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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 22, 2008
David E. Wenstrup, Greer, SC (US);
Venkatkrishna Raghavendran, Greer, SC (US);
David E. Wenstrup, Greer, SC (US);
Venkatkrishna Raghavendran, Greer, SC (US);
Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
An odiferous organic compounds cover having an inner surface and an outer surface. The cover contains a thermoplastic non-woven layer containing thermoplastic fibers having a contact angle with water greater than about 70°. The cover contains a UV barrier layer contains containing a UV blocking polymer, having a thickness of between one to three times the diameter of the thermoplastic fibers of the non-woven layer, and containing discontinuities forming microchannels through the layer thickness. The cover also contains an odor mitigation layer containing a UV translucent polymer which transmits at least about 60% of UV(C) energy and anatase titanium dioxide. The odor mitigation layer comprises discontinuities forming microchannels through the layer thickness forms the outer surface of the cover.