Including An Elastic Strand Patents (Class 442/306)
  • Patent number: 11699845
    Abstract: An antenna device, a transportation vehicle, and a textile article having an antenna device. The antenna device includes conductive filaments woven into a carrier fabric, wherein the conductive filaments form an antenna structure and are a contacting structure at a first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Inventors: Janis Köstermann, Hendrik Hoppmann, Hans-Guenter Nieper, Stefan Paul, Michael Ponitka
  • Patent number: 11441244
    Abstract: In a stretch yarn (1) comprising a stretchable core (2) covered by an inelastic fibers sheath (3) the stretchable core (2) comprises first and second fibers (4, 5) that have elastic properties, the first fiber (4) is an elastomer and the second fiber (5) is a polyester based (co)polymer, the amount of the second fiber being in the range of 60-90% (w/w) of the total weight of the fibers of the stretchable core (2); the first and second fibers are connected together at least at a plurality of points (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: SANKO TEKSTIL ISLETMELERI SAN. VE TIC. A.S.
    Inventors: Seref Agzikara, Mustafa Zeyrek, Hamit Yenici, Mahmut Ozdemir, Kenan Loyan, Esin Kalfa Kilickan
  • Patent number: 11285238
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adherent interface dressing intended for application directly to a wound. Said adherent interface dressing includes a non-adherent cohesive gel formed from a hydrophobic elastomeric matrix consisting of a styrene-(ethylene/butylene)-styrene or styrene-(ethylene/propylene)-styrene triblock elastomer optionally associated with a styrene-(ethylene/butylene) or styrene-(ethylene/propylene) diblock copolymer; said elastomer plasticized by means of a mineral oil, and containing dispersed therein a small quantity of hydrophilic particles of a hydrocolloid; and a flexible open-mesh fabric, said fabric including threads coated with the non-adherent cohesive gel such as to leave the meshes substantially unsealed, The fabric is a heat-set knit with weft yarns, said yarns being continuous multifilament yarns with non-elastic filaments, whereof the extensibility in the transverse direction measured in accordance with standard EN 13726-4 is between 0.01 and 0.5 N/cm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: LABORATOIRES URGO, SOCIETE DE DEVELOPPEMENT ET DE RECHERCHE INDUSTRIELLE
    Inventors: Serge Lecomte, Jean-Marc Pernot
  • Patent number: 10849768
    Abstract: A prosthesis socket casting device having a housing and a flexible membrane for receiving a residual limb, the housing and the membrane defining a cavity for containing a fluid. Within the housing are means that are a function of the patient's weight for altering the distribution of the reactive fluid pressure applied when the residual limb is received within the membrane. In a preferred embodiment, the altering means comprise a movable piston that is provided at a lower end of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: University of Strathclyde
    Inventor: Arjan Buis
  • Patent number: 10465316
    Abstract: A knit shade cloth. The shade cloth includes about 10% to about 40% by weight of un-textured yarns comprising at least one of olefin or polyester for strength. The shade cloth includes about 60% to about 90% by weight of at least one synthetic textured yarn for improved hand. The knit shade cloth provides at least about 150 lbs. of initial mean break strength in both a warp direction and weft direction to provide sufficient performance as a shade sail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: Glen Raven, Inc.
    Inventors: Ricky Benjamin Bagwell, Samuel J. Lynn
  • Patent number: 10260175
    Abstract: In a stretch yarn (1) comprising a stretchable core (2) covered by an inelastic fibers sheath (3) the stretchable core (2) comprises first and second fibers (4, 5) that have elastic properties, the first fiber (4) is an elastomer and the second fiber (5) is a polyester based (co)polymer, the amount of the second fiber being in the range of 60-90% (w/w) of the total weight of the fibers of the stretchable core (2); the first and second fibers are connected together at least at a plurality of points (P).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SANKO TEKSTIL ISLETMELERI SAN. VE TIC. A.S.
    Inventors: Seref Agzikara, Mustafa Zeyrek, Hamit Yenici, Mahmut Ozdemir, Kenan Loyan, Esin Kalfa Kilickan
  • Publication number: 20150031260
    Abstract: An elastic fabric with anti-fatigue property, with three types of constituent yarns, in which the first type of yarns is made of chemical filaments, the second type of yarns and third type of yarns are elastic yarns made of the same or different materials, but preferably having different fiber densities, and the first type of yarns and second type of yarns form a number of locking nodes via inter-looping of the yarns and the second type of yarns and third type of yarns form a number of locking points by melting of the yarns during a heat treating process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: Dennis SHI, Liping Wei
  • Patent number: 8920922
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyurethane urea elastic fiber containing 5-40% by weight of a polyurethane compound, wherein the compression deformation starting temperature determined by thermomechanical analysis (TMA) is not less than 150° C. but not more than 180° C. and time for thermal cutting at 180° C. is not less than 30 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Asahi Kasei Fibers Corporation
    Inventors: Taro Yamamoto, Junichi Kojima
  • Publication number: 20140242869
    Abstract: A structure of three-dimensional electrically conductive fabric includes a resilient conductive tissue, a foundation tissue, and a support tissue. The support tissue is arranged between and connects the resilient conductive tissue and the foundation tissue. The resilient conductive tissue, the foundation tissue, and the support tissue are unitarily combined through knitting to form the structure of three-dimensional electrically conductive fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 28, 2014
    Applicant: KING'S METAL FIBER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventor: KING'S METAL FIBER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20140205776
    Abstract: A knitted spacer fabric has a tightly knitted bottom layer, a more loosely knitted upper layer and linking fibres extending across the space between the lower and upper faces. Settable material, e.g. cement, is introduced into the space between the upper and lower faces and can be caused to set by the addition of a liquid, e.g. water. Until set, the fabric is flexible and can be shaped but after the material in space has set, the fabric is rigid and can be used as a structural element in a wide range of situations. The bottom layer has an extension that extends beyond the upper face and is connected to the upper face by elastic connecting fibres that draw the extension towards the other face, thereby at least partly closing the space at the edge of the cloth and preventing the settable material from spilling out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: CONCRETE CANVAS TECHNOLOGY LTD.
    Inventors: William Campbell Crawford, Peter Eric Brewin
  • Publication number: 20140000007
    Abstract: The present invention provides a highly functional polyethylene fiber exhibiting reduction of change in their physical properties in a wide range of temperatures for processing for products and in a wide range of temperatures for usage as products, thereby enabling improvement of dimensional stability. In addition, the present invention provides a highly functional polyethylene fiber exhibiting a high degree of dye exhaustion to be obtained in a simple dyeing operation, and excellent color fastness. The highly functional polyethylene fiber of the present invention is characterized in that an intrinsic viscosity [?] is higher than or equal to 0.8 dL/g, and not higher than 4.9 dL/g, ethylene is substantially contained as a repeating unit thereof, and a maximum thermal shrinkage stress is less than or equal to 0.4 cN/dtex in TMA (thermo-mechanical analysis), and a thermal shrinking percentage at 100° C. is less than or equal to 2.5%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicant: TOYOBO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasunori Fukushima, Shoji Oda, Akira Hamano, Minoru Masuda
  • Patent number: 8597787
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyurethane elastic yarn which is excellent in elongation, resilience, heat resistance, alkali resistance, chemical resistance, and capability of being dyed with a cationic dye and which is suitable for use in a stretch cloth, a wearing apparel or the like. The polyurethane elastic yarn comprises: an elastic yarn comprising a polyurethane mainly composed of a polymer diol and a diisocyanate; and a polymer of a compound having a sulfonate group contained in the elastic yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: INVISTA North America S.à.r.l.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Tanaka, Hirokuni Inoue, Masahi Hara, Tatsuaki Kanbayashi
  • Publication number: 20130295812
    Abstract: A knit fabric having a modified knit structure comprising a first layer of jersey knit fabric and a second layer of jersey knit fabric, wherein the first and second layers of jersey knit fabric are joined to each other by a third layer of tuck stitches, and wherein the first and second jersey stitch layers include at least one continuous strand of bare rubber and a plurality of continuous strands selected from the group consisting of continuous strands of bare rubber and continuous strands of non-elastic yarn, and the third layer of tuck stitches are made of continuous strands of non-elastic yarn, knit together into the fabric so as to hold the first and second jersey stitch layers together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2013
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Inventor: David E. Lee
  • Publication number: 20130251962
    Abstract: A color change compression fabric and/or garment can include an elastic material having one color in an unstretched condition that changes to a different color in a stretched condition. The different, stretched color corresponds to a predetermined amount of stretch applied to the material, which in turn can correspond to a predetermined amount of compressive pressure. The compression fabric may include a covering yarn having a first color and wrapped a number of turns about an elastic yarn having a second color different than the first color. When the fabric is stretched, the turns of the covering yarn move apart from each other to expose the second color of the elastic yarn underneath. A particular amount of fabric stretch can provide a unique color profile of a combination of the first and second colors, and the unique color profile preferably corresponds to a certain amount of compressive pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Carolon Company
    Inventor: Lawrence G. Reid, JR.
  • Patent number: 8518840
    Abstract: A synthetic resin leather has a substrate and a synthetic resin layer attached to the substrate. The substrate is a both sides cross-knitted fabric and is prepared by cross-knitting a first yarn with 10 to 40 in count including single spun or mixed spun fibers made of rayon, cotton, polyester, nylon, acryl, or urethane and a second yarn with 50 to 300 in denier including crimpy long fiber filaments, thermoplastic elastomer long fiber filaments or polyurethane long fiber filaments; and knitting the both-sided cross-knitted fabric so loops made of the first yarn and loops made of the second yarn are formed on the front and rear sides of the substrate and are in alternating positions on the front side as compared to the rear side; and, on each side of the substrate, loops of the first and second yarns are formed in alternating positions in longitudinal and transverse directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Okamoto Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Yoshinari Hatori, Shin Nakaya, Akira Nagata, Yasuhiro Tanaka, Kazuomi Ishimaru, Yoshiaki Hirai, Yasuki Kamo
  • Publication number: 20130198941
    Abstract: The invention relates to a laminate, comprising at least one first textile layer and a second textile layer, wherein the first textile layer or the second textile layer comprises at least one thermally resistant fiber, also comprising at least one barrier layer which is arranged between the first textile layer and the second textile layer and is connected to the respective first textile layer and the respective second textile layer. The first textile layer is designed in the form of a single-bed knitted fabric or double-bed knitted fabric having tuck loops and the second textile layer is designed in the form of a double-bed knitted fabric having no tuck loops. The invention also relates to protective clothing comprising such a laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2011
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Ruediger John, Bernd Zischka
  • Publication number: 20130180027
    Abstract: A stretchable fabric has first and opposite second surfaces, the first, outer surface including filaments, multi-filaments, spun yarns of staple fibers, and/or yarns having high modulus and high tenacity, and the second, inner surface having a raised surface. Garments, e.g. gloves, formed of the fabric have relatively high cut and/or abrasion resistance and/or flame resistance. Gloves having defined regions containing electrically conductive elements in at least the first, outer surface layer additionally have capacitive touch screen compatibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: MMI-IPCO, LLC
    Inventor: Moshe Rock
  • Patent number: 8428686
    Abstract: A system and method for monitoring a physiological parameter includes a garment that includes a fabric that exhibits both a light transmission property and a light reflection property. The amount of light transmitted through the fabric relative to the amount of light reflected by the fabric changes when the fabric stretches in response to motion, such as the motion induced by physiological activity (e.g., heart rate). The system includes at least one source of radiation having wavelength(s) in the range of 400 to 2200 nanometers and at least one detector responsive to such incident radiation. The source and detector are associated with the fabric such that the reception of incident radiation by the detector is directly affected by a change in the amount of light transmitted through the fabric relative to the amount of light reflected by the fabric when the fabric stretches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Textronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia Kuo, George W. Coulston
  • Patent number: 8377554
    Abstract: Anti-tack additives for elastic fibers and methods of preparing the same are included. The elastic fibers include a substituted cellulose additive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: INVISTA North America S.ár.l.
    Inventors: Kenneth Edward Martin, Ronald D. Bing-Wo, Robert L. Lock
  • Publication number: 20120244773
    Abstract: There is disclosed an elastic warp knitted fabric which exhibits excellent extensibility and extension recovery characteristics that said elastic warp knitted fabric gives good wearing feeling, has excellent motion followability, can contribute to improvement in movement function, further has no limitation in applications due to extension force thereof, and can be used as the material of a garment less likely to lose the shape due to wearing. The elastic warp knitted fabric of the present invention is the elastic warp knitted fabric knitted at least two reeds, and is characterized in that the elastic fibers are arranged on at least one reed and inelastic fibers are arranged on the other reed, respectively, both an extension force in the warp direction and that in the weft direction are 100 cN to 600 cN, in extension by 80% of the said knitted fabric, that the ratio of the extension force in the warp direction to that in the weft direction is 0.8 to 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2010
    Publication date: September 27, 2012
    Inventor: Shoichi Akita
  • Publication number: 20120208418
    Abstract: Disclosed is synthetic leather, which includes and fabricated by laminating: a) a sheet made of PVC or polyurethane; b) a knit fabric having core yarn inserted between fabric weaves, a knit fabric knitted together with elastic yarn, or a knit fabric which has core yam inserted between fabric weaves and is knitted together with elastic yam. It is possible to provide synthetic leather, which replaces synthetic leather fabricated by laminating a PVC resin surface layer, a polyurethane foam cushion layer and a fabric layer using flame lamination process to fundamentally remove defect such as combustion gas and residual catalyst generated in flame lamination process of polyurethane foam and fabric and discoloration by monomer, improve rumples and twists generated in a sewed portion after sewing, and allow shortening of delivery date through shortening of process and removal of loss on process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventors: Moon-Ki Yea, Su-Hyeong Yun
  • Patent number: 8236714
    Abstract: A fabric having a camouflage appearance in the near infrared (NIR) spectrum with a substantially a single color appearance in the visible (VIS) spectrum is provided. The novel fabric may include at least two synthetic polymer multifilament yarns. The multifilament yarns are selected from 3 types of multifilament yarns: multifilaments comprising carbon black, multifilaments comprising pigments which modify the NIR reflectance characteristics of the multifilaments, and multifilaments substantially free of additives capable of modifying the NIR reflectance characteristics of the multifilaments. The fabric is dyed to a substantially single color appearance in the visible spectrum. In general, the fabric has a NIR spectrum comprising two reflectance curves having about 10% to about 85% reflectance separated by about 5% reflectance in a range of wavelengths from about 700 to about 860 nanometers (nm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: Invista North America S.à.r.l.
    Inventor: Kevin A. Frankel
  • Publication number: 20120192595
    Abstract: A garment including a fabric covering a portion of a body of a wearer. The fabric comprises an isotropic material having a first direction with a first modulus of elasticity, and a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction. The second direction has a second modulus of elasticity and a third direction that is at an angle of 45 degrees to the first direction and the second direction. The third direction has a third modulus of elasticity. The first modulus of elasticity, the second modulus of elasticity and the third modulus of elasticity are within the same ranges of magnitudes of modulus of elasticity to form an isotropic fabric for such garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Inventors: Mark Waldman, Mark Lazarus
  • Publication number: 20120129416
    Abstract: An auxetic knitted fabric, comprising an auxetic component knitted from at least a first type of fibre, and a stabilising component knitted from at least a second type of fibre, wherein the first and second fibre types have different mechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicants: AUXETIC TECHNOLOGIES LTD., GLOBAL COMPOSITES GROUP
    Inventors: Subhash Anand, David Skertchly, Andrew Alderson, Kim Alderson
  • Publication number: 20120122364
    Abstract: A method of forming a circular knit fabric includes feeding a multi-filament non-elastomeric yarn from a first spool into an aperture defined in a yarn carrier plate that guides the non-elastomeric yarn sequentially to a series of knitting needles spaced about a circular needle array; while feeding an elastomeric yarn from a second spool to the yarn carrier plate, such that a fabric is knit to have a ground comprising both the non-elastomeric yarn and the elastomeric yarn. The non-elastomeric yarn and the elastomeric yarn are fed together into the carrier plate aperture in an untwisted, unwrapped relation, such that the fabric ground is knit to have a technical face in which potions of the non-elastomeric yarn are exposed in some areas and portions of the elastomeric yarn are exposed in some areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Denis John Menczywor
  • Patent number: 8173558
    Abstract: A polyurethane elastomeric filament-containing weft knit fabric is obtained by plating a bare yarn of highly fusible, alkali-resistant polyurethane elastomeric filament having at least 50% retention of tenacity following dry heat treatment under 100% extension at 150° C. for 45 seconds, a melting point of 180° C. or below, and at least 60% retention of tenacity following treatment in a 2 g/L aqueous sodium hydroxide solution under 100% extension at 100° C. for 60 minutes at every loop of a weft knit fabric having a 1×1 rib knit structure or a center yarn-containing reversible knit structure composed of at least one type of non-elastomeric yarn, then heat setting the plated structure so as to thermally fuse the highly fusible, alkali-resistant polyurethane elastomeric filaments to each other or to the non-elastomeric yarns at crossover points therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignees: Nisshinbo Textile Inc., Gunze, Limited
    Inventors: Kunihiro Fukuoka, Koji Nishio, Seiji Yamahara, Takahiro Yamazaki, Takashi Maruoka, Fumiyuki Yamasaki, Susumu Kibune, Tsutomu Suzuoki, Shigeo Souda, Taisuke Yamamoto, Kouji Kimura, Shinobu Tabata
  • Publication number: 20120100386
    Abstract: A heating yarn includes an insulating yarn and a conductive yarn that is wound around the insulating yarn. The conductive yarn has an insulating core yarn and a plated layer (such as a copper plated layer) formed on a peripheral surface of the core yarn, and the core yarn is a high elasticity yarn (such as an aramid fiber) with an initial tensile resistance of 4.9 GPa or higher. Moreover, the heating yarn is woven in or knitted into the woven or knitted fabric as part of the constituent yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Applicant: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiteru HONMA, Hideaki KUNISADA
  • Patent number: 8142382
    Abstract: A material having a stretch axis and adapted to regulate energy by distributing and partially dissipating energy exerted thereon. The material includes a material body elongateable along the stretch axis from a first position to a second position, in which the material body is elongated by a predetermined amount relative to the first position. The material body includes a first elastomer layer defining a material length and a planar support structure disposed within the elastomer layer generally along the stretch axis in an at least partially non linear fashion while the material body is in the first position so that a length of the support structure, as measured along a surface thereof, is greater than the material length of the first elastomer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Matscitechno Licensing Company
    Inventors: Robert A. Vito, Carmen N. DiMario, Thomas Falone
  • Patent number: 8145291
    Abstract: A garment and system includes a monitoring fabric that exhibits a light reflection property and substantially no light transmission property when the fabric is illuminated with light having wavelength(s) in the range of 400 to 2200 nanometers. The amount of useful light reflected by the fabric into an aperture of acceptance defined with respect to an imaginary axis extending from the fabric relative to the amount of light lost to the aperture of acceptance detectably changes when the fabric stretches in response to motion, as the motion induced by physiological activity (e.g., heart rate). The system includes at least one radiation source and at least one radiation detector, with the detector disposed in the aperture of acceptance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Textronics, Inc.
    Inventor: George W. Coulston
  • Patent number: 8129296
    Abstract: A velour fabric article consists of a fabric body having a technical face formed by a filament stitch yarn and a technical back formed by a filament loop yarn. The filament stitch yarn includes a heat sensitive material, e.g. a hot melt material or a heat shrinkable material, and/or an elastomeric material, such as spandex. The fabric body has a velour surface formed at at least the technical back. The fabric body has permeability of about 80 ft3/ft2/min, or less, under a pressure difference of ½ inch of water across the fabric body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: MMI-IPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Moshe Rock, Edward P. Dionne, Bhupesh Dua, Charles Haryslak, William K. Lie, Douglas Lumb
  • Publication number: 20120034834
    Abstract: Included are multiple component elastic fibers prepared by a solution-spinning process such as dry spinning or wet spinner of spandex fibers including polyurethaneurea and polyurethane compositions. These fibers have a cross-section including at least two separate regions with definable boundaries wherein at least one region defined by the boundaries of the cross-section includes a polyurethaneurea or polyurethane composition. One region of the fiber includes a fusibility improvement additive to enhance adhesion to itself or to a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2009
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Applicant: Invista North America S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Steven W. Smith, Hong Liu, Dong Wang, Willem Bakker
  • Patent number: 8021994
    Abstract: A textile fabric is presented comprising at least a first and a second twisted thread, the first and the second twisted threads containing at least one cut resistant yarn as one component, and the second twisted thread containing a non-cut resistant yarn as a further component, and the non-cut resistant yarn of the second twisted thread consisting of elastomeric fibers. Further, protective clothing is presented, which contains the textile fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Teijin Aramid GmbH
    Inventor: Regine Maria Zumloh
  • Publication number: 20110203057
    Abstract: An article comprising a fabric wherein said fabric comprises a cationic dyeable polyurethane elastic yarn and an acid dyeable yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2009
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Geoffrey D. Hietpas, Robert Dewhurst
  • Patent number: 7994077
    Abstract: A fabric includes a first yarn having a UV-A transmission of between 10 and 50% while substantially blocking UV-B transmission, and at least a second yarn different from the first yarn, the yarns being interweaved such that the fabric has regular mesh openings that give rise to a transmission of the fabric of between 20 and 65% for UV-A and between 3 and 20% for UV-B.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2011
    Inventor: Antonius Gerardus Maria Egidius Hueber
  • Publication number: 20110148175
    Abstract: To achieve weight reduction while providing elasticity sufficient in a cushioning member for a vehicle seat, an elastic member made of expanded resin beads includes an elastic covering material having stretching properties stuck to an outer face of an expanded bead body. Therefore, when the elastic member made of expanded resin beads is bent or compressed, the respective beads themselves configuring the expanded bead body are elastically deformed according to stretching or compressing of the elastic covering material, and since the elastic deformation is not such deformation that a gap between beads of the expanded bead body largely expands, a crack occurring between beads or permanent deformation does not occur so that bending or compressing becomes possible. Accordingly, the elastic member made of expanded resin beads is suitable as a cushioning member utilizing an elastic recovering force in a bending direction and a thickness direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2009
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Applicant: DELTA TOOLING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Etsunori Fujita, Yumi Ogura, Soichi Makita, Shigeki Wagata, Seiji Kawasaki, Yuji Hattori
  • Patent number: 7943536
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to dimensionally stable stretch or elastic textile articles characterized in that the article has not been subjected to temperatures greater than 160° C. The disclosure is also directed to a method to make dimensionally stable stretch articles characterized by the absence of a traditional heat-setting step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Fabio D'Ottaviano, Alberto Lora Lamia
  • Publication number: 20110111673
    Abstract: [Problem] There are provided an antislipping tape having an excellent antislipping effect, and comfortable to the skin, and textile products including the antislipping tape. [Means for Resolution] Using a filament yarn A with a single filament diameter of 10 to 1000 nm, a cloth having a woven fabric structure or a knitted fabric structure is obtained. Using the cloth, an antislipping tape is obtained. Then, using the antislipping tape, textile products such as brassiere are obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: May 12, 2011
    Applicant: TEIJIN FIBERS LIMITED
    Inventor: Tsuyoshi Soeda
  • Patent number: 7842627
    Abstract: Compositions having good wrinkle resistance and other properties when made into garments an be made from an ethylene multi-block copolymers. The resulting fabrics and garments often have good chemical resistance, heat-resistances, and are dimensionally stable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Tong Gao, Hongyu Chen, Alberto Lora Lamia, Yuen-Yuen D. Chiu, Jerry Chien Ting Wang, Shih-Yaw Lai
  • Patent number: 7829172
    Abstract: A double-face velour fabric article consists of a fabric body having a technical face formed by a filament stitch yarn and a technical back formed by a filament loop yarn. The filament stitch yarn includes a heat sensitive material, e.g. a hot melt material or a heat shrinkable material, and/or an elastomeric material, such as spandex. The fabric body has a velour surface formed at both the technical back and the technical face. Raised fibers of at least one of the technical face and the technical back may be entangled, including in and/or through interstices of the fabric body, toward the other of the technical face and the technical back, e.g., by a hydroentanglement process applied after finishing. The fabric body has permeability of about 80 ft3/ft2/min, or less, under a pressure difference of ½ inch of water across the fabric body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: MMI-IPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Moshe Rock, Edward P. Dionne, Bhupesh Dua, Charles Haryslak, William K. Lie, Douglas Lumb
  • Publication number: 20100279571
    Abstract: A fiber is obtainable from or comprises an ethylene/?-olefin interpolymer characterized by an elastic recovery, Re, in percent at 300 percent strain and 1 cycle and a density, d, in grams/cubic centimeter, wherein the elastic recovery and the density satisfy the following relationship: Re>1481?1629(d). Such interpolymer can also be characterized by other properties. The fibers made therefrom have a relatively high elastic recovery and a relatively low coefficient of friction. The fibers can be cross-linked, if desired. Woven or non-woven fabrics can be made from such fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Benjamin C. Poon, Yunwa W. Cheung, Shih-Yaw Lai, Ashish Sen, Hongyu Chen, Yuen-Yuen D. Chiu, Rajen M. Patel, Andy C. Chang, Antonios K. Doufas, Hong Peng
  • Patent number: 7776770
    Abstract: Knit fabric compositions have now been discovered that often have a balanced combination of desirable properties. Said fibric compositions comprise fibers of olefin block interpolymers or homogeneous branched ethylene polymers or a combination thereof. The fibers are characterized by an amount of crosslinking such that the fabric is capable of being molded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Jerry Chien Ting Wang, Fabio D'ottaviano, Shih-Yaw Lai, Hongyu Chen, Yuen-Yuen D. Chiu, Rio Aditya Akbar, Beverly Selle
  • Publication number: 20100184347
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide polyurethane elastic fibers that, when dyed with acidic dyes, exhibit a deep dyeing property and high fastness equivalent to those of polyamide fibers used as a companion material in mixed knitted and woven fabrics, while also exhibiting excellent spinning stability. The inventive polyurethane elastic fibers comprise 0.2 wt %-10 wt % of a polymer with a maleimide structure comprising an isobutylene unit represented by the following formula (I) and a maleimide unit represented by the following formula (II) (wherein R1 represents a C2-6 straight-chain or branched alkylene group, and R2 and R3 may be the same or different and each represents a C1-6 straight-chain or branched alkyl group), have a Blue L value of 20-50 after laundering according to JIS L0844 A2 for dyeing of a single-loop tube-knit fabric with a specific blue acidic dye, and have a staining degree of grade 3.5 or greater on nylon fabrics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventors: Junichi Kojima, Taisuke Iwanami
  • Publication number: 20100130083
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyurethane elastic yarn which is excellent in elongation, resilience, heat resistance, alkali resistance, chemical resistance, and capability of being dyed with a cationic dye and which is suitable for use in a stretch cloth, a wearing apparel or the like. The polyurethane elastic yarn comprises: an elastic yarn comprising a polyurethane mainly composed of a polymer diol and a diisocyanate; and a polymer of a compound having a sulfonate group contained in the elastic yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: INVISTA North America S.a.r.l.
    Inventors: Toshihiro Tanaka, Hirokuni Inque, Masahi Hara, Tatsuaki Kanbayashi
  • Patent number: 7725152
    Abstract: A garment and system includes a monitoring fabric comprising a first plurality of reflective yarns knitted or woven with a second plurality of stretchable yarns. The fabric exhibits both a light transmission property and a light reflection property. The amount of light transmitted through the fabric relative to the amount of light reflected by the fabric changes when the fabric stretches in response to motion, such as the motion induced by physiological activity (e.g., heart rate). The system includes at least one source of radiation having wavelength(s) in the range of 400 to 2200 nanometers and at least one detector responsive to such incident radiation. The source and detector are associated with the fabric such that the reception of incident radiation by the detector is directly affected by a change in the amount of light transmitted through the fabric relative to the amount of light reflected by the fabric when the fabric stretches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Textronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chia Chyuan Kuo, George W. Coulston
  • Publication number: 20100009586
    Abstract: The present invention relates to flame and heat resistant stretch fabrics with improved durability. The stretch fabrics comprise crosslinked polyolefin elastic fibers which may be combined into a core spun yarn with inherently flame resistant fibers. The elastic fibers or yarns can be conveniently formed into fabrics using well-known techniques such as, for example, warp or weft weaving or by using co-knitting techniques with other flame resistant fibers or yarns. Such fabrics are useful in various durable or repeated-use fabric applications such as, but not limited to, clothing (in particular protective garments), and upholstery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2006
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Inventors: Pablo Verdu, Alberto Lora Lamia, William E. Snyder
  • Patent number: 7631941
    Abstract: An apparatus having a fabric and method of forming thereof. The fabric's load bearing surface for supporting a load, comprising: at least one layer(s) (Ln) wherein n=0, ?1, ?2, . . . ?i, wherein n=0 represents the at least one layer(s) (Ln) of the load bearing surface that contacts the load. An n=?1, ?2, . . . ?i, represents successive underlying at least one layer(s) (Ln) of the load bearing surface. An n=?i, represents a bottom underlying at least one layer(s) (Ln). The fabric consists essentially of a polyurethane fiber and a fiber that is chemically different from the polyurethane fiber, and wherein the fabric has been stretched to the point just before encountering the Young's Modulus. The method comprising: cutting the fabric to a predetermined pattern; and stretching the fabric to the point just before encountering the Young's Modulus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Inventor: James L. Chang
  • Publication number: 20090286441
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polyurethane urea elastic fiber containing 5-40% by weight of a polyurethane compound, wherein the compression deformation starting temperature determined by thermomechanical analysis (TMA) is not less than 150° C. but not more than 180° C. and time for thermal cutting at 180° C. is not less than 30 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2007
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Taro Yamamoto, Junichi Kojima
  • Patent number: 7611999
    Abstract: A breathable, stretchable, and heat-moldable multi-layer weft knit spacer fabric having a substantially decorative first layer and a spaced less decorative second layer. Also, a method of integrally knitting the multi-layer knitted fabric on a circular weft knit machine is also described. Articles of the manufacture comprising the fabric are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Inventor: Brian McMurray
  • Publication number: 20090252915
    Abstract: An elastic composite strip has a longitudinally elongated substrate strip having a pair of opposite faces and formed of an elastomer that is highly stretchable longitudinally but only limitedly or not stretchy at all transversely. A respective soft knit fabric cover strip that is highly stretchable longitudinally but only limitedly or not stretchy at all transversely extends longitudinally on each of the faces. Respective arrays of longitudinally spaced and transversely extending lines of adhesive are bonded to the faces and to filaments of the respective cover strips.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Georg BALDAUF, Dieter HOMOELLE, Marcus SCHOENBECK
  • Patent number: RE41574
    Abstract: A velour fabric article consists of a fabric body having a technical face formed by a filament stitch yarn and a technical back formed by a loop yarn. The filament stitch yarn includes a heat sensitive material, e.g. a hot melt material or a heat shrinkable material, and/or an elastomeric material, such as spandex. The loop yarn includes flame retardant material, such as M-Aramide fiber. The fabric body has a velour surface formed at one or both of the technical back and the technical face. Raised fibers of at least one of the technical face and the technical back may be entangled, including in and/or through interstices of the fabric body, toward the other of the technical face and the technical back, e.g., by a hydroentanglement process applied after finishing. The fabric body has permeability of about 90 ft3/ft2/min, or less, under a pressure difference of ½ inch of water across the fabric body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2010
    Assignee: MMI-IPCO, LLC
    Inventors: Moshe Rock, Edward P. Dionne, Charles Haryslak, William K. Lie, Douglas Lumb, Jane Hunter