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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2002
Grant E. Wylie, Honeoye, NY (US);
Thongdy Chanthabane, Farmington, NY (US);
Robert C. Horton, Canandaigua, NY (US);
Grant E. Wylie, Honeoye, NY (US);
Thongdy Chanthabane, Farmington, NY (US);
Robert C. Horton, Canandaigua, NY (US);
Ultrafab, Inc., Farmington, NY (US);
Abstract
A pile article is provided having a band of textile material, and a plurality of fiber loops defining a pile having sides from ends extending longitudinally along the band. The band is ultrasonically welded to the ends and a portion of the sides of the pile, and is sufficiently wide to support the sides of the pile substantially upright. An interior textile strip may optionally extend longitudinally within the pile at the ends of the pile and within a portion of the pile sides.