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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7331300 | Quilt patch braided rugs and method for making the same Embodiments include a floor covering comprising one or more patches, wherein each patch comprises one or more braids of jute-like fibers. In one aspect, at least one of the braids is wrapped around itself to form a first patch. In another aspect, the first patch is ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7261927 | Structurally efficient airbag cushion exhibiting low seam usage and simultaneously high available inflation volume The present invention relates to an airbag cushion which exhibits a low amount of seam usage (in order to attach at least two fabric panels or portions of a panel together) in correlation to an overall high amount of available inflation airspace within the cushion i... | 08/28/2007 |
| RE39554 | Reinforced composite structure A reinforced composite structure (29) is disclosed. The structure is formed by opposed layers of material extending over a core and continuous bundles stitched in a repeating pattern through the opposed layers (30, 32) and the intermediate core (29 | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195672 | Prep paint post This is a working post to be utilized for all those functions where air circulation is suggested or required. It is comprised of three main parts: an airflow generator, which is connected to an air filtering hollow floor and to an air and light filtering hollow roof... | 03/27/2007 |
| 6978509 | Cleansing device having cleansing fibers A cleansing device includes a cleansing cloth having a base and a cover fabric layers superposed together, and a number of fibers disposed and secured between the base and the cover fabric layers. A handle is attached to the cleansing cloth to carry and operate the ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6932726 | Volleyball net pretensioned with rigid side strips A volleyball game net or the like includes an elongate and rectangular net having rigid side marginal strips attached to its opposed sides. Each rigid side marginal strip includes a closed hollow body having a closed hollow cross-sectional configuration at an outer ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6926044 | Method for making a blanket having a high pile density and a blanket made therefrom A method for making a fabric having a ground and pile threads inserted between the ground threads is provided. The method comprises a step of weaving two fabrics simultaneously so that the fabrics are positioned parallel and spaced by a predetermined distance, and t... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6837278 | Method for making a blanket having a high pile density and a blanket made therefrom A method for making a fabric having a ground and pile threads inserted between the ground threads is provided. The method comprises a step of weaving two fabrics simultaneously so that the fabrics are positioned parallel and spaced by a predetermined distance, and t... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6779237 | Necklace and method of manufacture A necklace for wearing around a wearer's neck. The necklace is constructed from a number of strands of woven yarn. The strands are wrapped together, capped at each end, and frayed at various positioned between the ends in order to create the unique appearance of the... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6647601 | Method for making a blanket having a high pile density and a blanket made therefrom A method for making a blanket is provided. The blanket is made from a fabric that has a ground having wefts and warps, and piles inserted in spaces between the wefts and warps of the ground. The method comprises the steps of weaving the fabric from the we... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6560832 | Structurally efficient airbag cushion exhibiting high available inflation volume The present invention relates to an airbag cushion which exhibits a low amount of seam usage (in order to attach at least two fabric panels or portions of a panel together) in correlation to an overall high amount of available inflation airspace within th... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6090465 | Reinforced composite structure A reinforced composite structure (29) is disclosed. The structure is formed by opposed layers of material extending over a core and continuous bundles stitched in a repeating pattern through the opposed layers (30, 32) and the intermediate core (28) to fo... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5991987 | Methods and apparatus for making ring-shaped parts out of a composite material, as well as preforms therefor Preforms for producing annular parts of composite material are produced by inding a strip (1) of fibrous material around an elliptical mandrel (10) to produce an elliptical sleeve which can be cut obliquely, cutting taking place either before or after one ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5792715 | Method of making a fibrous substrate by superposing fibrous layers, and substrate obtained thereby Making fibrous substrates. The method consists for a given substrate thickness in adopting a displacement step size that varies in application of a step size reduction relationship adopted to impart constant thickness to the various superposed and bonded-... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5776547 | Low permeability geosynthetic clay liner and method of manufacture thereof A geosynthetic clay liner with a low permeability or controlled permeability intermediate sheet is provided. The liner includes two outer sheets with two layers of bentonite and an intermediate sheet disposed therebetween. The intermediate sheet may be ri... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5704104 | Method and machine for recycling discarded carpets A method and machine are disclosed for using a cold dry abrasion step for separating segments of discarded carpet into pile material (usually nylon) and backing layers (usually polypropylene) for recycling. A preferred method of abrasion uses dry ice pell... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5673727 | Fabric treating process A fiberglass mesh process includes coating fiberglass yarn, conveying the coated yarn to a loom without first beaming the yarn, weaving a mesh fabric of said yarn, conveying the mesh fabric to an in-line fabric treating station from said loom, tentering t... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5617618 | Method and device for finishing thick carded fleeces A method wherein a thin card web which contains meltable synthetic fibers as well as natural fibers is processed into a thicker web of fleece. The synthetic fibers are initially melted to prestrengthen the web. Then the web is saturated with the appropria... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5411623 | Method of manufacturing sound abatement blankets with non-overlapping seams A method of manufacturing sound abatement blankets is provided. As manufactured, the blanket has a polyvinylchloride outer shell, an inner membrane, an insulated peripheral flap, grommets disposed on the peripheral flap and a staggered, non-overlapping se... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5369861 | Process for recycling denim waste Denim fabric suitable for use as apparel is made from 40-100% fibers produced from denim waste (pre-consumer and/or post-consumer). The denim waste is collected, starch and size are removed, and it is subjected to garnetting to produce denim fibers, the v... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5343600 | Worn look carpet weave A worn look carpet weave for an oriental rug consists of a plurality of warp threads that run vertical on two levels, one directly behind the other. A plurality of ground weft threads run horizontal between the two levels of the warp threads, so as to be ... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5310590 | Stitchbonded articles Stitchbonded articles and methods of making same are presented. The articles may be either dual purpose wiping/scrubbing articles or only scrubbing articles. The articles may be constructed to have three dimensional scrubbing surfaces. Both the dual purpo... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5288003 | Flexible, car-top-transportable carrier for aerodynamically streamlined cars A car-top-transportable baggage carrier is particularly suited for use on aerodynamically streamlined cars which have no rain gutters. The carrier is made from a single continuous piece of material so that no seams or joinings in the material are produced... | 02/22/1994 |
| 4924566 | Method for manufacturing a reinforcing element for asbestos free friction material Disclosed is a method for making a reinforcing element for use in asbestos-free friction materials. According to the method, heterogenous strands are joined together, without twisting them, and subjected to a fluid jet and to a rubber compounding material... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4870978 | Method of forming an adjustable tourniquet device An adjustable tourniquet device is set forth wherein a predetermined length of surgical elastomeric tubing is doubled upon itself and subsequently knotted along the length to form a series of loops terminating in a final knot. The loops may be equally spa... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4790052 | Process for manufacturing homogeneously needled three-dimensional structures of fibrous material Method and apparatus for producing homogeneously needled three-dimensional structures formed of superposed layers of fibrous material and the needled structures produced thereby. As layers of fibrous material are added to a stack of needled layers, the ne... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4771518 | Tapered, tubular polyester fabric A tapered tubular polyester sleeve as set forth. It has a large end 12 and a small end 14 with a length to be determined. The ratio of taper is also determined by scale factors. All the warp yarns extend to the large end 12. A requisite number of warp yar... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4743472 | Process for production of flat molding inserts such as gaskets An article and process for the formation and molding of articles such as gaskets from useful areas of a flat textile panel. This panel is divisible into useful areas possessing textile reinforcement inlay threads in greater thickness and density than in t... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4490895 | Method for producing cleansing and wiping cloth The present invention relates to a method for producing a cleansing and wiping cloth, particularly a cloth of low density wefts and warps formed by interwoven 100% count No. 20 rayon yarn which is treated by chemicals. The treatment includes starching the... | 01/01/1985 |
| 4168197 | Method of manufacturing padding cloth for belts having a latent differential shrinkability property Method of manufacturing a padding cloth for belts said cloth having a latent curvability property, in which a belt-like cloth having a plurality of thermal shrinkage rates in the widthwise direction is subjected to heat-treatment under a relaxed condition... | 09/18/1979 |
| 4156308 | Method of making a decorative article from pine needles A method of making a basket-like or other decorative article from pine needles comprising the steps of twisting and arranging pine needles, stitching the pine needles with a sewing needle and thread, so as to form a surface or wall, forming a basket-like ... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4148957 | Woven belting with tubular edge portions A woven belting has a single-ply central portion and tubular edges which are integrally woven with the central portion as a hollow plain weave; high abrasion resistance is achieved for the tubular edges by shrinking their warp threads to a predetermined e... | 04/10/1979 |
| 4123832 | Method and device for orthogonally woven reinforcing structure A woven structure comprising at least a continuous band around an internal axis, suitable for impregnation with resin or for internal deposition of graphite from a reactive vapor, comprises axial threads, circumferential threads, and radial threads. The d... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4052238 | Method of making a scouring pad or the like The invention contemplates a scouring-pad construction wherein an outer tubular envelope is inside-out loosely knitted around a loosely fabricated pliant stuffer material, given lengths of such materials being secured to establish end closure along genera... | 10/04/1977 |
| 4048277 | Splice for use during the thermal stabilization of a flat multifilament band of an acrylic fibrous material comprising at least two segments An improved splice is provided which is useful in joining segments of a substantially flat band (e.g., a flat tow) of an acrylic fibrous material in an end to end relationship. A fabric surrounds and is sewn to an end of each band segment and extends beyo... | 09/13/1977 |
| 4017949 | Method of making a scouring pad or the like The invention contemplates a scouring-pad construction wherein an outer tubular envelope is inside-out loosely knitted around a loosely fabricated pliant stuffer material, given lengths of such materials being secured to establish end closure along genera... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4015038 | Novel high temperature resistant fabrics A novel open weave endless dryer belt is disclosed which comprises in a leno weave, warp yarns of synthetic organic fibers and crosswise yarns of synthetic organic fibers braided over a core of glass fibers and/or metal wire. The fabric weave is then fini... | 03/29/1977 |
| 3986828 | Polymer fabric compacting process Polyester fabric which may be in the form of a warp-knitted lock-stitched or tricot-stitched tubular construction is compacted by treatment with NO2 either in the gaseous phase or in solution. The product, after neutralization, washing and crim... | 10/19/1976 |
| 3960050 | Method of making impregnated braided rope A method for the manufacture of fiber ropes, according to which a braid with or without a core is produced, and this assembly, made of high performance, degreased fibers is impregnated by passing it through an impregnation bath, containing polyester ureth... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3934312 | Method of and apparatus for making continuous strand mat The present invention proposes a method of and appratus for making a mat of continuous strands of glass fibers or the like wherein each strand comprises a large number of individual filaments. The strands are deposited in mat form on a collection surface ... | 01/27/1976 |
