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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10086582 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 11, 2015

Fabric having a waterproof barrier

Applicant:

Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc., Portland, OR (US);

Inventors:

Michael E. “Woody” Blackford, Portland, OR (US);

Jeffrey Thomas Mergy, Portland, OR (US);

Craig M. Gates, Portland, OR (US);

Wayne Alan Skankey, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc., Portland, OR (US);

Attorney:

Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Alexander S Thomas

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/06 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/40 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B32B 37/22 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/36 (2006.01); B29C 65/50 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/48 (2006.01); A41D 27/24 (2006.01); A41D 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); B32B 27/322 (2013.01); B32B 27/36 (2013.01); B32B 27/40 (2013.01); B32B 37/223 (2013.01); A41D 27/24 (2013.01); A41D 27/245 (2013.01); A41D 31/0016 (2013.01); A41D 31/0061 (2013.01); A41D 2400/22 (2013.01); B29C 65/5042 (2013.01); B29C 66/1142 (2013.01); B29C 66/43 (2013.01); B29C 66/7292 (2013.01); B29C 66/73187 (2013.01); B29L 2031/4842 (2013.01); B32B 2250/02 (2013.01); B32B 2255/02 (2013.01); B32B 2255/26 (2013.01); B32B 2307/554 (2013.01); B32B 2307/584 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7265 (2013.01); B32B 2307/73 (2013.01); B32B 2323/04 (2013.01); B32B 2327/18 (2013.01); B32B 2367/00 (2013.01); B32B 2375/00 (2013.01); B32B 2437/00 (2013.01); Y10T 428/197 (2015.01);
Abstract

Provided herein are waterproof fabrics that include a base fabric having a body-facing surface and an outward-facing surface, and a hydrophobic, waterproof barrier disposed on the outward-facing surface of the base fabric, a seam through the waterproof fabric, and a waterproof tape disposed on an outward-facing surface of the hydrophobic, waterproof barrier and aligned to seal the seam against water ingress. The base fabric may be a wicking fabric or may be treated with a compound that enhances wicking, and the hydrophobic, waterproof barrier may include a plastic polymer, polyurethane, polyethylene, and/or polytetrafluoroethylene. The waterproof fabrics also may include an abrasion-resistant coating and/or a durable water repellant (DWR) agent disposed on an outward-facing surface of the hydrophobic, waterproof barrier, and one or both of the abrasion-resistant coating and/or DWR agent may be discontinuous. Also provided are methods of making a waterproof fabric.

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