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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7442188 | Elastic composites for garments An elongate elastic member is secured to a substrate to form an elastic composite. The elastic member extends along an elastic axis between a first location on the substrate and a second location on the substrate spaced longitudinally from the first location. At lea... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7405170 | Stretchable fabrics comprising elastics incorporated into NYCO for use in combat uniforms A stretchable fabric comprising NYCO fabric with about 2 to about 4 wt. % elastic, such as an elastane as LYCRA®, is disclosed. The stretchable fabric of the invention exhibits about 20 to about 50% fabric stretch, and is suitable for application in combat uniforms... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7370766 | Filter cloth and replaceable filter module A filter cloth whose underside comprises substantially parallel, additional yarns 8 that are thicker than the rest of the yarns of the cloth, substantially parallel channels 9 being formed between the yarns, wherein filtered liquid passed through the c... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7309809 | Adhesive attachment and removal device An adhesive dressing comprises a substrate formed by an apertured removal layer embedded within an adhesive layer, wherein the removal layer facilitates easy and a traumatic removal of the dressing from a patient's skin. The removal layer may takes the form of an op... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7240371 | Solvent free aqueous polyurethane dispersions and adhesive films therefrom for stretch fabrics Novel aqueous polyurethane dispersions and adhesive films formed therefrom are provided. The aqueous polyurethane dispersions are provided in solvent-free systems of a prepolymer comprising at least one polyether or polyester polyol, a mixture of MDI isomers, and a ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7153789 | Elastic composite structure An elastic composite structure including an elastomer system comprising at least one of a polyurethane resin, a polyurethane dispersion, or a silicone-based elastomer material. A mechanically durable reinforcer system includes a fabric, weave or knit structure inclu... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7135228 | Elastic, heat and moisture resistant bicomponent and biconstituent fibers Fibers having improved resistance to moisture at elevated temperatures comprise at least two elastic polymers, one polymer heat-settable and the other polymer heat-resistant, the heat-resistant polymer comprising at least a portion of the exterior surface of the fib... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7043942 | Circular knit blank and a garment made therefrom A circular knit blank and a garment made therefrom. The circular knit blank and garment made therefrom has a first portion being formed from a first yarn having a first elasticity and a second portion integrally knit to the first portion. The second portion has a se... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7008887 | Cellulosic substrates with reduced absorbent capacity having the capability to wick liquids The present invention relates to cellulosic substrates with reduced absorbent capacity having the capability to wick liquids, as well as to methods of manufacturing such cellulosic substrates. The cellulosic substrates provided by the present invention comprise an i... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6959564 | Panty construction with moisture management liner A panty construction having improved moisture management. The panty construction includes a body portion having a waist opening, a front section and a back section, a crotch section, and a panty liner. The panty liner is formed from a knitted fabric comprising alter... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6955193 | Fire resistant textile material A fire resistant material comprising a woven faced fabric composed or fibers from meta-aramid, polyamideimide and mixtures thereof, the woven back fabric of low thermal shrinkage fibers selected from para-aramid, polyparaphenylene terephthalamide copolymer and mixtu... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6918413 | Warp backed weave denim A warp backed weave denim with excellent stretchability. A warp backed weave denim having a stretchable structure of twill weave or satin weave, comprising warps doubled to be exposed on front and back surfaces of a weft yarn, and the weft yearn is made of polyureth... | 07/19/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6713410 | Method for textile treatment for spandex containing fabrics A method of treating textile which is yarn or fabric containing spandex fibres, comprising contracting the textile with a perfume so that the perfume is deposited on the fabric. The perfume contains a mixture of fragrance materials which preferentially deposit on th... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6566285 | Interlining material, process of manufacturing and use thereof A method of making a fabric composite capable to assuming a desired shape including the steps of forming an interlining fabric (10) containing elastic yarn (15) running longitudinally of the fabric, varying the density of yarn across the width of the inte... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6468630 | Elastically stretchable sheet An elastically stretchable sheet for articles such as diapers and sanitary napkins. A flat sheet material intrinsically having an elastic stretchability in the longitudinal direction rather than in the transverse direction is formed with a plurality of pl... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6387471 | Creep resistant composite elastic material with improved aesthetics, dimensional stability and inherent latency and method of producing same A method of producing a creep resistant composite elastic material wherein an elastic fibrous web is bonded to at least one gatherable layer to form a composite elastic material is provided. By passing the composite elastic material into a nip formed betw... | 05/14/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6306233 | Method of manufacturing a two-thread yarn having a certain degree of elasticity for use in the weaving industry and an apparatus for carrying out said method The present invention refers to a method of manufacturing a two-thread yarn having a certain degree of elasticity for use on the weaving industry and to an apparatus for carrying out the method. The method comprises the steps of providing at least one ela... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6291040 | Base fabric for air bags, a process for producing it and an air bag comprising it A fabric for use as a base fabric in an air bag comprises a fibrous substrate having adhered to it a covering layer made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin and of 10 μm or less in average thickness. The adhesion between the fibrous substrate and covering... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6204207 | Extruded netting exhibiting stretch and bonding Extruded net with at least some strands which melt away upon the application of heat while other strands maintain elastic, or other desirable, properties. This netting is advantageously combined with a fabric in which the low melting strands function as a... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6057255 | Flat structure permeable to liquid, and a method for manufacturing such a structure A strip material (1) comprising a support (2) includes on at least one side a plastics layer (5, 6) which is plane on the outside and which is traversed by throughflow passages. In accordance with the invention, the outside (7, 8) of the plastics layer (5... | 05/02/2000 |
| 6035901 | Woven fabric membrane for a seating surface A membrane for a seating structure including a plurality of groups of at least two adjacent and parallel strands of multifilament yarn and a plurality of monofilaments arranged in generally perpendicular interlocking relationship with the strands. The mon... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6030905 | Filter material containing thermoplastic, elastomer copolyether esters, method of producing the same, use thereof, and filter press therefrom A filter material is described containing synthetic yarns based on a thermoplastic, elastomer copolyether ester. The yarns contain at least 70 wt. %, referred to total yarn weight, of a thermoplastic, elastomer copolyether ester containing at least 95 wt.... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6015618 | Composite yarn comprised of chain stitch yarn and inlay yarn A composite yarn comprised of a chain stitch yarn knitted from a yarn A and at least an inlay yarn of a yarn B inserted into the chain stitch yarn along a longitudinal direction thereof. Since the chain stitch yarn and the inlay yarn are surely interlaced... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5989660 | Base fabric for air bags, a process for producing it and an air bag comprising it A fabric for use as a base fabric in an air bag comprises a fibrous substrate having adhered to it a covering layer made of a thermoplastic synthetic resin and of 10 μm or less in average thickness. The adhesion between the fibrous substrate and covering... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5888914 | Synthetic fiber fabrics with enhanced hydrophilicity and comfort Yarns consisting essentially of about 85 to 90 weight % hydrophobic fiber and about 10 to 15 weight % hydrophilic fiber can be made into fabrics that exhibit a combination of properties that make them strongly preferred by wearers, as compared even to fab... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5861348 | Body-adhesive tape The present invention provides a body-adhesive tape having adhesive properties preventing the tape from peeling off due to sweat when it is applied in an overlapped manner, and which also has good moisture permeability. In the body-adhesive tape, a base c... | 01/19/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5855991 | Composite textile structure A composite textile structure is provided. the composite structure includes a woven base fabric of elastomeric yarns wherein the yarns running in one direction are bicomponent sheath/core elastomeric monofilament yarns wherein the sheath has a melting poi... | 01/05/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5837622 | Elastic woven plain satin or sateen fabric A smooth elastic stretch fabric which is plain, satin or sateen 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 fa... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5789065 | Laminated fabric having cross-directional elasticity and method for producing same Transversely stretchable elastic laminated fabric with cloth-like facings was made by a two-step process. In the first step an inelastic laminate was made by continuously extruding an elastomer sheet between two plies of a fibrous sheet and joining the pl... | 08/04/1998 |
| 5698321 | Acrlic-covered spandex yarn An acrylic-covered spandex yarn, a method for producing the same, and textiles and garments made from the same. Specially modified acrylic yarn is substituted for nylon yarn in a conventional process for making nylon-covered spandex. Surprisingly, the pro... | 12/16/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5647842 | Crepe effect bandage There is disclosed a woven bandage which exhibits a crepe effect and which contains elastomeric yarns and composite warp yarns (1) wherein the composite yarns comprise a staple fibre yarn (2) and a textured filament yarn (3) twisted together. The staple f... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5645924 | Elastic woven fabric A process for weaving an elastic stretch fabric and the product thereof are provided. The fabric is woven with weft and/or warp yarns that include combination yarns which comprise a partially oriented synthetic crystalline polymer yarn combined with an el... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5618595 | Air bag A first air bag comprises an upper cloth and a lower cloth, the peripheries of the both cloths being connected, characterized in that the upper cloth consists of an airtight sheet obtained by weaving a composite fiber composed of a filament core and a the... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5617904 | Textile substrate for seat covers A textile substrate for seat covers, a woven fabric or a knitted fabric, especially Raschel or Malimo, contains at least 40% by weight of wool and at least 15% by weight of ramie, but always more than 85% by weight of both taken together. The substrate ca... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5562977 | Waterproof, breathable rainwear and waterproof articles of foam plastic Disclosed is the use of a laminate of a textile material covered with a copolyetherester film having a water vapor transmission rate of at least 1000 g/m2 /day for the manufacture therefrom of waterproof rainwear, shoes, tents, and mattress cov... | 10/08/1996 |
