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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:
Jun. 29, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 11, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael D. Sandoe, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Michael G. Zimmer, Belmont, MI (US);
Assignee:
Jason Incorporated, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 1/00 ; D04H 1/300 ; D04H 3/00 ; D04H 5/00 ; B32B 2/702 ; B32B 5/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 1/00 ; D04H 1/300 ; D04H 3/00 ; D04H 5/00 ; B32B 2/702 ; B32B 5/26 ;
Abstract
A headliner made from a laminate comprising a core layer sandwiched between two stiffening layers to form an I-beam construction that provides the necessary strength for the headliner. The core layer is preferably a blend of nonwoven fibers including some fine denier fibers to provide improved sound absorption properties. The stiffening layers also comprise a blend of nonwoven fibers. Both the core layer and the stiffening layers include some binder fibers to bond together the various fibers within each layer and the layers to each other.