Laminate containing a fluorinated nonwoven web: An elastic laminate that contains a nonwoven web bonded to an elastic layer is provided. The elastic layer contains one or more elastomeric polymers that are generally polar in nature, such as polyurethanes. To the contrary, the nonwoven web is formed from a material that is non-polar in nature. Nevertheless,... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070141933 - Aqueous polyolefin dispersions for textile impregnation: The present invention provides an article formed by impregnating a fibrous structure with a compound, the compound including an aqueous dispersion, the dispersion having (a) at least one polymer selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-based thermoplastic polymer, a propylene-based thermoplastic polymer, and mixtures thereof; (b) at least one... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070141934 - Nonwoven webs containing bacteriostatic compositions and methods of making the same: Nonwoven webs, such as coform webs, treated with a bacteriostatic composition are generally disclosed. The treated webs can attract and/or trap negatively charged matter, such as bacteria and other pathogens. The bacteriostatic composition can comprise a cationic polymer, a cationic oligomer, or particles coated with a cationic material. The bacteriostatic... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070141935 - Adjustable light reflecting insect-proof drug belt: The adjustable light reflecting insect-proof drug belt comprises a first belt having an adhering surface at an outer upper side thereof and a cloth surface at an outer lower side thereof; the first belt having a second touch fastener at an inner side thereof; the cloth surface being adhered with... Agent: Yung-tien Ku

20070141936 - Dispersible wet wipes with improved dispensing: The present invention provides a wet wipe with improved sheet-to-sheet adhesion properties. The wet wipe comprises a non-woven web saturated with a wetting composition. In another embodiment, the wet wipe comprises a non-woven web with an anti-blocking composition.... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070141937 - Filament-meltblown composite materials, and methods of making same: An elastic composite material that does not require facing materials. The elastic composite material includes a first elastic meltblown layer, an array of continuous filament strands deposited on the first elastic meltblown layer, and a second elastic meltblown layer deposited on the continuous filaments strands opposite the first elastic meltblown... Agent: Pauley Peterson & Erickson

20070141938 - Multi-layered textile structures for flame resistant mattresses: Mattress panels and mattresses (including mattress foundations) that satisfy the rigorous requirements of new and promulgated state and federal regulations regarding flammability of mattresses, such as Technical Bulletin 603 of the State of California department of Consumer Affairs (TB-603) and U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission Standard for Flammability of Mattresses... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20070141939 - Sensor response: A sensor having a three layer construction comprising a first knitted conductive textile plane, a second conductive textile plane and an intermediate separating plane penetrable by the first knitted conductive textile plane to allow the first conductive textile plane and the second conductive textile plane to make electrical contact under... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070141940 - Lightweight, breathable, waterproof, soft shell composite apparel and technical alpine apparel: The apparel is constructed from various combinations of layers of materials with moisture transfer properties. A first liner of moisture transfer fabrics abuts a second layer of structural material such as open-cell foam. The second layer can abut a breathable membrane and/or an insulating material. Finally, carefully selected outer fabric... Agent: Mattingly, Stanger, Malur & Brundidge, P.C.

20070141941 - Technique for incorporating a liquid additive into a nonwoven web: A technique for incorporating a liquid additive into a nonwoven web is disclosed. Specifically, the liquid additive is loaded into filler particles to form a “dry liquid concentrate”, i.e., pulverulent granular solid or powder loaded with the liquid additive. The incorporation of the liquid additive into dry liquid concentrates provides... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070135006 - Cleaning device: This invention relates to a cleaning device comprising a cleaning composition and a substrate. The cleaning composition comprises an absorbent particulate, a binding agent, and optionally, a thickening agent. The cleaning composition may be applied to a substrate, such as a textile substrate, by applying the composition to at least... Agent: Milliken & Company

20070135007 - Fibrillar, nanotextured coating and method for its manufacture: A fibrillar, nanotextured coating is deposited on a substrate by contacting the substrate with a reaction mixture comprising a reagent which is hydrolyzable to produced a cross-linked reaction product, and a first solvent which solvates the reagent and the reaction product. The reagent is hydrolyzed so as to provide a... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070135008 - Stretch bonded laminate including an elastic member containing an adhesive composition: Elastic composite laminates are disclosed. The laminates include an elastic member bonded to at least one facing material. In accordance with the present disclosure, an adhesive composition is coextruded with an elastomeric material to form the elastic member. In this manner, the elastic member can be bonded to the facing... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070135009 - Stretch woven fabrics including polyester bicomponent filaments: Stretch woven fabrics including plain, twill and satin constructions are disclosed. The fabrics include weft yarns and warp yarns. Polyester bicomponent continuous filaments including poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(trimethylene terephthalate) having an after-heat-set crimp contraction value from about 20% to about 80% contribute to the stretch recovery properties.... Agent: Invista North America S.a.r.l.

20070135010 - Polychloprene composite having adhesive with copolymer of polychloroprene and dichlorobutadiene: The present invention is directed to a composite material comprising a vulcanizable polychloroprene rubber composition and textile fibers, the fibers having distributed over surface portions thereof an adhesive comprising a resorcinol-formaldehyde resin and a copolymer of from about 1 weight percent to about 10 weight percent 2,3-dichloro-1,3-butadiene and from about... Agent: John D. Delong The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company

20070135011 - Wiping sheet: CONSTITUTION: A wiping sheet 4 wherein a microfiber cloth having a dirt wiping effect is laminated on one side of a resin film of 20 μm or less in thickness, and a polymer sheet having an adhesive effect due to suction function of fine bubbles is laminated on the other... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070128960 - Three-dimensionally reinforced multifunctional nanocomposites: A three-dimensional composite reinforcement, a three-dimensionally reinforced multifunctional nanocomposite, and methods of manufacture of each are disclosed. The three dimensional reinforcement comprises a two dimensional fiber cloth upon which carbon nanotubes have been grown, approximately perpendicular to the plane of the fiber cloth. The nanocomposite comprises the three-dimensional reinforcement and... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070128961 - Water-resistant fiberboard and a method of making such fiberboard: A water-resistant fiberboard can be made by using a combination of liner and polymer sheets that are laminated together to form the fiberboard. One or more polymer sheets are placed between the sheets of liner that form the fiberboard and these materials are laminated together. The liner/polymer fiberboard is extremely... Agent: James H. Riley Ii

20070128962 - Aqueous composition and method for imparting resistance to stain absorption: The present invention relates to an aqueous based silicone protectant composition and method for treating various solid surfaces including, but not limited to, fiber-based products, leather, or other soft or hard surfaces to impart water and stain repellency. The protectant composition comprises an MQ resin, a polyorganosiloxane fluid, a silicone... Agent: The Clorox Company

20070128963 - Flexible sheet-like composites: Provided herein are various flexible sheet-like substrates that are lightweight, rupture or burst resistant, and suitable for use in constructing a variety of structures used in fluid-containment, especially gas containment, and other applications, and the processes by which such composites can be fabricated. In the most general case, the composites... Agent: George M. Fisher Legal Department, M-495