Fibrous Or Particulate Layer Between Other Layers Patents (Class 112/420)
  • Patent number: 5099773
    Abstract: A process for producing a painted, cord-bordered design on a comforter, includes the steps of superimposing a facing sheet of material on a layer of batting material which is on a backing sheet, positioning a cording material on the facing sheet in a predetermined pattern by use of a quilting machine, stitching the cording material immediately after positioning, the stitching going through all the layers of the comforter, removing the work piece from the quilting machine and painting those areas of the desired design which are bordered by the cording material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1992
    Assignee: Pathe Computer Control Systems Corporation
    Inventor: Richard N. Codos
  • Patent number: 5021280
    Abstract: The invention relates to a composite fabric which will provide insulating properties in the presence of water and which will also permit the passage of perspiration therethrough. The fabric includes a first layer of a water-impermeable insulating material, two layers of a wicking fabric, such layers being positioned adjacent the inner and outer surfaces of the first layer, and a plurality of wicking threads passing through the first layer and securing the wicking fabric layers to the first layer. The insulating layer helps prevent water from reaching the wearer. Perspiration from the wearer is picked up by the inner wicking layer and transferred by capillary action through the threads to the outer wicking layer from which it can evaporate to the atmosphere. If desired the outer wicking layer can be covered by a liquid-water impermeable but water-vapor permeable material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of National Defence
    Inventors: Brian Farnworth, Rita M. Crow
  • Patent number: 4962554
    Abstract: A quilted cover, in particular a bed cover, with two outer sheets between which a filling is placed, is described. It is characterized in that, in the area quilting, a plurality of fiber aggregates of spherically tangled fibers are located, through which the two outer sheets of the cover are joined together. Conveniently, the two outer sheets are joined together in the area of the quilting with threads penetrating through the fiber aggregates, with the threads being sewn through the two outer sheets and the fiber aggregates. A cover, in particular a bed cover, is created in this manner, which may be produced more simply and more flexibly and thus less expensively than known covers, while containing no cold bridges in the quilting areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1990
    Inventor: Gunter Tesch
  • Patent number: 4911973
    Abstract: According to this invention, there is provided a reinforcement blanket having a plurality of layers of fiber-reinforcement materials sewn together. The sewing together of the various layers of the fiber-reinforcement materials provides a plurality of channels extending through the reinforcement blanket. The reinforcement blanket can be shaped into a preform or can be used directly as a reinforcement in a molding process. The channels in the reinforcement blanket aid in distributing a matrix resin during an impregnation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1990
    Assignee: Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation
    Inventor: Sidney G. Dunbar
  • Patent number: 4897297
    Abstract: An article of manufacture is provided that is especially suited for use as a hot or wet compress. The article has two outer layers at least one of which is an elastic, water-permeable fabric. The outer layers surround a particulate filling material which is made of 5-30% of a super-absorbent polymer and 70-95% of diluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1990
    Assignee: E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.
    Inventor: Dimitri P. Zafiroglu
  • Patent number: 4889063
    Abstract: A multilayer textile article for the production of laminated materials has layers each consisting of a two-directional cloth, the layers being joined together by a third thread extending in a direction inclined to the direction in which the threads of the layers extend. According to the invention the third thread forms a continuous stitching (C), the stitching extending helically from one end of the layers to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1989
    Assignee: Brochier S.A.
    Inventors: Bruno Bompard, Christian Debaille, Alain Bruyere
  • Patent number: 4863776
    Abstract: A fabric includes an intermediate layer of substantially parallel spun warp yarns, the intermediate layer having a first surface and an opposite, second surface; a top backing layer formed of spun bonded non-woven fibers on the first surface of the intermediate layer; a bottom backing layer of spun bonded non-woven fibers on the opposite, second surface of the intermediate layer; a chain stitching extending substantially parallel to and between adjacent spun warp yarns to connect the top layer to the bottom layer and thereby secure the warp yarns therebetween; and the stitched fabric being hydraulically entangled to adhere the loose warp yarns to the spun bonded non-woven yarns of the top and bottom backing layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1989
    Inventor: Herschel Sternlieb
  • Patent number: 4858547
    Abstract: A fabric includes a first substrate layer; second substrate layer; the first and second substrate layers being at least translucent, being made from a non-woven fabric, and having a weight in the range between 0.25 ounces/yd..sup.2 and 8.0 ounces/yd..sup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: W. S. Libbey Co.
    Inventor: Herschel Sternlieb
  • Patent number: 4803109
    Abstract: A method of waterproofing the stitch lines of padding material having a high degree of thermal insulation, usable in clothing and the like comprises the step of applying a tape composed of a support layer of polyamide fibre fabric, a waterproofing layer of polyurethane resin, and an adhesive layer of great adhesion and cohesion and based on elastomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1989
    Inventor: Lucio Saniscalchi
  • Patent number: 4750443
    Abstract: A textile fabric suitable for use as a fire-blocking sheet in aircraft seat cushion comprises three to seven, fastened together nonwoven layers of hydarulically needled batts of aramid staple fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Blaustein, Dennis A. Nollen, Loretta A. G. Page
  • Patent number: 4646666
    Abstract: A method for producing accurately sewn piecework using a backing material is disclosed. The backing material includes a pattern having proposed stitching lines along which fabric pieces are to be joined to re-create the pattern. A first piece of fabric is placed against the bottom side of the backing material, or the side without the pattern. It is placed with the top or right side facing away from the backing, and is placed to cover a first portion of the pattern. A second fabric piece, chosen to cover a second adjacent portion of the pattern, and to be joined to the first piece, is placed with its top or right side against the top side of the first piece. The second fabric piece is positioned so that it overlaps the proposed stitching line between the first and second portions of the pattern, and extends across the first piece of fabric. The second piece is large enough to cover the second portion of the pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1986
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1987
    Inventor: Karen S. Burrier
  • Patent number: 4629441
    Abstract: The doll of the present invention is formed by outlining a desired feature with an adhesive such as a meltable, fuser thread between a front and rear piece of fabric in an outline of the desired feature such as the nose or mouth. After the adhesive is made to hold the two sheets of fabric together, soft material is inserted between the two sheets within the feature. The outline of a nose is U-shaped, and soft material can be inserted through the top opening between the two pieces of fabric. The outline of a mouth is closed so the soft material is pushed through a slit in the rear piece of fabric. The mouth can also be formed by satin-like stitches in which long stitches are formed on the top of the front sheet of material extending from the outline of the mouth or lips. The soft material is inserted through the rear sheet to cause the front sheet and the satin stitches to bulge outward. The lips can also be formed by running stitches forming an outline, which is then filled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Inventor: Mary J. Cahill
  • Patent number: 4628846
    Abstract: The structure is formed by superposed layers of fibrous reinforcing material, which layers are bound together by threads implanted through the layers by being pushed by a pressurized fluid into a tubular needle which is actuated with back and forth movements during which it penetrates through the superposed layers and is pulled out therefrom, leaving in a portion of binding thread, the next portion of binding thread being positioned after a relative displacement of the needle with respect to the structure along the surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1985
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1986
    Assignee: Societe Europeenne de Propulsion
    Inventor: Michel Vives
  • Patent number: 4549494
    Abstract: A method of forming reversible shadow multicolored trapunto provides a plurality of steps in order to form the design including first the lamination (i.e., arrangement in layers by stitching together) of a plurality of thin, sheer fabric layers preferably a first top sheer fabric layer and a second bottom sheer fabric layer. A stitched, bordered design is formed in the layered fabric, the stitched border laminating the multiple fabric layers together. The stitched, bordered design comprises a plurality of segmented areas, each surrounded by and defined by the stitching. A needle threaded with colored yarn is inserted through a first opening at one end portion of the fabric and into the space between the two fabric layers of a given segment, the needle forming the opening upon insertion. The segment is then traversed by the needle internally between the fabric layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 29, 1985
    Inventor: Marjorie M. Murphy
  • Patent number: 4546516
    Abstract: A cosmetic towel or the like for removing moisture from the skin without rubbing or chafing which includes a piece of smooth, slick fabric and two pieces of towel which are layered on each side of the smooth, slick fabric, the layers of fabric and pieces of towel being stitched together around their edges with knitting yarn or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 15, 1985
    Inventor: Yoon H. Kim
  • Patent number: 4535017
    Abstract: The dividing wall between a heat producing compartment of a helicopter, such as a compartment in which an engine or other power mechanism is located, and the pilot's cabin is made of a sheet of fiberglass that cannot withstand being subjected to an operating temperature that is in excess of about 200.degree. C. Accordingly, the hot side of the wall is lined with one or more liner blankets, each having a mineral fiber felt core, a metal foil front layer and a glass fiber fabric rear, supporting layer. These layers are quilted together and the result is provided with a binding about the periphery. The metal foil layer terminates somewhat short of the edge in order to make the margin more compressible. Each liner blanket is attached to the wall surface by a flexible adhesive. Where two or more of the blankets are used, they are placed so close together edge-to-edge that their respective margins are compressed, by abutment with one another preventing any unprotected gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 13, 1985
    Assignees: Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm GmbH, G & H Montage GmbH
    Inventors: Wilfried Kuckein, Albert Mylius, Peter Bechtel, Adalbert Hofer
  • Patent number: 4508044
    Abstract: An existing pillow which has a tick enclosing a stuffing that has deteriorated is inserted into an envelope. The envelope is made of a yielding foam material having a wall thickness sufficient to mask irregularities in the stuffing of the existing pillow. The entire pillow, including the tick and the enclosed stuffing is inserted into the envelope, and the envelope is then sewn shut. The envelope with the existing pillow is then placed into a second tick to form the rebuilt pillow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: April 2, 1985
    Inventors: Robert E. Downey, Claudine K. Downey
  • Patent number: 4460645
    Abstract: This invention relates to insulation materials and, in particular, to thermal insulation materials having heat reflective properties.In particular insulation material according to the invention comprises a random array of elements as herein defined having at least a portion thereof deformed so as to increase the resilience of the elements and to assist in forming spaces between adjacent elements in the random array.In this specification the term element is used to include filaments of different cross-sectional shape, for example, circular, square or rectangular, strips of uniform or non-uniform width and/or thickness, flakes and platelets of regular or irregular geometric shape and of uniform or non-uniform thickness, and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1984
    Assignee: University College Cardiff
    Inventors: John C. Jones, Anthony R. Bates, Roland Dewsberry, Paul A. Ryan
  • Patent number: 4426945
    Abstract: A feather quilt comprising upper and lower cloth layers, a multiplicity of rectangular spaces arrayed in regular rows and files in the interspace between the upper and the lower layer, and down placed to fill up the rectangular spaces is manufactured by sewing ribbon-like partition pieces to the inner sides of the upper and lower layers along the individual boundaries of the rectangular spaces running in the longitudinal (or lateral) direction and T-shaped partition pieces to the aforementioned inner sides along the individual boundaries of the rectangular spaces running in the lateral (or longitudinal) direction, sewing together the corresponding ribbonlike partition pieces fastened to the upper and lower layers, similarly sewing the T-shaped partition pieces together with the exception of the openings formed of the projecting portions thereof, and sequentially filling with down the rectangular spaces formed between the upper and lower layers by the use of a down injection tube inserted through the openings
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Inventor: Kuo A-Yan
  • Patent number: 4426414
    Abstract: A laminated non-woven fabric having a stitched core of cellular sheet material and facings of fiber batting needled through the core and partially into the opposite facing, the fibers in the facings dominantly extending transversely to the stitching of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Assignee: Beacon Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Forrest W. Wilkerson
  • Patent number: 4232619
    Abstract: A lifting loop comprising a core of parallel threads enclosed in a protecting covering which is formed by a woven ribbon that is stitched together at its edges whereby a side seam extending in the longitudinal direction of the loop is formed and the covering is made to enclose said core snugly. A second longitudinal seam may be stitched diametrically opposed to the first seam. In a simple manner is thus produced a reliable lifting loop possessing highly satisfactory lifting characteristics and maximum durability and strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1980
    Assignee: Svensk Lasthantering, Bengt Lindahl AB
    Inventor: Bengt E. Lindahl
  • Patent number: 4232620
    Abstract: A thermal insulating material comprises at least two sheets of plastic film, a mesh sandwiched between adjacent film sheets and outer cover layers of mesh sandwiching the film-mesh sandwich. The film-mesh sandwich and the outer meshes are stitched together. Vapor permeability is imparted by perforations through the films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1980
    Inventor: Milton Kurz
  • Patent number: 4230057
    Abstract: A thermal insulating material comprises at least two sheets of metallized plastic film, a mesh sandwiched between adjacent film sheets and outer cover layers of mesh sandwiching the film-mesh sandwich. The film-mesh sandwich and the outer meshes are stitched together. Vapor permeability is imparted by perforations through the films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1980
    Inventor: Milton Kurz
  • Patent number: 4210089
    Abstract: A lifting sling comprising a core of parallel yarns enclosed by a protective cover, the edges of which are interconnected by a lengthwise seam penetrating diametrically through the sling core so as to divide the latter into two portions, one on each side of the seam. In a direction perpendicular to a line interconnecting the centers of said portions, the cross-sections of said portions considerably exceed the cross-section of the sling in the area of the seam, whereby during use of the sling, the seam will be protected against wear and the stress taken by said two core portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1979
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1980
    Assignee: Svensk Lasthantering Bengt Lindahl AG
    Inventor: Bengt E. Lindahl
  • Patent number: 4115610
    Abstract: An improved quilt construction and method for making quilted articles, such as sleeping bags, jackets and bedspreads, in which baffles are interposed between the upper and lower quilt surfaces of the article. The baffles themselves are formed from portions of the upper or lower surface itself through various patterns of folding. Pre-notched surface materials further facilitate the formation of the folds and locate the positions for the fold which are restrained in place to form compartments in which quilt filler material is positioned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 19, 1978
    Inventor: Harold Wortman
  • Patent number: 4060438
    Abstract: A process for transferring dyestuff from a transfer paper substrate to a sealed area on a laminated textile material such as a quilt. The process makes possible, for example, the simulation of a colored thread stitch by coloring the sealed area as the seal is performed. Normally, the sealing is accomplished by ultrasonic means, but other forms of energy for sealing purposes may be utilized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 29, 1977
    Assignee: Home Curtain Corporation
    Inventor: Charles A. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4053668
    Abstract: Tufted carpeting has a unitary primary backing comprising a woven synthetic scrim with a backing layer of staple fibers needled onto its back surface before tufting. The tuft bases are at least partially surrounded by the fibers of the backing layer, and sizing is applied to the underside of the carpet after tufting. The resulting product has excellent dimensional stability, stiffness and flame retardance, and requires no secondary backing. In the preferred embodiment, the staple fibers are needled through the scrim to provide, in addition to the backing layer, a dyeable subface on the face side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1977
    Assignee: Brunswick Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Kimmel, Robert C. Pickens, Jr.
  • Patent number: 4040371
    Abstract: The horizontal burning rate of polyester staple fibers coated with cured polysiloxane is reduced by incorporating small amounts (2 to 20% by weight) of an organic staple fiber that maintains its physical integrity when exposed to a small flame. The preferred fiber is poly(p-phenylene terephthalamide). This has particular application to polyester fiberfill, and articles therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1977
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: John LaMonte Cooper, James Alvis Newnam
  • Patent number: 3954074
    Abstract: Disclosed is a textile fabric having a backing material unsuitable for heat transfer printing and a surface material that is suitable for heat transfer printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1974
    Date of Patent: May 4, 1976
    Inventor: Arno Edgar Wildeman
  • Patent number: H957
    Abstract: A high-temperature thermal insulation quilt assemblage consisting of an inner quilt and an outer quilt, each cut according to a pattern so as to conform to the shape and wrap around an object having a surface temperature as high as 3000.degree. F. during operation. The inner and outer quilt each include a silicic-impregnated quartz fabric case, multiple blankets of ceramic insulation material, and quartz-fiber thread cross-stitching to reduce quilt thickness. The inner quilt additionally includes a tantalum foil inserted between two blankets of ceramic insulation material, and sewn-on tie straps. The outer quilt additionally includes sewn-on lacing strips for securing outer quilt abutting edges together; the outermost surface is coated with silicone rubber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 6, 1991
    Inventors: Sieg Borck, Paul M. Chewey, Robert M. Fingerhut, Sheldon Hyman, Orlando A. Tafoya, Bradley D. Wisneskie