Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
428092000 | Particular shape or structure of pile | 45 |
20080220200 | TUFTED PET FIBER FOR AUTOMOTIVE CARPET APPLICATIONS - A tufted PET carpet assembly and a method of forming the same. The carpet assembly comprising a face layer comprised of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) yam comprised of PET fibers and tufted at a pre-determined gauge, the face layer having a face weight, a first backing layer adjacent the face layer, and a first back coating layer adjacent the first backing layer. A method of forming a tufted PET carpet assembly with PET yam comprising the steps of tufting the PET yarn at a pre-determined gauge onto a backing, applying a back coating to the tufted PET via extrusion to lock the tufted PET to the backing, and applying steam to the tufted PET to enhance the look and feel of the PET. | 09-11-2008 |
20090130372 | ADHESIVE STRUCTURE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An adhesive structure of the present invention is capable of adhering onto an adhesion target without using welding, an adhesive or the like. The adhesive structure of the present invention includes: a base ( | 05-21-2009 |
20090304983 | Non-Wettable Surfaces - An object having a surface that has:
| 12-10-2009 |
20100075101 | Cast-on-Tricot Asymmetric and Composite Separation Membranes - The present invention the manufacture of a membrane for gas and liquid separations in which a polymer layer is applied directly to a tricot fabric instead of the conventional cloth or glass or metal substrate. | 03-25-2010 |
20100136281 | DRY ADHESIVES AND METHODS FOR MAKING DRY ADHESIVES - A dry adhesive and a method of forming a dry adhesive. The method includes forming an opening through an etch layer and to a barrier layer, expanding the opening in the etch layer at the barrier layer, filling the opening with a material, removing the barrier layer from the material in the opening, and removing the etch layer from the material in the opening. | 06-03-2010 |
20100159186 | POLY-TRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE SOLID CORE FIBRILLATION-RESISTANT FILAMENT HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY TRIANGULAR CROSS SECTION, A SPINNERET FOR PRODUCING THE FILAMENT, AND A CARPET MADE THEREFROM - In a first aspect the invention is a solid core fibrillation-resistant, synthetic polymeric filament having three substantially equal length convex sides. The sides through substantially rounded tips centered by a distance “a” from the axis of the filament. Each rounded tip has a radius substantially equal to a length “b”. Each tip lies on a circumscribed circle having a radius substantially equal to a length (a+b) and the midpoint of each side lies on an inscribed circle having a radius substantially equal to a length “c”. The filament has a denier-per-filament in the range 10<“dpf”<35; the distance “a” lies in the range 0.00025 inches (6 micrometers)<“a”<0.004 inches (102 micrometers); the distance “b” lies in the range from 0.00008 inches (2 micrometers)<“b”<0.001 inches (24 micrometers); the distance “c” lies in the range from 0.0003 inches (8 micrometers)<“c”<0.0025 inches (64 micrometers); and the modification ratio (“MR”) lies in the range from about 1.1<“MR”06-24-2010 | |
20100227111 | ANTIFOULING FIBRE COATINGS FOR MARINE CONSTRUCTIONS - A fibre-coated marine material has antifouling properties, without necessarily containing bioactive agents. At least a part of the marine material is covered by piles of fibres having a thickness of at least 50 μm and a fibre length of at least 3 mm. The thickness-to-length ratio of the fibres is at least 0.010, and the piles of fibres have a density lower than 40 fibres/mm | 09-09-2010 |
20100227112 | Composite Ply with Adhered Groupings of Fiber Fasteners - A composite ply is provided by the present invention, with a substrate having a plurality of fibers extending from at least one side and a plurality of fiber fasteners each being formed by the adhering together with a bonding agent of adjacent groupings of fibers. The bonding agent increases the form-holding characteristics of the fiber fasteners, such that the fastening qualities are enhanced. Advantageously, soft fiber can be stiffened to a certain level and used as fasteners that resist crushing during engagement of the fasteners. After the fastener engagement process is done, the engaged fasteners may be crushed and further interlocked when compressed within a layup with a increased compression load. | 09-09-2010 |
20100304077 | CARBON FILM AND CARBON FILM STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a carbon film that is remarkably excellent in current voltage (IV) characteristics. This is achieved by way of a carbon film structure, two or more carbon film assembly units | 12-02-2010 |
20110003109 | MODIFIED CARBON NANOTUBE ARRAYS - The invention relates to carbon nanotube arrays and methods for the preparation and modification of carbon nanotube arrays. The method includes synthesizing a plurality of carbon nanotubes on a substrate such that the carbon nanotubes are substantially vertically aligned and exposing the array to a plasma to change the topography of the array, change the structure or chemical nature of the individual nanotubes, remove at least a portion of the carbon nanotubes, and/or removing nanotubes to expose monodispserse groupings of nanotubes. | 01-06-2011 |
20110052861 | Temperature Responsive Smart Textile - A textile fabric has at least one raised surface incorporating multicomponent fibers formed of at least a first polymer and a second polymer disposed in side-by-side relationship. The first polymer and the second polymer exhibit differential thermal elongation, which causes the multicomponent fibers to bend or curl and reversibly recover in response to changes in temperature, thereby adjusting insulation performance of the textile fabric in response to ambient conditions. | 03-03-2011 |
20110159230 | Area Pad - An area pad that is movably positioned upon a surface, supporting an article, the pad includes a base with first and second side portions, and an outer periphery. Also a plurality of fibers each with a proximal and a distal end portion, each fiber having a thickness and a length parallel to a longitudinal axis, each proximal end is affixed to the second side, each proximal end is spaced apart from an adjoining proximal end by at least a thickness forming an open volume, and each length is at least ten times the thickness. Further included is a low friction layer affixed to the first side, wherein the layer contacts the surface, the layer allows free relative movement to the surface. Also a flexible binding is affixed to the outer periphery, the binding contacts a portion of the proximal ends to substantially position each longitudinal axis perpendicular to the base. | 06-30-2011 |
20110236620 | FIBRE REINFORCED COMPOSITE - A secondary ply structure suitable for incorporation into a continuous fibre reinforced composite structure comprising a matrix material and a plurality of fibre ply reinforcing structures, a continuous fibre reinforced composite material so formed, and a method for the fabrication of the same are described. The secondary ply comprises a carrier sheet for example in the form of a ply of primary fibres and carries a two dimensional planar array of secondary fibres extending outwardly of the plane of the sheet into a third dimension in generally aligned manner and disposed across at least a major part of the surface thereof in generally aligned manner to provide out of plane reinforcement in the consolidated structure. | 09-29-2011 |
20110244173 | AIR-PERMEABLE CUSHIONING FLOOR MAT - An air-permeable cushioning floor mat includes a top surface layer, a middle air permeation layer, and a bottom anti-skid layer. The surface layer can be of various variations, including being made of carpet like materials, fabric like materials, or plastic materials. For fabric like materials, knit fabrics and brushed knit fabric can be used. For plastic materials, thermoplastic elastomer, thermoplastic rubber, or polyvinyl chloride can be used. The surface layer is bonded to the air permeation layer. The air permeation layer includes upper and lower netting portions between which multiple tiny and stiff synthetic fiber yarns are interposed. The anti-skid layer is bonded to the underside of the air permeation layer and the anti-skid layer includes a loop-and-hook type anti-skidding material. As such, the mat offers the advantages of comfortableness, resilient cushioning, and tiredness removal and shows excellent effects of air permeation and skidding resistance. | 10-06-2011 |
20120064281 | Tufted Carpet for Automotive Applications - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a tufted carpet. The carpet may include a pile layer having a bulked continuous filament (BCF) yarn. The BCF yarn may include a polypropylene (PP) yarn with a tenacity between about 2.6 cN/dtex and about 3.2 cN/dtex at an elongation of about 50% to about 70%. Alternatively, the BCF yarn may include a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) with a tenacity between about 2.6 cN/dtex to about 3.4 cN/dtex at an elongation of about 20% to about 40%. | 03-15-2012 |
20120094057 | POROUS ANTI-SLIP FLOOR COVERING - A flooring assembly and method of manufacturing a flooring assembly includes forming a. working surface by depositing a plurality of heated flexible strands of material onto a surface and cooling the plurality of heated flexible strands so that a first end of each strand is directly physically coupled to a first end of at least one other strand in the plurality of strands so that the coupled first ends of the plurality of strands define a plurality of openings and a second end, opposite the first end, of each strand is physically independent from each second end of each of the strands in the plurality of strands so that each second end of each strand is able to move independent of the second end of each other strand. The method further includes providing a mesh underlayment having an upper surface, an opposing lower surface, and defining a plurality of openings spanning from the upper surface to the lower surface and permanently adhering the coupled first ends of the plurality of strands to the upper surface of the underlayment. | 04-19-2012 |
20120135182 | PLASTIC THREAD DOOR MAT AND A FORMING MOLD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a plastic thread door mat and a forming mold thereof. By a high frequency heating mold, the edge of the plastic thread door mat is pressed by the specific molding closing structure of the forming mold to form a solid side. Through the solid side, the edge the plastic thread door mat is attached to the ground tightly, providing a better safety for a pedestrian. | 05-31-2012 |
20120164368 | CAPPED TUFTED LAMINATE WEB - A laminate web having a nonwoven web in facing relationship with a polymer film. The laminate web has a first side comprising the polymer film and a plurality of discrete tufts including fibers integral with and extending from the nonwoven web. Each of the tufts has a tuft base proximal to the nonwoven web and a distal portion opposing the tuft base. At least part of the distal portion of each of the tufts is covered by a cap, each cap being an integral extension of said polymer film extending over the distal portion of a discrete tuft. The cap has a first opening including a location of rupture in the polymer film above which the tuft extends. | 06-28-2012 |
20120213962 | CUSHIONED ABSORBENT MAT - A cushioned, absorbent article such as a mat including a layer of absorbent, quick-drying woven textile material, a layer of viscoelastic polyurethane foam material having an open cell structure, the layer of foam material being glued and sewed to the layer of woven textile material to form a textile and foam assembly and typcially a rubberized base material, glued to a foam material side of the textile and foam assembly. | 08-23-2012 |
20120328821 | FIBER-REINFORCED STRUCTURES AND PROCESSES FOR THEIR MANUFACTURE - The technology being at the core of the present invention relates to the use of novel fibers in the construction of reinforced elements and methods for their manufacture. The fibers effectively upgrade the inherent properties of the elements, as specified herein. | 12-27-2012 |
20120328822 | DRY ADHESIVE STRUCTURES - Dry adhesive structures including a liquid polymer on the second end of the stem that is molded on the stem in a mold, wherein the mold includes a recess having a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the second end of the stem. The liquid polymer is cured in the mold to form a tip at the second end of the stem, wherein the tip includes a second layer stem; corresponding to the recess in the mold. The tip is removed from the mold after the liquid polymer cures. | 12-27-2012 |
20130029086 | POLY-TRIMETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE SOLID CORE FIBRILLATION-RESISTANT FILAMENT HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY TRIANGULAR CROSS SECTION, A SPINNERET FOR PRODUCING THE FILAMENT, AND A CARPET MADE THEREFROM - In a first aspect the invention is a solid core fibrillation-resistant, synthetic polymeric filament having three substantially equal length convex sides. The sides through substantially rounded tips centered by a distance “a” from the axis of the filament. Each rounded tip has a radius substantially equal to a length “b”. Each tip lies on a circumscribed circle having a radius substantially equal to a length (a+b) and the midpoint of each side lies on an inscribed circle having a radius substantially equal to a length “c”. The filament has a denier-per-filament in the range 10<“dpf”<35; the distance “a” lies in the range 0.00025 inches (6 micrometers)<“a”<0.004 inches (102 micrometers); the distance “b” lies in the range from 0.00008 inches (2 micrometers)<“b”<0.001 inches (24 micrometers); the distance “c” lies in the range from 0.0003 inches (8 micrometers)<“c”<0.0025 inches (64 micrometers); and the modification ratio (“MR”) lies in the range from about 1.1<“MR”01-31-2013 | |
20130052400 | TRANSPARENT MAT RECLOSABLE FASTENER - A transparent mat reclosable fastener comprises a bottom layer, in which a material is transparent or semi-transparent nylon monofilament, composed of weaving a plurality of warps and a plurality of woofs; a plurality of tufts interwoven to predetermined positions of a bottom layer through yarns in which diameters are smaller than diameters of the warps and the woofs and in which the materials are transparent or semi-transparent nylon monofilament such that the tufts are intervally woven at a same direction together with the woofs and protrude the bottom layer; and a waterproof glue layer that is a transparent waterproof adhesive and that is adhered to a surface of the bottom layer. Accordingly, the reclosable fastener does not only have light transmittance and transparency, but also has light weight, thin thickness and softness. While incorporating with ejection hooks, the fastener has high pulling force and clear printing patterns. | 02-28-2013 |
20130251937 | DRY ADHESIVES AND METHODS OF MAKING DRY ADHESIVES - Dry adhesives and methods of making dry adhesives including a method of making a dry adhesive including applying a liquid polymer to the second end of the stem, molding the liquid polymer on the stem in a mold, wherein the mold includes a recess having a cross-sectional area that is less than a cross-sectional area of the second end of the stem, curing the liquid polymer in the mold to form a tip at the second end of the stem, wherein the tip includes a second layer stem; corresponding to the recess in the mold, and removing the tip from the mold after the liquid polymer cures. | 09-26-2013 |
20130287990 | ELASTIC COMPOSITE TWISTED YARN, METHOD FOR PREPARING ELASTIC COMPOSITE TWISTED YARN, AND PILE FIBER PRODUCT USING THE SAME - An elastic composite twisted yarn includes a covered elastic yarn, having a core yarn formed of an elastic yarn and a sheath yarn formed of a thermoplastic multi filament, and first and second low stretch yarns formed of a thermoplastic multi-filament yarn or a spun yarn. The covered elastic yarn is drawn at a predetermined draw ratio to be inserted into the first low stretch yarn in a combined yarn state. The yarn in the combined yarn state and the second low stretch yarn are combined and twisted to obtain an elastic composite twisted yarn. A plurality of heteromorphic micro-loops formed of a constituent single fiber of the sheath yarn, which appears during the relaxation by a contractile force of the covered elastic yarn, protruding from the core yarn to a diameter direction, is usually incorporated into a constituent single fiber of the first low stretch yarn and thermally set. | 10-31-2013 |
20140004291 | DRY ADHESIVES AND METHODS FOR MAKING DRY ADHESIVES | 01-02-2014 |
20140010988 | DRY ADHESIVES AND METHODS FOR MAKING DRY ADHESIVES - A dry adhesive and a method of forming a dry adhesive. The method includes forming an opening through an etch layer and to a barrier layer, expanding the opening in the etch layer at the barrier layer, filling the opening with a material, removing the barrier layer from the material in the opening, and removing the etch layer from the material in the opening. | 01-09-2014 |
20140065346 | PROCESSES TO MAKE WATER AND OIL REPELLENT BCF YARN - Disclosed are processes for applying anti-soil compositions onto BCF yarns during cable or air twisting processes prior to weaving, knitting or tufting into finished carpet. The process foregoes the need for downstream environmentally unfavorable dyeing and low pH chemical treatment processes on the finished carpet. The anti-soil composition can be comprised of a high specific surface energy chemical or other material, for example a fluorochemical. Further, the anti-soil composition can further comprise an anti-stain component. Also disclosed are systems, BCF yarns, and carpets made from the BCF yarn treated by the disclosed process. | 03-06-2014 |
20140065347 | DRY ADHESIVES AND METHODS FOR MAKING DRY ADHESIVES - A dry adhesive and a method of forming a dry adhesive. The method includes forming an opening through an etch layer and to a barrier layer, expanding the opening in the etch layer at the barrier layer, filling the opening with a material, removing the barrier layer from the material in the opening, and removing the etch layer from the material in the opening. | 03-06-2014 |
20140093676 | Towels of Micro fibers of Polyester/Polyamide Bi-components and the Method of Making - A fabric with polyester/polyamide bi-components micro fibers may include a wrap knitted double-sided base fabric with polyester/polyamide bi-components micro fibers that is treated by a chemical splitting process. Both sides of the double-sided base fabric may have at least 10 loop piles per square centimeter. Each loop pile may have at least one single thread loop. The bottom of the loop piles may be connected to the base fabric. The loops may be arranged orderly to form a planar structure that has the feature that the loop piles on one side of the base fabric may have plush-like structures at the top sections. The loops may be fractured by sanding the loops with a sand paper of 200-600 grit at about 1/10 to 5/10 of a thickness of the loop piles to form the plush-like structures. | 04-03-2014 |
20140272261 | NONWOVEN SUBSTRATES HAVING FIBRILS - The present invention relates to a nonwoven substrate comprising a layer of fibers, wherein a plurality of the fibers each comprise a plurality of fibrils extending outwardly from a surface of the fibers, and wherein the plurality of fibrils comprise a lipid ester. | 09-18-2014 |
20140349059 | Setting Film for Plasticine - The invention relates to a setting film for plasticine, which makes it possible to set any type of illustration on a plasticine figure including a first surface provided with a plurality of small blunt projections that extend away from the figure, and a second surface provided with a means for coupling with an illustration. | 11-27-2014 |
20140363610 | COMPRESSION, EXTRUSION AND INJECTION MOLDING OF INTERLOCKING DRY ADHESIVE MICROSTRUCTURES WITH FLEXIBLE MOLD TECHNOLOGY - Geometric configurations for interlocking cap and fiber structures of interlocking dry adhesive materials are disclosed. Various methods for manufacturing interlocking dry adhesive materials including using a flexible negative mold and thermoplastic polymer dry adhesive material are disclosed. Various methods of manufacturing directly molded anisotropic interlocking dry adhesive structures using thermoplastic polymer dry adhesive materials are also provided. | 12-11-2014 |
20150044414 | FIBRE MAT AND PRODUCTS CONTAINING FIBRE MATS - A hybrid fibre mat comprises glass fibres, polymer fibres and binding agents, the glass fibres having a mean diameter of between 6 and 13 μm and a mean length of between 6 and 15 mm, the polymer fibres being staple fibres having a mean fineness of between 0.2 and 0.6 dtex and a mean length of between 2 and 4 mm and the percentage by weight of the polymer fibres being between 5 and 20% of the dry fibre mat. Such a hybrid fibre mat being suitable in particular as a covering for interior elements, a ceiling panel or other interior cladding elements and, provided with an impregnation (for example plastisol), in particular as a structural layer of a cushioned vinyl floor covering. For the production thereof, preferably water which contains the glass fibres and the polymer fibres is passed in a circuit through a band screen, the fibre mixture in the form of a fibre layer with a predetermined layer thickness is deposited on the band screen, excess circuit water is removed from the fibre layer, binding agent is added to the fibre layer and the fibre layer to which binding agent has been added is dried. | 02-12-2015 |
20150099090 | GLASS, QUARTZ OR METAL PILE FABRIC - The invention pertains to the field of technical textiles, and more particularly to the field of textiles used as a carrier, in particular as a carrier for active compounds or compounds to be activated. The invention thus relates to a glass, quartz, or metal pile fabric, as well as to a catalytic fabric. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing said fabric. | 04-09-2015 |
20160017902 | FIBRILLAR STRUCTURES TO REDUCE VISCOUS DRAG ON AERODYNAMIC AND HYDRODYNAMIC WALL SURFACES - An aerodynamic or hydrodynamic wall surface has an array of fibrillar structures disposed on and extending from the wall surface, wherein each fibrillar structure comprises a stalk and a tip. The stalk has a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is attached to the wall surface, and the stalk is oriented with respect to the wall surface at a stalk angle between approximately 1 degrees and 179 degrees. The tip has a first side and a second side, wherein the first side is attached proximate to the second end of the stalk, the tip has a larger cross-sectional area than the stalk, and the second side comprises a substantially planar surface that is oriented with respect to the stalk at a tip angle between approximately 0 degrees and 90 degrees. | 01-21-2016 |
20160107414 | 3D Spacer Fabric and Unbroken Loop Pile Fabric Laminated Composite Material - The present invention relates to a laminated composite material and, more particularly, to a laminated composite material that can include, but is not limited to, an unbroken loop pile fabric (UBL fabric) layer laminated to at least one side/surface of a spacer fabric (3D knit fabric) layer. | 04-21-2016 |
20160185071 | LAMINATE FOR HOOK/LOOP FASTENER AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A laminate for hook-and-loop fasteners is made by supplying a knitted fabric, supplying a substrate film, applying a hot-melt adhesive to a face of the knitted fabric, and pressing the face of the knitted fabric carrying the hot-melt adhesive against a face of the of the substrate film so as to adhere the knitted fabric to substrate film. | 06-30-2016 |
20160250824 | 3D Spacer Fabric and Unbroken Loop Pile Fabric Laminated Composite Material | 09-01-2016 |
428093000 | U-, V-, or W-shaped or continuous strand, filamentary material | 6 |
20110117313 | STRUCTURE OF TOUCH-FASTENING ANTI-SKIDDING MATERIAL - A touch-fastening anti-skidding material includes a woven foundation layer and a plurality of synthetic yarns that is secured together by being collectively woven in the foundation layer. The foundation layer is formed by dual yarn weaving of pliable base yarns and synthetic yarns. The synthetic yarns are woven in U-shaped loops and the base yarns are woven between adjacent strands of the woven synthetic yarns to make a large area cloth. The cloth may be in a planar form without hollow opening sections or it includes open sections to facilitate air permeability. The loops of the synthetic yarns have legs extending beyond the foundation layer by a predetermined length and the synthetic yarns show rigidity strength, whereby a flexible, resilient, light-weighted, and low-cost touch-fastening anti-skidding material is formed. | 05-19-2011 |
20110274870 | STRUCTURE OF TOUCH-FASTENING ANTI-SKIDDING MATERIAL - A touch-fastening anti-skidding material includes a knitted foundation layer and a plurality of synthetic yarns that is secured together by being collectively knitted in the foundation layer. The foundation layer is formed by knitting of pliable base yarns and synthetic yarns. The synthetic yarns are knitted in U-shaped loops and the base yarns are knitted between adjacent strands of the knitted synthetic yarns to make a large area cloth. The cloth may be in a planar form without hollow opening sections or it includes open sections to facilitate air permeability. The loops of the synthetic yarns have legs extending beyond the foundation layer by a predetermined length and the synthetic yarns show rigidity strength, whereby a flexible, resilient, light-weighted, and low-cost touch-fastening anti-skidding material is formed. | 11-10-2011 |
20130287991 | PILE LAYER WITH CURVED BUNDLES - A nonwoven material is composed of a pile layer which has a plurality of bundles formed of carbon fibers. At least some of the bundles have a curved course that includes a curved vertex area of a first curvature between the bundle ends and at least one bundle end area of a second curvature, located at the bundle ends. The first curvature is greater than the second curvature, in particular it is greater by at least 50%. | 10-31-2013 |
20160138213 | COMPOSITE FRICTION MATERIALS - A textile-reinforced composite friction material is provided by the present invention that includes a nonwoven needlepunched fiber mat, a resin matrix impregnated within and onto the fiber mat, and an inorganic nanomaterial such as a carbide nanomaterial dispersed within the resin matrix. The carbide nanomaterial is preferably tungsten, silicon or titanium carbide nanomaterial. | 05-19-2016 |
428094000 | Continuous strand with adhesive bond to backing | 2 |
20110256335 | CARPET, CARPET BACKING AND METHODS - The present invention pertains to carpet and method of making it. In one aspect, the carpet includes (a) a primary backing which has a face and a back surface, (b) a plurality of fibers attached to the primary backing and extending from the face of the primary backing and exposed at the back surface of the primary backing, (c) an adhesive backing, (d) an optional secondary backing adjacent to the adhesive backing, and (e) at least one homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer. The method includes extrusion coating at least one homogeneously branched linear ethylene polymer onto the back surface of a primary backing to provide an adhesive backing. The method can include additional steps or procedures, either separately or in various combinations. Additional steps and procedures include preheating the primary backing prior the extrusion step, multilayer adhesive backings, washing or scouring the primary backing prior the extrusion step, and utilizing adhesive polymeric additives, high heat content fillers, blowing agents and/or implosion agents. The constructions and methods described herein are particularly suited for making carpet tile. | 10-20-2011 |
20120231206 | LOOP MATERIAL FOR HOOK AND LOOP FASTENERS - Presently described are loop materials comprising continuous multi-filament textured yarns intermittently bonded to a backing. In one embodiment, the yarn has a denier of less than 50, an energy at break of at least 60 joules/g, and an elongation of less than 45%. The multi-filament textured yarns preferably have a basis weight of no greater than 10 gsm and in some embodiments no greater than 5 gsm. In another embodiment, the loop material has a basis weight of no greater than 5 gsm and is characterized by having a ratio of shear strength to yarn basis weight of at least 300 g(f)/(g/m | 09-13-2012 |