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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8129296 | Velour fabric articles having improved dynamic insulation performance A velour fabric article consists of a fabric body having a technical face formed by a filament stitch yarn and a technical back formed by a filament loop yarn. The filament stitch yarn includes a heat sensitive material, e.g. a hot melt material or a heat shrinkable... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7943536 | Stretch fabrics with improved heat-setting properties The present disclosure is directed to dimensionally stable stretch or elastic textile articles characterized in that the article has not been subjected to temperatures greater than 160° C. The disclosure is also directed to a method to make dimensionally stable str... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7776770 | Molded fabric articles of olefin block interpolymers Knit fabric compositions have now been discovered that often have a balanced combination of desirable properties. Said fibric compositions comprise fibers of olefin block interpolymers or homogeneous branched ethylene polymers or a combination thereof. The fibers ar... | 08/17/2010 |
| RE40314 | Velour fabric articles having flame retardance and improved dynamic insulation performance A velour fabric article consists of a fabric body having a technical face formed by a filament stitch yarn and a technical back formed by a loop yarn. The filament stitch yarn includes a heat sensitive material, e.g. a hot melt material or a heat shrinkable material... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7341076 | Woven fabric comprising leno weave bound metal A woven fabric in which warp elements are provided out of metal. The fabric further comprising at least a first set of substantially parallel binding elements present in warp direction of the fabric. This first set of binding elements bind the warp elements to the w... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7276275 | Laminated spacer fabric A laminated material including a decorative or functional cover layer laminated to a porous material layer. The cover layer may include a rigid, semi-rigid or flexible material and the porous spacer material layer may include a reticulated foam, nonwoven textile, or... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7150494 | Flat section of the outer skin of the bodywork of a motor vehicle An at least partially moveable motor-vehicle outer skin is already known per se. An actuator formed of a polymer and/or ion-exchanging and/or other material exhibiting various conformations is provided so that the outer skin can be moved. This material is moveable a... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7115106 | Bandage for the ankle joint Bandage for an ankle joint comprising an elongated tape, wherein the elongated tape runs around a heel, across a lateral side of the ankle joint, across an instep in a medial plantar direction and across a sole of a foot in a lateral plantar direction. First and a s... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7089725 | Method of making furniture with synthetic woven material An article of furniture is made from elongated polymer filaments. The polymer filaments may be monofilaments or plural filaments which are twisted together and heat set to prevent their untwisting during the subsequent weaving process. The heat setting of the polyme... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7076939 | Method of making furniture with synthetic woven material An article of furniture is made from elongated polymer filaments. The polymer filaments may be monofilaments or plural filaments which are twisted together and heat set to prevent their untwisting during the subsequent weaving process. The heat setting of the polyme... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7017207 | Size identification system for bed sheets and the like A size-identification system for bed sheets and the like is developed at the stage of weaving the greige fabric from which the bed sheets are made. One woven greige fabric (12) has a colored warp yarn (14′) in a selvage (20). A bed sheet (2... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6984596 | Wire-reinforced elastic webbing A wire-reinforced webbing material is disclosed for use in furniture, bedding and the like. The webbing includes a flat knitted fabric comprised of substantially elastic yarns such as polyester. A plurality of reinforcement wires are integrally knitted into the fabr... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6959565 | Circularly knitted fabric for fashioning clothes A circularly knitted fabric for fashioning clothes prior to heat treatment, formed out of a polyurethane elastic fiber and a non-elastic fiber, the polyurethane elastic fiber satisfying the condition, 1≦R/S≦12, wherein R/S (%)=(R3/S1)×100,... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6828003 | Velour fabric articles having flame retardance and improved dynamic insulation performance A velour fabric article consists of a fabric body having a technical face formed by a filament stitch yarn and a technical back formed by a loop yarn. The filament stitch yarn includes a heat sensitive material, e.g. a hot melt material or a heat shrinkable material... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6776014 | Method to make circular-knit elastic fabric comprising spandex and hard yarns Circular-knit, elastic, single-knit jersey fabric, of spun and/or continuous filament hard yarns with bare spandex plated in every course, has a cover factor in the range of 1.3 to 1.9, a basis weight from 140 to 240 g/m2, an elongation of 60% or more and... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6706364 | Composite elastic material A composite elastic material useful for prosthetic applications is constituted of at least one cured silicone elastomer layer containing silicone oil and hollow microspheres dispersed throughout the elastomer layer. An elasticized fabric layer may be intimately bond... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6632756 | Automotive fabric composite This invention relates generally to a fabric composite for disposition across an automotive seating frame and relates more particularly to a laminated fabric incorporating elastomeric yarn which has undergone either flame or adhesive lamination so as to b... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6499142 | Women's elastic free size winter shirts A woman's shirts having an omasum-inner-wall like textile structure, defined as a bulbous unit above a planar base, to render desired elasticity to a shirt. The shirt of this invention is excellent in resilient elasticity, original shape retainability and... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6479414 | Textile machine felt A textile machine felt, which can be used, for example, as a compacting felt on machines for rendering textiles shrinkproof, consists of a ground textile (1) and a felt layer (2) which is stitched thereon and comprises at least in its surface region an el... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6387471 | Creep resistant composite elastic material with improved aesthetics, dimensional stability and inherent latency and method of producing same A method of producing a creep resistant composite elastic material wherein an elastic fibrous web is bonded to at least one gatherable layer to form a composite elastic material is provided. By passing the composite elastic material into a nip formed betw... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6342457 | Pressing cushion The invention concerns a pressing cushion (1, 6) having a textile thread system (2, 3, 7 which is characterized in that the thread system has a knitted material (2) or is made of a knitted material (7).... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6306233 | Method of manufacturing a two-thread yarn having a certain degree of elasticity for use in the weaving industry and an apparatus for carrying out said method The present invention refers to a method of manufacturing a two-thread yarn having a certain degree of elasticity for use on the weaving industry and to an apparatus for carrying out the method. The method comprises the steps of providing at least one ela... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6276177 | Knitted elastomeric fabric A knitted elastomeric fabric according to the present invention includes a ground yarn, a laterally laid in yarn laid into the ground yarn and at least two elastomeric yarns laid into the ground yarn. One of the elastomeric yarns is laid into the ground y... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6140261 | Procedure for the manufacture of elastic textile fabrics A process for imparting permanent elastic properties to fabrics constructed of yarns principally formed of natural, inelastic fibers, the process comprising the steps of spinning a first yarn with Z-twist, spinning a second yarn with S-twist, forming a fa... | 10/31/2000 |
| 6120864 | Anti-static roll cover A transfer roll cover has an inner surface made of conductive and elastic material to fit snugly around and make conductive contact with a transfer roll, and an outer surface made of looped yarns which are attached to the inner surface and have outer loop... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6071578 | Tubular fabric and method of making the same The present invention relates to a tubular fabric for receiving an underwire in a garment such as a bra. The tubular fabric is formed by arranging a fusible yarn, such as Grilon (Registered Trade Mark), on the interior surface of the tube and melting said... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6030905 | Filter material containing thermoplastic, elastomer copolyether esters, method of producing the same, use thereof, and filter press therefrom A filter material is described containing synthetic yarns based on a thermoplastic, elastomer copolyether ester. The yarns contain at least 70 wt. %, referred to total yarn weight, of a thermoplastic, elastomer copolyether ester containing at least 95 wt.... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6015618 | Composite yarn comprised of chain stitch yarn and inlay yarn A composite yarn comprised of a chain stitch yarn knitted from a yarn A and at least an inlay yarn of a yarn B inserted into the chain stitch yarn along a longitudinal direction thereof. Since the chain stitch yarn and the inlay yarn are surely interlaced... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5916829 | Laminated fabric with uniform pattern of adhesive securement and garments made therefrom A fabric laminate (10) comprises first and second stretch fabrics (11 and 12) having an intermediate adhesive securement layer (13) between them. The adhesive securement layer (13) is in the form of a regularly repeated pattern which comprises an array of... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5888914 | Synthetic fiber fabrics with enhanced hydrophilicity and comfort Yarns consisting essentially of about 85 to 90 weight % hydrophobic fiber and about 10 to 15 weight % hydrophilic fiber can be made into fabrics that exhibit a combination of properties that make them strongly preferred by wearers, as compared even to fab... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5885910 | Non-slip knitted lace fabric and method of manufacturing same A non-slip knitted lace fabric has opposed first and second surfaces of yarn and a stretchable tacky layer of cured and foamed, oleophobic and hydrophobic plastisol disposed at least partially on one of the first and second surfaces to provide enhanced fr... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5865045 | Knit weave tarpaulin construction A containment tarpaulin is formed of an open weave knit stretch fabric having a major pore size which provides sufficient porosity to prevent lift of the tarpaulin due to airfoil effects. The open weave construction, particularly when polyester yarns are ... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5823014 | Hosiery and process for producing the same An every course hose is produced by knitting substantially exclusively a covered elastic yarn into the leg portion knitting fabric thereof. A covering yarn is wound around an elastic yarn as the core yarn to form the covered elastic yarn. The covering yar... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5807794 | Reinforced knitted fabric structure useful in seating applications A reinforced knitted fabric structure useful as a support member in a seating structure is provided. The reinforced knitted fabric structure has a base matrix of warp knitted yarns with elastomeric yarns running at least in the direction of the warp knitt... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5789065 | Laminated fabric having cross-directional elasticity and method for producing same Transversely stretchable elastic laminated fabric with cloth-like facings was made by a two-step process. In the first step an inelastic laminate was made by continuously extruding an elastomer sheet between two plies of a fibrous sheet and joining the pl... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5698321 | Acrlic-covered spandex yarn An acrylic-covered spandex yarn, a method for producing the same, and textiles and garments made from the same. Specially modified acrylic yarn is substituted for nylon yarn in a conventional process for making nylon-covered spandex. Surprisingly, the pro... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5642633 | Elastic band, in particular upholstery band The invention pertains to an elastic band, in particular for upholstery on the backrests of chairs, etc. The band has rubber threads (2, 2a, 2b) running in its longitudinal direction. On both sides of the rubber threads, running transverse to them, are fr... | 07/01/1997 |
| 5540982 | Fabric backing for orthopedic support materials The present invention provides a unique knit construction having a nonfiberglass stiffness-controlling yarn in the fabric of the backing. Preferably, the nonfiberglass stiffness-controlling yarn is used in combination with a heat shrinkable yarn or a stre... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5512354 | Fabric backing for orthopedic support materials The present invention provides a unique knit construction having a nonfiberglass microdenier yarn in the fabric of the backing. Preferably, the nonfiberglass microdenier yarn is used in combination with a heat shrinkable yarn or a stretch yarn, and altern... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5480708 | Conformable orthopedic casting tape A conformable orthopaedic casting tape made with a combination of an elastic fiber and a non-elastic fiber is disclosed. The casting tape is capable of stretching 40% to 200% in the length direction and has a power of between 40 and 175 grams per inch wid... | 01/02/1996 |
