Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8187984 | Temperature responsive smart textile A textile fabric includes a smooth surface with one or more regions having coating material exhibiting thermal expansion or contraction in response to change in temperature, adjusting insulation performance of the textile fabric in response to ambient conditions. | 05/29/2012 |
| 7981819 | Fire resistant mattress fabric material and mattress A fire resistant fabric material comprising a substrate having an ionic charge which is coated with a coating having essentially the same ionic charge. The coating consists essentially of a filler material comprising clay and a binder material. The substrate is pref... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7811948 | Tissue sheets containing multiple polysiloxanes and having regions of varying hydrophobicity Hydrophilic polysiloxanes and hydrophobic polysiloxanes are used in combination to provide tissues, such as facial and bath tissues, with an optimal combination of absorbency and softness. At least one of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic polysiloxanes is applied to t... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7491663 | Display support comprising a coated fabric A display support, designed to be printed, includes a coated fabric comprising a textile layer and two impregnation layers located on opposite surfaces of the textile layer. A coat of varnish, designed to be printed, is deposited on one of the impregnation layers. A... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7468332 | Electroconductive woven and non-woven fabric The invention relates to an electroconductive textile material and method of preparation thereof. The method consists mainly of two stages: 1) special pretreatment of the fabric substrate for activation and making it suitable for subsequent application and strong at... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7435483 | Process for coating paper, paperboard, and molded fiber with a water-dispersible polyester polymer Disclosed are coated fiber-containing articles, including paper, paperboard, and molded fiber, and methods for preparing such articles. A preferred method comprises heating paperboard containing a polymeric binder to a temperature sufficient to remove at least some ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7416777 | Diaper including ink-printed substrate web A disposable diaper including an ink-printed substrate web exhibiting ink rub-off resistance. The substrate web is printed with an ink composition to form an ink film on the substrate web. The ink film is coated with a coating composition to form a coating film on t... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7399519 | Treated textiles and compositions for treating textiles Certain chemical compositions provide superior repellency, durability, and soil (stain) release properties when applied to a textile or fabric. Compositions may contain a fluorochemical-containing soil release component or a crosslinking component, or both, and also... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7374641 | Papermaking belt and method of manufacturing papermaking belt A papermaking belt, used for a shoe pressing belt, a calender belt and a sheet transfer belt, is prevented from cracking and inhibited from growth of a crack, and comprises a reinforcing substrate (6) embedded in a thermosetting polyurethane layer (7) ... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7361403 | Multilayer graphic systems A multilayer graphic article comprising (a) a fabric matrix or support having an upper and lower surface, (b) at least one image layer disposed on the upper surface of the fabric matrix or support, (c) a protective layer disposed over the at least one image layer, a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7329454 | Method of producing cellulosic article having increased thickness, and product thereof A method of preparing a cellulosic article includes a step of combining cellulosic material and binder resin to form treated cellulosic material. A mat is formed of a plurality of layers of the treated cellulosic material. The method also includes the steps of inter... | 02/12/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7294391 | Contamination resistant fiber sheet A fiber sheet composed of knitted, woven, or non-woven fiber, which is resistant against contamination, and such contamination is easily washed off, and is durable, and suitable for use as materials to make curtains, tapestries, screens, flags, wallpaper, and slidin... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7250574 | Cable trough A cable trough for installing cables alongside a railway line or other right of way is described. The cable trough is constructed using longitudinally oriented reinforcing fibers coated with polymeric resin that generally aligns the reinforcing fibers with the lengt... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7244684 | Thermal camouflage sheet A thermal camouflage sheet for covering heat sources against identification in a thermal image, having a base textile with a glass filament, has a coating which contains aluminum powder on one side and has a coating which contains color pigments on the other side. T... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7214426 | Production of polypropylene fine monofilaments, polypropylene fine monofilaments and use thereof In a process for producing fine monofilaments having improved abrasion resistance from a polypropylene having a melt flow index (MFI)230° C./2.16 kg of 2–16 g/10 min at a linear density of 5–20 dtex (0.027 mm–0.053 mm), a compound consisting of 80 ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7138345 | Carbon fiber reinforced base material, preform and composite material comprising the same A carbon fiber reinforced substrate comprising a fabric composed of carbon fiber bundles and a first resin adhering to the fabric. Each of the carbon fiber bundles comprises numerous continuous carbon filaments, has the tensile modulus of 210 GPa or more, and has th... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7109135 | Soft tactile coating for multi-filament woven fabric A polyolefin woven fabric extrusion coating with superior soft tactile characteristic is disclosed comprising ethylenic elastomer and thermoplastic vulcanizate. The combination performs in a synergistic fashion to obtain more pleasing soft tactile characteristic tha... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7090747 | Belt for papermarking and process for producing papermaking belt A papermaking belt which prevents cracking and inhibits crack growth which includes a reinforcing substrate embedded in a thermosetting polyurethane layer so that the reinforcing substrate and the thermosetting polyurethane layer are integrated with each other and t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7078092 | Radiation shielding gasket, as well as manufacturing method A gasket which shields against interfering radiation and comprises a metallized plastic foam has a network of open cells which are in communication with one another and is used, for example, to seal any gap between an earth wire on a PCB and cover which shields agai... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7034227 | Cable trough A cable trough for installing cables alongside a railway line or other right of way is described. The cable trough is constructed using longitudinally oriented reinforcing fibers coated with polymeric resin that generally aligns the reinforcing fibers with the lengt... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6974602 | Volumetric effect glass fiber wallcoverings A glass fiber wall covering is made by sequential application of aqueous dispersion and an image coating to selectively create an image for painted effects. The image pattern is based on a spatial expansion of second image coating upon heating during the drying proc... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6939818 | Strippable glass fiber wall covering An improved strippable glass fiber wall covering and process for its formation are provided. Initially, both sides of a glass fiber fabric are coated with a first coating applied from an aqueous dispersion of starch binder and polymeric latex binder. In a preferred ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6936329 | Fastener-free composite roofing product A fastener-free composite roofing product comprising a roofing material and an interply material attached to the roofing material, wherein the interply material includes an adhesive coating on one side. The interply material is attached adjacent to an edge of the ro... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6930063 | Non-curling reinforced composite membranes with differing opposed faces, methods for producing and their use in varied applications A double-faced PTFE-silicone rubber reinforced composite with curling tendency controlled is achieved by coating one side of a balanced PTFE/glass composite with liquid silicone rubber. Each face of the composite can perform independent functions in a single applica... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6913816 | Composite mat product for roofing construction This invention relates to a low fiber, pliable composite mat product suitable for use in the construction industry, particularly as an interlayer in roofing between a weathering course, e.g. a shingle and structural decking, e.g. plywood, which is a dry preformed fi... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6878648 | Regionally imprinted nonwoven fabric The present invention is directed to a nonwoven fabric, and more specifically to a nonwoven fabric comprised of at least one foreground region and at least one background region, wherein the foreground region of the fabric is an extension of the background region of... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6858550 | Fire resistant fabric material A fire resistant fabric material comprising a substrate having an ionic charge which is coated with a coating having essentially the same ionic charge. The coating consists essentially of a filler material comprising clay and a binder material. The substrate is pref... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6833333 | Water resistant fabric and method for making Water resistant laminates that can be useful in end uses requiring a water tight membrane comprising a layer of fabric, wherein a first polymer having a certain stress index that is substantially contained within the fabric layer and a second polymer having a higher... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6833335 | Barrier fabric A fabric having a unique combination of stain resistance, fluid barrier properties, aesthetic characteristics and drape ability is described, and a method of making such fabrics. The fabric includes a fabric substrate that has been treated with a low surface energy ... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6787487 | Water vapor-permeable and waterproof material and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a highly durable, moisture-permeable, waterproof material that is high in moisture-permeability and waterproofness and able to achieve good adhesion with such a coat layer as moisture-permeable, water-resistant layer and with such a fi... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6759352 | Composite carbon fiber material and method of making same A composite carbon fiber material is formed of one or more layers of carbon fiber material in which the carbon fibers are aligned all in the same direction and a mat of nonwoven, woven, or off-axis unidirectional carbon fibers are laminated together. Layers may be u... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6716777 | Fabric structure for making bags and the like A fabric structure is constructed having a fabric base sheet, a viscidity layer, a polymeric back layer, and a protective layer. The polymeric back layer is prepared from SBC (styrenic block copolymer) for the advantage of low specific gravity and preventing the dra... | 04/06/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6709992 | Smooth surface transfuse belts and process for preparing same Process for preparing durable, re-usable intermediate toner image-transfer belts or electrostatic transfuse belts. The present belts have a continuous elastomer-impregnated fibrous fabric support and at least one outer smooth release layer of a cured elastomer polym... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6708456 | Roofing composite A roofing composite comprising a roofing material and an interply material attached to the roofing material. The interply material is attached adjacent to an edge of the roofing material and is scored to permit a major portion of the interply material to be folded a... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6699801 | Cathode-ray tube implosion-proof adhesive mesh tape and uses therefor Implosion-proof mesh tape is constructed by covering the surface of a mesh-like fabric matrix with a hot-melt adhesive and then coating it with a pressure-sensitive adhesive. It is thereby possible to obtain a cathode-ray tube with an implosion-proof stru... | 03/02/2004 |
| 6680264 | Glass cleaning wipe A glass cleaning wipe comprising a nonwoven fabric containing wood pulp fibers, the nonwoven fabric is impregnated with a glass cleaning composition.... | 01/20/2004 |
| 6630220 | Sewn fusion seal process for producing air-holding vehicle restraint systems A method is disclosed for producing an air-holding vehicle restraint system, wherein a textile fabric is coated on at least one side with a thermoplastic polymeric material and folded along its lengthwise direction to form a closed bottom end and two open... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6586353 | Roofing underlayment The present invention relates to a roofing underlayment system comprising two layers of a coated structural article which comprises a substrate having an ionic charge coated with a coating having essentially the same ionic charge or one layer of such coat... | 07/01/2003 |
