Patents Examined by Abraham Bamta
  • Stitchbonded fabric and process for making same
    Patent number: 5879779
    Abstract: An improved stitchbonded nonwoven fabric having repeating patterns of stitches in a fibrous layer is prepared with a stitching thread that consists essentially of fiber of partially molecularly oriented synthetic organic polymer. The fabric can be stretched, shrunken, and/or heat set and is particularly suited for thermoforming operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.
    Inventor: Dimitri Peter Zafiroglu