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Electric blanket shell and method of production
Assignee: Fiberwoven Corp
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Filing: 1975-01-16
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Granted: 1976-08-03
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Expires: 1995-01-16
Abstract
Abstract An electric blanket shell is composed of first and second-needled textile fabrics with a yarn layer disposed in at least one of the needled fabrics. The yarn layer has a plurality of first planar yarns extending generally in a first planar direction. A heat-fusible component is disposed in at least one of the needled fabrics. A plurality of small, discrete sonically or ultra-sonically-produced fusion bonds, spaced from each other, link the needled fabrics to form a blanket shell. The fusion bonds form a series of patterns across a planar dimension of the blanket shell and the patterns define a series of channels, for receiving heating wires, between the needled fabrics. The patterns of fusion bonds are disposed in a direction transverse to the direction of the first planar yarns. The fusion bonds of any one pattern do not engage more than about 50% of the first planar yarns and overlaps of fusion-bond patterns are substantially avoided.
Inventors
- 👤 II Alexander M. Smith
- 👤 Allen H. Adkins
- 👤 Thomas M. Roth, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 18:00
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/22; B32B5/24; B32B5/26; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/02; B29C65/08; B29C65/083; B29C65/086; B29C65/74; B29C65/743; B29C65/7437; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/11; B29C66/112; B29C66/1122; B29C66/20; B29C66/21; B29C66/23; B29C66/232; B29C66/306; B29C66/40; B29C66/41; B29C66/43; B29C66/45; B29C66/70; B29C66/72; B29C66/729; B29C66/80; B29C66/81; B29C66/814; B29C66/8141; B29C66/81433; B29C66/83; B29C66/834; B29C66/8341; B29C66/83411; B32B37/00; B32B38/00; B32B38/0036; B32B38/004; B32B5/02; B32B5/022; B32B5/024; B32B5/06; B32B5/08; B32B7/00; B32B7/04; B32B7/05; B32B7/10; D; D04; D04H; D04H1/00; D04H1/40; D04H1/54; D04H1/559; D04H5/00; D04H5/06; H; H05; H05B; H05B3/00; H05B3/20; H05B3/34; B29C66/71; B29C66/7292; B29C66/73; B29C66/739; B29C66/7392; B29C66/73921; B29C66/7394; B29C66/73941; B29K; B29K2001/00; B29K2001/08; B29K2001/12; B29K2001/14; B32B38/0012; B32B2038/0028; B32B2262/00; B32B2262/02; B32B2262/0246; B32B2262/0276; B32B2310/00; B32B2310/08; B32B2310/0806; B32B2310/0831; H05B2203/00; H05B2203/014; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/23907; Y10T428/2395; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24058; Y10T428/24132; Y10T428/24628; Y10T428/24636; Y10T428/24669; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24826; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/30; Y10T442/3707; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/608; Y10T442/643; Y10T442/659; Y10T442/666; Y10T442/667; Y10T442/668; Y10T442/682; Y10T442/684; Y10T442/688
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 31
Claim 1
Independent Claim
199 words
An electric blanket shell comprising: 1. first and second needled textile fabrics in juxtaposition to each other and each fabric having textile fibers needled together into an integral, coherent structure; 2. a yarn layer disposed in at least one of the first and second needled fabrics and said yarn layer having a plurality of first planar yarns extending generally in a first planar dimension of the needled fabric; 3. a heat fusible component disposed in at least one of the first and second needled fabric; 4. a plurality of small, discrete fusion bonds spaced from each other which link the first needled fabric to the second needled fabric to form a blanket shell and a series of patterns across a planar dimension of the blanket shell which patterns define a series of channels between the first and second needled fabrics, said patterns of fusion bonds being disposed in a direction traverse to the direction of the said first planar yarns of the yarn layer; and wherein the fusion bonds of any one traversely extending pattern do not engage more than about 50 percent of the said first planar yarns and wherein overlaps of fusion bond patterns are substantially avoided.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
199 words
An electric blanket shell comprising: 1. first and second needled textile fabrics in juxtaposition to each other and each fabric having textile fibers needled together into an integral, coherent structure; 2. a yarn layer disposed in at least one of the first and second needled fabrics and said yarn layer having a plurality of first planar yarns extending generally in a first planar dimension of the needled fabric; 3. a heat fusible component disposed in at least one of the first and second needled fabric; 4. a plurality of small, discrete fusion bonds spaced from each other which link the first needled fabric to the second needled fabric to form a blanket shell and a series of patterns across a planar dimension of the blanket shell which patterns define a series of channels between the first and second needled fabrics, said patterns of fusion bonds being disposed in a direction traverse to the direction of the said first planar yarns of the yarn layer; and wherein the fusion bonds of any one traversely extending pattern do not engage more than about 50 percent of the said first planar yarns and wherein overlaps of fusion bond patterns are substantially avoided.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The shell of claim 1 wherein both the first needled fabric and the second needled fabric contain the heat fusible component.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The shell of claim 1 wherein the heat fusible component is thermoplastic or thermosetting polymer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
The shell of claim 3 wherein the fusible component is in fibrous form.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
The shell of claim 4 wherein the fusible component is a discrete component of a multi-component fiber.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
24 words
The shell of claim 5 wherein the multi-component fiber is in the form of concentric components and the fusible component is the outermost component.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
16 words
The shell of claim 5 wherein the fusible component is a component of a bi-component fiber.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
17 words
The shell of claim 4 wherein the fusible component is in the form of a homogeneous fiber.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The shell of claim 8 wherein at least one of the first or second needled fabrics is a mixture of fibers of different compositions and the different compositions have different melting points.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The shell of claim 1 wherein both the first and second needling fabrics are composed of the same heat fusible fibers.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
13 words
The shell of claim 1 wherein the yarn layer is a self-supporting layer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
24 words
The shell of claim 1 wherein the yarn layer also has a plurality of yarns extending generally parallel to the pattern of fusion bonds.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
11 words
The shell of claim 12 wherein the yarn layer is non-woven.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
11 words
The shell of claim 12 wherein the yarn layer is woven.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
The shell of claim 1 wherein the yarns of the yarn layer are fusible.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
15 words
The shell of claim 1 in which the needled fabrics are in an elongated condition.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
20 words
The shell of claim 16 in which the elongated condition is at least 10 percent greater than the non-elongated condition.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
17 words
The shell of claim 1 wherein the fusion bonds have no planar dimension greater than 0.75 inch.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
17 words
The shell of claim 1 wherein the fusion bonds have no planar dimension greater than 0.50 inch.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
19 words
The shell of claim 1 wherein the fusion bonds have an average planar dimension no greater than 0.1 inch.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
21 words
The shell of claim 18 wherein no substantial numbers of adjacent fusion bonds, in any one pattern of fusion bonds, overlap.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
25 words
The shell of claim 21 wherein adjacent patterns of fusion bonds are no closer than the average distance between adjacent fusion bonds within a pattern.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
29 words
The shell of claim 22 wherein at least one of the needled fabrics has at least two layers and the innermost layer contains the majority of the fusible component.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
16 words
The shell of claim 23 wherein the innermost layer contains substantially all of the fusible component.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
19 words
The shell of claim 22 wherein the patterns of fusion bonds form channels between adjacent rows of fusion bonds.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
18 words
The shell of claim 25 wherein the rows and channels terminate prior to the edges of the shell.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
26 words
The shell of claim 26 wherein a complete pattern of rows of fusion bonds repeats within distance intervals at least less than a blanket shell width.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
18 words
The shell of claim 1 wherein at least one surface of the blanket shell has a napped surface.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
15 words
The shell of claim 1 wherein the fusion bonds are sonic or ultra-sonic fusion bonds.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
13 words
The shell of claim 28 wherein the fusion bonds are ultra-sonic fusion bonds.
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