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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2006
Kirkland W. Vogt, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Karl M. Gruenberg, Spartanburg, SC (US);
John A. Sollars, LaGrange, GA (US);
Carlton J. Senn, LaGrange, GA (US);
Stophon F. Waddell, Easley, SC (US);
Kasey R. Myers, Auburn, AL (US);
Kirkland W. Vogt, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Karl M. Gruenberg, Spartanburg, SC (US);
John A. Sollars, LaGrange, GA (US);
Carlton J. Senn, LaGrange, GA (US);
Stophon F. Waddell, Easley, SC (US);
Kasey R. Myers, Auburn, AL (US);
Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
Provided herein are various flexible sheet-like substrates that are lightweight, rupture or burst resistant, and suitable for use in constructing a variety of structures used in fluid-containment, especially gas containment, and other applications, and the processes by which such composites can be fabricated. In the most general case, the composites of this disclosure are comprised of a woven textile fabric to which has been laminated a flexible film. Two principal embodiments are disclosed: a first embodiment without a reinforcing layer, and a second embodiment with a structurally robust, bias-oriented reinforcing layer, preferably interposed between the fabric and the film.