Did You Know...
...that the video game, Pong, was invented by a guy who graduated at the bottom of his engineering class? Nolan Bushnell spent more time running the games at a local amusement park than he did on his studies at the University of Utah. His dreams of working for Disney's amusement empire were dashed when the company wouldn't hire him. Taking a boring job, Nolan daydreamed about electronic versions of popular games. He invented Pong, the first video game, and went on to found Atari Co.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7410554 | Unique modular construction for use as a forming fabric in papermaking or tissue or nonwovens A forming fabric including a sheet contact layer of woven material and a base layer formed of a layer of spiral turns formed by a spirally-wound material strip, the material strip having a width which is smaller in width than the forming fabric, the longitudinal axi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7265067 | Apparatus for making structured paper A papermaking belt for dewatering and imprinting a paper web. The belt comprises two laminae joined together in a face to face relationship to form a unitary laminate. The first lamina comprises a foraminous imprinting member which may serve as a reinforcing structu... | 09/04/2007 |
| RE39709 | Multiaxial pin seamed papermaker's press felt A multilayer papermaker's press felt fabric comprising in combination a woven first fabric layer, typically a double layer fabric, has a cross machine direction pin seam. A second fabric layer is located on the paper side face of the first fabric layer, and a layer ... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7192895 | Papermaking felt This invention relates to a papermaking felt which makes it possible to increase the proportion of the base body thereby preventing flattening without costing extra production man-hour, and to maintain the functions such as the water drainage, wet paper smoothening ... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7135095 | Papermaking press felt and press apparatus for a papermaking machine A press felt for use in a papermaking machine comprises a base body, a batt material and a hydrophilic nonwoven fabric, all intertwiningly integrated by needle punching. The batt material comprises a staple fiber, and is composed of a wet paper web side layer and a ... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6932116 | Fiber reinforced composite liner for lining an existing conduit and method of manufacture A reinforced liner for cured in place pipe rehabilitation of an existing pipeline having a plurality of high-strength low-elongation fiber bundles disposed circumferentially around the tubular liner at both inner and outer surfaces of a resin absorbent layer of the ... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6900146 | Method of forming an imaged compound textile fabric The present invention contemplates a method of forming a textile laminate or composite fabric from a plurality of woven fabric layers, with the method contemplating use of a three-dimensional image transfer device to facilitate efficient and commercially viable use ... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6776878 | Laminated multiaxial press fabric An on-machine-seamable laminated multiaxial press fabric has a first base fabric and a second base fabric laminated to one another by needled staple fiber batt material. The first base fabric is a multiaxial fabric produced by spirally winding a fabric strip, flatte... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6465378 | Nonwoven fabrics and fabric laminates from multiconstituent polyolefin fibers Nonwoven fabrics and fabric laminates are formed from continuous filaments or staple fibers of a select blend of specific grades of polyethylene and polypropylene which give improved fabric performance not heretofore recognized or described, such as high ... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6346491 | Felt having conductivity gradient The present invention relates to an electromagnetically conductive textile fabric comprising conductive fibers arranged to provide a conductivity gradient through its thickness. The fibers may be intrinsically conductive or coated with a conducting materi... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6268047 | Glass fiber mats, laminates reinforced with the same and methods for making the same A method for making a mat adapted to reinforce a polymeric matrix material, the method including the steps of (a) positioning a plurality of generally parallel, essentially continuous glass fiber strands oriented generally parallel to a longitudinal axis ... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6258455 | Antimicrobial ultra-microfiber cloth An antimicrobial material having at least one yarn having fine fiber of 1.0 denier or less and at least one yarn having antimicrobial fiber that are engaged with each other, wherein the antimicrobial fibers impart an antimicrobial property to the entire m... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6235657 | Laminate with web and laid components There are described a dimensionally stable laminate whose surfaces are formed by spunbonded webs and comprising at least two layers of spunbonded and at least one laid layer of reinforcing yarn, the laid layer or layers each being disposed between two lay... | 05/22/2001 |
| 5948711 | Barrier fabric for incontinent material A laminae construction for an incontinent material A porous face fabric is secured to a soaker fabric. A barrier fabric is secured to the soaker fabric. The barrier fabric is of two ply construction, a film of crystalline polypropylene and a fabric substr... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5945358 | Papermakers fabric having spun bonded reinforcement A papermaker's fabric is provided having a spun bonded reinforcement. A layer of spun bonded material may be placed in any one of a number of possible locations in the fabric, depending upon the felt stratification desired. For example, it may be attached... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5945357 | Multi-layer press fabric comprising looped, knit yarns woven in an upper layer of fabric A multi-layer papermaking fabric for use in a papermaking machine. The multi-layer fabric includes an upper fabric layer having a paper fiber support surface which is formed of first warp yarns interlaced with first weft yarns with at least one of these b... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5928971 | Firefighter's garment A face cloth for a thermal barrier of a firefighter's garment made from a fabric woven from fire resistant yarns. The yarns are woven into a twill pattern with, preferably, filament yarns in the filling direction and spun yarns in the warp direction and a... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5888609 | Planar porous composite structure and method for its manufacture A planar porous composite structure including a plurality of regular textile planar layers formed of continuous yarns. The layers are placed on top of each other to form a structure having two dimensions at right angles to each other and a third dimension... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5824613 | Laminates comprising textile structures comprising linear low density polyethylene fibers A laminate comprising (1) at least one layer of a textile structure comprising linear low density polyethylene fiber and (2) at least one layer of a textile structure comprising nomnelting fiber or fiber having a melting point higher than the linear low d... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5785818 | Multiaxial pin seamed papermaker's press felt A multilayer papermaker's press felt fabric comprising in combination a woven first fabric layer, typically a double layer fabric, has a cross machine direction pin seam. A second fabric layer is located on the paper side face of the first fabric layer, a... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5786283 | Dental reinforcement strip A strip for dental plastic retainers or plastic dental prosthesis consisting of at least 4 and at most 8 interconnected layers of endless threads which possess a yarn count of less than 1 tex; the strip possesses a thickness of maximum 500 μm; the endles... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5705264 | Production of shaped filamentary structures A method of producing a shaped fibrous fabric structure is similar to that described in the parent application, in that a continuous filament sheet is subjected to a needle punching action, segments are cut from the sheet and these segments are assembled ... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5654064 | Clay liner for steep slopes A flexible clay liner in roll form for use on steep slopes. The liner includes a layer of geotextiles. The geotextiles are stitched together in rows of stitches which extend along the length of the liner. The thread used to make the stitching is a multifi... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5650219 | Method of disposal of hot water soluble garments and like fabrics A method of disposing of garments after use. The garments, linens, drapes, towels and other useful articles are provided as woven, non-woven, knitted or otherwise formed fabric of thermoplastic polyvinyl alcohol polymer fiber, the fiber being water solubl... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5437315 | Multilayer forming fabric A triple layer papermaking fabric in which the sheet side cross machine direction yarn knuckle drops below the surface of the top fabric layer at the point that the stitch yarn engages a machine direction yarn of the top fabric layer. Thus, drainage is re... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5395682 | Cargo curtain Cargo curtains in the form of a woven fabric wherein the yarns of the fabric are primarily constructed of long chain expanded (ultra-high molecular weight) polyethylene fibers. The curtains thus formed have increased strength and durability characteristic... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5387455 | Component made of resinified space-layer fabric, and a method of producing a lagging The invention relates to a structural part (1) consisting of a cured resinified spaced-layer fabric of industrial fibers such as glass fiber, aramid fiber, ceramic fiber or the like, having a first layer (2) and a second layer (3) which are liquid-tight a... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5364679 | Flexible armour with energy absorbing half-spheres or hemispherically-shaped bodies An armor component for protecting a body from a high speed projectile, such as a bullet from a handgun or a rifle, and which is designed for flattening and trapping the bullet. The armor may include in combination with the component, which serves as an ou... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5346566 | Water barrier of water-swellable clay or other abrasive material sandwiched between interconnected layers of flexible fabric sewn or needled together using a lubricant and/or a liquid adhesive A multi-layer article of manufacture includes an intermediate layer of a water-swellable colloidal clay, such as bentonite, sandwiched between two layers of flexible sheet or fabric material wherein the two flexible layers of sheet or fabric material are ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5346565 | Water barrier of water-swellable clay sandwiched between interconnected layers of flexible fabric needled together using a lubricant A multi-layer article of manufacture includes an intermediate layer of a water-swellable colloidal clay, such as bentonite, sandwiched between two layers of flexible sheet or fabric material wherein the two flexible layers of sheet or fabric material are ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5245938 | Solid, pliable organic compound for hot/cold thermal padding material An organic thermal reservoir padding material containing a hydroxyalkylcellulose compounded with an alkylene glycol yields a dry, consolidated core material. Best results are obtained in a formulation comprising about 4 parts by volume of hydroxyethylcell... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5180633 | Composite textile material capable of being employed for resin reinforcement Composite textile material for the production of composite articles, consisting of a multilayer structure, the various layers being joined together by needling. It is characterized in that it comprises at least two woven layers: one of which is based on yarns ... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5160485 | Thermoplastic fabric A fabric made up of thermoplastic fibers and of reinforcing fibers, comprising, in a superposed manner, at least two tissues (1, 4) joined firmly to each other, in which in order to obtain a thermoplastic fabric, at least one (1) of the superposed tissues... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5112665 | Water barrier of water-swellable clay sandwiched between interconnected layers of flexible fabric A multi-layer article of manufacture includes an intermediate layer of a water-swellable colloidal clay, such as bentonite, sandwiched between two layers of flexible sheet or fabric material wherein the two flexible layers of sheet or fabric material are ... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5110672 | Papermakers' press felt with base fabric that does not require seaming An improved papermakers' press felt and a method to make such an improved press felt, for use in papermaking, cellulose and similar machines, including a base fabric assembly joined without seaming. In one embodiment, the ends of the base fabric are joine... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4976290 | Tubular member having a liner A tubular member having a liner adhesively affixed to an inner surface thereof. The liner comprises a porous material formed from a plurality of needle-punched unwoven fibers so as to have a pair of oppositely facing surfaces. The liner also includes a fi... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4892771 | Thermal insulation blanket for a hot water heater This invention is an insulation device and material comprising fiberglass covered or sandwiched between polyethylene or woven polyethylene. The invention as disclosed herein has superior insulative characteristics over and above the use of fiberglass alon... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4775575 | Insulative textile fabric A flexible, layered textile fabric including a bottom layer composed of woven yarn comprising moisture absorbent fibers, the bottom layer defining an array of moisture receiving spaces; a top layer composed of woven yarn comprising both moisture-repellent... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4343853 | Antimicrobially treated fabric construction A unique fabric construction having a backing fabric and a face fabric. At least one of the fabrics is made at least in part of yarns formed from synthetic fibers which have incorporated thereinto an antimicrobial agent. In some embodiments a tie yarn joi... | 08/10/1982 |
