The ice cream cone was invented at the St. Louis Worlds Fair by Ernest Hamwi in 1904. His waffle booth was next to an ice cream vendor who ran short of dishes. Hamwi rolled a waffle to hold ice cream and the cone was born.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173557 | Laminated sheet A laminated sheet comprising a woven or nonwoven fabric comprising glass fibers fixed by a binder, and a fluororesin film laminated on each other, wherein the binder contains a copolymer (A) having repeating units (a1) based on at least one fluoromonomer sele... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8048815 | Composite article and method of manufacture The present invention relates to a composite article and to a process for manufacturing the composite article. The composite article comprises multiple layers including high tenacity fibers incorporated into a fabric and a core thermoplastic resin. The fabric may be... | 11/01/2011 |
| 7867929 | Manufacture and assembly of structures The invention relates to a method of assembling structures and a component for use in such assemblies. The component is an electrically insulant, compressible impermeable cloth. It is formed by impregnating an electrically insulant woven fiber with a sealant, and cu... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7820570 | Puncture and abrasion resistant, air and water impervious laminated fabric A puncture and abrasion resistant, air and water impervious laminated fabric is provided. The laminated fabric includes a woven fabric base layer having warp and weft yarns, with at least 50 percent of the fibers in the warp yarns being formed of high performance ma... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7776769 | Manufacture and assembly of structures The invention relates to a method of assembling structures and a component for use in such assemblies. The component is an electrically insulant, compressible impermeable cloth. It is formed by impregnating an electrically insulant woven fiber with a sealant, and cu... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7763556 | Hurricane resistant composites A composite flexible fabric is employed as a covering for an opening of a building, such as a window or door. The composite fabric protects the opening from hurricane force winds and associated flying objects. The composite fabric is formed from at least one layer o... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7622406 | Puncture and abrasion resistant, air and water impervious laminated fabric A puncture and abrasion resistant, air and water impervious laminated fabric is provided. The laminated fabric includes a woven fabric base layer having warp and weft yarns, with at least 50 percent of the fibers in the warp yarns being formed of high performance ma... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7442426 | Press felt for papermaking A papermaking press felt comprises a base body, a batt layer, and an anti-rewetting layer comprising a non-oriented film, all intertwiningly integrated by needle punching. The anti-rewetting layer has openings with a three-dimensional structure, with an aperture on ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7413214 | Airbag made from low tenacity yarns An airbag cushion having a novel seam structure including either a tri-stitch fold-over seam structure or a double-stitch fold-over seam structure. The novel seam structure allows airbag cushions to be manufactured by using low tenacity yarns, preferably in the rang... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7407900 | Unique ballistic composition A ballistic composite comprises multiple layers of a fabric having unidirectional ballistic resistant yarns in at least two layers and a resin layer between each pair of such multiple layers adhered to the ballistic resistant yarns but not encapsulation the same and... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7396784 | Multilayer laminated sheet material usable for making protective garments, in particular for fire-fighters This material is remarkable in that it is made by weaving or knitting, in such a manner as to form a structure comprising two superposed faces (1, 2) intermittently interconnected to each other so as to form pockets, and in which: ... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7354636 | Flexible laminate material for lighter-than-air vehicles A laminate material for lighter-than-air vehicles includes a liquid crystal polymer fiber layer, a polyimide layer secured to the liquid crystal polymer fiber layer; and a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) layer secured to the polyimide layer. The layers are secured to... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7332451 | Papermachine clothing having reduced void spaces Paper-machine clothing comprising a woven structure and a filling component. A filament and a second filament of the woven structure intersect in a weave pattern contact each other. Void spaces produced by the intersection of the first filament and the second filame... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7323087 | Anti-rewet felt for use in a papermaking machine An anti-rewet fabric is used for carrying a fiber web through an air press. The ant-rewet fabric includes at least one air distribution fabric layer, one air distribution fabric layer being configured for contacting the fiber web, and a perforated film layer and/or ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7309663 | Asymmetric porous polytetrafluoroethylene membrane for clothing The present invention provides an asymmetric porous PTFE membrane for clothing having little change over time and conventionally known properties of a porous PTFE molded article such as water permeability resistance, air permeability, sealing properties and electric... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7309665 | Failure resistant flame retardant vapor barrier insulation facing A failure resistant, flame retardant vapor barrier facing for insulation is disclosed. The facing is comprised of a coating and a backing. The coating comprises a pair of coextruded composites each composite comprised of FR material, UV blocking material, pigment ma... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7287478 | Method for manufacturing an airbag cushion An airbag cushion having a novel seam structure including either a tri-stitch fold-over seam structure or a double-stitch fold-over seam structure. The novel seam structure allows airbag cushions to be manufactured by using low tenacity yarns, preferably in the rang... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7285324 | Laminate structure A substantially liquid impermeable moisture vapor permeable laminate structure comprising: (i) a substrate layer comprising a woven or non-woven material, (ii) a moisture vapor control layer attached to said substrate, (iii) a ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7265068 | Light shielding sheet Provided is a light-shielding sheet comprising a light-shielding material made of a white film having a light transmission of not more than 50% and a reinforcement made of a textile fabric or a nonwoven fabric. Preferred is a case where the white film is a film havi... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7259115 | Curable extruded adhesive laminate system for manufacturing collapsible structures The invention is a heat curable extruded adhesive laminate system for producing collapsible tanks. The laminate is a composite of a fabric; an extruded linear hydroxyl adhesive having an uretdione that serves as a latent thermally activated curing component, and a h... | 08/21/2007 |
| RE39761 | Laminate wall structure A laminate wall structure which can be used as an exterior wall in manufactured housing and site built construction is made up of a low density layer having a density of from about one-half pound to three pounds per cubic foot, a second, reinforcing layer laminated ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7179538 | Flexible leather laminate A heat and pressure consolidated flexible laminate, and a method for producing the same, is provided that includes in superimposed relationship, a flexible, resin coated backing layer consisting of one or more sheets, a decorative layer consisting essentially of a l... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179517 | Sheet moulding compound (SMC) with ventilating structure for entrapped gases Moulding material comprising a core layer, a reinforcement layer provided on each surface of said core layer, and a layer of a surfacing material provided on a reinforcement layer. The core layer comprises a core resin material and a filler material. The reinforceme... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7175897 | Adhesive articles which contain at least one hydrophilic or hydrophobic layer, method for making and uses for same The present invention relates to an adhesive article which can be used as a layer in or a cover for various articles in which a hydrophilic or hydrophobic surface is desired. The adhesive article includes a base layer having a first surface and a second surface and ... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7166195 | Grooved and perforated layer for use in papermakers' fabric A grooved perforated layer for use in a papermakers' fabric is provided. The grooves serve to diffuse flow at the surface of the perforated layer so as to reduce the pressure drop across the layer and thereby reduce the migration of fines. In this manner, the light/... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7117917 | Blind fabric A fabric for use in window blind systems, the fabric comprising a first fabric layer bound via an adhesive to a base fabric. The fabric is preferably formed into a Roman blind fabric by the provision of elongate, widthwise channels. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7105234 | Flame retardant corrosive resistant conductive fabric article and method Disclosed is a conductive, flame-retardant polymeric fabric composed of a woven or non-woven nylon, polyester or acrylic fabric. A surface of the fabric is provided with a flame-retardant layer applied by coating the flame-retardant directly onto the fabric surface.... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7067580 | Flexible thermal control composite A flexible thermal control composite comprising a natural or synthetic polymer and an endotherm dispersed, distributed and suspended within said natural or synthetic polymer i.e. “P”olymer “C”ontaining an “E”ndothermic “A”gent (PCEA). The PCEA can be... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7067443 | Multilayer composite body A multilayer composite body includes thermoplastic layers and layers of natural fibers bound with thermoplastic synthetic material. The composite body has at least one reinforcing layer made of an open-cell fabric of melting fibers. The reinforcing layer is penetrat... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7064092 | Woven face polyvinyl chloride floor covering The floor covering includes multiple layers including a non-woven base layer, a VAE precoat applied to the non-woven woven base layer and overlaid by a first PVC layer. A fiberglass mat is applied over the first PVC layer and a second PVC layer is applied over the m... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7053012 | Flexible corrosion-inhibiting cover for a metallic object A cover (200) for inhibiting corrosion of a metallic object over which the cover is placed. The cover has an inner surface (104) defined by a liquid-permeable layer (202) and an outer surface (102) defined by a liquid-impermeable layer ( | 05/30/2006 |
| 7037864 | Integral waterproofing membrane An integrated waterproofing membrane is provided which comprises a performed waterproofing material layer covered on one major face with a adherent impervious material liner, and on the other major face with an adherent porous support sheet. The integral waterproofi... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7037576 | Polyester or copolyester/polyolefin laminate structures and methods of making the same The invention relates to polyester/polyolefin laminate materials having improved properties. The invention also relates to copolyester/polyolefin laminate materials having improved properties. The laminates herein exhibit improved results in flammability studies. Th... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6979479 | Flexible material for lighter-than-air vehicles A laminate material for lighter-than-air vehicles includes a liquid crystal polymer fiber layer, a polyimide layer secured to the liquid crystal polymer fiber layer; and a polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) layer secured to the polyimide layer. The layers are secured to... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974784 | Sheet-form photocurable material A photocurable sheet-form material which comprises (a) a polymerizable unsaturated monomer, (b) a polymer which is either polymethyl methacrylate or a high-molecular polymer consisting mainly methyl methacrylate units and which is compatible or swollen with the poly... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6943130 | Method for producing a fabric-elastomer sandwich and sandwich obtained thereby A method for producing a fabric-elastomer sandwich, consisting in providing a fabric with at least minute gaps between its fibers, in placing the fabric on a mold having at least resting portions for the fabric and at least regions which are recessed with respect to... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6942748 | Tear resistant elastic laminate and method of forming An elastomeric film is bonded between two or more layers of nonwoven webs formed of nonelastomeric thermoplastic fibers. The laminate has, in a predefined transverse direction, an elastic elongation value greater than the predefined elastic elongation value of the n... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6914021 | Flexible wall material for use in an inflatable structure This invention relates to airships, with a volume of 15 to 60 million cubic feet of Helium. More particularly, it relates to improved structural envelope/gas bags or outer covers for lighter-than-air and neutral buoyancy airships. In detail, the material is a multi-... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6911407 | Non-slip absorbent article Disclosed is an absorbent article useful for the following purposes without limitation: as a bed pad, a baby changing pad, a bib, a table cloth, or a painter's drop cloth. The absorbent article includes a vapor-permeable liquid-impermeable bottomsheet having an inte... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6901712 | Self-adhering vapor permeable air and moisture barrier membrane A self-adhering air and moisture barrier sheet membrane for structural surfaces of buildings, which is permeable to the passage of water vapor, is comprised of a water vapor permeable sheet onto one surface of which is applied an adhesive in a non-continuous film. | 06/07/2005 |