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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8173558 | Weft knitted fabric including polyurethane elastomer fiber and process for producing the same A polyurethane elastomeric filament-containing weft knit fabric is obtained by plating a bare yarn of highly fusible, alkali-resistant polyurethane elastomeric filament having at least 50% retention of tenacity following dry heat treatment under 100% extension at 15... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7858542 | Flame-retardant mattress There is provided a flame-retardant knit fabric which can exhibit texture and comfort inherent to materials such as cotton and urethane foam used for upholstered furniture such as a mattress and chair and bedding products such as a pillow, mattress pad and bedding, ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7678718 | Base layer apparel A base layer apparel is provided that is formed from a single or double-knit fabric. The fabric is formed of ring spun fire resistant yarns that are an intimate blend of at least 60 percent modacrylic fibers and up to 40 percent fire-resistant viscose fibers. Anti-m... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7572745 | Fluid transfer hose reinforced with hybrid yarn A flexible hose comprising a tube, a knit fabric, and a cover. The knit fabric comprises a hybrid yarn which comprises a first yarn of co-para-aramid fibers and a second yarn of meta-aramid fibers. The hose exhibits significantly improved burst pressure and/or impro... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7553782 | Flame-resistant high visibility textile fabric for use in safety apparel A knitted textile fabric for use in safety apparel, comprising a first yarn containing modacrylic fibers and a second yarn containing cellulosic fibers. The first and second yarns are intimately interknitted with one another in plated relationship with the modacryli... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7325774 | Gabion unit and gabion mesh comprising it A spiral double-twisted structure is provided having an n-th upper steel wire (An) and an n-th lower steel wire (Bn) which are paired with each other and rotated in one direction to form a front spiral twisted structure having a plurality of tw... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7238632 | Electromagnetic wave shielding material The present invention provides an electromagnetic wave shielding material including a three dimensionally knitted base material and a conductive metal layer formed on the three dimensionally knitted base material, which shielding material is characterized in that it... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7087300 | Fire retardant and heat resistant yarns and fabrics incorporating metallic or other high strength filaments Fire retardant and heat resistant yarns, fabrics, and other fibrous blends incorporate one or more fire retardant and heat resistant strands comprising oxidized polyacrylonitrile and one or more strengthening filaments such as metallic filaments (e.g., stainless ste... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6803332 | Composite yarn, intermediate fabric product and method of producing a metallic fabric A composite yarn formed of a core yarn and a cover yarn, wherein one of the core yarn and the cover yarn is a fluid-soluble strand and the other of the core yarn and cover yarn is a non-fluid-soluble strand. The composite yarn can be knitted into an intermediate fab... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6779330 | Antimicrobial cut-resistant composite yarn and garments knitted or woven therefrom An antimicrobial, cut-resistant composite yarn which has a core member including at least one cut-resistant strand, a cover member including at least one strand wrapped around and enclosing the core member, wherein at least one strand in either the core member or th... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6759127 | Treated inherently flame resistant polyester fabrics A textile article having flame resistant properties includes a plurality of inherently flame resistant polyester fibers formed into a fabric, and a finish on the fabric including a cyclic phosphonate flame retardant. The finish imparts a property selected from the g... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6688143 | Elastomeric knit fabric with antiflame properties A warp knit fabric having elastomeric yarns and polyester yarns, the polyester yarns including a flame retardant agent incorporated therein.... | 02/10/2004 |
| 6534175 | Cut resistant fabric The present invention relates to a comfortable cut resistant fabric wherein metal fibers in the fabric are shielded from abrasive exposure by being wrapped with cut resistant staple fibers.... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6342457 | Pressing cushion The invention concerns a pressing cushion (1, 6) having a textile thread system (2, 3, 7 which is characterized in that the thread system has a knitted material (2) or is made of a knitted material (7).... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6140257 | Composite fibres, wound dressings incorporating such fibres and a method for making same An absorbent, composite fibre comprising a matrix of from 10% to less than 50% of water insoluble alginate having dispersed therein at least 40% of another polysaccharide.... | 10/31/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5856005 | Permanently anti-microbial and flame-retardant yarn and fabric made therefrom A permanently flame-retardant and anti-microbial air-textured yarn is formed of a plurality of substantially longitudinally extending, permanently flame-retardant filaments defining a core, and a plurality of substantially randomly extending, permanently ... | 01/05/1999 |
| 5795835 | Bonded composite knitted structural textiles Bonded composite knitted structural textiles are formed of knitted polymeric fibers. The textile is formed from at least two, and preferably three or four, polymeric components. The first component, or load bearing member, is a high tenacity, high modulus... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5792555 | Hybrid yarn and permanent deformation capable textile material produced therefrom, its production and use Described are a hybrid yarn consisting of two groups of filaments, one group consisting of one or more varieties of reinforcing filaments (filaments (A)) and the other group consisting of one or more varieties of matrix filaments (filaments (B)), wherein ... | 08/11/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5514457 | Textile structure for protective clothing Textile structures, such as fabrics, knits, warp-knitted fabrics, stitch-bonded fabrics, thread structures, etc. for use in clothing which protects against stabbing, cutting, fragments and bullets, are produced from wrapped yarns. These yarns have a core ... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5464684 | Hybrid yarn comprising a core of intermixed polyamide filaments and reinforcing rilaments wherein the core is wrapped by a polyamide fiber A hybrid yarn which comprises an intimate blend of reinforcing fibers and matrix-forming thermoplastic fibers made of low viscosity polyamide and has been overwrapped with a further polyamide yarn is useful for producing laid, woven, knitted, braided and ... | 11/07/1995 |
| 5425984 | Bioabsorbable melt spun fiber based on glycolide-containing copolymer A bioabsorbable fiber useful for the manufacture of medical devices is obtained from a polymer containing from about 15 to about 30 mole percent glycolide in a melt spinning operation carried out under low shear conditions. The fiber is drawn at a ratio o... | 06/20/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5119512 | Cut resistant yarn, fabric and gloves This invention is a cut resistant article comprising a cut resistant jacket surrounding a less cut resistant member. The jacket comprises a fabric of yarn and the yarn consists essentially of a high strength, longitudinal strand having a tensile strength ... | 06/09/1992 |
| 4970109 | Knitted barrier fabric A launderable cloth-like product and a method for making same are provided wherein such product is a readily manufactured knitted fabric comprised of non-conductive yarn fibers that form a combined stitch construction providing a matrix that is liquid imp... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4921751 | Conductive fabric and a method for the manufacture of the conductive fabric, and a conductive sheet and film made using the conductive fabric A conductive fabric comprising conductive fibers and thermoplastic fibers with a higher heat shrinkage than that of said conductive fibers, said conductive fibers being crimped by heat shrinkage of said thermoplastic fibers. This invention also provides a... | 05/01/1990 |
| 4714649 | Carbonizable fabrics of activated, carbonized fibers and differently activated or unactivated fibers A carbonizable fabric comprises first carbonizing fibre which can be activated and second fibre which is differently activatable or unaffected by treatment under activation conditions for said first fibre. Stronger, broader absorption spectrum fabrics can... | 12/22/1987 |
| 4582747 | Dust-proof fabric A dust-proof fabric having an excellent dust-collecting efficiency and dust-preventing property including a plurality of filament yarns having a thickness of 20 to 400 denier and consisting of a plurality of individual filaments having a denier of 3.5 or ... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4528223 | Composite fibrous product Composite fibrous products such as composite cloth, composite strings, composite knitted goods, etc., produced by using combination yarns obtained by twisting one or more aromatic polyamide continuous filament yarns and one or more continuous glass yarns ... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4151322 | Production of flame retardant fiber blend having desirable textile properties comprising polyester and cotton fibers A blend of discrete polyester and cotton fibers comprising a substantial proportion of polyester fibers (i.e., about 50 to 70 percent by weight polyester fibers based upon the total weight of polyester and cotton fibers) effectively is rendered non-burnin... | 04/24/1979 |
