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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:
Feb. 07, 1995
Filed:
May. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Elbert K Warren, Candler, NC (US);
Assignee:
BASF Corporation, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428397 ; 428364 ; 428 92 ; 428400 ;
Abstract
Described is a synthetic fiber for use in carpets, having a multilobal cross section, each lobe of said multilobal cross section having a first end and a second end and one side and an opposite side, the first end of each of said lobes being connected to the first end of the other lobes, the second end of each of said lobes radiating outwardly, each lobe having a plurality of projections, alternating along a contour of each lobe, each projection of each lobe having no direct counterpart on the opposite side of said lobe, the fiber having a modification ratio of from about 2.5 to about 7.