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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.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2017
Applicant:
Saint-gobain Adfors Canada, Ltd., Grand Island, NY (US);
Inventors:
Nancy E. Brown, New Braintree, MA (US);
Matthew Gacek, Rutland, MA (US);
Tao Yu, Wellesley, MA (US);
Assignee:
CRETAINTEED LLC, Malvern, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E04B 1/20 (2006.01); D06N 5/00 (2006.01); D06N 3/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/12 (2006.01); D06N 3/10 (2006.01); E04D 1/20 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E04D 1/20 (2013.01); B29C 70/12 (2013.01); D06N 3/0011 (2013.01); D06N 3/0022 (2013.01); D06N 3/0036 (2013.01); D06N 3/0079 (2013.01); D06N 3/0095 (2013.01); D06N 3/10 (2013.01); D06N 5/003 (2013.01); D06N 2203/045 (2013.01);
Abstract
A fiber mat includes a unitary assembly of fibers including at least a first set of fibers and at least a first binder comprising an organic resin, wherein the unitary assembly of fibers includes a minority portion and a majority portion different than the minority portion, wherein the fiber mat provides at least a 5% increase in tear when placed in a bituminous roofing product compared to an equivalent bituminous roofing product made with a fiber mat of equivalent weight containing a homogenous mat structure.