Abstract:
The invention comprises a laminate in which one face of a fabric sheet bears a pile of flocked fibers and the opposing face is bonded to a sheet of a foamed polyolefin resin. The laminates are useful as surface covering materials; e.g., carpets, upholstery and wall-coverings.
Abstract:
A primary backing is needle punched with fiber strands to form a tufted carpet. The short loops of the strands which the tufting needle formed on the primary backing are treated with a solvent which softens the outer surface of the fibers. A secondary backing is then applied over the primary backing, and a sandwichlike structure is formed with the primary backing and secondary backing having therebetween the short fiber loops which have been softened by the solvent. After the solvent has been vaporized, the two backings are adhered to each other and the fiber loops. Adherence is due primarily to the fact that the fiber loops had been softened by the solvent and turned into an adhesive which, upon drying, serves to bond the elements together.
Abstract:
An adhesive sheet material comprising a dimensionally stabilized and water-resistant fibrous carrier, the back of which carries a continuous impermeable film adhering intimately to the carrier yet preserving its suppleness and conferring on it resistance to stretching and preventing it from fraying, a layer of dry adhesive on this film which is compatible therewith and adherent thereto to protect its suppleness against aging, insensitive to moisture, heat and cold, and adapted to be activated by a liquid medium prior to use.
Abstract:
A PILE FABRIC COMPRISING: (A) A BACKING MATERIAL AND, (B) PILE LOOPS ANCHORED IN SAID BACKING MATERIAL, SAID PILE LOOPS COMPRISING: (1) A FLAMMABLE FIBER AND, (2) A METALLIC LAMINATE THREAD COMPRISING: (A) A SELF-SUPPORTING METAL PLY AND, (B) A POLYMERIC PLY BONDED TO THE METAL PLY.
THESE PILE FABRICS ARE SELF-EXTINGUISHING AND STATIC CHARGE RESISTANT.
Abstract:
MOLDED, THERMOPLASTIC, THREE-DIMENSIONAL SYNTHETIC SOD PROJECTIONS EXTENDING FROM THE MATRIX TO SIMULATE BLADES OF GRASS AND A BONDED BACKING ON THE UNDER SIDE OF THE MATRIX. THE BACKING IS COMPOSED OF A SYNTHETIC FIBROUS, POROUS FABRIC WHICH SERVES TO PREVENT WEED GROWTH AND EROSION AND YET IS POROUS WHICH ALLOWS SEEPAGE OF WATER THROUGH THE SOD. THE FABRIC ALSO ALLOWS BONDING OF THE MATERIAL TO SUBSTRATES, SUCH AS ASPHALT. IN AN ADDITIONAL FEATURE, A FOAM MATERIAL, SUCH AS POLYURETHANE FOAM MAY BE BONDED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE FABRIC WHEN IT IS DESIRABLE THAT THE PRODUCT BE OF THE NON-SLIP TYPE SUCH AS DOORMATS, ETC.