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Patent No.:

US 10724165 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 25, 2019

Stabilization of looped fabric surfaces by fine-scale embossing

Applicant:

Engineered Floors Llc, Dalton, GA (US);

Inventors:

Stephen Tsiarkezos, Elkton, MD (US);

Dimitri Zafiroglu, Centreville, DE (US);

John Joseph Matthews Rees, Chattanooga, TN (US);

Assignee:

ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC, Dalton, GA (US);

Attorney:

Patent Portfolio Builders PLLC

Primary Examiner:

Cheryl Juska

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06C 23/04 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); D03D 27/00 (2006.01); D04B 21/02 (2006.01); D05C 17/02 (2006.01); D04B 1/22 (2006.01); D04B 21/20 (2006.01); D04B 1/12 (2006.01); D04B 21/08 (2006.01); D04B 1/04 (2006.01); B32B 5/06 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); D04B 21/16 (2006.01); D04B 21/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06C 23/04 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 5/026 (2013.01); B32B 5/06 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); D03D 27/00 (2013.01); D04B 1/04 (2013.01); D04B 1/12 (2013.01); D04B 1/22 (2013.01); D04B 21/02 (2013.01); D04B 21/08 (2013.01); D04B 21/14 (2013.01); D04B 21/165 (2013.01); D04B 21/20 (2013.01); D05C 17/026 (2013.01); B32B 2250/20 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0276 (2013.01); B32B 2471/02 (2013.01); D05D 2209/10 (2013.01); D05D 2305/30 (2013.01); D10B 2331/04 (2013.01); D10B 2401/062 (2013.01); D10B 2403/0111 (2013.01); D10B 2403/0112 (2013.01); D10B 2503/04 (2013.01); D10B 2505/08 (2013.01); Y10T 428/23907 (2015.04); Y10T 428/23929 (2015.04); Y10T 428/23957 (2015.04); Y10T 428/23979 (2015.04); Y10T 428/23986 (2015.04);
Abstract

A fabric made of yarns interlooping with each other or passing through an inner layer at looping intervals. The fabric is embossed with a micro-pattern extending into the yarns or into a layer underneath the fabric. The micro-pattern contains a pre-defined pattern of a plurality of binding points attaching the yarns to the inner layer or to the added underlayer. This micro-pattern has an inter-point spacing between adjacent binding points that is less than the interlooping intervals. The fabric can also be embossed with a macro-pattern separate from and coarser than the micro-pattern. The macro-pattern establishes a desired aesthetic in the fabric, and the micro-pattern does not interfere with the desired aesthetic.

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