Patents Assigned to FITESA NONWOVEN, INC.
  • Patent number: 11591730
    Abstract: Extensible nonwoven fabrics having improved elongation, extensibility, abrasion resistance and toughness. In particular, embodiments of the invention are directed to extensible spunbond fabrics comprising a polymeric blend of a metallocene catalyzed polypropylene, polyethylene, and a third polymer component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignees: Fitesa Nonwoven, Inc., Fitesa Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen O. Chester, Albert Witarsa, Stefanie Streich, Helmut Hartl, Harald Siebner, Daniel Kong, David D. Newkirk
  • Publication number: 20190062970
    Abstract: Extensible nonwoven fabrics having improved elongation, extensibility, abrasion resistance and toughness. In particular, embodiments of the invention are directed to extensible spunbond fabrics comprising a polymeric blend of a metallocene catalyzed polypropylene, polyethylene, and a third polymer component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicants: Fitesa Nonwoven, Inc., Fitesa Germany GmbH
    Inventors: Stephen O. Chester, Albert Witarsa, Stefanie Streich, Helmut Hartl, Harald Siebner, Daniel Kong, David D. Newkirk
  • Patent number: 10156031
    Abstract: Extensible nonwoven fabrics having improved elongation, extensibility, abrasion resistance and toughness. In particular, embodiments of the invention are directed to extensible spunbond fabrics comprising a polymeric blend of a metallocene catalyzed polypropylene, polyethylene, and a third polymer component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignees: FITESA GERMANY GMBH, FITESA NONWOVEN, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Chester, Albert Witarsa, Stefanie Streich, Helmut Hartl, Harald Siebner, Daniel Kong, David D. Newkirk
  • Patent number: 9994982
    Abstract: Extensible nonwoven fabrics having improved elongation, extensibility, abrasion resistance and toughness. In particular, embodiments of the invention are directed to extensible spunbond fabrics comprising a polymeric blend of a metallocene catalyzed polypropylene, polyethylene, and a third polymer component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignees: FITESA GERMANY GMBH, FITESA NONWOVEN, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen O. Chester, Albert Witarsa, Stefanie Streich, Helmut Hartl, Harald Siebner, Daniel Kong, David D. Newkirk
  • Patent number: 8685870
    Abstract: Absorbent sheet materials are produced from a coformed blend of absorbent fibers and extensible meltblown polymer fibers. Laminates of these extensible coforms are prepared with layers of extensible polymeric fibers or filaments. The absorbent sheet materials are incrementally stretched to improve softness and drape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Fitesa Nonwoven, Inc.
    Inventors: Jared A. Austin, Samuel C. Baer
  • Publication number: 20140087618
    Abstract: A nonwoven fabric comprising a meltspun fibre of a lignin compound. Also claimed a laminated fabric comprising the nonwoven fabric, a nonwoven fabric product comprising the nonwoven fabric, a structured multicomponent fibre comprising a lignin compound, a web comprising a meltspun fibre of a lignin compound and a method of producing a nonwoven fabric by forming a web of meltspun fibre comprising a lignin compound and bonding at least a portion of the fibre in the web to form the nonwoven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: FITESA NONWOVEN, INC.
    Inventors: David Dudley Newkirk, Juergen Friedrich Rudolph, Helmut Hartl