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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:
Aug. 26, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Josh Kelman, Dover, NH (US);
Richard D Rhodes, Somersworth, NH (US);
Assignee:
Davidson Textron Inc., Dover, NH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B60J / ; B27N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
478 74 ; 428156 ; 428161 ; 428167 ; 428172 ; 428182 ; 428480 ; 296214 ; 156 622 ; 15624425 ; 264103 ; 264119 ; 2641771 ; 264257 ;
Abstract
A recyclable automotive headliner consists 100% of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) material and includes reverse ribs of varying density of PET fibers filled with reinforcements of full density PET material. A method of manufacturing such headliners includes forming the reverse ribs in the PET fibers and either preforming the full density reinforcements and bonding them between the ribs or forming the ribs and then injecting molten full density PET material therebetween.