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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Thomas Kelmartin, West Chester, PA (US);
Martin Rodriguez, Bear, DE (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Kelmartin, West Chester, PA (US);
Martin Rodriguez, Bear, DE (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 27/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An article useful as an architectural fabric having (a) a plurality of segments of fabric having a first surface and a second surface made of polytetrafluoroethylene fibers; and (b) a fluoropolymer coating disposed on at least the first surface of the fabric, and (c) at least one seam formed by an overlap of two of said segments, said seam having a seam warp strip tensile strength that is substantially equal to said nominal warp strip tensile strength at room temperature.