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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. 12, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David N Swers, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Johnny E Parrish, Anderson, SC (US);
Assignee:
Glen Raven Mills, Inc., Glen Raven, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428370 ; 428 95 ;
Abstract
A self-coating stabilizing yarn for use with conventional effect yarns in the construction of outdoor fabrics. The self-coating yarn includes a low melt constituent and a high melt constituent. After being woven with the effect yarns and exposed to a pre-selected heating temperature, the low melt constituent melts, flows through the fibers or filaments of the stabilizing yarns and onto the adjacent effect yarn, thus firming bonds and stabilizing and strengthening both the stabilizing yarns, the effect yarns, and the resulting fabric.