US4015641A
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Cushioned narrow woven tubular fabric
Assignee: Johnson and Johnson
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Filing: 1975-07-16
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Granted: 1977-04-05
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Expires: 1995-07-16
Abstract
Abstract A narrow woven tubular fabric having an upper layer and a lower layer resiliently separated by a plurality of monofilament warp yarns alternately and intermittently woven with said layers.
Inventors
- 👤 Richard Everett Goff, Jr.
- 👤 Normand Daniel Guay
- 👤 Joseph Amos Priestley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 01:33
CPC Classifications
D; D03; D03D; D03D11/00; D03D11/02; D10; D10B; D10B2403/00; D10B2403/02; D10B2403/021
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
125 words
A narrow woven tubular fabric having a flattened oval cross-section, said fabric comprising an upper layer and a lower layer, both of said layers containing monofilament filling yarns, said monofilament filling yarns having a denier between 100 to 2080, said layers being connected together along their longitudinal edges and said layers being resiliently separated by a plurality of monofilament warp yarns alternately intermittently woven with each of said layers, said monofilament warp yarns having a denier of between 100 to 2080, the sum of the denier of a monofilament filling yarn plus a monofilament warp yarn being in the range of from 430 denier to 4200 denier and the ratio of denier of monofilament filling yarn to monofilament warp yarn being from 20:1 to 1:20.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
125 words
A narrow woven tubular fabric having a flattened oval cross-section, said fabric comprising an upper layer and a lower layer, both of said layers containing monofilament filling yarns, said monofilament filling yarns having a denier between 100 to 2080, said layers being connected together along their longitudinal edges and said layers being resiliently separated by a plurality of monofilament warp yarns alternately intermittently woven with each of said layers, said monofilament warp yarns having a denier of between 100 to 2080, the sum of the denier of a monofilament filling yarn plus a monofilament warp yarn being in the range of from 430 denier to 4200 denier and the ratio of denier of monofilament filling yarn to monofilament warp yarn being from 20:1 to 1:20.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A narrow woven tubular fabric according to claim 1 having a width of three inches or less.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A narrow woven tubular fabric according to claim 1 wherein the ratio of denier of monofilament filling yarn to monofilament warp yarn is 7:1 to 1:7.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
A narrow woven tubular fabric according to claim 1 wherein both the upper layer and the lower layer include a plurality of warp yarns woven with the filling yarns in a plain one-by-one weave in each layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
38 words
A narrow woven tubular fabric according to claim 1 wherein the upper and lower layers include elastic warp yarns woven with the filling yarns in both layers to produce a narrow fabric having elasticity in its longitudinal direction.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A narrow woven tubular fabric according to claim 1 wherein there are four filling yarns between each filling yarn woven with a monofilament warp yarn.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
29 words
A narrow woven tubular fabric according to claim 1 wherein there are four warp yarns between adjacent monofilament warp yarns alternately and intermittently woven with each of said layers.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
A narrow woven tubular fabric according to claim 1 wherein there are four filling yarns between yarns woven with the monofilament warp yarns and there are four warp yarns between adjacent monofilament warp yarns.
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