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7594975 Recyclable tufted carpet with improved stability and durability  
A recyclable tufted carpet meeting EPA recyclable content standards and having improved dimensional stability that reduces skew, bow, and wrinkles during manufacture and installation is formed by...
7585555 Synthetic-grass flooring and method for laying same  
A flooring, for example for pitches for soccer, five-a-side football, American football, rugby, etc. which includes a polyolefin-based impermeable layer and an elastic mattress laid on top of the...
7563498 Carpet for vehicles  
According to one aspect of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a carpet for vehicles comprises a surface skin layer 2 and a sound absorption layer 3 made of a nonwoven fabric...
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...
7537818 Sound absorptive multilayer articles and methods of producing same  
Acoustically absorptive carpeting includes a primary layer of fibrous material with yarn tufts extending outwardly therefrom and a secondary layer of thermoplastic material that forms a carpet...
7537665 Method for producing a bio-based carpet material  
The present invention includes a method for making a bio-based carpet material by providing tufts, a backing, a pre-coat, and a backing material wherein the pre-coat includes the reaction product...
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...
7521107 Recycled polyvinyl butyral compositions and uses  
By utilizing recovered polyvinyl butyral in the production of carpet backcoatings, the amount of waste polyvinyl butyral that is landfilled or otherwise disposed of is significantly reduced, as is...
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...
7491438 Needled nonwoven textile composite  
A layered textile composite product is disclosed which may include a nonwoven needled layer. The nonwoven needled layer is comprised of mechanically interlocked staple fibers which are needled...
7470458 Synthetic ground covering  
A synthetic ground covering that is designed to replicate mulch, lava rocks, flag stones, sand, pebbles, straw, and other natural ground coverings. The ground covering is preferably fabricated from...
7465485 Process for dimensionalizing flocked articles or wear, wash and abrasion resistant flocked articles  
In one embodiment, a method for producing a decorative article, comprising: (a) providing a flocked surface, the flocked surface comprising a plurality of flock fibers and an activatable...
7459195 Process to laminate polyolefin sheets to urethane  
The present invention relates to tufted goods comprising a greige good having fibers tufted into a primary backing, a precoat which is adhered to the back surface of the greige good, and a flexible...
7455898 Textile products having flame retardant properties and methods of manufacture  
A textile product with enhanced flame and/or smoke retardant properties and a method of forming the same is disclosed. The textile product is comprised of a textile material having a primary layer...
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...
7416771 Modulator interchangeable floor mats  
A modular interchangeable floor mat includes a mat frame and a mat insert. The mat frame includes a central portion having a plurality of integrally formed upwardly-extending hooked nibs and a...
7410682 Flocked stretchable design or transfer  
The present invention describes a flocked stretchable design and a process for producing a flocked stretchable design or transfer. The design, when configured as a transfer, includes a carrier...
7399515 Protecting laminate for automotive carpeting  
Another object of the present invention is therefore a process for the preparation of a carpet comprising an upper fibrous layer, an intermediate thermoplastic protective laminate and a...
7390552 Flocked transfer and article of manufacturing including the flocked transfer  
A flocked transfer is produced by applying a release agent to a release sheet and then applying the flocking to the release agent. Unlike the traditional method, a binder and hot melt film is not...
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,...
RE40314 Velour fabric articles having flame retardance and improved dynamic insulation performance  
A velour fabric article consists of a fabric body having a technical face formed by a filament stitch yarn and a technical back formed by a loop yarn. The filament stitch yarn includes a heat...
7364634 Carpet construction having secondary backing  
A tufted carpet includes a primary backing having a back side and a face side, and a secondary backing. The carpet includes tufts of yarn sewn through the primary backing so as to be exposed on the...
7357971 Homogenously branched ethylene polymer carpet backsizing compositions  
The present invention pertains to carpet and methods of making carpet. In one aspect, the carpet includes (a) a primary backing which has a face and a back surface, (b) a plurality of fibers...
7351465 Polymeric based carpet  
Polymeric carpet and a method of making and recycling such carpet, the carpet having fibers, backing and extruded adhesive all of completely recyclable materials, the recycling being accomplished...
7351368 Flocked articles and methods of making same  
A method of manufacturing a molded article using lamination of a flocked surface onto a backing film is provided. Also provided is a flocked article comprising an antimicrobial agent.
7348048 Vinyl acetate-ethylene carpet backings having spill resistance  
This invention relates to an improvement in spill resistant carpets wherein a spill resistant coating is applied to the underside of the carpet. The improvement for enhancing the spill resistance...
7341773 Floor carpet installing system  
A system for installing floor carpets, includes a carpet nap side having forming the useful surface and an anchor that can be fixed to the floor surface. The anchor has protuberant interlocking...
7338698 Homogeneously branched ethylene polymer carpet, carpet backing and method for making same  
The present invention pertains to carpet and methods of making carpet. In one aspect, the carpet includes (a) a primary backing which has a face and a back surface, (b) a plurality of fibers...
7338697 Co-molded direct flock and flock transfer and methods of making same  
A method of decorating a molded article is provided that includes the steps of: (a) providing a mold insert comprising a plurality of flock fibers and a permanent adhesive layer; (b)...
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...
7329451 Vehicle floor mats having integral hook retention  
Floor mats that can be removably secured to loop pile carpeting within a vehicle include a surface layer having an aesthetic appearance, a backing layer in face-to-face contacting relationship with...
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...
7316838 Low cost electrically conductive carpeting manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials  
Conductive carpeting is formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination...
7311959 Carpet with improved liquid barrier properties and methods of manufacture thereof  
A method for producing a carpet comprising the steps of (a) providing a carpet having a pile side formed from yarn fibers projecting through a primary backing layer and an underside region...
7297389 Top plate for a unitary suspension device of a multi-element bed base  
The invention provides a top plate for a unitary suspension device for a multi-element type bed base made with a plurality of unitary suspension devices disposed in rows and columns on a support...
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...
7279212 Playing surface structure and method of construction of a playing surface  
A playing surface structure ( 100 ) comprises, a surface carpet layer ( 102 ), a resin impregnated textile layer ( 104 ), a random pile layer ( 108 ) comprising a compact resin loaded fibre stratum...
7259114 High-strength, low-cost, recyclable backing for fabrics  
A backing material is made of low-density and/or high-density polyethylene(s) and/or a flexibilizer to provide high-strength, low-cost, and recyclable backing material for fabrics. The backing...
7189445 Synthetic sports turf having improved playability and wearability  
A durable and wear resistant synthetic sports field having at least one strip having a plurality of fibrillated polypropylene strands tufted within a multilayer backing material. The strands are...
7186450 Construction of playing surfaces  
A playing surface structure includes a resin impregnated textile layer ( 1 ) having a resin bonded layer of particulate rubber ( 7 ) adherent to its undersurface and overlying a fibrous random pile...
7185465 Covering module and anchor sheet  
This application discloses a relatively thin flexible anchor sheet for installation under carpets or other decorative coverings and a covering module composed of a pre-attached decorative covering...
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...
7160599 Recyclable tufted carpet with improved stability and durability  
A recyclable tufted carpet meeting EPA recyclable content standards and having improved dimensional stability that reduces skew, bow, and wrinkles during manufacture and installation is formed by...
7155796 Method for assembling a modular sports field  
A modular synthetic grass playing surface system formed from a plurality of modular units. Each modular unit has a synthetic grass layer placed upon predetermined sized pallets having a...
7144609 Artificial turf system  
An artificial turf system which includes a support layer, a base layer, and an outer layer. The support layer comprises an area of selected size and composition. The base layer comprises at least...
7141290 Stitch-bonded fabrics utilizing stretchable substrates  
A stretchable stitch-bonded nonwoven fabric is disclosed herein. The fabric includes a nonwoven substrate having basis weight in the range from about 15 to about 150 g/m 2 , and density in the...
7135214 Production of a textile floor covering having more than one layer, using an aqueous polymer dispersion as adhesive  
Textile floorcoverings composed of more than one layer have their layers bonded by an adhesive which comprises, as binder, an aqueous dispersion of a mixture made from a polymer A) at least 60% by...
7125595 Multiple-component magnetic mat  
A multi-component floor mat that, in one embodiment, is comprised of a first base or frame portion, intended to be positioned on the floor, that is dimensioned to accommodate a second flexible...
7115315 Reinforced secondary backing fabric and method of using the same  
A reinforced secondary backing and method of using the same, in which the reinforced secondary backing includes reinforcing yarns interconnect to the secondary backing fabric. The reinforcing yarns...