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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1996
Peter Popper, Wilmington, DE (US);
Rashi Akki, New Castle, DE (US);
Lap-Tak Andrew Cheng, Newark, DE (US);
Carmen Anoish Covelli, Hockessin, DE (US);
Sassan Hojabr, Kingston, CA;
George Kevork Kodokian, Wilmington, DE (US);
Vijayendra Kumar, New Castle, DE (US);
James K Odle, Newark, DE (US);
Kalika Ranjan Samant, Hockessin, DE (US);
Caroline Tjhen Shibata, Newark, DE (US);
Wae-Hai Tung, Greenville, DE (US);
Gregory Paul Weeks, Hockessin, DE (US);
Paul Wesley Yngve, Chapin, SC (US);
E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
This invention provides moisture stable tuftstring carpet assemblies. The pile surface structure comprises a moisture stable backing substrate, a plurality of elongated pile articles each comprising an elongated, moisture stable support strand having bonded thereto a plurality of 'U' shaped bundles of multifilament yarn. The pile articles are bonded to the backing substrate. Different backing substrates and support strands may be used.