Did You Know...
...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7465683 | Functional double-faced performance warp knit fabric, method of manufacturing, and products made there from An integrally formed stretch warp knit fabric structure formed using at least three guide bars, a fully or partly threaded first front guide bar, a second fully or partly threaded middle guide bar and third fully or partly threaded back guide bar that are knitted to... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7353669 | Air bag fabric and inflatable elements formed therefrom An air bag substrate fabric utilizing a tying yarn knitting arrangement wherein a portion of the tying yarns are threaded to engage needles so as to form two stitches with one on either side of the inlay warp yarn at rows of stitch formation. The neighboring stitche... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7344035 | High heat filter fabric and method A fabric is disclosed which is suitable for use in the manufacture of particulate filters for use in high heat environments, together with a method for making the high heat filter fabric. The filter fabric has a sliver knit pile construction, and may be manufactured... | 03/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7303656 | Low permeability textile substrate for a two-sided coated product A laminated substrate or base structure comprising separately formed layers with warp knitted or stitch bonded yarns joining the layers together wherein at least one of the layers is a reinforcing layer and at least one of the layers is for inhibiting resin flow thr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7235504 | Three dimensional knitted fabric having unevenness A three-dimensional knitted fabric having front and back ground structures and an interconnection yarn uniting the ground structures. At least one of the front and back ground structures of the three-dimensional knitted fabric has an uneven pattern with projections ... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7174749 | Edgecomb resistant weft insertion warp knit fabric A fabric construction utilizing a tying yarn knitting arrangement wherein a portion of the tying yarns are threaded to engage needles so as to form two stitches with one on either side of the inlay warp yarn at rows of stitch formation. The neighboring stitches resi... | 02/13/2007 |
| RE39176 | Resin-impregnated belt for application on papermaking machines and in similar industrial application A resin-impregnated endless belt for a long nip press or calender of the shoe type, or for other papermaking and paper-processing applications, has a base fabric in the form of an endless loop with an inner surface, an outer surface, a machine direction and a cross-... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7039991 | Vehicle safety device An inflatable element in the form of a tension tube, and method of making same. The method involves forming a tube by a knitting process, then heatsetting the tube whilst simultaneously maintaining it under lengthwise tension. The tension in the tube is maintained d... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7013681 | Edgecomb resistant weft insertion warp knit fabric A fabric construction utilizing a tying yarn knitting arrangement wherein a portion of the tying yarns are threaded to engage needles so as to form two stitches with one on either side of the inlay warp yarn at rows of stitch formation. The neighboring stitches resi... | 03/21/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6716774 | Knitted fabric for insect screening A knitted screen cloth fabric including a polymer coated, fiber-reinforced, flexible, foil-like web and method for making same are disclosed, the web including a lattice material of filaments and a polyester binding thread. ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6615618 | Knitted fabric A warp knitted fabric (1) including an open framework (2) of longitudinally and transversely extending knitted threads (3,4,5). The longitudinally extending threads (3) are spaced apart a predetermined distance (D). A plurality of material strips (9) laid... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6419095 | Filter assembly for use in a press mould A filter assembly for use in a press mould for moulding of cementitious products, the filter assembly including a fabric mounted in face to face contact with a support plate, perforated with a plurality of apertures arranged in a predetermined pattern to ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6281150 | Textile support for reinforcing an item of clothing or pieces of clothing The invention relates to a textile support (1) for reinforcing clothing or pieces of clothing, in the form of a layer of nonwoven textile (2) reinforced by at least one warp knit fabric (3) having floats between the columns (5) of stitches.... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6174825 | Resin-impregnated belt for application on papermaking machines and in similar industrial application A resin-impregnated endless belt for a long nip press or calender of the shoe type, or for other papermaking and paper-processing applications, has a base fabric in the form of an endless loop with an inner surface, an outer surface, a machine direction a... | 01/16/2001 |
| 6099932 | Loop fabric for hook and-loop type fastener and method of making the same A loop component for a hook-and-loop fastener includes a knit fabric and a plurality of loops extending along one surface of the fabric and made of a monofilament pile yarn such as nylon. The component is knit on a three or more bar machine with one bar f... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6057253 | Reinforcing base fabric for a shirt collar or an analogous piece The invention concerns a reinforcing base fabric (1) for a shirt collar or an analogous piece, in the form of a weft knit fabric (2) and comprising an insertion of reinforcing and stabilizing yarns (5) extending in the direction of the warp between the wa... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5950457 | Warp knit, weft inserted backlit sign substrate fabric A warp knit, weft inserted fabric substrate for use as a strength component in vinyl coated and laminated backlit signs, awnings and in other applications where stability and uniform geometry is desired. The stable knit construction of the fabric is achie... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5945359 | Weft inserted warp knit air bag fabric A new and improved air bag using a weft inserted warp knit fabric laminated to a film as the inflatable member of the air bag when the inflator device is engaged to supply gas into the interior of the bag.... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5916830 | Weft inserted warp knit air bag fabric A new and improved air bag using a weft inserted warp knit fabric laminated to a film as the inflatable member of the air bag when the inflator device is engaged to supply gas into the interior of the bag.... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5834381 | Non-halogenated tri-laminate fabric for automotive security shades or covers A non-halogenated, tri-laminate fabric for automotive security shades or covers, comprising a layer of reinforcing fabric scrim juxtapositioned between at least two layers of a thermoplastic olefin film comprised of a rubber modified polyolefin compound, ... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5809805 | Warp/knit reinforced structural fabric An improved warp/knit stitch reinforced multi-axial non-crimp layered fabric sheet used in structural applications, as for example, in aircraft and water applications, e.g. the skin of an airplane wing or fuselage structure, in water applications, e.g. sk... | 09/22/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5795835 | Bonded composite knitted structural textiles Bonded composite knitted structural textiles are formed of knitted polymeric fibers. The textile is formed from at least two, and preferably three or four, polymeric components. The first component, or load bearing member, is a high tenacity, high modulus... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5728448 | Reflective warp-knit tape In a reflective warp-knit tape, a narrow-width warp-knit tape is knitted of chain-stitch yarns, which form loops along longitudinal wales of the warp-knit tape, and weft inlaid yarns. And a reflective film is knitted in the warp-knit tape at a selected in... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5692777 | Low permeability inflatable restraint fabric A stitch-bonded fabric suitable for use as an airbag.... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5669796 | Geogrid composed of polyethylene terephthalate and polyolefin bicomponent fibers This invention claims a warp knit, weft inserted geogrid fabric without a topcoat, comprising a bicomponent fiber having filaments each with a sheath of a polyolefin material and about 0.5 to about 2 weight percent carbon black and a core of polyethylene ... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5645906 | Radially-recoverable sleeve of composite A cable splice case or other article for environmental sealing comprises a composite material having multifilament fibres therein, which fibres are blocked in order to prevent passage of fluid through the material in a direction parallel to its major surf... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5585169 | Warp-knit, weft-inserted fabric construction with dyed substrate A non-woven substrate is combined with warps and wefts in a warp-knit, weft-insertion machine to form a decorative fabric and later combined with a foam backing. The substrate is substantially uniformly even over its entire surface and has an opacity suff... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5560971 | Multi-layer material for suppression of ceramic shrapnel created during a ballistic event This invention provides a multi-layer material designed to cover ceramic armor applied to military vehicles, which suppresses ceramic shrapnel created during a ballistic event up to the magnitude of a 0.50 caliber at 2000-2200 feet per second at zero degr... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5549965 | Textile sheet-like structure comprising reinforcing fibers and thermoplastic aramid matrix fibers and composite material made therefrom A textile sheet-like structure containing a combination of an inorganic or polymeric organic reinforcing fiber of high tenacity and high modulus of elasticity and a matrix fiber made from a fully fusible aramid is described. The semi-finished product can ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5545470 | Anti-vandalism layer An anti-vandalism layer, especially for application in vehicle seats, vehicle roofs, vehicle tarpaulins, tents, inflatable structures, wall facing, and similar objects having an incisible exterior layer and subject to vandalism, includes of a knit fabric ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5532052 | Warp-knitted camouflage material A camouflage material having radar screening properties is comprised of a warp-knitted fabric, so-called Raschel fabric, which includes yarn into which metal fibres have been spun. The yarn is laid with a lay-out technique such that the sum of the extensi... | 07/02/1996 |
| 5514457 | Textile structure for protective clothing Textile structures, such as fabrics, knits, warp-knitted fabrics, stitch-bonded fabrics, thread structures, etc. for use in clothing which protects against stabbing, cutting, fragments and bullets, are produced from wrapped yarns. These yarns have a core ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5445599 | Warp-knit casting bandage fabric, warp-knit casting bandage and method for making bandage A warp-knit casting bandage fabric is provided which comprises a first group of a plurality of individual continuous multifilament fiberglass yarns which form lengthwise extending chains of spaced-apart loops and a second group of a plurality of individua... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5436064 | Stiff fabric composite A woven or non-woven fibrous material has a substrate formed of first and second thermoplastic fibers. The fabric is passed through an oven at a temperature sufficient to melt the first fibers thereby fusing at least some of the first fibers and second fi... | 07/25/1995 |
