Milliken + Co

Milliken Research Corporation

Other

Sage Automotive Interiors, Inc.

Thomas E Godfrey

David Edward Wenstrup

William Carl Kimbrell, Jr

Gregory Thompson

Allan W Smith

Charles E Willbanks

Roy Phillip Demott

Randolph S Kohlman

Raymond C Sturm

Samuel J Lynn

Allen M Smith

Daniel Taylor McBride

Patricia A Scott

William C Kimbrell, Jr

LeAnne O Flack

John David Strength

Christopher Todd Usher

Todd W Copeland

Masato Ishibashi

Kyle G Gipson

Lila T Villarreal

Eric Knauss

Wayne G Mason, Sr

Roy P Demott

Gary K Greene

William C Kimbrell

A non-woven material including first effect fibers, first binder fibers, second binder fibers, and optionally second effect fibers. The non-woven material has a first planar zone and a second planar zone. The first planar zone includes a greater concentration of first effect fibers and first binder fibers. The second planar zone includes a greater concentration of second effect fibers and second binder fibers. The first planar zone can include a first surface skin associated with the first planar zone on the exterior of the non-woven material, and a second surface skin associated with the second planar zone on the exterior of the non-woven material. The non-woven material has a woven, knitted, or non-woven layer added on either one or both sides of the non-woven material.

Non-woven composite

A non-woven material including first effect fibers, first binder fibers, second binder fibers, and second effect fibers. The non-woven material has a first planar zone and a second planar zone. The first planar zone includes a greater concentration of first effect fibers and first binder fibers. The second planar zone includes a greater concentration of second effect fibers and second binder fibers. The first planar zone can include a first surface skin associated with the first planar zone on the exterior of the non-woven material, and a second surface skin associated with the second planar zone on the exterior of the non-woven material.

Non-woven material with barrier skin

A ceiling system having panels suspended from a ceiling with a frame and suspension connections. The panels are a non-woven material including first effect fibers, first binder fibers, second binder fibers, and second effect fibers. The non-woven material has a first planar zone and a second planar zone. The first planar zone includes a greater concentration of first effect fibers and first binder fibers. The second planar zone includes a greater concentration of second effect fibers and second binder fibers. The first planar zone can include a first surface skin associated with the first planar zone on the exterior of the non-woven material, and a second surface skin associated with the second planar zone on the exterior of the non-woven material.

Ceiling panel system with non-woven panels having barrier skins

The flexible, reusable packaging container of the present invention is comprised of a packaging material. The packaging material is comprised of one or more layers of coating disposed on one or more layers of textile substrate. The coating layer may be comprised of a stiffening agent for providing support to the packaging container. The stiffening agent may provide a gas and/or liquid impermeable barrier between the contents of the container and the textile substrate. The stiffening agent may also include chemicals which impart antifungal or antibacterial properties to container. The textile substrate typically provides an aesthetically pleasing feel and appearance to the outside of the packaging container, as well as providing functional attributes such as water repellence, stain resistance, and/or anti-static resistance. The resulting packaging container possesses increased strength, puncture resistance, and resistance to de-lamination over the current paper or plastic packaging containers.

Packaging material and containers formed therefrom

A fabric having a unique combination of stain resistance, fluid barrier properties, aesthetic characteristics and drape ability is described, and a method of making such fabrics. The fabric includes a fabric substrate that has been treated with a low surface energy stain resist compound on at least one of its surfaces, and one or more layers secured to the other of its surfaces, with the layers providing the fabric with the unique combination of characteristics. In addition, the fabric is desirably provided with flame resisting and ultraviolet resisting characteristics, to enable it to be used as a seating material for transportation vehicles. Methods for making the fabric are also described.

Barrier fabric

Transportation seat with release barrier fabrics

A base textile has a camouflage pattern on the first surface and a coating on the second surface. The coating is a ethylene methyl acrylate thermoplastic with a carbon black pigment. The base textile and coating have a visible light transmission such that shadows of hunters or others inside a blind of the camouflage are not visible on the opposite side of the camouflage.

Camouflage

A flexible container in the form of a bag is described for use in a non-immersion dry cleaning process. Bag walls that are appropriately stiff and slick are preferred (preferred Kawabata Evaluation System stiffness and surface friction values are given), as are bag designs that are inherently three-dimensional and self-supporting. A preferred embodiment is a tetrahedral bag having a slick polymeric coating on the interior surface.

Bag for home dry cleaning process

An improved fabric for use in applications such as furniture upholstery is provided which possesses desirable flexibility, cleanability, and fluid resistant properties. The fabric includes a textile substrate treated with a fluorochemical stain resist agent. The treated textile substrate is covered substantially on the back with a layer of extrusion coated thermoplastic polymer which is pressed at least partially into the fabric substrate. A process for forming the fluid shield fabric according to the present invention is also provided. Preferably, the fabric is comprised of solution dyed nylon and the polymeric material is ethylene methyl acrylate polymer.

Fluid shield fabric

An improved pharmaceutical containment package is provided. The containment package includes a blister card disposed between a cover and a backing. At least one of the cover or the backing is a composite structure including a surface layer, a reinforcing fabric substrate layer in underlying relation to the surface layer and a layer of polymeric adhesive disposed between the surface layer and the reinforcing fabric substrate.

Pharmaceutical containment package

A polyester-containing fabric is calendered, using unheated calender rolls and at pressures between about 1,000 p.s.i. and about 3,500 p.s.i., for the purpose of improving the drapeability characteristics of such fabric.

Calendering process for polyester fabric

A process is provided for the pattern dyeing of textile materials wherein dye migration may be controlled by the in-situ formation of a water-insoluble polymeric skin around individual dye droplets when the dye solution is applied to the textile material. The skin is formed by the ionic interaction of an anionic, water-soluble, organic component with a cationic, water-soluble, organic component. Either or both of the components may be a polymeric material.

Process for pattern dyeing of textile materials

A fluid sensing apparatus to measure the flow rate of a non-Newtonian fluid by sensing the fluid pressure of the fluid to generate a signal to control a valve. The apparatus includes a fluid receiving chamber which has an outlet tube having a pre-determined flow rate independent of the viscosity of the fluid.

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Moore, SC, United States of America

Thomas E Godfrey