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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:
Dec. 28, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stephen D Copperwheat, Rome, NY (US);
Assignee:
Knowlton Nonwovens, Inc., Utica, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
442381 ; 442388 ; 442392 ;
Abstract
An article which includes a layer of formable fabric of the type which when subjected to molding under heat and/or pressure possesses a high degree of stiffness. A layer of variable compression fabric capable of assuming variable thickness when subjected to molding under heat and/or pressure being bonded to the surface of the variable compression fabric, with said layers are made of the same thermoformable polymeric chemical substance.