Patents Assigned to Gehring Textiles, Inc.
  • Loop fabric for hook-and-loop type fastener and method of making the same
    Patent number: 6854297
    Abstract: A loop component for a hook-and-loop fastener includes a knit fabric and a plurality of loops extending along one surface of the fabric and made of a monofilament pile yarn such as nylon. The component is knit on a three or more bar machine with one bar forming the base and two or more additional bars forming floats which are then pulled out of the knit fabric by napping to obtain a fabric having a predetermined thickness. The fabric is then heat sense to stabilize is dimensions, stiffness and other physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Gehring Textiles, Inc.
    Inventor: G. Gregory Gehring
  • Blunt trauma reduction fabric for body armor
    Patent number: 6627562
    Abstract: A three-dimensional knit spacer fabric for use in ballistic protective garments is provided. The fabric includes a first fabric layer made from high performance, high tenacity yarns; a second fabric layer of an open mesh construction to facilitate air circulation; and a plurality of high performance monofilament yarns interconnecting the two layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2003
    Assignee: Gehring Textiles, Inc.
    Inventor: George G. Gehring, Jr.
  • Pointed thrust weapons protective fabric system
    Patent number: 6233978
    Abstract: A warp knit fabric for resisting point penetration of thrusting type weapons is provided. The fabric comprises a multiplicity of thread systems made from high performance yarns with a tenacity of 7 gram/denier. Each of the thread systems are produced by front bar guide movement having the formulation of: 1−0/n−(n+1), wherein n is the spaces traversed by the guide bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Gehring Textiles, Inc.
    Inventors: George G. Gehring, Jr., Aaron Reisfeld
  • High performance hook and loop closure system
    Patent number: 6216496
    Abstract: A warp knit fabric for use as a loop member in a hook and loop closure system is provided. The wrap knit fabric comprises a base yarn and a pile yarn, the pile yarn being a high tenacity monofilament yarn with a denier of between about 50 and 200. The pile yarn defines loop that are generated during knitting and these loops are oriented at varying random angles to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Assignee: Gehring Textiles, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory Gehring
  • Blunt trauma reduction fabric for body armor
    Patent number: 6103641
    Abstract: A three-dimensional knit spacer fabric for use in ballistic protective garments is provided. The fabric includes a first fabric layer made from high performance, high tenacity yarns; a second fabric layer of an open mesh construction to facilitate air circulation; and a plurality of high performance monofilament yarns interconnecting the two layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: Gehring Textiles Inc
    Inventor: George G. Gehring, Jr.
  • Loop fabric for hook and-loop type fastener and method of making the same
    Patent number: 6099932
    Abstract: A loop component for a hook-and-loop fastener includes a knit fabric and a plurality of loops extending along one surface of the fabric and made of a monofilament pile yarn such as nylon. The component is knit on a three or more bar machine with one bar forming the base and two or more additional bars forming floats which are then pulled out of the knit fabric by napping to obtain a fabric having a predetermined thickness. The fabric is then heat sense to stabilize is dimensions, stiffness and other physical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Gehring Textiles, Inc.
    Inventor: G. Gregory Gehring