公开(公告)号：US12071722B2

公开(公告)日：2024-08-27

申请号：US16031603

申请日：2018-07-10

Applicant: ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC

Inventor： John Joseph Matthews Rees ,  Stephen Horace Tsiarkezos ,  Dimitri Zafiroglu

IPC: D06N7/00 ,  B32B5/02 ,  B32B5/28 ,  D04H1/66 ,  D06M15/227 ,  D06M15/507 ,  D06M15/705 ,  D06M23/08

CPC classification number: D06N7/0068 ,  B32B5/022 ,  B32B5/28 ,  D04H1/66 ,  D06M15/227 ,  D06M15/507 ,  D06M15/705 ,  D06M23/08 ,  D06N7/001 ,  D06N7/0071 ,  D06N7/0076 ,  B32B2260/021 ,  B32B2260/046 ,  B32B2307/7265 ,  B32B2471/00 ,  D06M2200/10 ,  D06N2203/042 ,  D06N2203/061 ,  D06N2205/10

Abstract: A textile fabric having increased improved surface properties, variously including surface stability, abrasion resistance, resistance to edge fraying, moisture control, and resistance to fluid penetration is created by introducing a plurality of particles including low-melting particles onto a top surface of the textile fabric. The top surface includes elevated areas, depressed areas, a plurality of surface fibers and gaps among the plurality the plurality of surface fibers. A desired pattern of particle deposition and depth of penetration from the top surface of the plurality of particles into the gaps is established, and heat is applied to the top surface to melt the low-melting particles deposited onto the surface.

公开(公告)号：US11608591B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-21

申请号：US16292834

申请日：2019-03-05

Applicant: ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC

Inventor： John Joseph Matthews Rees ,  Stephen Horace Tsiarkezos ,  Dimitri Zafiroglu ,  Anthony Daniell

IPC: D06M15/71 ,  D06N3/00 ,  D06N3/12 ,  D06M15/507 ,  D06M15/227 ,  D06N3/04 ,  D06N3/14 ,  D06M15/564 ,  D06M15/333 ,  D06M15/59 ,  D06M15/263 ,  D04H18/02 ,  D06M15/715 ,  D06B3/10 ,  D06M15/705 ,  B32B7/04

Abstract: A textile fabric having improved properties, variously including surface stability, abrasion resistance, resistance to edge fraying, moisture control, and resistance to fluid penetration is created by introducing a polymeric solution or a plurality of low-melting particles suspended in a liquid into the textile fabric while leaving a plurality of surface fibers exposed and maintaining a textile feel on the surface.

公开(公告)号：US10954627B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US16744863

申请日：2020-01-16

Applicant: ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC

Inventor： John Joseph Matthews Rees ,  Stephen Tsiarkezos ,  Dimitri Zafiroglu

IPC: D06P1/00 ,  D06P5/22 ,  D06P7/00 ,  D05C17/02 ,  D06P1/44 ,  D06Q1/06

Abstract: An adhesive layer carrying a uniform color or a color-scheme is placed within or under a colored or color-printed conformable fabric that is simultaneously or subsequently molded into a three-dimensional shape or embossed with a three-dimensional pattern. The thermoplastic adhesive layer proceeds towards the fabric surface and matches or masks the color gaps opened on the surface by molding or embossing. The fabric can also be laminated to a backing during the molding or embossing process.

公开(公告)号：US10724165B2

公开(公告)日：2020-07-28

申请号：US16363367

申请日：2019-03-25

Applicant: ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC

Inventor： Stephen Tsiarkezos ,  Dimitri Zafiroglu ,  John Joseph Matthews Rees

IPC: D06C23/04 ,  B32B5/26 ,  D03D27/00 ,  D04B21/02 ,  D05C17/02 ,  D04B1/22 ,  D04B21/20 ,  D04B1/12 ,  D04B21/08 ,  D04B1/04 ,  B32B5/06 ,  B32B5/02 ,  D04B21/16 ,  D04B21/14

Abstract: A fabric made of yarns interlooping with each other or passing through an inner layer at looping intervals. The fabric is embossed with a micro-pattern extending into the yarns or into a layer underneath the fabric. The micro-pattern contains a pre-defined pattern of a plurality of binding points attaching the yarns to the inner layer or to the added underlayer. This micro-pattern has an inter-point spacing between adjacent binding points that is less than the interlooping intervals. The fabric can also be embossed with a macro-pattern separate from and coarser than the micro-pattern. The macro-pattern establishes a desired aesthetic in the fabric, and the micro-pattern does not interfere with the desired aesthetic.