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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1998
Clarke Berdan, II, Granville, OH (US);
Frank C O'Brien-Bernini, Granville, OH (US);
William A Watton, Pickerington, OH (US);
Owens Corning Fiberglas Technology, Inc., Summit, IL (US);
Abstract
An insulation product includes an elongated comformable body of fibrous insulation having front and rear major surfaces and two elongated side surfaces. A facing is adhered to the front major surface of the conformable body, the facing having sufficient tensile strength to withstand a pressure, without tearing, of about 1.0 pound per square foot from the fibrous insulation in a wall cavity defined by wall studs, when the facing is adhered to the wall studs. The facing is bonded to the conformable body with sufficient strength to provide product integrity to the insulation product when it is cut lengthwise. The insulation product can be expanded when unconstrained to a high loft thickness so that when the batt is placed in an insulation cavity having a thickness less than or equal to the high loft thickness, the insulation product can be expanded to fill the insulation cavity. The fibrous insulation material has a resistance to compression less than about 1.0 pound per square foot when compressed to a thickness of about 40 percent the unconstrained high loft thickness.