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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7998890 | Non-woven composite office panel Provided herein is a non-stratified, or homogeneous, non-woven composite having (a) strength-imparting fibers of a relatively high denier and (b) binder fibers of a lower denier that adhere the composite together and that form a smooth, stiff skin on the outer surfa... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7981822 | Hook and loop fastener device The instant invention is a hook and loop fastener device. According to the instant invention, the hook and loop fastener device includes a loop component. The loop component includes a binder-free non-woven material having a bottom layer and a top layer. The bottom ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7871947 | Non-woven composite office panel Provided herein is a non-stratified, or homogeneous, non-woven composite having (a) strength-imparting fibers of a relatively high denier and (b) binder fibers of a lower denier that adhere the composite together and that form a smooth, stiff skin on the outer surfa... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7816290 | Nonwoven mat, method for production thereof and fibre composite The invention relates to a nonwoven mat as half-stuff which contains a high performance thermoplast as melt fiber and a reinforcing fiber, and also a method for producing a nonwoven mat of this type and fiber composites produced from the nonwoven mat. ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7476632 | Fibrous nonwoven web New nonwoven fibrous webs are taught which comprise a collected mass of a) directly formed fibers disposed within the web in a C-shaped cross-sectional configuration and b) staple fibers having a crimp of at least 15% dispersed among the directly formed fibers in an... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7435475 | Luxury fiber blend for use in fiberfill household textile articles A pillow, pillow form, quilt or other household textile article is comprised of a ticking having a fiberfill inserted into an interior space thereof. The fiberfill is comprised of a luxury fiber blend in the form of either loose fibers or a nonwoven fiber batt. The ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428803 | Ceiling panel system with non-woven panels having barrier skins A ceiling system having panels suspended from a ceiling with a frame and suspension connections. The panels are a non-woven material including first effect fibers, first binder fibers, second binder fibers, and second effect fibers. The non-woven material has a firs... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7417000 | Pre-moistened wipe comprising polymeric biguanide for treating a surface The present invention relates to a pre-moistened wipe for treating a surface, said pre-moistened wipe comprising: (a) a substrate; wherein said substrate is substantially free of a binder or latex material and said; and (b) a composition applied to said substrate, s... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7365033 | Open flame resistant articles Mattress and home furnishing items are made open flame resistant by a fire barrier fabric that includes chlorine-free rayon fiber. The fire barrier fabric at least partially encloses the core of the open flame resistant mattress or home furnishing item. When tested ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7341963 | Non-woven material with barrier skin A non-woven material including first effect fibers, first binder fibers, second binder fibers, and bulking fibers. The non-woven material has a first planar zone with an exterior skin, and a bulking zone. The first planar zone includes a greater concentration of fir... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7329623 | Durable hydrophilic nonwoven mat A nonwoven web of a wettable fiber matrix, wherein the wettable fiber matrix are thermoplastic polymeric fibers blended with at least one hydrophilic melt additive. In alternate embodiments, the nonwoven web further includes binder fibers which may be wettable or no... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319078 | Porous fibrous structure and process for producing the same A novel porous fibrous structure containing from 10 to 100% by weight of wet heat bonding fibers, having cellular cavities in the fibrous structure of the fibers, in which a plurality of indefinite cellular cavities are present independently or in a state of partial... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7313906 | Yarn comprising bamboo fiber and the processing method thereof A yarn comprising natural bamboo fiber and the method for producing the same is disclosed, wherein said yarn is prepared by spinning natural bamboo fibers alone or in combination with other fibers in a blended ratio of natural bamboo fibers comprising 30 to 100% by ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7276166 | Fiber-fiber composites A fiber-fiber composite is disclosed herein comprising majority fibers and minority fibers, the minority fibers having a softening point lower than said majority fibers such that when the admixture of majority fibers and minority fibers are wet laid to form a paper-... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7261936 | Synthetic blown insulation An insulation material having insulative properties of a synthetic down, while have a fir-tree structure more similar to natural down, and being in a blown form. The blowable insulation material is composed of plural units each having a number of filaments that are ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259117 | Nonwoven highloft flame barrier The invention relates to a nonwoven highloft flame barrier well suited for use in mattress, upholstered furniture and other end use applications where a highloft nonwoven material is desired for flame barrier purposes. A preferred nonwoven highloft flame barrier of ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7229938 | Heat and flame shield A heat and fire resistant planar unitary shield formed of heat and flame resistant fibers and voluminous bulking fibers. The shield material has a heat and flame resistant zone with a majority of the heat and flame resistant fibers, and a voluminous bulking zone wit... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7208026 | Heat-resistant filter To provide a heat resistant filter of which the reduction of tensile strength and folding endurance is small even when used as a filter material for a filter used at high temperatures, failure of the filter material is difficult even when used at high temperatures, ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7157137 | Varied density nonwoven A nonwoven having varying densities of the fibers that make up the nonwoven. The nonwoven has a length direction x, a width direction y, and a thickness direction z. The density of the fibers 11 in the nonwoven 10 varies long the width direction y of t... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7071130 | Laminated material of segregating membrane and segregating membrane supporting material, and its method of manufacture Segregating membrane supporting material is a three-dimensional assembly of fibers thermo-compressed into non-woven fabric, and the non-woven fabric fibers are joined together in sheet form. This segregating membrane supporting material is non-woven fabric, includin... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6995100 | Composite sheet and process for making the same A composite sheet that comprises an elastically stretchable layer and an inelastically stretchable layer formed with inelastically stretchable continuous fibers bonded to at least one surface of the elastically stretchable layer intermittently in one direction. The ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6992028 | Multi-layer nonwoven fabric A nonwoven fabric includes a first composite layer that includes from about 50% to about 90% by weight non-thermoplastic absorbent staple fibers and from about 10% to about 50% by weight thermoplastic fibers. A preponderance of the fibers at a first outer surface of... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6971981 | Method and apparatus for making interlabial pads The invention is directed to method and apparatus for making pads, such as interlabial pads. The apparatus includes a blending apparatus that weighs and blends fibers of different materials, at least one of which is absorbent. The blended fibers are conveyed through... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6964931 | Method of making continuous filament web with statistical filament distribution The present invention is directed to a method of making a substantially continuous filament web which includes providing a plurality of polymer extruders for supplying polymer streams of at least two different polymer compositions, and providing a spinneret assembly... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6948221 | Apparatus for needling a non-woven material An apparatus is described for needling a non-woven material (1) with at least one needleboard (15) which is drivable in a reciprocating manner in the needle-penetration direction and with a stitch base which is opposite of the needleboard (15) a... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942711 | Hydroentangled filter media with improved static decay and method The present invention is directed to a filter media comprised of an electro-conductive scrim so as to improve on the dissipation time of an electrostatic charge. Further, the present invention is directed to a method of making such a filter media, which is formed th... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6936094 | Adsorptive sheet and filter for clarifying air Provided are an adsorption sheet and an air-purifying filter, which can have low air-flow resistance and high deodorizing performance and be resistant to clogging by dust, from which a powdered adsorbent can hardly drop off, and in which any attached agent can hardl... | 08/30/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6872674 | Composite structures The present invention is a non-woven web or composite structure comprising (a) from about 50 to about 90 weight percent of a natural cellulose fiber; (b) from about 10 to about 50 weight percent of a binder fiber component; (c) from 0 to about 20 weight percent of a... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6867346 | Absorbent composite having fibrous bands An absorbent composite having fibrous bands is described. The composite includes one or more fibrous bands in a fibrous base. The base includes a fibrous matrix and absorbent material. The fibrous bands are substantially free of absorbent material. Absorbent article... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6855392 | Patterned stitch bonded pile fabric A patterned pile fabric of stitch-bonded construction. The fabric includes a substrate layer with an arrangement of ground yarns extending in stitched relation through the substrate layer so as to define a ground covering across the substrate layer. An arrangement o... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6849324 | Undirectionally cold stretched nonwoven webs of multipolymer fibers for stretch fabrics and disposable absorbent articles containing them A nonwoven web of multipolymer fibers is described that is unidirectionally stretched and permanently elongated at ambient conditions and exhibits a substantial increase in tensile strength in the stretch direction. The ratio of tensile strength of the web in the di... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6827764 | Molded filter element that contains thermally bonded staple fibers and electrically-charged microfibers A filter element that comprises a porous molded web 10′ that contains thermally bonded staple fibers 12 and non-thermally bonded electrically charged microfibers 14. The molded web is retained in its molded configuration, at least in part, by ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6746978 | Thermo-mechanical modification of nonwoven webs Heat bonded thermoplastic and partially thermoplastic nonwoven webs which have been thermomechanically treated while under low strain rate tension show significant improvement to their coformability and softness. More importantly the low strain rate thermomechanical... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6723669 | Fine multicomponent fiber webs and laminates thereof The present invention provides multicomponent fine fiber webs and multilayer laminates thereof having an average fiber diameter less than about 7 micrometers and comprising a first olefin polymer component and a second distinct polymer component such as an amorphous... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6716775 | Range-dyed face finished fabrics exhibiting non-directional surface fiber characteristics Range-dyed fabrics that possess excellent hand characteristics and simultaneously exhibit substantially nondirectional appearances are provided. Such a combination permits the production and utilization of an extremely comfortable apparel fabric that can be attached... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6573204 | Cleaning cloth A cleaning cloth having a nonwoven structure for wet, damp and/or dry cleaning, the cleaning cloth being made from micro staple fibers of at least two different polymers and from absorbent secondary staple fibers bound into the micro staple fibers and sec... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6566288 | Electrically insulating non-woven fabric, a prepreg and a laminate A non-woven fabric comprising a principal component of para-aramid fiber chops bonded with each other by a binder, the para-aramid fiber chops having a mixture of (a) poly-p-phenylene-3,4'-diphenylether-terephthalamide fibers and (b) poly-p-phenylene... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6559081 | Multifunctional fibrous material with improved edge seal This invention relates to fibrous absorbent articles containing particles useful in the manufacture of disposable diapers, adult incontinence pads, sanitary napkins and the like, scrubbing pads, scouring pads and cleaning pads that contain a detergent or ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6521554 | Stitchbonded upholstery fabric and process for making same A wear resistant stitchbonded fabric is provided. The stitchbonded fabric includes a first yarn loosely stitchbonded into the substrate so as to substantially cover one side of the substrate. The fabric further includes a second yarn that is tightly stitc... | 02/18/2003 |
