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Dining Table Having Integral Dishwasher
A space-saving dishwasher, which may be installed within a counter top or table, having a dish-carrying rack that is vertically shiftable through the open top of the dishwasher for facilitating loading and unloading of the dishes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7425515 | Multilayer reflective insulation roll product A multi-layer reflective insulation system for walls, ceilings, floors, roofs and similar applications includes a sheet of multi-layer reflective insulation from a roll product. The sheet of multi-layer reflective insulation is a laminate that includes first and sec... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7402537 | Air permeable, water repellent, acoustic door watershield A method and apparatus for manufacturing an air controllably permeable, water repellent, acoustic absorbing door water shield for attachment to a vehicle door. The water shield is formed of a first layer constructed of a water repellant, air restrictive non woven sc... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7381669 | Hydroentangled filter media and method A filter media formed in accordance with the present invention comprises hydroentangled, predominantly polyester staple length fibers having a basis weight of no more than about 12 oz/yd2. The filter media exhibits a Mullen burst strength of at least abou... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7381667 | Hydroentangled textile and use in a personal cleansing implement A non-woven hydroentangled textile is described formed in cross-section with a central area of low mass fiber density surrounded on both sides by areas of higher mass density. Further, a personal cleansing article is described wherein the hydroentangled textile is a... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7351673 | Laminates including two or more layers of organic synthetic filament non-wovens and glass fiber webs and scrims In accordance with the invention, a laminate of two or more layers and the method of making it is provided. The laminate includes at least one organic synthetic filament non-woven layer, and at least one woven web or scrim of glass fibers pre-consolidated by a bindi... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345004 | Scrim reinforced absorbent article with reduced stiffness An absorbent structure can include a matrix of fibers, wherein the matrix is reinforced with a reinforcing member, such as scrim. The scrim is secured to the fibrous matrix by entanglement of fibers with the scrim and entanglement of fibers in the matrix from opposi... | 03/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7329621 | Stretchable film laminates and methods and apparatus for making stretchable film laminates Stretchable film laminates including a layer of elastomeric openwork, such as a plurality of elastic strands or an elastomeric mesh structure. The stretchable film laminates may include a film layer bonded to the layer of elastomeric openwork, with the film layer ha... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7291236 | Method and machine for producing a seam which is not susceptible to coming undone A method and a machine for producing a seam which is not susceptible to coming undone, with at least one interlooped and/or interlaced stitching thread and with stitching passes in or through at least one thickness of the material of an object, called the sewn objec... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7247585 | Reinforced nonwoven fire blocking fabric having ridges and grooves and articles fire blocked therewith This invention relates to a thin reinforced nonwoven fabric having ridges and grooves for fire blocking an article and articles containing such fabrics. When exposed to heat or flame, the fabric is capable of increasing to a thickness that is at least 1.5 times its ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7229937 | Reinforced nonwoven fire blocking fabric, method for making such fabric, and articles fire blocked therewith This invention relates to a thin reinforced nonwoven fabric for fire blocking an article, articles containing such fabrics, and methods for making the fabrics and fire blocking the articles. When exposed to heat or flame, the fabric is capable of increasing its thic... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226877 | Liquid water impermeable reinforced nonwoven fire blocking fabric, method for making such fabric, and articles fire blocked therewith This invention relates to a thin reinforced nonwoven fabric comprising a liquid impervious polymeric layer, a compressed web of crimped fiber, a binder, and a reinforcing scrim. The fabric bulks when exposed to heat or flame and is useful as a component for fire blo... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7199065 | Non-woven laminate composite The present invention provides non-woven laminate that is not subjected to final consolidation by a binder and the production thereof. The laminate includes at least one non-woven mat containing glass staple fibers pre-consolidated with a resin, and at least one non... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7153794 | 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... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7148160 | Water vapor breathable, liquid water resistant material The present invention relates to a composite sheet material that is water vapor permeable and substantially liquid water impermeable. The composite sheet material includes an outer layer, a film, and a reinforcing layer and, preferably, has an ASTM D3833 water vapor... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7015158 | Hydroentangled filter media and method A filter media formed in accordance with the present invention comprises hydroentangled, predominantly polyester staple length fibers having a basis weight of no more than about 12 oz/yd2. The filter media exhibits a Mullen burst strength of at least abou... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7008685 | Laminated material and method for its production A laminate is claimed, having a first cover layer, a fabric with perforations as the middle layer, and a second cover layer, as are a method for its production and the use of the laminate as a fluid absorption and distribution layer made of a nonwoven fabric layer o... | 03/07/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6780798 | Textile lattice for reinforcing bitumen-bonded layers The invention relates to a wide-meshed, textile lattice to provide reinforcement for bitumen-bonded layers, in particular of road surfacing, which is coated with a bonding compound having an affinity for bitumen and essentially consisting of two sets of parallel, lo... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6706649 | Web with two outer layers and an adhesive middle layer as well as process to produce said web A multi-layer elastic flat-shaped article having a predefined shape, consisting of at least two outer layers made of a porous fibrous or filamentous batting, and at least one inner layer, disposed between and adherent to a pair of said at least two outer layers. The... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6652951 | Scrim of small thickness A scrim is provided including a pair of sheets of non-woven warp threads separated by a sheet of non-woven crossed weft threads in which the warp threads and the crossed weft threads include cross point where they cross each other, and a binder binding th... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6635711 | Moisture-setting polyurethane adhesive for hygiene articles A moisture-crosslinkable polyurethane adhesive, comprising a)70 to 95% by weight of a polyurethane prepolymer obtained by polyaddition of at least one polyol to at least one diisocyanate trimerized as isocyanurate and, b) 5 to 30% by weight of an essentia... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6627562 | Blunt trauma reduction fabric for body armor A three-dimensional knit spacer fabric for use in ballistic protective garments is provided. The fabric includes a first fabric layer made from high performance, high tenacity yarns; a second fabric layer of an open mesh construction to facilitate air cir... | 09/30/2003 |
| 6531418 | Papermachine clothing Papermachine clothing comprises a base cloth consisting of a layer of woven fabric and/or a layer of thermoplastics material in mesh form. A batt fiber layer containing a non woven array of yarns extending in the intended machine direction of the papermac... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6528437 | Composite fabric for vehicles The present invention is a durable composite consisting of a polyester knitted fabric and an extruded film that are heat laminated together without the use of additional adhesive. The open-mesh structure of the fabric, when combined with the film, results... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6503853 | Textile netting for reinforcing layers connected by bitumen The invention relates to a wide-meshed, textile lattice to provide reinforcement for bitumen-bonded layers, in particular of road surfacing, which is coated with a bonding compound having an affinity for bitumen and essentially consisting of two sets of p... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6440529 | Grid structure reinforcement for roads This invention relates to a grid structure (1) for reinforcement in road building, with crossing strands of warp and woof. The openings of the grid are traversed by longitudinal-laminar belts of textile material, leaving free passage openings.... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6235657 | Laminate with web and laid components There are described a dimensionally stable laminate whose surfaces are formed by spunbonded webs and comprising at least two layers of spunbonded and at least one laid layer of reinforcing yarn, the laid layer or layers each being disposed between two lay... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6071834 | Dimensionally stabilized breathable membrane A breathable membrane and a method of constructing a fabric having the membrane, wherein the membrane is resistive to transport of liquid water, has a layer of breathable material and is stabilized dimensionally against distension by a force field, such a... | 06/06/2000 |
| 6046118 | Composite sheet material A breathable composite sheet material includes a first layer of flash-spun polyethylene plexifilamentary film-fibril sheet and a second layer of a thermoplastic open mesh fabric thermally laminated to the first layer. The composite sheet has an average te... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5945356 | Reinforcing web and production thereof A reinforcing web has two elongated reinforcing layers. Each reinforcing layer consists of parallel fiber segments which are inclined to the longitudinal axis of the respective layer at an angle of 30 to 85 degrees. To make the web, adhesive with a protec... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5902757 | Stitch bonded fabric and fluid-retaining fabric made therewith A stitch bonded fabric sheet (10) has a felt web (12) with hydrophobic layer (14) and a hydrophilic layer (16) stitch bonded with yarns (18) to create yarn faces (24 and 26) over the respective outer surfaces (20 and 22) of the felt web (12). Sheet (10) m... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5885908 | Anisotropic elastic films An anisotropic elastic web, particularly an anisotropic elastic film layer having a machine direction and a cross direction and having a thickness of from 20 to 300 microns formed of an extruded blend of a block copolymer elastomer portion and a polyolefi... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5877096 | Non-woven needle-punched filter fabric A non-woven needle-punched filter fabric for use in a geocomposite having a filter face and a laminating face, the fabric having a first filter and cushion zone adjacent the filter face produced from spun bond, continuous filament, a second stiff and bend... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5856243 | Textile composite, manufacture thereof, use thereof, and net comprising hybrid yarn Described is a composite comprising at least one textile sheet construction composed of synthetic polymer and hybrid yarn comprising reinforcing fiber and lower melting bonding fiber. Also described is a net comprising in at least one direction hybrid yar... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5783501 | Paper machine felts The invention relates to postcondensed paper machine felts comprising a polyamide base fabric and a polyamide coating needled thereon, the paper machine felts having a relative solution viscosity in sulfuric acid in accordance with the DIN 53,727 standard... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5733822 | Composite nonwoven fabrics The present invention provides composite nonwoven fabric laminates and processes for producing such. The fabric is comprised of a web of thermoplastic filaments laminated to at least one other web. Preferably, the filaments are spunbonded continuous polyo... | 03/31/1998 |
| 5714229 | Slip-resistant, moisture absorbent sheet material A sheet material which includes an apertured top layer formed of a non-absorbant, thermally non-conductive thermoplastic material, a non-woven layer having a first portion formed of a mixture of moisture-wicking and moisture-absorbent fibers affixed to th... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5695373 | Preformed unitary composite for reinforcing while suppressing curl in bituminous roofing membranes and process for making such composites A preformed, unitary composite for reinforcing while suppressing curl in bituminous roofing membranes includes as a first layer, an open, non-woven grid of low shrinkage, continuous filament polyester yarns that are at low tension and adhesively secured t... | 12/09/1997 |
