...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 |
| 7306014 | Industrial two-layer fabric In a lower surface side layer of an industrial two-layer fabric, warps are formed by sequentially arranging a repeating design unit, in which one warp passes over six successive lower surface side wefts, passes under one lower surface side weft, passes over two lowe... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7287552 | Process for weaving fabrics and shaggy fabrics The invention relates, on the one hand, to a process for weaving fabrics on a weaving machine, wherein these fabrics comprise a plurality of warp yarn systems, wherein for at least two mutually adjacent warp yarn systems, in each of these at least two mutually adjac... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7270151 | Industrial two-layer fabric An industrial two-layer fabric which comprises eight pairs of warps obtained by arranging eight upper surface side warps and eight lower surface side warps, and a plurality of upper surface side wefts and lower surface side wefts, and has an upper surface side layer... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7219701 | Papermaker's forming fabric with machine direction stitching yarns that form machine side knuckles A papermaking fabric includes a series of repeat units, each of the repeat units including: a set of top machine direction (MD) yarns; a set of top cross machine direction (CMD) yarns interwoven with the set of top MD yarns; a first set of bottom CMD yarns, the firs... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7198067 | Warp-runner triple layer fabric with paired intrinsic warp binders A papermaker's fabric, usable in a forming section of a paper machine, having a first layer formed of a first system of paired machine-direction (MD) warp yarns interwoven with a first system of cross machine-direction (CD) weft yarns and a second layer formed of a ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7195040 | Papermaker's forming fabric with machine direction stitching yarns that form machine side knuckles A papermaking fabric includes a series of repeat units, each of the repeat units including: a first set of top machine direction (MD) yarns; a second set of top MD yarns; a set of top cross machine direction (CMD) yarns interwoven with the first and second sets of t... | 03/27/2007 |
| 6832633 | High density fabric for air bag and method for manufacturing high density fabric There is provided a high density woven fabric wherein air permeability under 50 kPa differential pressure is 2.5 L/cm2/min. or less, and air permeability index (50 kPa) calculated by the formula 1 is 1.2 or more. Air permeability index (50 kPa)=... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6734125 | Laminated multi-denier mixed fabrics for use in inflatable vehicle restraint systems A woven textile fabric is disclosed which is formed of synthetic yarns of at least two different deniers to which a solid polymeric film is laminated. An adhesive polymeric coating is provided for adhering the solid polymeric film to the woven textile fabric. The co... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6660668 | Woven webbing structure There is disclosed a woven webbing structure, which resists interwoven yarns from coming out from the surface of the webbing due to bending, or the like. This is achieved without any significant reduction in the strength or energy absorptivity of the webb... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6328077 | Interwoven belt fabric An interwoven belting fabric for using conveyors, including treadmills, is constructed of a dual layer of weft yarns comprising adjacent couplets, and a plurality of binder warp yarns. Each binder warp yarn extends over of couplets of weft yarns, and unde... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6284678 | Forming belt for manufacturing construction materials and transfer belt for manufacturing construction materials A forming belt and/or a transfer belt which are belts for a forming part of an apparatus for manufacturing a construction material, prevent stains caused by entry of raw material particles and has excellent rigidity and cleanability.... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6158478 | Wear resistant design for high temperature papermachine applications A multilayer papermaking fabric having interwoven machine direction (MD) and cross-machine direction (CMD) yarns, the CMD yarns defining at least upper and lower CMD yarn subsets which are interwoven with the MD yarns in a repeat pattern such that the MD ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6110850 | Fabric The invention relates to a fabric for the production of clothing from at least two different threads. For the creation of such a fabric, which has on one side substantially the properties determined by one thread and on the other side substantially the pr... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6076564 | Flat textile structure with predetermined separation line In a double woven fabric with an upper layer and a lower layer, provision is made that, in the area of a desired predetermined separation line, a thread system with warp threads and weft threads alternates out of the upper layer into the lower layer and a... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6077397 | High support papermakers fabric A woven papermakers fabric having a first system of yarns interwoven with a second system of yarns. The second system of yarns having a repeat which defines three successive knuckles on the paper carrying side of the fabric while maintaining vertical alig... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5865219 | Double layer papermaking fabric having a high stability weave A double layer papermaking fabric having first and second layers of cross machine direction (CMD) yarns interwoven with a system of machine direction (MD) yarns. The MD repeat pattern is characterized by a portion that weaves exclusively with the first CM... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5826275 | Neckwear construction The present invention provides a one-piece multidimensional lining carried within an outer fabric casing and lying substantially coextensively along the length thereof. The lining is formed of a double cloth fabric having a first fabric layer and a second... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5447787 | Reinforced fabric A reinforced fabric composed of a background fabric and a reinforcing grid that is joined to the background fabric so that the grid reinforced fabric is at least 20% stronger than a fabric into which reinforcing yarns of the same type and weight percent a... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5402832 | Endless textile sling having binding elements for hoisting An endless textile sling for lifting. The sling includes a textile protective cover having a first textile tube, and a second textile tube within the first textile tube to form a double tube structure. The first tube and the second tube are connected toge... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5244543 | Belt filter press fabric The present invention provides a belt filter press fabric for supporting pressing and draining moisture from a moisture laden web in a press having an inlet end, an outlet end and at least one high pressure nip. The fabric includes machine direction monof... | 09/14/1993 |
| 5101866 | Double layer papermakers fabric having extra support yarns A double layer papermaking fabric includes a plurality of machine direction yarns interwoven with a plurality of layers of cross direction yarns including an upper, paper side layer of yarn comprising a first set of generally parallel main cross direction... | 04/07/1992 |
| 5094719 | Belt filter press fabric The present invention provides a belt filter press fabric for supporting pressing and draining moisture from a moisture laden web in a press having an inlet end, an outlet end and at least one pressure nip. The fabric is comprised of machine direction mon... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5067526 | 14 harness dual layer papermaking fabric A dual layer 14 harness woven papermaking fabric having an upper, or sheet, side and a lower, or machine, side is disclosed and includes a set of machine direction yarns, a first set of cross machine direction yarns extending mainly on the sheet side and ... | 11/26/1991 |
| 5054525 | Double layer forming wire fabric A double fabric produced by a forming wire for the wet end of a paper making machine. The double fabric has two sets of longitudinally directed threads and at least one upper and one lower layer of cross threads. The first set of longitudinal threads are ... | 10/08/1991 |
| 5022441 | Papermaker's double layer fabric with high warp and weft volume per repeat A papermakers' double layer type fabric comprises in one repeat a warp layer consisting of n (an integer of at least 7)×2 of warps, and n (an integer of at least 7)×2 of wefts arranged on the warp layer as the upper surface wefts and n (an integer of at... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4998568 | Double layered papermaking fabric with high paper side cross thread density A papermaking wire of double layered fabric, consisting of a set of warp threads, yarns in machine direction, and a set of weft threads on the running side of the wire, yarns in cross machine direction, as well as a set of weft threads on the paper side o... | 03/12/1991 |
| 4821780 | Multi-layer fabric for paper-making A multi-layer fabric for paper-making comprising at least two fabric layers A and B, each of which is formed by inter-weaving respective warps and wefts. An upper-most layer A is woven as a plain weave 1/1 except at binding points S1, S3 and is adapted to... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4759391 | Two layer papermachine embossing fabric with depressions in the upper fabric layer for the production of tissue paper A papermachine fabric for the production of tissue paper or porous batts has a two layer fabric comprised of a fine upper fabric layer and a coarser lower fabric layer. Both fabric layers have a large open area. The two fabric layers are firmly interconne... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4729412 | Forming fabric of double-layer type A forming fabric for use e.g. in the papermaking industry. The fabric comprises a first weave (1) including weft threads (4) and warp threads (3), and a second weave (2) which is interconnected with the first weave, said second weave comprising coarser we... | 03/08/1988 |
| 4709732 | Fourteen harness dual layer weave A dual layer forming fabric for use in papermaking, cellulose and similar machines having weave floats in the cross machine direction yarns on the machine side of the fabric that are under eleven machine direction yarns. The float bestows extra life poten... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4592396 | Multi-layer clothing for papermaking machines A clothing for use in a papermaking machine wherein the fabric includes two or more fabric layers, each layer comprised of woven structural longitudinal and transverse threads and each interconnected by additional transverse binder threads, and wherein at... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4562869 | Heat-sterilizable blanket, and a process for its manufacture Heat-sterilizable blanket which has good thermal insulation properties, which is particularly suitable for use in hospitals, old people's homes and hostel institutions, and which comprises a regularly interlaced double cloth into which a wadding pick is a... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4499927 | Two-ply screen for the sheet forming zone of a papermaking machine A two-ply screen for the sheet forming zone of a papermaking machine comprises weft filaments arranged in pairs one over the other and warp filaments with all the warp filaments being woven into the top layer of the screen. Only part of the warp filaments... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4408637 | Double layer forming fabrics for use in paper making machines A double layer forming fabric for use in a paper-making machine has a warp ratio of at least six strands and a shute ratio of at least twelve strands. The warp strands bind with the lower layer at locations distributed according to a satin weave pattern w... | 10/11/1983 |
| 4333502 | Forming fabrics for paper-making machines and methods of manufacture thereof An endless forming fabric for paper-making machine comprise at least two layers of transverse threads and one layer of longitudinal threads. The upper loops formed by the longitudinal threads cover from 3 to 7 transverse threads of the upper layer. The le... | 06/08/1982 |
| 4232458 | Shoe The present invention provides a breathable fabric comprising a woven first layer and a woven second layer said first layer at spaced points both longitudinally and laterally of said fabric being interwoven with said second layer providing tie-in points o... | 11/11/1980 |
| 4228829 | Webbing for seat belt Webbing is formed by weaving wefts and warps of high extensibility and has warp threads of low or medium extensibility suitably spaced apart in the widthwise direction of the webbing and woven into the webbing to form energy absorbing portions.... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4171009 | Forming fabrics for paper-making machines and methods of manufacture thereof An endless forming fabric for paper-making machine comprises at least two layers of transverse threads and one layer of longitudinal threads. The upper loops formed by the longitudinal threads cover from three to seven transverse threads of the upper laye... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4116756 | Spray drying on woven belt of monofilament synthetic fiber A processing housing containing a primary stage spray chamber, a filter stage and redryer chamber, a second stage drying chamber and a cooling stage chamber all in communication one with the other. The primary stage spray chamber has an outlet at the lowe... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4112982 | Forming wire for use in paper-making, cellulose and similar machines A forming wire for use in paper-making, cellulose and similar machines, comprising a first layer of weft threads, which layer is intended in the position of use of the wire to face the material to be formed, a second layer of weft threads, which layer is ... | 09/12/1978 |