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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7402536 | Flexible bamboo chair pad A bamboo Chair pad that can be manufactured from 100% Anji Mountain bamboo from China. The bamboo is all treated with various protective coatings to add resistance to natural factors including water, sun and dirt. All bamboo chair pads can be manufactured from the h... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7361616 | Indoor and outdoor bamboo area rug A bamboo Indoor/Outdoor Area Rug that is manufactured from 100% Anji Mountain bamboo from China. The bamboo is all treated with various protective coatings to add resistance to natural factors including water, sun and dirt. All bamboo rugs manufactured for outdoor/i... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7311806 | Papermaking needle felt Papermaking felt containing a hydrophilic urethane resin that can maintain functions such as water drainage, wet-paper smoothness, and wet-paper transportability by imparting a hydrophilic property to the papermaking felt thereby preventing the deposition and accumu... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7235124 | High temperature nanofilter, system and method A filter, system and method is provided for filtering nanoparticles in a hot gas, namely particles about 200° C. and further particularly >about 450° C. including diesel exhaust. The filter includes filter media material composed of fibro... | 06/26/2007 |
| 6846545 | Impact absorbing material A material to reduce the effects of trauma received from the impact of a projectile. One embodiment is a needle-punched, non-woven material including at least one type of ballistic fibers selected and oriented to provide a cushioning effect and maintain a high compr... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6846759 | Adhesive coated polyester felt A method of making a soft, well cushioned, fabric suitable for use in an automotive interior, furniture and upholstery. The fabric which is formed by depositing a coating of a high temperature adhesive having a viscosity of 6×104 to 75×104 ce... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6770582 | Adhesive coated polyester felt A composite laminate suitable for use in upholstery, automotive interiors and the like, which is made of a polyester felt substrate, an adhesive coating is contained on said felt substrate which obviates the need for a barrier layer for a vinyl laminate, with a viny... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6677257 | Fabric for tennis ball covering and method for manufacturing the same A composite fabric material for use in covering sports balls comprising two or more separate fabric materials affixed together to form a single material, the materials including at least an outer layer and a backing or support layer, is described.... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6555490 | Lining material The invention features a lining material for footwear. The material includes a non-woven felt including up to 80% by weight of grooved or multi-lobed cross section transport fibers and the remainder of thermally bondable fibers arranged to secure the tran... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6395656 | Protective glove with multiple layer construction A multi-layer protective glove fabric comprises a base cloth layer, a second stretchable cloth layer overlying the base layer, a third latex layer coated on the base layer and a fourth wax layer over the third latex layer to prevent the latex coating laye... | 05/28/2002 |
| 5866215 | Composite components having felt reinforcement and method for the manufacture thereof A composite component is provided having at least one felt layer as reinforcement when used for crash and/or noise management applications, and preferably also including at least one reinforcement fiber layer. At least one of the reinforcement layers, pre... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5540985 | Protective sheet material and method for making same A protective sheet material of a laminate structure and a method of manufacture in which the sheet material has a plastic membrane layer joined to a layer of felt. Subsequent to the joining of the felt to the plastic membrane, the felt is saturated with p... | 07/30/1996 |
| 5038447 | Method for producing silk felt and composition for carrying out the method A silk felt that comprises an intermediate layer of natural hair and covering layers of silk wadding or oblong. Furthermore, a method for making this silk felt in which an intermediate layer of natural hair is felted together with two covering layers of s... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5037690 | Shaped product comprising a thermoset, foamed, plastics sheet material reinforced with coherent natural-fibre material, and a process for making the shaped product The invention provides a novel shaped product comprising a sheet material of polyurethane resin material reinforced with binder-free natural-fibre material, such as jute, flax, hemp, coir, ampas, ramie or cotton, possibly combined with polypropylene, poly... | 08/06/1991 |
| 4931010 | Fabrics having hydrophilic and hydrophobic foams This invention is directed to press fabrics having improved water removal capability. More particularly, this invention is directed to the improvement of the water removal capability of press fabrics by applying hydrophobic and/or hydrophilic layers of fo... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4816320 | Toilet tissue and facial tissue Improved multiple-ply tissue for use as cleansing, facial or toilet tissue combines at least one and preferably two soft, absorbent layers of loosely felted cellulose fiber paper, and an overlying layer of thin, lightweight, moisture-resistant, cellulose ... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4781967 | Papermaker press felt An endless papermaker press felt having a plurality of modular textile structures which include a plurality of layers of fiber materials and a plurality of yarn assemblies in which the yarns in each assembly are located in substantially parallel relation ... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4521477 | Multilayer fibre mat and process for its production A specially constructed multilayer fibre mat is made up of two cover layers of fibres with a high-quality thermosetting plastics impregnation and a central layer of if necessary short-fibre wood products with more particularly cheap thermoplastic bonding ... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4364331 | Floor covering for stabling A floor covering for stables comprising at least two tufted textile layers and a permeable, abrasion resistant material impregnated into the outer surface portion of the top layer and comprising a composition selected from the group consisting of acrylic ... | 12/21/1982 |
| 3940540 | Non-slip built-up roofing Built-up roofing employing precoated felts are inhibited from slipping by the use of bituminous emulsions to bind the felts. A minor amount of a compatible latex is incorporated into the emulsion to increase the adhesion of the bonded felts.... | 02/24/1976 |
