Fabric (woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.) inventions 01/08

20080026657 - Fabric for manufacture of automotive airbags, airbags and method for making airbags: Airbags are made from fabric blanks that contain two-layer and one-layer regions. Airbags with two-layer areas are commonly “nested” in such fabric blanks for high speed manufacture of many airbags simultaneously. Polymeric coating is applied to both exterior sides of the fabric blank. The fabric blank may be cured (or... Agent: John E. Vick, Jr. Legal Department, M-495

20080026658 - Multi-axially stretchable polymer shock absorbing pad: Disclosed is a multi-axial stretchable, viscoelastic, shock-attenuating elastomeric pad or fabric comprising a polymeric gel forming an inner core. The polymeric gel may be sandwiched between two opposed layers of multi-axial stretchable fabric having open ends or enclosed within an envelope having opposed layers of multi-axial stretchable fabric whereby impact... Agent: Steven L. Schmid

20080026659 - Monocomponent monolayer meltblown web and meltblowing apparatus: A porous monocomponent nonwoven web contains a bimodal mass fraction/fiber size mixture of intermingled continuous microfibers and larger size fibers of the same polymeric composition. There are at least five times as many microfibers as larger size fibers, and a histogram of the mass fraction of fibers vs. fiber size... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080026660 - Elastic nonwoven fabric: p

20080026661 - Fibrous web comprising microfibers dispersed among bonded meltspun fibers: A nonwoven fibrous web comprising a matrix of continuous meltspun fibers bonded to a coherent self-sustaining form, and separately prepared microfibers dispersed among the meltspun fibers. The microfibers may have median diameters less than one or two micrometers. A method for preparing such a nonwoven fibrous web comprises establishing a... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080026662 - Flexible surface having a uv curable waterproofing composition: Disclosed are thixotropic compositions that are curable using ultraviolet and visible radiation. In addition, methods of applying the compositions to fiber substrates such as paper are described, as are methods of curing the coated products. Partially or fully water-resistant articles made using these compositions, such as snow melting mats, windshield... Agent: Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati

20080026663 - Roofing underlayment material and process for making the same: The present invention relates to a waterproof material, wherein film layers are set between non-woven fabric layers, an asphalt layer is set between the film layers, and a net reinforcement layer is set within the asphalt layer. The advantages of the present invention include: (1) film layers are formed by... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080020662 - Slip resistant roof underlayment: A roofing underlayment having a slip-resistant surface includes a woven polypropylene scrim laminated to a top layer made from a non-woven spun-bond polypropylene fabric. During lamination, the scrim is bonded to the top layer by a polypropylene coating that impregnates the scrim, thereby forming a structural bottom layer comprising the... Agent: Mr. Mark C. Strait, President Kirach Building Products, LLC

20080020663 - Laminated sheet material: A laminated sheet material comprises an insulating layer having a high thermal coefficient and efficient hydrophobic properties, a wicker layer adjacent the insulating layer having efficient hydrophilic properties, an elastomeric layer adjacent the wicker layer which is substantially impermeable to moisture and has good elasticity. An adhesive having good elastic... Agent: Beeson Skinner Beverly LLP

20080020664 - Elastic composite structure: The invention relates to an elastic composite structure, which is intended for use as a flexible, pliable and thin film structure in the manufacture of a 2- or 3-dimensional product, particularly for providing mechanical protection against cutting, puncturing and/or the like. The composite structure comprises firstly an elastomer system (1),... Agent: Venable LLP

20080020665 - Collapsible garment and equipment bag having both an impermeable and permeable surface and method for immediate containment of soiled materials therein: A collapsible garment and equipment bag having an impermeable surface to allow the user to disrobe and/or place soiled or wet items directly on the impermeable surface of the bag and then close the bag, so as to prevent contamination of the surface below, yet also containing a permeable surface... Agent: Mitchell A. Stein, Esq. Stein Law, P.C.

20080020666 - Stretchable composite fiber: An integral composite fiber is formed by integrally joining a stretchable fiber and unstretchable fibers. The stretchable fiber has longitudinally extending first exposed surfaces that are circumferentially spaced from each other. The unstretchable fibers has longitudinally extending second exposed surfaces each disposed between a circumferentially adjacent pair of the first... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080014813 - Fiber mat with formaldehyde-free binder: A formaldehyde-free glass fiber mat for use in a building material of improved mat tensile and shingle tensile strength is disclosed. The fiber mat comprises a plurality of fibers; and a resinous fiber binder which is a styrene-acrylate dispersion modified with polycarboxylic acid, and a polyol cross-linking agent.... Agent: Gaf Materials Corporation Attn: William J. Davis, Esq.

20080014814 - Highly filled fibrous veil: An impregnated fibrous veil comprises a nonwoven fibrous veil including a prebinder and reinforcing fibers. The reinforcing fibers are selected from a group consisting of glass fibers, ceramic fibers and mixtures thereof. The nonwoven fibrous veil has at least one face impregnated with a surface finish formulation. The surface finish... Agent: Owens Corning

20080014815 - Highly filled fibrous veil: An impregnated fibrous veil comprises a nonwoven fibrous veil including a prebinder and reinforcing fibers. The reinforcing fibers are selected from a group consisting of glass fibers, ceramic fibers and mixtures thereof. The nonwoven fibrous veil has at least one face impregnated with a surface finish formulation. The surface finish... Agent: Owens Corning

20080014816 - Woven polyester fabric for airbags: The present invention relates to a woven polyester fabric for use in airbags. The present invention includes a woven fabric using a polyester filament yarn, wherein the polyester filament yarn has a tenacity of about 65 cN/tex or greater and an Instantaneous Thermal Creep (ITC) at 100° C. of about... Agent: Invista North America S.a.r.l.

20080014817 - Abrasion-resistant composites with in-situ activated matrix resin: A composite sheet is disclosed. The composite sheet comprises an open random fibrous web having substantially vertical fibers near a top surface, a first binder resin and a second binder resin, wherein the first binder resin has a melting point lower than the melting point of the second binder resin,... Agent: The H.t. Than Law Group

20080014818 - Post conversion nonwovens processing: A method of treated a nonwoven substrate after the normal conversion process to generate modification to the Z dimension. The method can be accomplished either before or after placing the substrate in a consumer container. The method can be accomplished by the consumer. The treatment can be the application of... Agent: The Clorox Company

20080014819 - Polypropylene nonwoven fabric and use thereof: A polypropylene based nonwoven fabric is excellent in surface appearance and stretch properties and exhibits a small residual strain and excellent adhesiveness to polyolefins. The nonwoven fabric is obtained by forming a polypropylene resin composition comprising 1 to 40 weight parts of (i) an isotactic polypropylene, and 60 to 99... Agent: Amin, Turocy & Calvin, LLP

20080009209 - Water repellant curable aqueous compositions: According to the present invention, water repellant curable compositions comprise: (i) one or more polyacid; (ii) one or more polyol comprising at least two hydroxyl groups; (iii) one or more reactive waterproofing agent chosen from a C5 to C30 alk(en)yl monocarboxylate of a (poly)ethoxylated trihydric polyol, C5 to C30 alk(en)ylamine... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20080009211 - Assemblies useful for the preparation of electronic components and methods for making same: In accordance with the present invention, assemblies have been developed which are useful for a variety of applications, e.g., in RF applications where low electrical loss products are desirable, e.g., in cellular communications, RF antennas, satellite communications, radar, power amplifiers, high speed digital applications, laminate-based chip carriers, and the like.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080009210 - Corner fitting using fiber transfer: A corner fitting and a method of forming a corner fitting including steps of providing a flat woven fabric including a first woven portion having first and second direction woven fibers, a second woven portion adjacent the first woven portion having first direction fibers and sacrificial second direction fibers and... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080009212 - Advanced battery paster belt: A belt designed for lead acid battery plate pasting that is rendered dimensionally stable and incompressible and is also rendered hydrophobic to allow water handling without absorption and subsequent contamination of lead oxide into the structure.... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080009213 - Flame-retardant sun protection, glare protection and blackout articles: Multilayered composite material comprised of at least one flexible backing film and a nonwoven fabric or paper, characterized in that the composite material comprises at least two lacquer layers disposed between the flexible backing film and the nonwoven fabric or paper and spaced apart from one another by one or... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080009214 - Flame-retardant sun protection, glare protection and blackout articles: Multilayered composite material comprised of at least one flexible backing film and a nonwoven fabric or paper, characterized in that the composite material comprises at least two metallized layers disposed between the flexible backing film and the nonwoven fabric or paper and spaced apart from one another by one or... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.