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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7762287 | Stretch wovens with separated elastic yarn system Included is a woven fabric having warp yarns and weft yarns. Either warp yarn or weft yarn or both warp and weft yarns have two separate systems of yarns. The systems of yarns include a hard yarn forming the main body of fabric and a composite covered elastic yarn w... | 07/27/2010 |
| 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 |
| 7331363 | Textile weave of inelastic and elastic fiber forming an elastic weave with one or more rigid loops Procedure consisting of the of textile weaving of inelastic and elastic fiber forming an elastic weave with one or more rigid loops. Field of application: clothing, footwear, headgear, haberdashery, costume jewelry, items for personal use, travel items, cases, leath... | 02/19/2008 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5963988 | High stretch composite elastic waistband Provided is a high stretch composite elastic waistband that includes a relatively large ratio of drawcord to the relaxed length of an elastic web. The drawcord is fixed to the elastic web in such a way that the drawcord is allowed to move relative to the ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5787510 | High stretch composite elastic waistband Provided is a high stretch composite elastic waistband that includes a relatively large ratio of drawcord to the relaxed length of the elastic web. The drawcord is fixed to the elastic web in such a way that the drawcord is allowed to oscillate to form mu... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5786057 | Chemical bonding of rubber to plastic in articles of footwear An article of footwear comprising relatively elastic and relatively inelastic materials chemically bonded together is disclosed. In one embodiment, the relatively elastic and relatively inelastic materials are arranged in such a fashion to impart flexibil... | 07/28/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5749843 | Woven or knitted elastic bandages having controlled compressive forces An elastic bandage comprises a knitted or woven fabric containing both inelastic and elastic yarns in which the ratio of inelastic yarns to elastic yarns is from 1:1 to 12:1 and in which the bandage achieves an effective compressive force at an extension ... | 05/12/1998 |
| 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 |
| 4664158 | Grounding strap and fabric and method An elastic conductive fabric for use as a grounding strap and the method of making the same are disclosed. The fabric is woven utilizing elastic yarn ends intermingled with conductive yarn ends. The weaving process is carried out while the elastic yarn en... | 05/12/1987 |
| 4654748 | Conductive wrist band A conductive wrist band for dissipating electrostatic charges and having opposing transverse ends, includes a fabric; mechanical snap connectors coupled to the fabric ends for forming the fabric into a closed loop with an inside surface adapted to contact... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4577256 | Woven stretchable grounding strap A woven strap that may be comfortably worn on the wrist to drain or wick static electrical charges from the wearer. Conductive fibers on the inside surface of the strap contact the skin and conduct electrical charges to a grounding cord attached to the st... | 03/18/1986 |
| 4562868 | Method for making a woven band A method for manufacturing a woven band having novel yarn patterns by crosswise motion and hooking of warp threads on or within the stitch selvedge of an elastic rigid woven band. A thrower 3 includes a means for hooking and transversely shifting one or m... | 01/07/1986 |
| 4416935 | Bulked extensible weft yarn suitable for use as tire cords A bulked extensible yarn of entangled convoluted undrawn synthetic continuous nylon filaments having a plurality of crunodal filament loops randomly spaced along its surface and a greige break elongation of at least 150% performs effectively as an extensi... | 11/22/1983 |
| 4282906 | Narrow elastic fabric A narrow woven stretch fabric is formed from bare elastomeric warp threads separated by high shrink warp threads and from a high shrink weft thread. The edge elastomeric warp threads are loosely wrapped with heat set yarn. These edge threads, which are un... | 08/11/1981 |
| 4207885 | Woven elastic compression bandage An elastic compression bandage of narrow woven fabric includes cotton weft yarn picks and textured stretch nylon multifilament warp yarns having total deniers in the range of from 210 to 560. The construction provides from 10 to 16 weft yarn picks per inc... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4105495 | Stretch-resistant papermakers belts having non-porous synthetic cables This invention relates to conveyor belt-like papermakers' fabrics for use in papermaking machines which comprise non-porous cables comprised of a plurality of yarns. Each yarn comprises at least two twisted monofilaments which are substantially circular i... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4093512 | Papermakers belts having ultra-high modulus load bearing yarns Generally, this invention relates to papermakers' belts for use in papermaking machines which comprise ultra high modulus load bearing yarn comprised of poly(para-phenylene terephthalamide).... | 06/06/1978 |