Coating Produced By Extrusion Patents (Class 442/62)
  • Patent number: 10857040
    Abstract: Disposable absorbent garments, comprising front and rear waist and a central absorbent assembly comprising a liquid-absorbent core, where at least one of the front and rear waist portions comprises: a composite of an elastic sheet material and a non-woven fabric layer, and a plurality of elastic strands. In some of the present garments, the elastic strands are positioned on both sides of the liquid-absorbent core, and each strand has a first end laterally offset from the liquid-absorbent core and extending outward toward a respective leg edge of the waist portion. In others of the present garments, the elastic strands are positioned between the absorbent core and the elastic sheet material, and each extends laterally a majority of the distance between first and second side edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: ATTENDS HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, INC.
    Inventors: Richard E. Finlayson, William W. Gaston
  • Patent number: 10369769
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an article (e.g., a vapor-permeable, substantially water-impermeable multilayer article) that can include a nonwoven substrate and a film supported by the nonwoven substrate. The film can include a polyolefin grafted with an anhydride, an acid, or an acrylate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: Fiberweb, Inc.
    Inventor: Mehdi Afshari
  • Patent number: 10226893
    Abstract: An elastomeric load hearing surface with different load support characteristics in different directions. In one embodiment, the surface includes an elastomeric membrane that is oriented in only a single direction, for example, by compression or stretching. In another embodiment, the surface includes mechanical structures, such as connectors and variations in thickness that vary the load support characteristics in different directions. In another embodiment, a surface is both oriented and includes mechanical structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.
    Inventors: Timothy P. Coffield, Daniel S. Sommerfeld, Andrew B. Hartmann
  • Patent number: 9485918
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to prolonging shelf life of cut flowers, especially during transport, as well as enhancing physical appearance and sensory characteristics of cut flowers, by treatment systems and devices that modify the atmosphere over a longer period of time in containers in which the cut flowers are transported or stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: PAPER-PAK INDUSTRIES
    Inventors: Sayandro Versteylen, Ronald Jensen, Lindsay A. Riehle
  • Patent number: 9029277
    Abstract: A breathable laminate has a liquid-resistant backing film layer having varied vapor permeability that includes breathable thinned localized regions and thicker non-breathable regions, wherein the film layer is co-extensively directly joined with a liquid- and vapor-permeable nonwoven fabric. The breathable laminate can have unidirectional air permeability. The present invention also relates to disposable apparel and absorbent products which incorporate the breathable laminate, and methods of making the breathable laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Mou Chung Ngai
  • Publication number: 20140073211
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming an elastic laminate may be disclosed. For example, an elastic material may be extruded onto a first nonwoven web. In the extrusion, the elastic material may be directly applied to the first nonwoven web continuously in a machine direction and discontinuously in a cross direction to form the elastic laminate with one or more elastic strips on the first nonwoven web. The elastic material may also be applied unevenly or non-uniformly in the cross direction strips on the first nonwoven web. A second nonwoven web may be bonded to the first nonwoven web with the one or more elastic strips. The first or second nonwoven may also be pre-activated to further improve stretch and/or softness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Inventor: Stephen D. Bruce
  • Patent number: 8377833
    Abstract: Disclosed is a polymer film, preferably a polyamide polymer film, which comprises at least one first layer and a second layer and is laminated onto a fabric. The material of the first layer has a glass transition temperature of less than ?10° C. while the material of the second layer has a glass transition temperature of less than 20° C. Preferably, the polymeric materials contain portions of polyamide blocks. The inventive fabric-polymer film laminate is suitable as a laminated material especially for an airbag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: nolax AG
    Inventor: Adrian Schulthess
  • Publication number: 20130017745
    Abstract: Multimodal polyethylene compositions are provided. Extrusion compositions including the multimodal polyethylene are provided. The extrusion composition further include a high pressure low density polyethylene and optionally other additives and/or polyethylenes. Extruded articles made from the polyethylene extrusion compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Publication date: January 17, 2013
    Applicant: DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Thomas Oswald, Wayde V. Konze, Mehmet Demirors
  • Publication number: 20130004748
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for providing a surface of a fiber based substrate with a barrier layer wherein the barrier layer is formed by depositing nanofibers on the surface by the use of electrospinning or meltspinning and wherein the film is formed by post treatment of the substrate. The invention further relates to a substrate comprising such a carrier layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2011
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: STORA ENSO OYJ
    Inventors: Isto Heiskanen, Kaj Backfolk
  • Publication number: 20120238162
    Abstract: An elastomeric laminate that does not require mechanical activation comprises an elastomeric polymer film layer bonded to one or more other substrate layers. The elastomeric film composition, physical properties of the substrate, and bonding conditions are selected and controlled to form an elastomeric laminate that is stretchable and recoverable without the use of excess material or post-lamination mechanical activation. The resulting elastomeric laminate may be manufactured on relatively simple high-speed equipment at lower cost and with improved physical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: CLOPAY PLASTIC PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Iyad Muslet, Jacqueline Courtney, David G. Bland, James Morrison, William P. Mahoney, Stephen L. Herrington, Daniel E. Pitts, Scott Etter, Daniel Steinmetz, Gregory T. Boyd
  • Publication number: 20120219746
    Abstract: The present invention provides containment liners to protect the environment from spills and leaks at oil and/or gas production sites and other sites. The containment liner comprises a first felt geotextile layer and a polymeric barrier layer embedded partially into the felt geotextile layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Publication date: August 30, 2012
    Applicant: New Pig Corporation
    Inventor: Beth P. Powell
  • Patent number: 8222164
    Abstract: A moisture vapor permeable, water impermeable composite sheet material is provided which is suitable for use as a housewrap material, and is also useful for other applications such as tarpaulins, or as covers for automobile, boats, patio furniture or the like. The composite sheet material includes a nonwoven substrate and an extrusion-coated polyolefin film layer overlying one surface of the substrate. The nonwoven substrate is comprised of polymeric fibers randomly disposed and bonded to one another to form a high tenacity nonwoven web. The nonwoven substrate has a grab tensile strength of at least 178 Newtons (40 pounds) in at least one of the machine direction (MD) or the cross-machine direction (CD). The extrusion coated polyolefin film layer is intimately bonded to the nonwoven substrate. The film layer has micropores formed therein to impart to the composite sheet material a moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) of at least 35 g/m2/24 hr. at 50% relative humidity and 23° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Fiberweb, Inc
    Inventors: Gary W. Anderson, Susannah D. Gelotte
  • Publication number: 20110217526
    Abstract: A moisture vapor permeable, water impermeable composite sheet material is provided which is suitable for use as a housewrap material, and is also useful for other applications such as tarpaulins, or as covers for automobile, boats, patio furniture or the like. The composite sheet material includes a nonwoven substrate and an extrusion-coated polyolefin film layer overlying one surface of the substrate. The nonwoven substrate is comprised of polymeric fibers randomly disposed and bonded to one another to form a high tenacity nonwoven web. The nonwoven substrate has a grab tensile strength of at least 178 Newtons (40 pounds) in at least one of the machine direction (MD) or the cross-machine direction (CD). The extrusion coated polyolefin film layer is intimately bonded to the nonwoven substrate. The film layer has micropores formed therein to impart to the composite sheet material a moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) of at least 35 g/m2/24 hr. at 50% relative humidity and 23° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventors: Gary W. Anderson, Susannah D. Gelotte
  • Patent number: 7998886
    Abstract: A treated textile material comprises a plurality of yarns or fibers having a hindered amine or halamine compound disposed on the exterior surface of the yarns or fibers and/or dispersed in the interior portion of the yarns or fibers. A treated textile material comprises a finish on a surface thereof, the finish comprising the product of a reaction between a cross-linking agent and a polymer comprising a plurality of secondary, hindered amine moieties attached to the polymer chain. Methods for making the treated textile materials are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: Shulong Li, Ling Li
  • Publication number: 20110177735
    Abstract: An elastomeric laminate and an elastomeric film are provided. The elastomeric film can be a monolayer elastomeric film or a multilayer elastomeric film, wherein the monolayer elastomeric film includes an olefin-based elastomeric polymer and an effective polymer, and the multilayer elastomeric film when used as an alternative includes a first elastomeric member layer, and a second elastomeric member layer. The first elastomeric member layer includes at least one olefin-based elastomeric polymer, and at least one first draw down polymer. The second elastomeric member layer includes at least one elastomeric polymer and at least one second draw down polymer. The monolayer elastomeric film or the multilayer elastomeric film, and the elastic carrier are laminated together to form the elastomeric laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Yuen-Lun TASI, Hui-Ming Yen, Wei-Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 7972981
    Abstract: A moisture vapor permeable, water impermeable composite sheet material is provided which is suitable for use as a housewrap material, and is also useful for other applications such as tarpaulins, or as covers for automobile, boats, patio furniture or the like. The composite sheet material includes a nonwoven substrate and an extrusion-coated polyolefin film layer overlying one surface of the substrate. The nonwoven substrate is comprised of polymeric fibers randomly disposed and bonded to one another to form a high tenacity nonwoven web. The nonwoven substrate has a grab tensile strength of at least 178 Newtons (40 pounds) in at least one of the machine direction (MD) or the cross-machine direction (CD). The extrusion coated polyolefin film layer is intimately bonded to the nonwoven substrate. The film layer has micropores formed therein to impart to the composite sheet material a moisture vapor transmission rate (MVTR) of at least 35 g/m2/24 hr. at 50% relative humidity and 23° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Fiberweb, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary W. Anderson, Susannah D. Gelotte
  • Publication number: 20110135899
    Abstract: The present invention relates to printing blankets, pipe liners, conveyor belts, inflatable articles, collapsible containers, protective clothing, and other types of coated fabrics that are manufactured with a thermoplastic block copolymer (TBC). This TBC can be a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU), a copolyester (COPE), a copolyamide (COPA) or a polyurethaneurea (TPUU). The subject invention more specifically discloses a printing blanket or printing sleeve and a cured in place liner for a passageway or pipe. The TBC is (I) the reaction product of (1) a hydrophobic polyol or polyamine, (2) a polyisocyanate or an aromatic dicarboxylic acid, and (3) a linear chain extender containing 2 to 20 carbon atoms, or (II) the reaction product of (1) a hydrophobic polyol or polyamine, and (2) a carboxylic terminated telechelic polyamide sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Applicant: LUBRIZOL ADVANCED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Donald A. Meltzer, Robert J. Wiessner, Julius Farkas
  • Publication number: 20110124254
    Abstract: Multimodal polyethylene compositions are provided. Extrusion compositions including the multimodal polyethylene are provided. The extrusion composition further include a high pressure low density polyethylene and optionally other additives and/or polyethylenes. Extruded articles made from the polyethylene extrusion compositions are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Applicant: Dow Global Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Oswald, Wayde V. Konze, Mehmet Demirors
  • Patent number: 7823979
    Abstract: An article of furniture includes a frame and a woven panel forming at least one of a seat portion and a backrest portion having an exposed outer surface. The woven panel includes a plurality of synthetic polymer yarns attached to the frame forming interstices within the woven panel. A wash is adhered to at least a portion of the exposed outer surface of the woven panel and within the interstices. A plurality of the yarns within the woven panel is bonded together by the wash within the interstices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Casual Living Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Schwartz, Coley Chris Mathis, Cynthia F. Caudle
  • Publication number: 20100178824
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing thin layers (3) of a silicon that can be subjected to plastic treatment, whereby the silicon layer (3) is extruded, and to the thin silicon layer produced by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: Huhtamaki Forchheim Zweigniederiassung der Huhtamaki Deutschland GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kurt Stark, Werner Schmidt, Walter Gunter
  • Patent number: 7695802
    Abstract: A slat for use in a covering for an architectural opening is made from a base material of binder and matrix fibers which are formed into a nonwoven material by melting at least a portion of the binder fibers to thermally bond the binder and matrix fibers. A coating of resin is then applied to the thermally bonded base before the composite material is passed through a forming apparatus where the material is heated over a convex support having the desired curvature for the slat and subsequently cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Hunter Douglas Inc.
    Inventors: Ralph G. Jelic, William L. Teter, Paul G. Swiszcz, Kevin M. Dann, Steven J. Carroll, Thomas E. Sevcik, Stephen T. Wisecup, Michael J. Siebenaller
  • Publication number: 20090325440
    Abstract: Films and film laminates include a blend of polymers, the blend including an elastomeric block copolymer in an amount from about 51% to about 95% by weight of the blend; and a polystyrenic polymer in an amount from about 1% to about 25% of the weight of the blend, wherein the polystyrenic polymer is selected from the group consisting of polystyrenic homopolymers and polystyrenic random interpolymers. The films and laminates are elastic in the cross-direction and have a relatively high modulus, or stiffness, in the machine-direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Oomman P. Thomas, James L. Austin, Jose Augusto Vidal de Siqueira
  • Publication number: 20090318043
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for making polymeric extruded composite products and carbon nanotubes. Said method includes the following steps: a) performing an oxidation pretreatment of the carbon nanotubes; b) dispersing the nanotubes in a polymer solution; c) extruding the resulting dispersion into an intermediate product; d) drying said intermediate product; e) post-treating said dried intermediate product by hot drawing process; f) post-treating said dried intermediate product of said drawn intermediate product by drawing in an ionic solution; g) performing a formalizing treatment process: Steps e) f) and g) are optional. The extruded polymeric products obtained by the inventive method can contain up to 80 wt. % of nanotubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2007
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: NANOLEDGE INC.
    Inventors: Thibault Vaugien, Kai Schierholz
  • Publication number: 20090286438
    Abstract: A belt for a machine for the production of web material, especially paper or cardboard, including a carrier structure and at least one layer of foam material characterized in that the carrier structure is surrounded by the foam material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventor: Uwe Kockritz
  • Patent number: 7601658
    Abstract: The invention relates to an elastic laminate. The laminate is made from a co-extruded elastic film, comprising an elastomeric support layer, at least one cover layer and at least one textile outer layer made from a non-woven. The cover layer has a low layer thickness by comparison with the support layer. The outer layer is laminated onto the cover layer. According to the invention, the cover layer is made from an elastomeric material, with essentially the same expansion properties as the material of the support layer and contains additives for modification of the surface properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Nordenia Deutschalnd Gronau GmbH
    Inventors: Andreas Hagemann, Ralf Niepelt, Henner Sollmann, Georg Baldauf
  • Patent number: 7472961
    Abstract: A woven panel is formed from a plurality of elongated yarns, with and without a center core. The core yarns provide mechanical strength for the woven material in supporting the coreless yarns when used in load bearing articles such as the seat or back portions of an article of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: Casual Living Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Schwartz, Coley Chris Mathis, Cynthia F. Caudle
  • Publication number: 20090000007
    Abstract: The present invention provides a breathable, lightweight material which has radiopaque qualities and is easy to produce. In the preferred embodiment, a lightweight fabric, such as a surgical mask liner or an entire surgical gown, is formed by mixing a lightweight radiopaque compound, such as barium sulfate, with a polymer filler, preferably polyethylene, to impart radiopaque qualities to the mixture, then extruding the mixture into a plurality of filaments to form a porous, nonwoven fabric mass, and forming the filament mass into a web suitable to be used as a garment liner or ply in a multi-ply fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2008
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Applicant: Meridian Research and Development, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald F. DeMeo
  • Patent number: 7468334
    Abstract: An airbag fabric which has been coated with a polyamide coating, comprising a thermoplastic silicone vulcanizate. The coating may be adhered to the airbag fabric without the use of a primer and may be cured at room temperature. The coated airbag fabric may be reheated during fabrication and heat welded at the fabric boundary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Highland Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Schindzielorz
  • Patent number: 7431982
    Abstract: A cushion sheet has a sheet body and a low-friction layer formed on the sheet body. The low-friction layer is formed by a plurality of synthetic resin fibers. The synthetic resin fibers are bonded with a surface of the sheet body in a state resembling a spread cloth. It is preferred that the diameter of each of the synthetic resin fibers be set in a range of 10 to 600 micrometers. It is also preferred that the amount of the synthetic resin fibers bonded with the surface of the sheet body be set in a range of 5 to 100 grams per square meter of the sheet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Inoac Corporation
    Inventors: Takuhiro Sasao, Tunenori Oguri, Noriyoshi Takami
  • Publication number: 20080102721
    Abstract: A puncture and abrasion resistant, air and water impervious laminated fabric is provided. The laminated fabric includes a woven fabric base layer having warp and weft yarns, with at least 50 percent of the fibers in the warp yarns being formed of high performance material. A first thermoplastic film is bonded by heat and pressure to at least one of the sides of the fabric base layer. The first thermoplastic film is formed of ethylene vinyl acetate. A second thermoplastic film is bonded by heat and pressure to the first thermoplastic film on at least one of sides of the fabric. The second thermoplastic film is formed from either high density polyethylene or low density polyethylene.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: May 1, 2008
    Inventors: John E. Holland, Connie W. Holland
  • Patent number: 7316985
    Abstract: A waterproof and breathable lining structure includes a sheet-like waterproof and breathable foaming cushion layer made of a composition of a predetermined amount of low density polyethylene (LDPE) and a predetermined amount of foaming agent such as azodicarbonamide (ADCA), and a fabric lining layer integrally adhered to one side of the cushion layer to form the lining structure. The cushion layer is made by a process including the steps of: (a) palletizing raw materials including the low density polyethylene and the foaming agent such as Azodicarbonamide (ADCA); (b) extruding the palletized raw material to make a solid sheet; (c) cross-linking the solid sheet by an E-beam to form an irradiated matrix; (d) foaming the irradiated matrix into the sheet-like foaming cushion layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2008
    Inventor: Frank Tien
  • Patent number: 7307031
    Abstract: A breathable composite sheet material, a method for making such a sheet material, and an absorbent article utilizing the sheet material are provided. The composite sheet material is comprised of a thermoplastic film adhered directly to a fibrous substrate. The thermoplastic film comprises at least 50% by weight of a polymer material from the group of block copolyether esters, block copolyether amides and polyurethanes. The substrate comprises a fibrous web of at least 50% by weight of polyolefin polymer synthetic fibers. The composite sheet exhibits a peel strength of at least 0.1 N/cm, a dynamic fluid transmission of less than about 0.75 g/m2 when subjected to an impact energy of about 2400 joules/m2, and a moisture vapor transmission rate, according to the desiccant method, of at least 1500 g/m2/24 hr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nora Liu Carroll, Hyun Sung Lim, George Joseph Ostapchenko, Shailaja R. Vaidya, J. Michael McKenna, John Joseph Curro, Gary Dean Lavon, Richard L. Sparks
  • Patent number: 7259115
    Abstract: The invention is a heat curable extruded adhesive laminate system for producing collapsible tanks. The laminate is a composite of a fabric; an extruded linear hydroxyl adhesive having an uretdione that serves as a latent thermally activated curing component, and a high cyrstallinity thermoplastic polyurethane. In the system, panels cut from the adhesive laminate are assembled and seamed in a compression press operating at about 260° F. to about 350° F. The bonding process takes about 20-45 minutes, which causes the latent thermally activated curing component to cure the adhesive. Following compression heating in the press, the resulting seams have a strength that exceeds the minimum acceptable performance of 25 lbs/in, after being immersed in water and/or fuel at 160° F. for six weeks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Cooley, Incorporated
    Inventor: Dattatreya Ramesh Panse
  • Patent number: 7134929
    Abstract: Composite gel articles shaped in the form of a body shaped suit for diving made by injection molding, extruding, spinning, casting, or dipping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2006
    Assignee: Applied Elastomerics, Inc.
    Inventor: John Y. Chen
  • Patent number: 7109135
    Abstract: A polyolefin woven fabric extrusion coating with superior soft tactile characteristic is disclosed comprising ethylenic elastomer and thermoplastic vulcanizate. The combination performs in a synergistic fashion to obtain more pleasing soft tactile characteristic than is available with either elastomer or thermoplastic vulcanizate alone. The inclusion of additives may enhance properties and include plastomer, UV stabilizers, flame retardant, antiblock, colorant, printable additives and polar additives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2006
    Assignee: Central Products Company
    Inventor: Shane Taghavi
  • Patent number: 6939818
    Abstract: An improved strippable glass fiber wall covering and process for its formation are provided. Initially, both sides of a glass fiber fabric are coated with a first coating applied from an aqueous dispersion of starch binder and polymeric latex binder. In a preferred embodiment a cross-linking agent and pigment also are present in the first aqueous dispersion. Following the drying of such dispersion to form a first coating on both surfaces, a second dried coating is provided on one side only that serves as a separation layer. The second coating is applied from an aqueous dispersion comprising paraffin and a rheology modifier. When applied to the wall in conventional manner, the separation layer facilitates the removal of the wall covering with ease when its time of usefulness is concluded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Johns Manville International, Inc.
    Inventors: Krister Draxö, Per Edlund, Torben Hernberg
  • Patent number: 6833333
    Abstract: Water resistant laminates that can be useful in end uses requiring a water tight membrane comprising a layer of fabric, wherein a first polymer having a certain stress index that is substantially contained within the fabric layer and a second polymer having a higher stress index than that of the first polymer that can be coated onto one or both surfaces of the fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Raymond Joseph Reisdorf, Loic Pierre Rolland
  • Publication number: 20040170800
    Abstract: Blackout and thermal drapery fabrics and linings and method therefor having an impregnated blackout film capable of providing a barrier to both light and heat in an environmentally and ecologically sound way. The impregnated blackout film comprises a thermoplastic impregnated with an ingredient adapted to achieve light inhibition and thermal diminution. The impregnated blackout film may be extruded or laminated to a side of a fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2004
    Publication date: September 2, 2004
    Inventor: Jack J. Richards
  • Patent number: 6767849
    Abstract: A raised surface fabric knit on a conventional terry knitting machine is provided. On one face of the fabric, a foamed liquid wicking composition is applied, and on the other face, a foamed liquid repellent composition is applied. Preferably, one or both faces of the fabric are napped prior to application of the foam. Further, it is preferable to first apply the foamed liquid repellent composition before applying the formed liquid wicking composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Malden Mills Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Moshe Rock, Amiram Inbal, Charles Haryslak
  • Patent number: 6762139
    Abstract: The invention comprises a flexible adsorbent-loaded filter formed from a flexible support web and attached adsorbent particles. The adsorbent-loaded filter has open filter cells which are defined by the support web and the attached adsorbent particles and are random in size and orientation through the length and depth of the filter. The support web is formed of substantially nonlinear filaments that randomly intersect. The adsorbent particles largest average cross sectional dimension is smaller than the average diameter of the pores of the support web. When the flexible adsorbent loaded filter is flexed about a radius of curvature 20 mm, the percent increase in pressure drop is less than 100 percent when measured at a face velocity of 0.25 m/s.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Michael R. Strommen
  • Patent number: 6749923
    Abstract: The present invention relates to liquid impermeable moisture vapor permeable composite structure comprising a specific thermoplastic film which is thinly coated onto a support layer. The composite structures of the present invention can find a variety of applications, wherein moisture vapor permeability is desirable for example within absorbent articles such as diapers, sanitary napkins, panty liners and incontinence products, protective bedding covers, protective clothing and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Gianfranco Palumbo, Italo Corzani
  • Patent number: 6716774
    Abstract: A knitted screen cloth fabric including a polymer coated, fiber-reinforced, flexible, foil-like web and method for making same are disclosed, the web including a lattice material of filaments and a polyester binding thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Saint-Gobain Technical Fabrics Canada, Ltd.
    Inventors: John Frederick Porter, Roger Peter Lewington
  • Patent number: 6716777
    Abstract: A fabric structure is constructed having a fabric base sheet, a viscidity layer, a polymeric back layer, and a protective layer. The polymeric back layer is prepared from SBC (styrenic block copolymer) for the advantage of low specific gravity and preventing the drawback of PVC or the like that pollutes the environment when disposed off. The protective layer is prepared from PU series or modified SBC (styrenic block copolymer) series agent. When the fabric structure used to make a bag, the front surface of the fabric base sheet is disposed outside the bag and the surface of the protective layer is disposed inside the bag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: Epitech Inc.
    Inventor: Chun-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 6692825
    Abstract: A nonwoven web and method of preparing a novel nonwoven web of synthetic fiber are disclosed. An aqueous solution amide crosslinked synthetic precursor polymer is extruded under defined conditions through a plurality of die orifices to form a plurality of threadlines. The threadlines are attenuated with a defined primary gaseous source to form fiber under conditions of controlled macro scale turbulence and under conditions sufficient to permit the viscosity of each threadline, as it leaves a die orifice and for a distance of no more than about 8 cm, to increase incrementally with increasing distance from the die, while substantially maintaining uniformity of viscosity in the radial direction, at a rate sufficient to provide fiber having the desired attenuation and mean fiber diameter without significant fiber breakage. The attenuated threadlines are dried with a defined secondary gaseous source. The resulting fibers are deposited randomly on a moving foraminous surface to form a substantially uniform web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian Qin, Yong Li, Wendy Lynn Van Dyke, Anthony John Wisneski, Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet, Hannong Rhim
  • Publication number: 20040026057
    Abstract: A papermaking belt capable of preventing a crack from progressing into the belt and improved in durability is provided, while a reinforcing substrate (6) is embedded in an elastic material in this papermaking belt, and the said elastic material includes a surface layer (7), a back layer (8) and an intermediate layer (9) located between the said surface layer (7) and the said back layer (8) and has a thick part (12) having a thickness in the belt thickness direction along the belt traveling direction in the said intermediate layer (9). The said thick part (12) can also be exposed on the belt surface through the said surface layer 7, the said thick part (12) is preferably made of a low-hardness elastic material and the said surface layer (7) is preferably made of a high-hardness elastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 12, 2004
    Inventors: Atsuo Watanabe, Takashisa Hikida, Atsushi Watanabe
  • Publication number: 20040016502
    Abstract: Breathable materials comprise a low-elongation fabric layer and a microporous coating thereon. The microporous coating comprises a crystalline polymer composition and a filler. The materials are suitable for use in various applications including housewrap and other construction embodiments. Methods of making a breathable material comprise extrusion coating a low-elongation fabric layer with a composition comprising a crystalline polymer composition and a filler to form a coating on the low-elongation fabric layer, and incrementally stretching the coated nonwoven layer to render the coating microporous.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Publication date: January 29, 2004
    Inventor: Gregory K. Jones
  • Patent number: 6593004
    Abstract: This invention relates to novel extrusion coating compositions containing certain high melt flow, narrow molecular weight distribution polypropylene impact or random copolymers and composite articles comprising a substrate having such compositions melt extruded thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Union Carbide Chemicals & Plastics Technology Corporation
    Inventor: Ananda M. Chatterjee
  • Patent number: 6541402
    Abstract: An improved fabric for use in applications such as furniture upholstery is provided which possesses desirable flexibility, cleanability, and fluid resistant properties. The fabric includes a textile substrate treated with a fluorochemical stain resist agent. The treated textile substrate is covered substantially on the back with a layer of extrusion coated thermoplastic polymer which is pressed at least partially into the fabric substrate. A process for forming the fluid shield fabric according to the present invention is also provided. Preferably, the fabric is comprised of solution dyed nylon and the polymeric material is ethylene methyl acrylate polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Milliken & Company
    Inventors: William Carl Kimbrell, Jr., Thomas E. Godfrey
  • Patent number: 6537931
    Abstract: A coated fabric having desirable weight and high durability, and particular utility in the manufacture of linings for particular articles is described. The fabric has a textile substrate which is coated to provide a structure having an abrasion resistance of at least about 750 cycles to failure when tested according to ASTM D 3884, and more preferably at least about 2200 cycles to failure. The coating is desirably transparent so that the pre-coated shade of the textile substrate is altered less than about 15%, and more preferably less than about 1%, when the fabric is coated. More particularly, the absolute value of the difference in shade depth of the coated fabric and the textile substrate is less than about 0.2, so that no visible shade change results. A method for producing the fabric and articles incorporating the fabric are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Inventors: Robert E. Pflug, J. Travis Dorn, Jr.
  • Patent number: RE41539
    Abstract: A breathable composite sheet material, a method for making such a sheet material, and an absorbent article utilizing the sheet material are provided. The composite sheet material is comprised of a thermoplastic film adhered directly to a fibrous substrate. The thermoplastic film comprises at least 50% by weight of a polymer material from the group of block copolyether esters, block copolyether amides and polyurethanes. The substrate comprises a fibrous web of at least 50% by weight of polyolefin polymer synthetic fibers. The composite sheet exhibits a peel strength of at least 0.1 N/cm, a dynamic fluid transmission of less than about 0.75 g/m2 when subjected to an impact energy of about 2400 joules/m2, and a moisture vapor transmission rate, according to the desiccant method, of at least 1500 g/m2/24 hr.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2010
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Nora Liu Carroll, Hyun Sung Lim, George Joseph Ostapchenko, Shailaja R. Vaidya, J. Michael McKenna, John Joseph Curro, Gary Dean Lavon, Richard L. Sparks