US4424250A
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Carpet faced textile panel
Assignee: Gates Formed Fibre Products Inc
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Filing: 1982-04-21
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Granted: 1984-01-03
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Expires: 2002-04-21
Abstract
Abstract The disclosure is of decorative textile panels, and in particular carpet faced decorative textile panels which are useful as interior upholstery panels.
Inventors
- 👤 Ronald W. Adams
- 👤 Kathryn A. Middleton
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 18:52
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/22; B32B5/24; B32B5/26; B32B5/02; B32B5/022; D; D04; D04H; D04H11/00; D04H11/08; B32B2262/00; B32B2262/02; B32B2262/0253; B32B2262/0261; B32B2262/0276; B32B2451/00; B32B2607/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/23907; Y10T428/23979; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24826; Y10T428/24942; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/659; Y10T442/66; Y10T442/662
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
120 words
A unitary, monolayered, nonwoven, carpet faced, decorative textile panel, which comprises; a base of non-woven, first and second thermoplastic resin textile fibers, said first fibers having a lower temperature softening point than the second fibers; a face of the first fibers; portions of said base and face fibers being interengaged with each other, the interengagement being of a character associated with needled fibers; the first fibers in the base having the character of heat-softened and re-hardened fibers, interlocked by rehardening while in contact with each other and with said second fibers; said second fibers being textile staple fibers lacking said character; and the first fibers and portions of first fibers in the face being free of interlocking as described above.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
120 words
A unitary, monolayered, nonwoven, carpet faced, decorative textile panel, which comprises; a base of non-woven, first and second thermoplastic resin textile fibers, said first fibers having a lower temperature softening point than the second fibers; a face of the first fibers; portions of said base and face fibers being interengaged with each other, the interengagement being of a character associated with needled fibers; the first fibers in the base having the character of heat-softened and re-hardened fibers, interlocked by rehardening while in contact with each other and with said second fibers; said second fibers being textile staple fibers lacking said character; and the first fibers and portions of first fibers in the face being free of interlocking as described above.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
21 words
The panel of claim 1 wherein the first fibers are fibers of polyethylene and the second fibers are fibers of polypropylene.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The panel of claim 1 wherein the first fibers are fibers of polypropylene and the second fibers are fibers of a polyester.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The panel of claim 1 wherein the first fibers are fibers of a polyester and the second fibers are fibers of a polyamide.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
The panel of claim 1 wherein the first fibers are fibers of a polyamide condensation product of adipic acid and hexamethylenediamine and the second fibers are fibers of a polyamide condensation product of adipic acid and caprolactam.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
US4199635A
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