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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2019
Propex Operating Company, Llc, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Mark Lee Marienfeld, Williamston, SC (US);
Noah John Nichols, Ringgold, GA (US);
Gregory Harding Rader, Ringgold, GA (US);
PROPEX OPERATING COMPANY, LLC, Chattanooga, TN (US);
Abstract
A millable, recyclable, paving fabric interlayer system for the construction and repair of roadways and other load-bearing surfaces and method of using such a fabric is disclosed. The paving fabric includes thermoplastic materials and is combined with asphalt cement to provide a flexible, stress relieving, waterproofing layer for roadways. Because of the thickness and asphalt cement absorption of the fabric, the system provides a stress absorbing interlayer to resist fatigue and reflective cracking in pavements. The system also acts as an effective moisture barrier due to the enhanced capability to retain sufficient asphalt cement when paved onto a roadway. Such a system has the required strength and elongation to be installed on smooth or milled surfaces yet is easily milled and recycled owing to the uniquely engineered tensile and tear strengths of the fabric.