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7611763 Yarn for an artificial turf ground cover, artificial turf ground cover and playing field including such a yarn and method for producing such a yarn  
A yarn for strands of an artificial turf ground cover, including a tape filament ( 4 ) having a core layer ( 8 ) and two outer layers ( 9 ) of a different material than the core layer ( 8 ), each...
7601655 Engineered toweling  
The present invention is directed to an article of manufacture for drying or wiping a surface. In one embodiment, a two-layered article is described. In another embodiment a multiple layered...
7579062 Hydroxyl polymer web structures comprising a tuft  
Web structures comprising a tuft and methods for making same are provided. More particularly, web structures comprising a polymeric structure comprising a crosslinked, hydroxyl polymer, wherein the...
7553532 Tufted fibrous web  
Disclosed is a fibrous web comprising a first region and at least one discrete integral second region, the second region having at least one portion being a discontinuity exhibiting a linear...
7547469 Forming loop materials  
Loop materials are provided for touch fastening. Some loop materials include a flexible sheet-form substrate, and hook-engageable fibers secured individually and directly to the substrate, the...
7547255 Contoured variably tensionable soft membrane ride surface for ride attraction  
A ride surface for water ride attractions and the like is provided. The ride surface is fabricated from a reinforced membrane material tensioned over a supporting framework. The tensioned membrane...
7527847 Single-layer interior lining element  
The invention relates to an interior lining element, in particular for motor vehicles, with a decorative layer and a support layer, wherein an underlayer is provided, which is located opposite the...
7507459 Compression resistant nonwovens  
A sanitary napkin comprising a topsheet comprising a plurality of discrete tufts of fibrous material, wherein the topsheet has a density of less than 0.027 g/cc under a load of 0.004 psi, and a...
7479318 Fibrillar microstructure and processes for the production thereof  
This invention relates to a fibrillar microstructure and processes for the manufacture thereof. These processes involve micromachining and molding, and can prepare sub-micron dimensioned fibrillar...
7462385 Disposable cleaning implement  
The present invention relates to an improved disposable cleaning sheet for removing debris, especially hair from a non-smooth or rough surface, especially fibrous type surfaces such as carpeting or...
7448503 Multi-patterned surface covering sample elements, display systems, and methods  
Surface covering display elements, systems and/or methods are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, a multi-patterned rug display sample, element or unit has at least two different geometric...
7410683 Tufted laminate web  
A laminate web comprising a first and second precursor webs, at least the first precursor web being a nonwoven web, the laminate web having a first side, the first side comprising the second...
7402217 Untwisted wrapped singles yarns and carpets manufactured therefrom  
The yarns of the invention include untwisted wrapped singles yarns having a core strand and a wrapper yarn. The wrapper yarn is a base synthetic fiber and a heat-activated binder fiber with a...
7399514 Synthetic turf  
The present invention provides new types of synthetic turf. The synthetic turf includes a pile fabric having a backing ( 1 ) and tufts ( 2 ) projecting therefrom. In one embodiment, at least a...
7396438 Lignocellulose fiber-resin composite material  
A method of making a formed, dried lignocellulose fiber material comprising (a) providing an aqueous lignocellulose fiber pulp slurry having an effective consistency; (b) de-watering the slurry to...
7383960 Floor covering display system  
Surface covering display elements, systems and/or methods are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, a multi-patterned rug display sample, element or unit has at least two different geometric...
7374808 Patterned bonded carpet and method  
Color, pattern, design, and/or the like is applied by means of a jet dye process, or any other secondary or post pattern application process, including but not exclusively, silk screen printing,...
7351464 Planar adhesive closure piece  
A planar adhesive closure piece for an adhesive closure, has detachable closure elements ( 18 ) that may be brought into engagement. A base material ( 14 ) has warp threads ( 10 ) and weft threads...
7350443 Asymmetrical carpet tile design, manufacture and installation  
Design and manufacture of floor covering webs for, design, manufacture and installation of, asymmetrical carpet tiles having a prominent design element not intersected by a tile edge. Bands or...
7335412 Pile weatherstripping dust plugs  
Block seals of pile weatherstripping ( 6 ), which may be inserted in doorjambs or window sash and are sometimes called dust plugs ( 15 ), are provided by hinged segments ( 16 - 21 ) of a continuous...
7329450 Textile backed pile article and method for making same  
A pile article is provided having a band of textile material, and a plurality of fiber loops defining a pile having sides from ends extending longitudinally along the band. The band is...
7306838 Synthetic grass with resilient granular top surface layer  
A synthetic grass assembly for installation on a supporting soil substrate includes a pile fabric with a flexible sheet backing and rows of upstanding synthetic ribbons representing grass blades,...
7303804 Pile cloth for cleaning  
A pile fabric comprises a base fabric and a pile layer composed of many cut piles extending from at least one face of the base fabric, and has a pile length of from 2 to 30 mm. The pile yarns...
7300692 Rubbing cloth for use in manufacturing liquid crystal display panels  
The present invention provides a rubbing cloth for use in manufacturing liquid crystal display panels which consists of a velvet fabric having a ground sheet texture comprising warps and wefts, and...
7294387 Fastener fabric and related method  
A composite sheet material for use as a portion of a tear away fastening system. The sheet material includes a substrate layer and yarns extending through the substrate layer such that the define...
7288306 Textile substrate having low variable twist yarn  
A textile substrate is made from two or more strands of yarn that are twisted together using a very low variable twist level. The amount of slight twist and variation in the twist are effective to...
7279436 Grid fabric  
A wide-meshed grid fabric, in particular a geogrid, in which warp thread bundles composed of multiple warp threads and weft thread bundles composed of multiple weft threads intersect and surround...
7273648 Combination loop textile  
A base substrate having a first side and a second side, first and second receiving loops extending from the first and second side of the base substrate, respectively, and first and second stiff...
7264862 Soiling detector for fabrics  
A fabric is formed of yarns having soiling-hiding and soiling-prone characteristics which are visually distinct one from the other in the surface of the fabric once the fabric has been soiled. The...
7264854 Process for producing synthetic-grass structures and corresponding synthetic-grass structure  
A synthetic-grass flooring may include a substrate with multiple filiform formations extending upwards from the substrate to simulate natural-grass cover or turf. End portions of the filiform...
7182989 Flooring system and method  
A flooring system for use in a residential environment. The flooring system includes a subfloor adapted to support the mass of a user and modular surface covering elements for disposition in edge...
7176150 Internally tufted laminates  
The present invention provides an internally-tufted laminate adapted to provide improved softness and cloth-like feel.
7175723 Structure having nano-fibers on annular curved surface, method of making same and method of using same to adhere to a surface  
A curved surfaces for adhering to contact surfaces is provided. The structure includes a curved surface with a plurality of nano-fibers disposed thereon. When the curved surface is in a first...
7172801 Tufted laminate web  
An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet is disclosed. The topsheet has a first side and a second side, the...
7087303 Bulked continuous filament having a three-sided exterior cross-section and convex six-sided central void and yarn and carpet produced therefrom  
A bulked continuous filament with a three-sided exterior configuration is characterized in that each side has a smoothly curved contour extending between a first and a second rounded tip with an...
7070847 Abraded fabrics exhibiting excellent hand properties and simultaneously high fill strength retention  
The inventive method provides highly desirable hand to various different types of fabrics through the initial immobilization of individual fibers within target fabrics and subsequent treatment...
6998164 Controlled loft and density nonwoven webs and method for producing same  
A lofty, nonwoven material having a nonwoven web having a plurality of substantially continuous fibers oriented in a z-direction of the nonwoven web and a method for producing the lofty, nonwoven...
6967052 Stitched-bonded yarn surface structure  
A stitched yarn surface structure includes a backing having decorative upper surface and a thickness dimension T of at least two (2) millimeters. The backing exhibits a predetermined compressive...
6955841 Artificial grass lawn for sports fields  
The invention relates to an artificial grass lawn suitable for sports fields, which artificial grass lawn consists of a base layer, on which first artificial grass fibres are disposed. In...
6946182 Fringed surface structures obtainable in a compression molding process  
Disclosed are mono-layer or multi-layer films, sheets, or coatings wherein at least on layer comprises a fringed surface microstructure (1), a process for making these items and uses thereof....
6936327 Stitch-bonded and gathered composites  
Disclosed herein is a composite comprising at least one heat shrinkable adhesive layer stitch-bonded with yarns, which shrink less than the adhesive layer or do not shrink, when the adhesive layer...
6927182 Enhanced composite sweatshirt fabric with knit constructed channels  
A composite textile fabric for rapidly moving moisture away from the skin is provided. The composite fabric includes an inner fabric layer (the technical back) formed therealong with a plurality of...
6905752 Polishing tape used in production of magnetic recording medium  
Disclosed is a tape for polishing the surface of a substrate of a magnetic recording medium, and a thin-fineness filament obtained by dissolving a dissolving component of a...
6905751 Tile coverings with borders and inserts and methods of installation  
A covering for a floor, wall or ceiling surface includes tiles each having first and second discrete tile sections. The first section includes a primary backing exposed on one side of the tile...
6902789 Tufted carpet and backing fabric  
A carpet which is suitable for use in a vehicular passageway, includes a backing fabric that is woven by using the multi-filament yarns for the warps and wefts. A binding resin is applied to the...
6881468 Process for producing yarn having reduced heatset shrinkage  
The present invention provides a process for producing yarn having reduced heatset shrinkage. Preferably, the fibers used in making the yarn are bicomponent fibers. The present invention also...
6878428 Composite weatherstripping  
Weatherstripping is provided having a backing which a composite portion is either integral with or adhered to for reducing stretch and shrinkage in the weatherstripping. The composite portion is...
6872438 Profile or molding having a fringed surface structure  
Disclosed are mono-layer or multi-layer profiles or moldings wherein at least one layer comprises a fringed surface microstructure, a process for making these items and uses thereof. Further...
6869659 Fastener loop material, its manufacture, and products incorporating the material  
Lightweight, non-woven loop products for hook-and-loop fastening are disclosed, as are methods for making them and end products employing them. The products are non-woven webs of entangled fibers...
6867156 Materials having z-direction fibers and folds and method for producing same  
A method for producing a material having z-direction waves in which a layer of continuous fibers is conveyed on a first moving surface into a nip formed by the first moving surface and a second...