Olefin Polymer Or Copolymer Sheet Or Film (e.g., Polypropylene, Polyethylene, Ethylene-butylene Copolymer, Etc.) Patents (Class 442/398)
  • Patent number: 11965086
    Abstract: A styrene-isoprene-styrene triblock copolymer, a method for manufacturing the same, a composition, and an adhesive composition using the same are provided. The styrene-isoprene-styrene triblock copolymer includes a first polystyrene block, a polyisoprene block, and a second polystyrene block. Based on 100 wt % of the styrene-isoprene-styrene triblock copolymer, the content of the first polystyrene block and the second polystyrene block is 30-50 wt %, and the content of the polyisoprene block is 70-50 wt %. The weight average molecular weight (Mw) of the styrene-isoprene-styrene triblock copolymer is 40,000-75,000.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LCY CHEMICAL CORP.
    Inventors: Chun-Hung Wang, Ging-Ming Wang
  • Patent number: 10500107
    Abstract: An absorbent article of the present invention may comprise a topsheet, an outer cover, and an absorbent core disposed therebetween. The outer cover may comprise an extrusion bonded laminate. The EBL may comprise a multi-layer coextruded elastomeric film and a nonwoven. The film may comprise a core layer, a first outer layer, and a second outer layer, wherein the core layer is between the first and second outer layers. The nonwoven may comprise fibers and/or filaments. The first outer layer may be non-adhesively joined to the nonwoven via extrusion coating. Further, the outer cover may be elastic to at least about 50% engineering strain. The nonwoven may have high chemical affinity for the first outer layer. The first outer layer may have a low chemical affinity for the core layer; and the multi-layer coextruded elastomeric film may have a basis weight no greater than about 40 gsm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Marie Autran, Iyad Muslet, David G. Bland, Leopoldo V. Cancio, Janet Neton, Todd Leon Mansfield
  • Publication number: 20150147551
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of thermoplastic starch in the manufacture of an adhesive and ultrathin waterproof-breathable film, said thermoplastic starch being provided in the form of an alloy with at least one hydrophilic functionalized polyolefin obtained either by copolymerization or by grafting of a polyolefin backbone with an unsaturated monomer, said unsaturated monomer being grafted by PEGs and/or forming a metal salt. This film can be used in a textile product in the medical field, hygiene, luggage, the clothing industry, the garment industry, domestic or household equipment, furniture, fitted carpets, the automobile industry, industry, in particular industrial filtration, agriculture and/or the construction industry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventors: Benoît Brule, Guillaume Le, Perrine Babin, Laurent B. Cartier, Frédéric Malet
  • Patent number: 9029277
    Abstract: A breathable laminate has a liquid-resistant backing film layer having varied vapor permeability that includes breathable thinned localized regions and thicker non-breathable regions, wherein the film layer is co-extensively directly joined with a liquid- and vapor-permeable nonwoven fabric. The breathable laminate can have unidirectional air permeability. The present invention also relates to disposable apparel and absorbent products which incorporate the breathable laminate, and methods of making the breathable laminate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Polymer Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Mou Chung Ngai
  • Publication number: 20150004344
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polar group-containing olefin copolymer (A?) which is produced through polymerization using a transition metal catalyst, which has a weight-average molecular weight falling within a specific range and which contains a polar group-containing monomer within a specific range; a multinary polar olefin copolymer (A?) indispensably containing a polar monomer component that has a norbornene skeleton and a carboxyl group or an acid anhydride group and having three or more types of monomer units; and a resin composition (C) containing a specific amount of a polar group-containing olefin copolymer (A) and a specific amount of an olefin resin (B).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2012
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicants: JAPAN POLYPROPYLENE CORPORATION, JAPAN POLYETHYLENE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazunari Abe, Minoru Kobayashi, Hideshi Uchino, Hiroyuki Shimizu, Tetsuya Morioka, Naoshi Iwama
  • Patent number: 8921242
    Abstract: A light weight, durable, easily recyclable pool cover includes a fabric covering with reinforcing and attachment straps wherein, the reinforcing and attachment straps are attached to said fabric in a criss-crossed pattern. The fabric covering and the straps are produced from a single polymer consisting of polypropylene. The pool cover is entirely recyclable at end of service life by chopping the pool cover components in a simple machine producing granules useful for injection molding of polypropylene products. The pool cover fabric is produced by subjecting three layers of polypropylene sheet material to heat and pressure forming a strong durable fabric wherein the top layer and bottom layer are a solid fabric and the middle layer is multi-filament mesh of polypropylene threads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Pool Cover Corporation
    Inventor: LeeAnn Pesta
  • Publication number: 20140377519
    Abstract: A waterproof membrane includes first and second non-woven layers each having first and second surfaces. A cross laminated film layer is disposed between the first and second non-woven layers. Tie layers are applied between the non-woven layers and the cross laminated film layer. A method of making a waterproof membrane, a method of establishing a waterproof barrier between a substrate and a tile, and a flexible membrane for use in a curvilinear surface are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Michael J. Rancich, Peter Nielsen, William M. DeJesus
  • Patent number: 8907155
    Abstract: A film that is both biodegradable and flushable, and yet can still act as a barrier to water or other fluids during use, is provided. More particularly, the film contains a water-dispersible core layer that helps the film to lose its integrity after being flushed, as well as a water-barrier skin layer that helps maintain the integrity of the film during use. The nature and relative concentration of the components in the water-barrier layer are selectively controlled to achieve a combination of different functions. That is, the majority of the polymers employed in the water-barrier layer are biodegradable polymers that can be degraded by microorganisms while in an aqueous environment (e.g., septic tank, water treatment facility, etc.). To even further enhance the overall renewability of the layer, a relatively high amount of the biodegradable polymers are starch polymers, which are also renewable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: James H. Wang, Bo Shi, Peter Shawn Lortscher
  • Patent number: 8871326
    Abstract: A fire protection element, in particular for cladding steel supports, ventilation or cable ducts, is provided with at least one plate formed as a corner member. The plate(s) has/have a gypsum core at least partly sheathed with a nonwoven glass fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Knauf Gips KG
    Inventor: Bruno Flennert
  • Publication number: 20140296812
    Abstract: A hot melt adhesive material and articles made using the hot melt adhesive to assemble structures in an article. The adhesive material typically is manufactured by blending amorphous polymer with a heterophase polymer having crystallinity into an adhesive composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 2, 2014
    Inventor: William L. BUNNELLE
  • Publication number: 20140287642
    Abstract: Low adhesion backsize (LAB) compositions including a silicone macromonomer co polymerized with a crystalline (meth)acrylate monomer to form a copolymer. The copolymer exhibits a glass transition temperature of from about ?15° C. to about 55° C., and a crystalline melt transition of from about 25° C. to about 80° C. Articles including the LAB composition applied to a first major surface of a substrate. In some exemplary embodiments, the article is an adhesive article. In certain exemplary embodiments, the article is a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) article. In some particular embodiments, the PSA article includes a silicone adhesive applied to a second major surface of the substrate opposite the LAB composition. Methods of making and using the LAB and the articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Applicant: 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY
    Inventors: Ramesh C. Kumar, Sonja S. Mackey, Michael D. Determan, Donald E. Gustafson, Kiu-Yuen Tse
  • Publication number: 20140248484
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the stretching of a starting film web of thermoplastic polymer material, which comprises at least one low-melting polymer component and at least one high-melting polymer component, the process comprising at least the following steps: heating of the starting film web to an at least partly molten state in which the at least one low-melting polymer component exists in a molten liquid state and the at least one high-melting polymer component does not exist in the molten liquid state, by at least one heating roller and cooling down by passing the partly molten film web through a cooled roller nip, the film being stretched between the at least one heating roller and the cooled roller nip. The films produced may be laminated together with a non-woven fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Applicant: RKW SE
    Inventors: Ludwig Börmann, Günter Schreiner
  • Publication number: 20140217013
    Abstract: To provide a polyketone porous film having heat resistance and chemical resistance and useful as a filter for filtration having a high particle collection efficiency and as a battery or capacitor separator having a low permeation resistance to ion and the like. A polyketone porous film comprising from 10 to 100 mass % of a polyketone as a copolymer of carbon monoxide and one or more olefins, wherein the polyketone porous film has a pore formed only by a polyketone, the pore diameter uniformity parameter as a value obtained by dividing the standard deviation of the pore diameter in the pore by an average pore diameter is from 0 to 1.0, and the average through hole diameter of the polyketone porous film is from 0.01 to 50 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Daisuke Sato, Masayuki Kaneda, Takashi Komatsu
  • Patent number: 8765251
    Abstract: A roofing underlayment having a slip-resistant surface includes a woven polypropylene scrim laminated to a top layer made from a non-woven spun-bond polypropylene fabric. During lamination, the scrim is bonded to the top layer by a polypropylene coating that impregnates the scrim, thereby forming a structural bottom layer comprising the polypropylene-impregnated scrim. The non-woven fibers of the top layer provide a micro-textured, slip-resistant surface. A second polypropylene coating may be applied to the bottom surface of the bottom structural layer. An adhesive layer may optionally be applied either to the bottom surface of the bottom structural layer, or, if used, to the bottom surface of the second polypropylene coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kirsch Research and Development, LLC
    Inventor: Mark C. Strait
  • Publication number: 20140106638
    Abstract: A multilayer elastic film which comprises a layer (A) formed of polypropylene (A) satisfying the following (a) to (d) and a layer (B) formed of a polyolefin resin or a polyolefin resin composition, and also satisfies the following formula (1): (a) (mmmm)=20 to 60% by mol, (b) (rrrr)/(1?(mmmm))?0.1, (c) (rmrm)>2.5% by mol, and (d) (mm)×(rr)/(mr)2?2.0; and Y?600/X (1), wherein Y (%)=crystallinity of the resin or the resin composition to constitute the layer (B), and X (%) 32 total thickness of the layer (B)/total thickness of the multilayer elastic film×100.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD
    Inventors: Rikki Homma, Tomoaki Takebe, Yutaka Minami
  • Patent number: 8679992
    Abstract: An elastic composite formed from a laminate that contains an elastic film and a lightweight nonwoven facing having a low strength in the cross-machine direction (“CD”) is provided. Due to the low strength of the facing, it is desirable that the elastic film have a sufficient thickness and weight to enhance the strength of the resulting composite. Unfortunately, the ability to join an elastic film to such a lightweight nonwoven facing becomes increasingly difficult as the thickness of the film increases. In this regard, the present inventors have discovered that a second laminate may be employed in the elastic composite that is formed from a thermoplastic film and nonwoven facing to impart increased strength to the composite. The film and facing of the second laminate may be formed from the same or different materials than the film and facing of the first laminate. Regardless, the laminates are positioned so that the elastic and thermoplastic films are in a face-to-face relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: James Austin, Oomman P. Thomas, Stephen C. Meyer, Howard M. Welch, Jose A. Siqueira
  • Publication number: 20140062126
    Abstract: A composite sheet material and method for forming the same is provided that includes a substrate, a matrix, and a cover sheet. The substrate has a first face surface, a second face surface, and a plurality of edges, and includes a thermoplastic material. The matrix is attached to the substrate. The matrix includes a support component having a first melting point, and a thermoplastic component having a second melting point. The second melting point is less than the first melting point. The cover sheet imparts one or more surface characteristics to the composite sheet material during thermo-pressure formation of the composite sheet material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: XAMAX INDUSTIRES, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Weinberg, James Yuan, Robert Markowski
  • Publication number: 20140018758
    Abstract: A stretchable laminate for an absorbent article comprises a nonwoven substrate comprising a layer of spunbond fibers. A plurality of the spunbond fibers are formed from a composition comprising a thermoplastic polymer and an inorganic filler. The inorganic filler is present in the nonwoven substrate at a level of between about 1% and about 20% by weight of the nonwoven substrate. The stretchable laminate comprises an elastomeric material joined to a side of the nonwoven substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Inventors: Lalith JAYASINGHE, Audra MATHEWS, Jeanphilippe AUTRAN, Antonius Lambertus De BEER, Brian UDENGAARD
  • Patent number: 8551896
    Abstract: A multilayer laminate material that resists the growth of a hole, tear, or aperture, and includes an extensible nonwoven layer joined to an elastomeric film layer in a face-to-face relationship. The elastomeric film layer includes an SEEPS elastomeric block copolymer that has a Tm of between 10° C. and 20° C. The laminate exhibits a laminate integrity time of greater than 2 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: Todd Leon Mansfield
  • Publication number: 20130260632
    Abstract: Films and film laminates include a blend of polymers, the blend including an elastomeric block copolymer in an amount from about 51% to about 95% by weight of the blend; and a polystyrenic polymer in an amount from about 1% to about 25% of the weight of the blend, wherein the polystyrenic polymer is selected from the group consisting of polystyrenic homopolymers and polystyrenic random interpolymers. The films and laminates are elastic in the cross machine direction and have a relatively high modulus, or stiffness, in the machine-direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Oomman P. Thomas, James L. Austin, Jose Augusto Vidal de Siqueira
  • Patent number: 8536077
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flooring underlayment membrane, and associated methods of manufacturing and installing such a membrane, comprising upper and lower nonwoven fiber layers. In one embodiment, the flooring underlayment membrane constructed as disclosed herein may comprise a first nonwoven fiber material, and a second nonwoven fiber material and at least one layer of extrudable thermoplastic resin disposed between and bonding the first and second nonwoven fiber materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Building Materials Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel LaVietes, David Gladden, Song-Ping Dai
  • Patent number: 8517570
    Abstract: A diffuse light reflector is disclosed for use in lighting fixtures including luminaires, light boxes, displays, signage, daylighting applications, and the like. The reflector includes a light reflective nonwoven, a polymer layer that enhances reflectivity, and an opaque blackout layer. The reflector can be laminated to coil steel or aluminum and can be formed in metal coil or sheet forming operations. The polymer layer can be easily cleaned of machine oils from the metal forming operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: WhiteOptics LLC
    Inventor: Eric William Hearn Teather
  • Patent number: 8486848
    Abstract: A laminate includes a base layer being made from one of woven fabrics, knitted fabrics, and non-woven fabrics, and having two surfaces, and a thin film layer made of a polyvinyl butyral-based composition and covering one of the two surfaces of the base layer. An article for daily use, at least one part of which is made of the laminate, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Inventor: Chun-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 8461063
    Abstract: The invention relates to a packaging material for corrosible metallic objects, comprised of a plastic film forming a package outer surface, an inner layer, and an adhesive layer bonding the plastic film to the inner layer, wherein the adhesive layer comprises a volatile corrosion inhibitor and the inner layer has a high permeability for the corrosion inhibitor on the package outer surface as compared to the plastic film. According to the invention the adhesive layer is formed by a chemically binding reaction adhesive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: Nordenia Deutschland Gronau GmbH
    Inventors: Tilo Wachs, Josef Leuders, Juergen Triebert
  • Publication number: 20130143015
    Abstract: Disclosed are multi-microlayer films having alternating first and second layers, the first layers including an ethylene-based copolymer composition and the second layers comprising a propylene-based copolymer composition, wherein each layer optionally comprises from about 0 to about 20% by weight of a polyolefin polymer. The multi-microlayer films have desirable tensile properties and are useful as components in absorbent personal care products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Inventors: Shawn E. Jenkins, Renee L. Johns
  • Patent number: 8445744
    Abstract: An absorbent article of the present invention may comprise a topsheet, an outer cover, and an absorbent core disposed therebetween. The outer cover may comprise an extrusion bonded laminate. The EBL may comprise a multi-layer coextruded elastomeric film and a nonwoven. The film may comprise a core layer, a first outer layer, and a second outer layer, wherein the core layer is between the first and second outer layers. The nonwoven may comprise fibers and/or filaments. The first outer layer may be non-adhesively joined to the nonwoven via extrusion coating. Further, the outer cover may be elastic to at least about 50% engineering strain. The nonwoven may have high chemical affinity for the first outer layer. The first outer layer may have a low chemical affinity for the core layer. And, the first outer layer may comprise an amount of draw down polymer greater than about 45 wt %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Marie Autran, Iyad Muslet, David G. Bland, Leopoldo V. Cancio, Janet Neton, Todd Leon Mansfield
  • Patent number: 8361913
    Abstract: An elastic nonwoven composite that contains an elastic film laminated to one or more nonwoven web materials is provided. The composite is formed by passing the film through a nip to bond the film to the nonwoven web material(s). Concurrent with bond formation, apertures are also formed in the elastic film. The apertures are of a size sufficient to provide a desired level of texture, softness, hand feel, and/or aesthetic appeal to the composite without having a significant adverse effect on its elastic properties. Aperture and bond formation are accomplished in the present invention by selectively controlling certain parameters of the lamination process, such as film content, bonding pattern, degree of film tension, bonding conditions, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Siqueira, Ann L. McCormack, Norman Brown, Wing-Chak Ng, Howard M. Welch, Margaret G. Latimer
  • Publication number: 20120329354
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an article (e.g., a vapor-permeable, substantially water-impermeable multilayer article) that can include a nonwoven substrate and a film supported by the nonwoven substrate. The film can include a polyolefin grafted with an anhydride, an acid, or an acrylate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Fiberweb, Inc.
    Inventor: Mehdi Afshari
  • Publication number: 20120328842
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an article that includes a nonwoven substrate and a film supported by the nonwoven substrate. The film can include a first polymer and a polymer that is immiscible with the first polymer. The first polymer can include a polyolefin and the second polymer can include a polycycloolefin, a polymethylpentene, or a copolymer thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Fiberweb, Inc.
    Inventor: Mehdi Afshari
  • Publication number: 20120328841
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an article that includes a nonwoven substrate, a first film supported by the nonwoven substrate, and a second film such that the first film is between the nonwoven substrate and the second film. The first film includes a first polymer and a pore-forming filler. The difference between a surface energy of the first film and a surface energy of the nonwoven substrate is at most about 10 mN/m. The second film includes a second polymer capable of absorbing and desorbing moisture and providing a barrier to aqueous fluids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: Fiberweb, Inc.
    Inventor: Mehdi Afshari
  • Publication number: 20120321856
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an article (e.g., a vapor-permeable, substantially water-impermeable multilayer article) that includes a nonwoven substrate and a film supported by the nonwoven substrate. The film includes a polyolefin, a nanoclay, and a pore-forming filler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Applicant: Fiberweb, Inc.
    Inventor: Mehdi Afshari
  • Publication number: 20120295070
    Abstract: The present invention relates to silo covers comprising at least two layers, wherein an inner first layer facing the silo is a single- or multi-ply plastic film having oxygen permeability according to DIN 53380-3 at 23° C. and 50% relative humidity of no more than 500 cm3/(m2 d bar) and a water vapor transmission rate according to ISO 15106-3 at 23 ° C. and 85% relative humidity of at least 5 g/(m2 d), and in at least one ply in total contains at least 50% by weight of one or more materials from the group comprising polyamide, copolyamide, polyester, copolyester, polyethylene vinyl alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol and mixtures thereof, and at least one second layer, which is located on top of the inner layer and is separate from the inner layer, or easy to separate therefrom, or self-separating on the silo, composed of at least 70% by weight of materials from the group comprising polyethylene, polypropylene, copolymers of ethylene and other vinyl monomers, and copolymers made of propylene and other vinyl monomers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventor: Holger Eggers
  • Publication number: 20120288696
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a multi-microlayer film that includes a plurality of alternating coextruded first and second microlayers, wherein the first microlayers include an elastomeric polyolefin polymer composition, and further wherein the second microlayers include a styrenic block copolymer composition. The multi-microlayer films provide good elastic performance at relatively low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2011
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventor: Shawn E. Jenkins
  • Patent number: 8309200
    Abstract: A reflective insulation system. The reflective insulation system includes a reflective layer such as aluminum, a layer of fiberglass, and a layer of vapor retarding material. A first side of the layer of fiberglass is bonded to the reflective layer by a deposit of hot melt glue. The second side of the layer of fiberglass is bonded to the layer of vapor retarding material by a second deposit of hot melt glue. The vapor retarding layer may be a plastic material, such as polypropylene or a reflective material, such as aluminum. In an alternate construction, the reflective layer has a transverse dimension that is narrower than the vapor retarding material such that edge portions of the reflective layer are spaced inwardly with respect to edges of said vapor retarder material. A strip of adhesive tape, preferably foil tape, overlies and secures edge portions of the reflective and vapor retarder layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Guardian Building Products Distribution, Inc.
    Inventors: Lawrence Zupon, David Dejarlais, James Gambatese, Stephen Neff
  • Patent number: 8309211
    Abstract: A non-asphaltic roofing underlayment that is breathable, water resistant and skid-resistant is disclosed. The non-asphaltic roofing underlayment includes a woven or non-woven substrate in which at least one surface thereof includes a breathable thermoplastic film disposed thereon. The breathable thermoplastic film imparts water-resistant to the substrate as well as maintains the breathability of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Building Materials Investment Corporation
    Inventors: Vinay Mehta, Awdhoot Vasant Kerkar
  • Publication number: 20120238172
    Abstract: An adhesive tape, especially for jacketing elongate material such as cable looms in a motor vehicle, having a carrier material which is provided at least on one side with an adhesive coating, characterized in that the carrier material consists of a laminate, the laminate being formed from a textile carrier in the form of a staple fiber web or a spunbonded web and from a film which is located on the underside of the textile carrier and is made preferably of polyolefins, TPU or PVC such as plasticized PVC, more preferably of polyolefins, the film having a thickness of 15 to 80 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: tesa SE
    Inventors: Michael SIEBERT, Dennis SEITZER
  • Patent number: 8242036
    Abstract: An adhesive resin composition excellent in adhesiveness and heat resistance thereof, film-forming properties, and film quality and a laminate having an adhesive resin layer made of this adhesive resin composition are provided. The Composition is an adhesive resin composition comprising 10-99.5% by weight resin ingredient (A), 0.5-30% by weight another resin ingredient (unsaturated-carboxylic-acid-modified polypropylene), and 0-89.5% by weight still another resin ingredient (olefin resin). Resin ingredient (A): a product of successive propylene polymerization comprising 10-60% by weight (propylene homopolymer) component and 40-90% by weight (propylene/ethylene copolymer) component. The contents of room-temperature-xylene solubles derived from (a2), room-temperature-xylene insolubles derived from (a2), and room-temperature-xylene solubles derived from the same are 1-20% by weight, lower than 20% by weight, and 10-60% by weight, respectively, based on resin ingredient (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Chikako Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8227658
    Abstract: A film that is formed from a biodegradable polymer blend of different aliphatic-aromatic copolyesters is provided. More specifically, the blend contains a first copolyester formed from a terephthalic acid monomer. The use of a terephthalic acid monomer results in a polymer chain containing 1,4-(para-) terephthalate units linked in a generally linear configuration (e.g., ˜180°). The blend also contains a second aliphatic-aromatic copolyester formed from a phthalic acid and/or isophthalic acid monomer. The use of such a monomer results in a polymer chain containing 1,2-(ortho-) and/or 1,3-(meta-) linked units. The inclusion of 1,2-(ortho-) and/or 1,3-(meta-) linked units into the polymer backbone of the second copolyester introduces an angle or “kink” (e.g., ˜120° kink for a 1,3-linkage) into the otherwise linear polymer chain. The “kinks” in the second copolyester backbone reduce its melting point and degree of crystallinity, which have an influence on its physical properties (e.g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2012
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc
    Inventors: Bo Shi, James H. Wang
  • Publication number: 20120178333
    Abstract: A low viscosity, high tensile strength polymer having a bi-modal molecular weight distribution is produced using a combination of high molecular weight polymer and low molecular weight polymer. The polymer chains have a high content of meso dyads that results in a greater amount of crystalline regions when the polymer is solidified. The low molecular weight chains provide high flow characteristics when the polymer is molten. The process for producing the high content of meso dyads includes the use of an external donor catalyst during the reaction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: July 12, 2012
    Applicant: REXTAC LLC
    Inventors: James Nicholas Fowler, Enrico Buenacosa, James Haselman
  • Publication number: 20120172214
    Abstract: A sheet material that includes an elastic component or material (e.g., film, nonwoven web laminated to the elastic component, etc.) is provided. The elastic component is formed from a styrenic block copolymer composition containing from about 10 wt. % to about 90 wt. % of styrene-butadiene-styrene block copolymer; and from about 10 wt % to about 90 wt. % of styrene-isoprene/butadiene-styrene block copolymer. The styrenic block copolymer composition has good viscosity stability during extrusion and thus may be readily formed into an elastic sheet material. The elastic sheet material may be subsequently crosslinked to achieve the desired elastic and mechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventor: Oomman P. Thomas
  • Publication number: 20120164362
    Abstract: A primer-less coating composition for facestock comprises: a binder being a water-dispersible polymer; an ethylenically unsaturated compound which is aqueous-dispersible and miscible with or bonded to said water-dispersible polymer, wherein said ethylenically unsaturated compound is able to form a covalent bond with an ink; and a crosslinker, wherein said crosslinker is suitable for binding the coating to the facestock. The coating composition may be applied to a substrate to form a printable film. A printed film in accordance with the invention may be used in a label, for example for use on a container such as a bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: INNOVIA FILMS LIMITED
    Inventors: Alastair Hugh Servante, Simon James Read
  • Patent number: 8207072
    Abstract: An adhesive resin composition excellent in adhesiveness and heat resistance thereof, film-forming properties, and film quality and a laminate having an adhesive resin layer made of this adhesive resin composition are provided. The Composition is an adhesive resin composition comprising 10-99.5% by weight resin ingredient (A), 0.5-30% by weight another resin ingredient (unsaturated-carboxylic-acid-modified polypropylene), and 0-89.5% by weight still another resin ingredient (olefin resin). Resin ingredient (A): a product of successive propylene polymerization comprising 10-60% by weight (propylene homopolymer) component and 40-90% by weight (propylene/ethylene copolymer) component. The contents of room-temperature-xylene solubles derived from (a2), room-temperature-xylene insolubles derived from (a2), and room-temperature-xylene solubles derived from the same are 1-20% by weight, lower than 20% by weight, and 10-60% by weight, respectively, based on resin ingredient (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
    Inventor: Chikako Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8206817
    Abstract: A window or door flashing or roofing material, containing no asphalt, either mechanically fastened or self-adhering comprising a mixture of: one or more ethylene based elastomers having a melting point below 160° F., in an amount of 10-40% based on the total weight of the product; one or more semi-crystalline, non-elastomer alpha olefin-based polymers having a melting point above 160° F. in an amount of about 10-40% based on the total weight of the product; and a rubber fraction of ground, vulcanized rubber having a size up to about 18 mesh, US Sieve Series, in an amount of about 10% to about 75%, based on the total weight of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Inventors: Michael Donovan, Jason M. Logsdon, Keith Chappell
  • Patent number: 8178189
    Abstract: A laminate usable as a diaper closure has a pair of generally contiguous outer fleece layers having longitudinally extending and parallel outer edges and a core layer of foil of LP or LLP polyethylene extending between the outer layers substantially a full width of the outer layers between the edges. The foil has a thickness between 5 ?m and 20 ?m. Bonds are provided between the core layer and each of the outer layers. The laminate has regions activated by stretching and in which the laminate is semielastric, and unactivated regions in which the laminate is not stretchy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2012
    Assignee: Nordenia Technologies GmbH
    Inventor: Marcus Schoenbeck
  • Patent number: 8171687
    Abstract: A water vapor barrier material for a building structure includes a base entangled net material and a composite nonwoven. The composite nonwoven includes a film layer with a nonwoven layer on each side of the film layer. The film layer has a water vapor transmission rate of less than 10.0 g-MIL/100-in2/day at a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit and 90 percent relative humidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignees: Dell SeVen, Inc., Maxxon Corporation, Southeast Nonwovens, Inc.
    Inventors: Allan Marcus Dellinger, Patrick H. Giles, Steven F. Nielsen
  • Patent number: 8168853
    Abstract: An absorbent article of the present invention may comprise a topsheet, an outer cover, and an absorbent core disposed therebetween. The outer cover may comprise an extrusion bonded laminate. The EBL may comprise a multi-layer coextruded elastomeric film and a nonwoven. The film may comprise a core layer, a first outer layer, and a second outer layer, wherein the core layer is between the first and second outer layers. The nonwoven may comprise fibers and/or filaments. The first outer layer may be non-adhesively joined to the nonwoven via extrusion coating. Further, the outer cover may be elastic to at least about 50% engineering strain. The nonwoven may have high chemical affinity for the first outer layer. The first outer layer may have a low chemical affinity for the core layer; and the multi-layer coextruded elastomeric film may have a basis weight no greater than about 40 gsm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Jean-Philippe Marie Autran, Iyad Muslet, David G. Bland, Leopoldo V. Cancio, Janet Neton, Todd Leon Mansfield
  • Patent number: 8153236
    Abstract: A roof covering for a building having a roof with structured roof tiles and a structure projecting out from the roof surface, such as a chimney, a window, a wall, or ventilating pipe. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Inventor: Peter Brinkmann
  • Publication number: 20120052362
    Abstract: A thermoplastic film including a microporous polymeric membrane; and a non-woven web comprising a plurality of fibers, the web being bonded to the microporous polymeric membrane, wherein the fibers comprise oxidation-protective polymer having an MFR ?2.0×102.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: TORAY TONEN SPECIALTY SEPARATOR GODO KAISHA
    Inventors: Derek Thurman, Patrick Brant, Kazuhiro Yamada, Koichi Kono
  • Publication number: 20120034436
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing nonwoven/film laminates for personal hygiene articles, from an initial film web consisting of a thermoplastic polymer and an initial nonwoven web. According to said method, the initial film web and the initial nonwoven web, whose melting point lies above the crystallite melting point of the polymer, are heated to a temperature that exceeds the crystallite melting point of the polymer and lies below the melting point of the initial nonwoven web. The laminate is then guided through a cooled nip and is cooled to a temperature that lies below the crystallite melting point of the initial film web. The invention also relates to laminates that can be produced by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: February 9, 2012
    Inventors: Ludwig Börmann, Günter Schreiner
  • Patent number: 8105965
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a waterproof material, wherein film layers are set between non-woven fabric layers, an asphalt layer is set between the film layers, and a net reinforcement layer is set within the asphalt layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Inventor: Guorong Zhang