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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7228809 | Undergarments having finished edges and methods therefor A method of making a fabric having a finished edge includes providing a fabric having a plurality of fibers with free ends of the fibers at an edge of the fabric, disposing a curable polymer such as silicone over the edge of the fabric so that the curable polymer en... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7225645 | Method of making a single crocheted work-piece with an incorporated meandering pattern A method of planning and fabricating a single crocheted work-piece that incorporates a meandering pattern. A special grid is constructed, the pattern placed in the grid, and the stitch combinations noted on the pattern line forming a “map”. This map of the work-... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7135093 | Pin seamed papermaker's press felt with cross machine direction yarns woven in Dreher weave at seam loops A press felt for a papermaking machine includes: a base fabric comprising a plurality of machine direction (MD) yarns interwoven with a plurality of cross machine direction (CMD) yarns in a predetermined regular weave pattern, the MD yarns being divisible into upper... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7117545 | Liquidproof seam for protective apparel Liquidproof seams are formed between laminates, most preferably those having a complex textile structure on the sealing side of the laminate, where at least a portion of the complex textile in the sealing region is removed, such as by skiving, to reduce the thicknes... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7083147 | Modularized insulation, systems, apparatus, and methods Modularized insulation blanket for thermal and/or acoustical insulation. The modularized insulation blanket has a cover formed of a distal layer and proximal layer in sealed mated relationship. The distal and proximal layers are sealed along longitudinal and latitud... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7080967 | Nets A net comprising a combination of a plurality of lengths (2, 3) of a first material with a plurality of lengths (11) of a second material having a relatively lower elongation than that of the first material in which at least some of the lengths (2, ... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7065987 | Hand crafted afghan incorporating personalized or commemorative indicia and method of fabricating same Disclosed herein is an afghan incorporating personalized or commemorative indicia and a method for constructing the afghan. The individual pieces of the afghan incorporate the characters and symbols of the indicia at the point of fabrication so that the afghan is co... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7056402 | Technical production method, tension module and sewing material holder for creating textile preforms for the production of fibre-reinforced plastic components A ready-made technical process for manufacturing fiber-reinforced plastic building components envisions the use of a link and, optionally, a flange and/or a base using textile blanks as starting material. Initially, at least two layers of the textile blanks are posi... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7045191 | Stuffed textile article A stuffed textile article and method of manufacturing the same has at least one compartment having a baffle gate which receives a tube-like stuffing tool through which loose stuffing is blown into the compartment. Upon removal of the tool, the surrounding layers and... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7001679 | Protective overlayer for ceramics A xenotime phosphate protective overlayer (22) for protecting a ceramic material (24) from a high temperature, moisture-containing environment. Yttrium phosphate may be used as a protective overlayer to protect an underlying mullite layer to temperatur... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6508974 | Process for fiberglass molding using a vacuum A method of flowing resin from an inlet opening into a sealed mold and a lay up which is comprised of at least one top layer of absorbent or reinforcing material which defines a passage or hole from the inlet opening to a non-absorbent layer which non-abs... | 01/21/2003 |
| 6434879 | Bi-directional, manufacturable, lift-generating mesh bar Mesh cells (30) for machine-made netting (51) use pairs of mesh bars (35) made from a continuous length of material and meet at a common coupler (34). Such mesh bars (35) have a lay with a common direction throughout the length of material. In a zig-zag p... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6361722 | Methods of producing carbon-carbon parts having filamentized composite fiber substrates A method of producing a carbon-carbon part having a filamentized composite fiber substrate is provided. A substrate having a plurality of discontinuous filamentized fibers and a binder that binds said filaments together to form a composite substrate is pr... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6308648 | Method of making lined fabric products with an open hem The present invention is generally directed to a method of making a lined fabric product having an open hem construction. An open hem construction refers to a lined fabric product in which a liner fabric is hemmed separately from a cover fabric. In this c... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6267068 | Reinforced stitched seam for high-tensile woven fabrics The invention concerns a stitched seam for high-tensile woven fabric sections, in particular dryer screen fabric for paper machine clothing, wherein the warp yarn loops (6) located at the end of the two woven fabric sections (1, 2) to be interconnected ar... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6263814 | Strip of material with splices and products formed therefrom A package of a continuous strip of material includes a plurality of parallel side by side stacks each containing a length of the strip which is folded back and forth such that each folded portion of the stack is folded relative to the next portion about a... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6199495 | Method and apparatus for sewing and cutting layered cloth A method and apparatus for sewing and cutting layered cloth wherein a sewing guide formed of at least semi-rigid, compliant material is used to guide the stitching of parallel lines to create channels within which the sewing guide is placed to act as a cu... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6177155 | Trim assembly for vehicle and method for manufacturing the same A trim assembly 40 for a vehicle comprising: a top cover 10 comprising gather-sewn peripheral portions 12 and 13 to form gather-sewn portions 15; a plate-like base member 20, to which the peripheral portions 12 and 13 of the top cover 10 are sewn on perip... | 01/23/2001 |
| 6123043 | Fibrous reinforcement for a composite component, and process and device for producing it The present invention relates to the production of a reinforcement for a composite component, comprising a fibrous substrate (22, 23) reinforced by a stitching thread forming stitches (27.1, 27.2; 30.1, 30.2; 33.1, 33.2 and 36.1, 36.2) passing through sai... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6045729 | Method of manufacturing a fibrous structure for a composite fiber-matrix material part The manufacture of a fibrous structure (1) for a composite material part. At least one portion (3) of the fibrous structure (1) is obtained by at least partial machining of a fibrous blank stiffened by freezing a liquid impregnating the blank.... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5987669 | Closed baffle construction article, baffle gate and method to make same A substantially closed baffle construction, filled thermal article comprises at least one baffle made with overlapping ribbons. A first ribbon is not attached to the inner surface of the lower layer in the overlapping portion and a second ribbon is not at... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5866243 | Composite substrate for waterproofing structure, and waterproofing method and waterproofing structure using such composite substrate A composite substrate for a waterproofing structure, which comprises a fiber mat and a closed cell foam sheet which are integrated by needling.... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5832852 | Cushion and method A method of forming cushions by needle punching is demonstrated in which superior structural integrity is achieved without adhesives or other external fasteners. The process is economical and utilizes polyurethane foam which is mechanically bound by needl... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5752459 | Net with flattened surface members connected at sewn intersections A net utilizes members having at least one surface which is flat and causes the at least one flat surface of the members to confront each other and be connected by a sewn connection. The generally flat orientation of the members permits the members to be ... | 05/19/1998 |
| 5685247 | Material for use in incontinence products A multi-layer material for use in incontinence products comprises a base layer comprising a needled felt containing not less than 50% by weight polyester fiber, wherein the surface regions of the felt are denser than the central region thereof, which rema... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5666679 | Round blanket structure and method for making the same A large, round blanket structure includes at least two layers, each formed of semicircular sections diametrically joined and overlaid with seams crossed transversely. The layers are held together by stitching parallel to the the seams and stitching throug... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5612114 | Textile composite, production thereof and use thereof Described is a composite comprising at least one textile sheet material composed of synthetic polymer fibers and at least one textile sheet material composed of inorganic fibers, which textile sheet materials are joined to one another by yarns. The textil... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5483713 | Method of fabric-to-fabric bonding and seamless quilt formed thereby A method of bonding fabric materials together into an integral structure is unique in the attachment of a mating fabric onto a base fabric. The mating fabric is disposed to have a longitudinal binding end of specified profile for adhesion to the base fabr... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5463779 | Multiple ply tie interlining and method An interlining of multiple plies the plies of which may be dissimilar, is made by joining fabric from respective rolls, gathering the stitched-together fabric as roll goods, and die cutting the stitched-together fabric from the roll goods before sewing th... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5460673 | Method for producing a fiber reinforcement for a component of composite material with non-coplanar walls, and composite component comprising such a reinforcement Method for producing a fibrous reinforcement (1) for a component of composite material comprising at least two non-coplanar walls, which are for example orthogonal. According to the invention, at least one first fibrous element (2) is produced as a fiber ... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5459895 | Method of fabric-to-fabric bonding and seamless quilt formed thereby A method of bonding fabric materials together into an integral structure is unique in the attachment of a mating fabric onto a base fabric. The mating fabric is disposed to have a longitudinal binding end of specified profile for adhesion to the base fabr... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5445863 | Camouflage material Camouflage sheet material is formed by sandwiching a resilient core material between an inner and an outer layer of fabric or the like, and providing a series of irregularly spaced seams across the material to compress the resilient material along the sea... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5429853 | Method for producing a fiber reinforcement for a component of composite material, and composite component comprising such a reinforcement Method for producing a fibrous reinforcement (1) for a component of composite material comprising a panel provided with a rib. Transverse fibers (4A) are inserted over the whole extent of the first fibrous element (2), through the opposite face of the fir... | 07/04/1995 |
| 5389166 | Water barrier formed from a clay-fiber mat A method of manufacturing a water barrier fabric, in flexible or rigid form, and articles manufactured thereby, formed by dispersing a water-absorbent material, in powdered or granular form, among a mass of fibers during the formation of a loose mat of sa... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5350615 | Method and device for producing reinforcement elements formed of resistant fibers A method and device are disclosed for forming reinforcement element formed of fibers distributed along three dimensions, wherein, a continuous fiber is introduced in a substrate resting on a support formed of such fibers crossed in at least two directions... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5333562 | Method of stitching a piece of fabric, a piece of fabric obtained thereby, and a composite fiber-matrix piece obtained using said piece of fabric A method of stitching a piece of fabric by means of a thread made of technical fiber, for the purpose of making a composite fiber-matrix piece. According to the invention: the needle thread is constituted by a flexible thread that is strong in traction; t... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5277959 | Composite flexible blanket insulation An improved composite flexible blanket insulation comprising top silicon carbide having an interlock design, wherein the reflective shield is composed of single or double aluminized polyamide and wherein the polyamide film has a honeycomb pattern.... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5272995 | Quilting method and products thereof A method of constructing a patchwork quilt by (1) providing a number of pieces of foldable material specifically shaped to be folded and sewn together to make a quilt that appears to be made with a larger number of pieces than are actually used; (2) foldi... | 12/28/1993 |
| 5267519 | Vapor permeable buoyant insulation composition for garments and the like A vapor permeable buoyant insulation composition suitable for floatation garments and the like is impermeable to water, and yet allows the escape of perspiration when the composition is used in garments or boots. The composition comprises a closed-cell in... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5268222 | Composite fabric A composite fabric and its method of disposal after use. Garments, linens, drapes, towels and other useful articles are provided as the composite of a reusable first component and a woven, non-woven, knitted or otherwise formed fabric of thermoplastic pol... | 12/07/1993 |