Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
428088000 | Edge feature or configured or discontinuous surface | 32 |
20080199650 | Multifunctional and modular combined doormat - A multifunctional and modular combined doormat includes a basic mat and a functional mat. The basic mat has two abutting edges of its topside respectively fixed with numerous positioning lugs spaced apart equidistantly and respectively bored with a positioning hole, and the other two abutting edges of its underside respectively disposed with numerous position projections spaced apart equidistantly and corresponding with the positioning holes. Two or more basic mats can be combined together by mutual engagement of the positioning holes and the position projections. The functional mat is assembled on the basic mat, having special functions. Thus, a multifunctional and modular combined doormat is made by combining the basic mats with the functional mats. | 08-21-2008 |
20080206512 | Apparatus and Method for Making Pile Articles and Improved Pile Articles Made Therewith - Filamentary materials, such as yarn ( | 08-28-2008 |
20090220727 | Random installation carpet tiles - Carpet tiles having patterns and color schemes that obviate the need to orient the tiles relative to each other. The tiles exhibit orthogonal ambiguity, meaning that they may be laid in any side-by-side orientation with respect to adjacent tiles without looking out of place to the ordinary viewer and thereby still achieving an appearance of continuity like broadloom carpet. Each tile has patterns of shapes having some straight sides and that appear to be randomly positioned but oriented with some straight sides parallel to carpet tile sides. The shapes are formed from a color or combination of colors so that adjacent shapes on each tile have at least one color in common. Furthermore, each tile has at least one color in common with every other tile, so that when the tiles are laid, the colors on adjacent tiles coordinate. All of the colors have similar intensities so that no one color will significantly stand out from the other colors. Moreover, because the pattern on each tile appears random, placement of the tiles on the floor in any side-by-side orientation simply creates a larger, apparently random pattern, rendering it impossible for any tile to look out of place. | 09-03-2009 |
20090239024 | Channel fleece and method for making same - A novel lofted fiber or pile-type of fabric such as fleece, and an improved method of weaving the same. The improved lofted fiber or pile-type of fabric includes an underlying fabric substrate, a plurality of lofted fibers coupled into one portion of the underlying fabric substrate, and a different portion of the underlying fabric substrate adjacent to the portion having the plurality of lofted fibers that is substantially devoid of all lofted fibers. | 09-24-2009 |
20100035014 | Zoned Topsheet - An absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core between the topsheet and backsheet. The topsheet has a central region, a first end intermediate region, a first end region, a second end intermediate region, a second end region, an edge region, and an intermediate edge region. The central region, first end intermediate region, first end region, second end intermediate region, and second end region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the longitudinal centerline. The central region, intermediate edge region, and edge region are disposed on a line generally parallel to the transverse centerline. The central region texture, first end intermediate region texture, first end region texture, second end intermediate region texture, and second end region texture differ from one another. The central region texture, intermediate edge region texture, and edge region texture differ from one another. | 02-11-2010 |
20100062207 | Blended bamboo and cotton chenille shag rug - A shag rug and method of making the same using smooth bamboo yarns formed in chenille pile. The smooth bamboo yarns have a low coefficient of friction and thus the rug and method utilize a blend of bamboo and combed cotton. The blended yarns are formed into chenille and shag of a dense woven character with a subtle sheen. To augment the bamboo yarns, blends of other fibers provide a cotton canvas base for the rug and a backing cloth beneath the base along with a polypropylene border. The blends of fibers vary according to the intended use and location of the shag rug. The shag rug of bamboo resists damage from water, mold, and mildew while limiting the retention of allergens in the bamboo fibers. The bamboo shag rug can be readily cleaned and dried. | 03-11-2010 |
20100330326 | TUFTED FIBROUS WEB - Disclosed is a fibrous web having 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 orientation and defining a longitudinal axis, and at least another portion being a deformation having a plurality of tufted fibers integral with but extending from the first region. | 12-30-2010 |
20110195219 | RUGS WITH A MAT PORTION - A rug is configured from a cover attached to an underlying, non-slip, non-absorbent mat by an interlocking mechanical connection. The interlocking mechanical connection is formed in a first embodiment by hook and loop material of the type sold under the trademark VELCRO, and in a second embodiment by a layer of grit material on the mat, and in a third embodiment by a resinous material which has projections that interlock with the bottom surface of the cover. When it is desired to separate the cover from the mat, the cover is simply pulled and stripped away from the mat so that the cover may be washed in a washing machine and the mat may also be manually washed or otherwise cleaned. If desired, the cover may be replaced with covers of different designs or textures. | 08-11-2011 |
20120171408 | TUFTED FIBROUS WEB - Disclosed is a fibrous web having 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 orientation and defining a longitudinal axis, and at least another portion being a deformation having a plurality of tufted fibers integral with but extending from the first region. | 07-05-2012 |
20130209724 | PILE LAYER WITH CARBON-FIBER ENCOMPASSING BUNDLES - A pile layer is formed of a plurality of bundles, which are partially opened up into individual fibers and which contain carbon fibers and foreign substances. The carbon fibers have at least a mass fraction of 70% of the total mass of the pile layer and the foreign substances take up no more than 30%, but not less than 2%. The foreign substances are obtained from a recycling process. | 08-15-2013 |
20140099469 | Polymer Webs Having Enhanced Softness - The present invention provides a nonwoven substrate comprising a fibrous web defining a surface; and a layer of a benefit agent wherein said benefit agent is selected from an additive composition, an enhancement component and combinations thereof; wherein said benefit agent is frothed and bonded to the fibrous web surface through a creping process and wherein said nonwoven substrate demonstrates improvements selected from enhanced tactile feel, enhanced printing, a decrease in hysteresis, an increase in bulk, an increase in elasticity/extensibility, an increase in retractability, a reduction in rugosities and combinations thereof when compared to an untreated substrate. | 04-10-2014 |
20140242324 | Laminate Fabrics - The present invention provides laminate fabrics comprising two or more spunlaced fabric layers. | 08-28-2014 |
20140272260 | CROSS-TUFTING MACHINE AND PROCESS FOR CARPET MANUFACTURING - A cross-tufting machine and process for manufacturing carpet. The cross-tufting machine includes a sewing head and a tufting gun. The sewing head is movably mounted on support railing and a support platform is provided to support carpet that is to be provided with a tufted secondary pattern. The carpet moves in steps on top of the support platform in a machine direction and the sewing head traverses back and forth in a cross-wise direction wherein the tufting gun forms the tufted secondary pattern in the carpet. | 09-18-2014 |
20140287186 | DECONSTRUCTED CARPET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - A deconstructed tufted carpet having an at least partially visible primary backing. In aspects, deconstructed carpet can utilize the primary backing layer as a design element of the overall pattern and styling in order to reduce material use, waste and the ounce weight of the finished carpet and to improve the method of carpet construction. In order to expose the primary backing, at least some yarn can be pulled very low in the pattern areas to expose the primary backing layer. It is contemplated that the primary backing layer can have a color that comprises part of the overall pattern and styling of the carpet. | 09-25-2014 |
20150125647 | MAT - Described is a mat ( | 05-07-2015 |
428089000 | Differential pile length or surface | 17 |
20080199651 | Pile Fabric for Apparel Excelling in Designability - A pile fabric for apparel having designability and real appearance similar to natural fur imparted thereto. There is provided a pile fabric of high disignability with highly real appearance, which pile fabric has a pile-length-differentiated long/short two layer structure or long/middle/short three layer structure wherein with respect to the piles other than those of longest-pile layer corresponding to a fluff portion of natural fur, the tip region thereof has a color different from that of the root region. This pile fabric can find application in apparel, and can provide merchandise with real appearance as a substitute material for natural fur. | 08-21-2008 |
20080305296 | Filing Material and a Method and a Device for Manufacturing It - A filling material for filling into articles of bedding is made by
| 12-11-2008 |
20080305297 | ANCHORING LOOPS OF FIBERS NEEDLED INTO A CARRIER SHEET - Methods of forming a loop product are provided. Methods include needling polymeric fibers through a substrate to form hook-engageablc loop structures of the fibers extending from one surface of the substrate and then using heat and pressure to soften and bond polymer of the fibers directly to the substrate and adjacent fibers, thereby anchoring the loop structures to resist fiber pullout under fastening loads. Loop products are also provided. | 12-11-2008 |
20090202778 | Carpet Tile - A carpet and carpet tile are described which have a diverse set of patterns, figures or shapes along with a variety of color schemes arranged in various sections of the carpet. In embodiments, carpet tiles incorporating the shapes and color patterns as described herein can be assembled into a tiled flooring assembly, while also maintaining a consistent visual appearance. Other aspects of the present invention are also described. | 08-13-2009 |
20090233039 | TUFTED FIBROUS WEB - Disclosed is a fibrous web having 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 orientation and defining a longitudinal axis, and at least another portion being a deformation having a plurality of tufted fibers integral with but extending from the first region. | 09-17-2009 |
20100247841 | MAT CONFIGURATION - A mat configuration is configured of a substrate and a cover. The substrate has a top surface and a bottom surface, the bottom surface having a peripheral portion that includes an array of fasteners made from substrate material and acting as “buttons” with respect to slits formed in an underlying portion of the cover to hold the cover in place on the substrate. The fasteners can be achieved through various embodiments of indented or protruded elements on the substrate. The cover can be repeatedly attached and detached, and preferably, is made of material that is hand washable, washable in a standard washing machine or dry cleanable. The substrate is washable with soap and water. | 09-30-2010 |
20100330327 | Carpet tiles and methods of producing carpet tiles with diversity of color and texture - Embodiments of the invention provide carpet tile patterns and techniques for making carpet tile patterns that provide diversity of color, texture, and/or other pattern attributes. In some embodiments, a color attribute changes along a dimension of a web from which the carpet tiles are cut. In other embodiments, a yarn pile height changes along a dimension of a web from which the carpet tiles are cut. In some embodiments, carpet tiles mimic in some respects the appearance of wood flooring having natural variations in the appearance of the wood elements. | 12-30-2010 |
20110081517 | MULTI-LAYER FLAME RETARDANT FABRIC - A composite velour fabric garment includes a laminate consisting of an outer woven shell layer, an inner thermal layer of knit construction, and an intermediate layer disposed between and laminated to each of the shell layer and the thermal layer. The outer woven shell layer contains spandex in at least a weft direction for stretch and recovery in a width direction. The knit construction of the inner thermal layer provides stretch in at least a width direction, in harmony with the shell layer, and the inner thermal layer has a raised surface facing inwardly, away from the shell layer. The intermediate layer has controlled air permeability, including zero air permeability. | 04-07-2011 |
20110111163 | FLOOR MATTING - Matting material ( | 05-12-2011 |
20120058293 | CARPET - Carpet, comprising high piles and low piles, wherein a majority of the fibres which the high piles comprise is lighter in weight than the smaller fibres which the low piles comprise, and wherein particularly the high piles comprise fibres with a diversity of weights, wherein some of the fibres of the high piles have a weight of less than 15 dTex, and preferably less than 5 dTex, and the remaining fibres of the high piles have a weight of less than 25 dTex. | 03-08-2012 |
20120070608 | ENGINEERED FABRIC ARTICLES - Unitary fabric engineered thermal fabric articles, e.g. garments, home textiles, and upholstery covers, and elements for use therein, formed according to this disclosure, have predetermined discrete regions of contrasting insulative capacity positioned about the fabric article in correlation to insulative requirements of a user's body. For example, in one implementation, loop yarn in first regions has a first pile height and loop yarn in other regions has a different, relatively greater pile height. In another implementation, in first regions, loop yarn having a first shrinkage performance is formed to a predetermined loop height and in other regions, loop yarn having a different shrinkage performance is formed to the predetermined or other loop height. The loops are the cut and finished to a common pile height, and the continuous web is exposed to heat to cause loop yarn to shrink to one or more different pile heights. | 03-22-2012 |
20120100333 | RUBBING CLOTH FOR RUBBING PROCESS OF ALIGNMENT FILM - A rubbing cloth for the rubbing an alignment film is provided, which comprises a rubbing base film capable of being attached onto an external surface of a rubbing alignment roller; and rubbing hairness fixedly provided on the rubbing base film. A surface faulted by tips of all the rubbing hairness on the rubbing base film for contacting with a surface of the alignment film is in a serration or circular arc shape along a rubbing direction when the rubbing cloth is flattened; and both the tips of all the rubbing hairness on the rubbing film and the tips of the hairness at the two ends of the rubbing base film are continuously connected when the rubbing cloth forms an entire circle. | 04-26-2012 |
20120237718 | Structured Fibrous Web - A structured fibrous web having thermally stable, hydrophilic fibers that are thermally bonded together using heat provides a base substrate that is thermally stable. The base substrate is textured via mechanical treatment to increase its thickness and optionally modified via over bonding to improve its mechanical and fluid handling properties. The structured fibrous web provides optimal fluid wicking and fluid acquisition capabilities and is directed toward fluid management applications. The structured fibrous web has a bio-based content of about 10% to about 100% using ASTM D6866-10, method B. | 09-20-2012 |
20130115409 | MULTI-LAYER FLAME RETARDANT FABRIC - A composite velour fabric garment includes a laminate consisting of an outer woven shell layer, an inner thermal layer of knit construction, and an intermediate layer disposed between and laminated to each of the shell layer and the thermal layer. The outer woven shell layer contains spandex in at least a weft direction for stretch and recovery in a width direction. The knit construction of the inner thermal layer provides stretch in at least a width direction, in harmony with the shell layer, and the inner thermal layer has a raised surface facing inwardly, away from the shell layer. The intermediate layer has controlled air permeability, including zero air permeability. | 05-09-2013 |
20130216763 | Carpet tiles and methods of producing carpet tiles with diversity of color and texture - Embodiments of the invention provide carpet tile patterns and techniques for making carpet tile patterns that provide diversity of color, texture, and/or other pattern attributes. In some embodiments, a color attribute changes along a dimension of a web from which the carpet tiles are cut. In other embodiments, a yarn pile height changes along a dimension of a web from which the carpet tiles are cut. In some embodiments, carpet tiles mimic in some respects the appearance of wood flooring having natural variations in the appearance of the wood elements. | 08-22-2013 |
20150140260 | NEEDLE PUNCHED CARPET - A needle punched carpet for use in a car is disclosed. The needle punched carpet comprises at least a needle punched facing layer defining a top layer and made of staple fibers. The staple fibers comprise hollow fibers having a hollow fiber content that is at least more than 45 weight % of the total staple fibers. | 05-21-2015 |
20150291074 | AUTOMOTIVE TUFTED CARPET - The carpet is a tufted carpet for automobiles formed by implanting pile yarns into a base fabric, including: a high basis weight part having the pile yarns implanted at a high basis weight, a low basis weight part having the pile yarns implanted at a low basis weight lower than the high basis weight, and a middle basis weight part provided between the high basis weight part and the low basis weight part and having the pile yarns implanted at a basis weight between those of the high basis weight part and the low basis weight part. The basis weight of the middle basis weight part becomes smaller stepwise from the side adjacent to the high basis weight part toward the side adjacent to the low basis weight part. | 10-15-2015 |