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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:
Sep. 07, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Allan J Hastie, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
HNA Holdings, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428373 ; 428370 ;
Abstract
A bicomponent staple or filament is disclosed having a core of PET and a sheath of polyethylene wherein the core PET component contains from 0.5 wt % to 10 wt % of a functionalized polyethylene polymer specified herein. In particular, the sheath component is either not functionalized or functionalized with up to 10% by weight ethylene copolymer. The improved bicomponent fiber is processible on carding machines with reduced shedding of the outer portion of the fiber.