Patents Assigned to Novtex
  • Formable fabric
    Patent number: 5074129
    Abstract: A formable, laterally stretchable fabric which retains its shape includes a plurality of laterally spaced longitudinally extending soft, formable metallic wires comprising the warps and a weft pattern of yarns which act to connect adjacent warps at staggered intervals. The knitted fabric is stretchable in the weft direction and the soft wires are caused to bend at or near the weft connecting points, thus holding the fabric in its reformed and/or stretched condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1991
    Assignee: Novtex
    Inventor: John B. Matthew