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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. 14, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas E. Benim, Kinston, NC (US);
Susan C. Chamberlin, Wilmington, DE (US);
Roger Franklin Parry, Moseley, VA (US);
Assignee:
Invista North America S.a.r.l., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 1/00 ; D04H 5/00 ; D04H 3/00 ; D04H 1/300 ; B32B 5/06 ; B32B 5/26 ; B32B 7/08 ; A43B 2/307 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H 1/00 ; D04H 5/00 ; D04H 3/00 ; D04H 1/300 ; B32B 5/06 ; B32B 5/26 ; B32B 7/08 ; A43B 2/307 ;
Abstract
A system, for example a footwear system, with moisture transport properties includes an insulating layer, which has transport properties, coupled to a fabric lining fabric with moisture transport properties. Antimicrobial efficacy can also be obtained by adding anti-bacterial treatments to the insulation and the lining, where the treatments could be anti-bacterial fibers, applications, or other technologies.