Patents by Inventor Thomas Alleguer

Thomas Alleguer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20060234049
    Abstract: The present invention relates to soft touch fibers and nonwoven fabrics made from such fibers. The fibers comprise an incompatible polymer system which leads to the soft touch quality. The fibers comprise a mixture of at least two thermoplastic polymers each having different viscosities and wherein the mixture has an interfacial tension from about 0.5 to about 20 mN/m, and wherein the mixture comprises a portion of the fiber surface. The fibers may include from 40-98 percent of a polyolefin continuous phase and from 2 to 60 weight percent of an amorphous thermoplast dispersed phase, such as polystyrene or polyamide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2004
    Publication date: October 19, 2006
    Inventors: Jozef Van Dun, Daniel Bosak, John Flood, Edward Knickerbocker, Thomas Alleguer, Karin Katzer, Miguel Prieto Goubert