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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7886776 | Bandage with lengthwise elasticity in warp direction A bandage with lengthwise elasticity in the warp direction, comprising a textile expanse woven in leno weave and having weft threads, leno threads and elastically extensible warp threads. The warp threads are cotton-elastic threads. ... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7841369 | Weaving process for production of a full fashioned woven stretch garment with load carriage capability A weaving process for constructing weft stretch full fashioned utility garments using a jacquard machine, an electronic loom and highly stretchable elastomeric fill yarns. ... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7836918 | Process for imparting high stretch, recovery and modulus into a woven fabric A process for imparting a variety of ranges in modulus, stretch and recovery characteristics into an elastomeric fill yarn and a rigid warp yarn stretch woven fabric. The high stretch/recovery properties, in the fill direction, is achieved by using a plurality of su... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7600540 | Stretchable strap with gripper and method of making the same A stretchable strap includes a side containing regions woven with frictionally enhancing material. Warp threads of both frictionally enhancing and non-frictionally enhancing material are woven to form a two-layer strap. Internal elastomeric threads provide a connect... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7361618 | Carbon fiber-made reinforcing woven fabric and prepreg and prepreg production method A carbon fiber-made reinforcing woven fabric comprising a carbon-fiber woven fabric formed from warps consisting of carbon fibers and wefts consisting of carbon fibers, and auxiliary yarns arranged along at least either warps or wefts, the auxiliary yarns being pass... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7337810 | Elastic fabric with sinusoidally disposed wires A fabric for use with a system for monitoring prescribed body functions comprising an elastic fabric, adapted to be carried by a torso, which is stretchable in its longitudinal direction so as to expand and contract in response to body movement and size. The carrier... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7299828 | Stretch woven fabrics including polyester bicomponent filaments Stretch woven fabrics including plain, twill and satin constructions are disclosed. The fabrics include weft yarns and warp yarns. Polyester bicomponent continuous filaments including poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(trimethylene terephthalate) having an after-... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7264005 | Toothpick device A toothpick device in the form of an elongated, hollow member having a readily deformable central portion and readily deformable spaced end portions formed by two attached, convexly curved, flexible walls having an elastic memory. ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7225838 | Method for producing a fabric in plain weaves and leno weaves and a loom for carrying out the method A loom simultaneously forms a plain weave (16) and a gauze weave (15) in a textile (9) in one weaving cycle. To form the plain weave (16), the adjacent warp threads (1L,2L) that are used to form the upp... | 06/05/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7197997 | End portions for flexible fluid containment vessel and a method of making the same The instant invention is directed to large waterborne, towed flexible fluid containment vessels for the transportation of cargo comprising a fluid or fluidisable material and a method of fabricating the vessels. The flexible fluid containment vessel includes an impe... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191803 | Elastic fabric with sinusoidally disposed wires A fabric for use with a system for monitoring prescribed body functions comprising an elastic fabric, adapted to be carried by a torso, which is stretchable in its longitudinal direction so as to expand and contract in response to body movement and size. The carrier... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7159621 | Elastic material having variable modulus of elasticity An elastic material includes a plurality of zones. Each of the zones has a particular modulus of elasticity associated with it and the distribution of the zones throughout the elastic material causes the material to have a variation of modulus of elasticity along a ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7143790 | Warp-stretch woven fabrics comprising polyester bicomponent filaments Warp stretch woven fabrics including plain, twill and satin constructions are disclosed. The fabrics include weft yarns and warp yarns. About 15 weight percent to about 55 weight percent of the warp yarns are polyester bicomponent continuous filaments comprising pol... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7129190 | Fiber article comprising a biodegradable plastic A fiber article having excellent hydrolysis resistance, characterized in that the article is fiber structure composed of 10 to 90% by weight of a fiber (A) comprised of a biodegradable plastic formulated with a carbodiimide compound as a stabilizer against hydrolysi... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7117900 | Elastic woven tape and a method of forming same An elastic woven tape is disclosed as being composed of at least two kinds of tape sections, each of which having a respectively different elongation and/or modulus, and formed by alternating and continuous integration of these two kinds of tape sections by weaving.... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7048013 | Elastic material having variable modulus of elasticity An elastic material includes a plurality of zones. Each of the zones has a particular modulus of elasticity associated with it and the distribution of the zones throughout the elastic material causes the material to have a variation of modulus of elasticity along a ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7000295 | Composite yarn, intermediate fabric product and method of producing a metallic fabric A method for forming a metallic fabric includes forming a composite yarn having a metallic wire core, and a cover yarn including a fluid-soluble strand such as co-nylon or polylactic acid. The composite yarn can be knitted into an intermediate fabric product. The so... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6908869 | Outdoor structure with stretchable blended woven fabric A woven fabric structure for outdoor furniture use is provided. The woven fabric structure is a blended fabric containing a coated multifilament yarn and an elastomeric yarn that is resistant to water, ultraviolet, heat degradation or other significant outdoor expos... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6904648 | Strap assembly for lingerie and brassieres A slide and slide assembly for lingerie and brassieres have the end of a strap bonded to the central bar of the slide at the same side as that at which the strap is threaded around the central bar of the slide to limit slippage of the slide relative to the strap. | 06/14/2005 |
| 6854489 | Multi-purpose shoelace structure A multi-purpose shoelace structure comprises a shoelace flatly woven via multiple layers of side-by-side warps yarns and weft yarns interlacing back and forth the warp yarns thereof. A left and a right branches are formed by the interlaced warp and weft yarns respec... | 02/15/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6782923 | Weft-stretch woven fabric with high recovery A woven fabric comprising warp fibers and a weft is provided. The weft may be of pick-and-pick or co-insertion constructions. The weft includes a spun staple yarn and a polyester bicomponent filament. The polyester bicomponent filament includes poly(ethylene terepht... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6769459 | Method for making an elastic fabric for a damper and the structure thereof An elastic fabric made of spandex and at least one fiber, wherein the spandex has a volume of 0.1 to 5.0% of the elastic fabric volume. The at least one fiber is composed of cotton, polyester and aramid, which has a volume of 99.0 to 95.0% of the elastic fabric. Whe... | 08/03/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6705353 | Woven strecth fabric The present invention provides a stretchable woven fabric characterized in that the warp yarn and/or the weft yarn is prepared from a false-twisted yarn of a poly(trimethylene terephthalate) multifilamentary yarn, and that the false-twisted yarn is twisted with a tw... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6659139 | Warp-stretch woven fabric and method for making same A warp-stretch twill fabric having a face side and a back side and comprising non-elastomeric ends and bare elastomeric ends wherein the ratio of non-elastomeric ends to bare elastomeric ends is from abut 2:1 to about 6:1; an elastomeric end face exposure... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6632753 | Motor vehicle air bag and fabric for use in same An air bag of the type utilized in a vehicle occupant restraint system has at least one panel of coated air bag fabric comprising a base fabric coated with a urethane coating material. The base fabric is woven in warp and fill directions from synthetic mu... | 10/14/2003 |
| 6435221 | Low abrasion elastomeric fabric An elastomeric fabric woven in a leno weave, with the warp yarns being elastomeric yarns. The elastomeric warp yarns have a minor axis disposed in the direction perpendicular to the fabric surface. The fabric is calendered to reduce the thickness of the e... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6346492 | Fabric for use in prosthetics A fabric used with an inflatable penile prosthesis and having a high fabric weave density is disclosed. The fabric is comprised of substantially non-distensible warp fibers and expandable/contractible fill fibers. The warp fibers are made of a 40 denier p... | 02/12/2002 |
| 5874372 | Highly stretchable fabrics and process for producing same The invention provides a highly stretchable fabric having an elongation percentage of 5 to 45% and a recovery percentage of elongation of at least 70% and comprising spun yarns serving at least as warps or wefts, the fabric being characterized in that the... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5858885 | Elastic plain woven fabric A smooth elastic stretch fabric which is plain woven with weft and/or warp yarns that include combination yarns which comprise a partially oriented synthetic crystalline polymer yarn combined with an elastomeric core wherein the smooth fabric (i.e., a non... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5856249 | Ultraviolet resistant fabric A fabric resistant to degradation of strength and elastomeric properties upon exposure to ultraviolet irradiation is provided. The fabric includes an elastomeric fiber component which makes up not less than 40 percent by weight of the fabric. This elastom... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5749400 | Process for the manufacture of a figured elastic fabric made by the jacquard system A combination of rigid, non-elastic wefts with other wefts which are elastic and much thinner allows the creation of a figured, elastic fabric. The floats of the elastic wefts may be stretched between points of bindings. It is the density of the elastic t... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5694981 | Stretchable flame resistant garment Firefighter's turn-out garment (19) has an outer layer of stretchable flame resistant fabric (10) formed from a series of flame resistant warp yarns (11) interwoven with a series of filling yarns (12). The filling yarns (12) comprise core yarns (15) forme... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5693392 | Uncoated airbag fabric An uncoated fabric with linen or ripstop binding of a polyamide filament yarn with a fibril titer of 1.5 to 7 dtex, a strength of 50 to 80 cN/tex and an elongation of 15 to 30%, for producing an impact gas bag (airbag), characterized in that the fabric si... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5507682 | Shoulder strap for ladies undergarments A shoulder strap for ladies' undergarments, more particularly a shoulder strap for brassieres, includes elastic warp threads and weft threads extending transversely of and woven into the warp threads. The shoulder strap has a longitudinal middle portion w... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5447776 | Rubber composites, in particular vehicle tires, having a three-dimensional reinforcement structure A heavy duty rubber composite having a reinforcement structure is described, wherein the reinforcement structure is composed of a network material made from a three-dimensionally shaped textile material forming an open-mesh three-dimensional network which... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5350626 | Textile base material for thermobonding interlining comprising in weft yarns texturized by air jet This invention relates to a base material for thermobonding interlining, constituted by a fabric or a weft knit of which at least the weft is made of synthetic yarns of large voluminosity, obtained by the air-jet texturization technique from at least two ... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5139859 | Woven mat for humid spaces The invention relates to a woven mat for humid spaces. The warp system comprises textile yarns (3a, 3b), which are preferably of a water-repellent synthetic material, and the weft system comprises at least an elastic, water-impermeable circular ribbon (1)... | 08/18/1992 |
