Did You Know...
...Daniel Webster invented a "bull plow" to pull out tree stumps. It didn't catch on because it was huge and required four oxen to pull it!
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7682994 | Breathable fabric A fabric comprising a textile layer comprising yarns, wherein said textile layer is permeable to water vapour and impermeable to liquid water; and disposed on at least part of one side of the textile layer is a wicking means. ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7566670 | Airbag fabric An airbag fabric including a tear resistant structure is provided. The tear resistant structure may include tear resisting threads positioned parallel to the warp and weft threads. The tear resistant structure may also include a plurality of tear barriers positioned... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7498280 | Polyester filament woven fabric for air bags A polyester plain weave fabric construction wherein said fabric has a basis weight of between 150 to 300 g/m2 with tongue tear strength equal to or better than nylon fabrics of the same construction and weight. The present invention relates to both coated... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7435474 | Abrasion resistant monofilament for industrial fabrics Monofilament made from a polymeric blend, wherein the polymer blend includes at least a first and a second polymer component wherein the first polymer component is polyamide (PA) 612 added to the blend in an amount of 50% to 99% by weight and that a second polymer c... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7431975 | Textured composite material A laminated multilayer textured composite has an embossed fibrous outer layer bonded to one side of an adhesive layer to form a three-dimensional structure defined by all of fibers in depressed areas between elevated areas being fully embedded in the adhesive and mo... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7425359 | Textured composite material A floor covering composite made from at least a fibrous outer layer and an adhesive layer is disclosed. These layers are laminated and/or embossed to form elevated areas and depressed areas. Within the depressed areas, fibers from the fibrous outer layer are anchore... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424899 | Hollow-weave airbag A hollow-weave airbag is constituted of a bag portion (11) with a 1/1 bag structure, and a closed portion (12) that has two or more weave structures and adjoins the bag portion 11. In addition, the closed portion (12) is constituted of, i... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7413999 | Corner fitting using fiber transfer A corner fitting and a method of forming a corner fitting including steps of providing a flat woven fabric including a first woven portion having first and second direction woven fibers, a second woven portion adjacent the first woven portion having first direction ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7374641 | Papermaking belt and method of manufacturing papermaking belt A papermaking belt, used for a shoe pressing belt, a calender belt and a sheet transfer belt, is prevented from cracking and inhibited from growth of a crack, and comprises a reinforcing substrate (6) embedded in a thermosetting polyurethane layer (7) ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7375042 | Woven polyester fabric for airbags The present invention relates to a woven polyester fabric for use in airbags. The present invention includes a woven fabric using a polyester filament yarn, wherein the polyester filament yarn has a tenacity of about 65 cN/tex or greater and an Instantaneous Thermal... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7365031 | Conductive pressure sensitive textile A fabric including within its construction a first elongated electrical conductor crossed by a second elongated electrical conductor, the conductors being normally biased apart at a crossover point of said fibres with an air gap between them, whereby application of ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350450 | Armor structures An armor structure includes first and second layers individually containing a plurality of i-beams. Individual i-beams have a pair of longitudinal flanges interconnected by a longitudinal crosspiece and defining opposing longitudinal channels between the pair of fla... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7344580 | Filter unit Converting machines give rise to polluted air which must be removed with the aid of fans and filters. The invention aims at removal of the polluted air in such a way that the servicing interval is greatly extended by the use of a filter unit having a number of part-... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7336874 | Display element and display device A display device is constructed with conductive fibers which are coated with a display medium and are woven together with transparent conductive fibers. The conductive fibers coated with a display medium serve as warps and the transparent conductive fibers serve as ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7313865 | Process of forming a baffling, sealing or reinforcement member with thermoset carrier member There is disclosed a member for reinforcing, sealing or baffling a structure of an article of manufacture such as an automotive vehicle. The member preferably includes a carrier member and an activatable (e.g., expandable, curable or both) material disposed upon a s... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7310933 | Bicomponent fiber and yarn comprising such fiber The invention provides a bicomponent staple fiber comprising poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(trimethylene terephthalate) wherein the bicomponent fiber has a substantially oval cross-section shape having an aspect ratio A:B of about 2:1 to about 5:1 wherein A i... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7279437 | Rated fire door core and method of making The present invention teaches that a tightly woven, and strong panel of fiberglass may be impregnated with sodium silicate in order to produce a strong and fire resistant panel. The impregnation may occur by spraying, by rolling or by other means, and the drying pro... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7273902 | Stabilizer against hydrolysis for an ester-group-containing resin and a thermoplastic resin composition A stabilizer against hydrolysis, which can solve conventional problems of a carbodiimide compound compounded in an ester-group-containing resin or a biodegradable plastic as a stabilizer against hydrolysis, such as poor heat resistance and a coloring problem due to ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7267884 | Ethylene copolymer-modified polyamide product Disclosed are films, tapes, and melt-spun fibers comprising or prepared from a composition comprising (a) at least one polyamide polymer; and (b) from about 0.1 to 20 weight % of at least one ethylene copolymer such as ethylene/vinyl acetate dipolymers, ethylene/vin... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264638 | Polyethylene glycol saturated substrate and method of making Polyethylene glycol may be applied and bound to a broad range of substrates and materials, such as nonwoven, woven, knit, foam and film structures resulting in the manufacture of varied and useful commercial products. The invention describes various techniques and m... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7244489 | Foamed article with absorbing characteristics on one side and non-absorbing characteristics on the other side and method for producing same There is provided a multi-layered foamed article. The foam article has a layer of foam material on either side of an inner peel layer disposed roughly in the middle of the foam. The portion of the foam in closest proximity to the peel layer is subjected to the great... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241709 | Penetration resistant life protection articles The present invention relates to penetration resistant life protection articles, including spike penetration resistant life protection articles, and preferably spike and ballistic projectile penetration resistant life protection articles. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7238632 | Electromagnetic wave shielding material The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave shielding material including a three dimensionally knitted base material and a conductive metal layer formed on the three dimensionally knitted base material, which shielding material is characterized in that it... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7211529 | Fire-resistant panel comprising loess and fire-resistant decorative panel using the same The present invention relates to a fire-resistant panel having superior fire resistant properties and a low dimensional variation ratio, and a fire-resistant decorative panel using the same. In detail, the present invention provides a fire-resistant panel comprising... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207355 | Multi-axial seamed papermaking fabric and method A multi-axial seamed base fabric is provided that is formed from a spirally wound fabric strip having a width less than an overall width of the fabric that is joined together along neighboring adjacent edges of the strip to form a fabric tube. The fabric strip inclu... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7190849 | Display device A display device is provided having a light-emitter for emitting light depending upon predetermined display data, and a display panel having a plurality of elongated optical waveguides for conducting light entering from the light-emitter, and an addresser for extrac... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7183231 | Textured materials and method of manufacturing textured materials The present invention is directed to a textile material comprising yarns wherein the material is textured by subjecting specified regions of the material to incremental strains sufficient to cause yarn failures or yarn elongation in yarns running in one direction wi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7172802 | Casement fabrics Window coverings are formed of woven fabrics of acrylic yarns to provide minimal degradation of the window covering due to ultraviolet (UV) radiation and to minimize damage to interior furnishings within a building at which the window coverings are applied. The wind... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168100 | Headwear piece with associated rim A headwear piece has a crown defining a receptacle for the head of a wearer and a rim projecting angularly away from the crown. The rim has a core layer that is made from at least one of an animal hide and a synthetic animal hide, and a second layer. The core layer ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7144600 | Wax-free lubricant for use in sizing yarns, methods using same and fabrics produced therefrom A finishing composition containing a nonionic hydrophilic macromolecule can replace wax in sizing while providing lubrication to yarns during weaving. Softer yarns and fabrics are obtained than with conventional sized yarns while also providing improved adhesion and... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7141519 | Ion triggerable, cationic polymers, a method of making same and items using same The present invention is directed to ion triggerable, water-dispersible cationic polymers. The present invention is also directed to a method of making ion triggerable, water-dispersible cationic polymers and their applicability as binder compositions. The present i... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7129190 | Fiber article comprising a biodegradable plastic A fiber article having excellent hydrolysis resistance, characterized in that the article is fiber structure composed of 10 to 90% by weight of a fiber (A) comprised of a biodegradable plastic formulated with a carbodiimide compound as a stabilizer against hydrolysi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7119036 | Protective apparel fabric and garment A fabric for flame resistance apparel with a limiting oxygen index greater than 21 employs a yarn of a co-mingled bundle of two different filaments of different shrinkage characteristics with the yarn having a random entangled loop structure. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7078358 | Low VOC cleanroom cleaning wipe A prewetted cleaning wipe for cleaning surfaces and having low volatile organic chemical and low nonvolatile residue properties comprising a wipe substrate wetted with an aqueous solution of high purity water and an effective amount of an acetylenic alcohol surface ... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7073538 | Bi-directional and multi-axial fabric and fabric composites Bi-directional and multi-axial fabrics, fabric composites, ballistically resistant assemblies thereof, and the methods by which they are made. The fabrics are comprised of sets of strong, substantially parallel, unidirectional yarns lying in parallel planes, one abo... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7037865 | Composite materials New composite materials having a high density of small particles, such as hollow microspheres, in a matrix material are disclosed. The microspheres are densely packed in the matrix material such that adjacent microspheres are positioned in contact with each other or... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037346 | Textile substrate having coating containing multiphase fluorochemical and cationic material thereon for image printing A textile coated with a coating having multiphase fluorochemical and a cationic material. A printed image is subsequently placed on the coated textile. ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7026048 | Multi-color fiber fluff products and method and apparatus for making same A method and apparatus for making a decorative mass of fiber fluff wherein a source of supply of staple fibers made of natural or synthetic textile fiber and arranged in continuous form, such as in a strand of yarn, are provided as a pattern array of discrete stream... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7012033 | Fluorochemical-containing textile finishes that exhibit wash-durable soil release and moisture wicking properties Wash-durable fluorochemical-containing textile and/or fiber treatments that simultaneously impart soil resistance (or soil-release) properties and moisture wicking characteristics to target fabric substrates are provided. Such treatments surprisingly impart these tw... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7008887 | Cellulosic substrates with reduced absorbent capacity having the capability to wick liquids The present invention relates to cellulosic substrates with reduced absorbent capacity having the capability to wick liquids, as well as to methods of manufacturing such cellulosic substrates. The cellulosic substrates provided by the present invention comprise an i... | 03/07/2006 |
