US4563387A
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Cushioning material
Assignee: Takagi Chemicals Inc
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Filing: 1984-06-27
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Granted: 1986-01-07
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Expires: 2004-06-27
Abstract
Abstract A cushioning material, comprising a lower filament cushioning layer of relatively high rigidity and high perviousness to air obtained by compression molding in a stated shape three-dimensional curled short fibers of polyester filaments of a relatively large denier number thereby producing a shaped mass of filaments and applying adhesive agent to the shaped mass thereby binding the points of mutual contact of filaments therein and an upper filament cushioning layer of relatively low rigidity obtained by compression molding in a stated shape three-dimensionally curled short fibers of polyester filaments of a smaller denier number than said polyester filaments thereby producing a shaped mass of filaments and applying adhesive agent to the shaped mass thereby binding the points of mutual contact of filaments therein, with said upper layer superposed on said lower layer.
Inventors
- 👤 Sadaaki Takagi
- 👤 Shigetsugu Yura
- 👤 Masaki Fukuda
- 👤 Yukio Oikawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 09:03
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B5/00; B32B5/22; B32B5/24; D; D04; D04H; D04H1/00; D04H1/40; D04H1/42; D04H1/4391; D04H1/43918; A; A47; A47C; A47C7/00; A47C7/02; A47C7/24; A47C7/62; A47C7/72; A47C7/74; B68; B68G; B68G1/00; D04H1/4326; D04H1/435; D04H1/4374; B32B2262/00; B32B2262/02; B32B2262/0276; B32B2307/00; B32B2307/70; B32B2307/724; B32B2605/00; B32B2605/003; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/269; Y10T428/27; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/60; Y10T442/608
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
132 words
A cushioning material, comprising a lower filament cushioning layer of relatively high rigidity and high perviousness to air obtained by compression molding in a stated shape three-dimensional curled short fibers of polyester filaments of a relatively large denier number thereby producing a shaped mass of filaments and applying adhesive agent to the shaped mass thereby binding the points of mutual contact of filaments therein and an upper filament cushioning layer of relatively low rigidity obtained by compression molding in a stated shape three-dimensionally curled short fibers of polyester filaments of a smaller denier number than said polyester filaments thereby producing a shaped mass of filaments and applying adhesive agent to the shaped mass thereby binding the points of mutual contact of filaments therein, with said upper layer superposed on said lower layer.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
132 words
A cushioning material, comprising a lower filament cushioning layer of relatively high rigidity and high perviousness to air obtained by compression molding in a stated shape three-dimensional curled short fibers of polyester filaments of a relatively large denier number thereby producing a shaped mass of filaments and applying adhesive agent to the shaped mass thereby binding the points of mutual contact of filaments therein and an upper filament cushioning layer of relatively low rigidity obtained by compression molding in a stated shape three-dimensionally curled short fibers of polyester filaments of a smaller denier number than said polyester filaments thereby producing a shaped mass of filaments and applying adhesive agent to the shaped mass thereby binding the points of mutual contact of filaments therein, with said upper layer superposed on said lower layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
49 words
A cushioning material according to claim 1, wherein the filaments in said upper filament cushioning layer have a monofilament size in the range of 100 to 500 deniers and the filaments in said lower filament cushioning layer have a monofilament size in the range of 300 to 2,000 deniers.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
49 words
A cushioning material according to claim 1, wherein the filaments in said upper filament cushioning layer have a monofilament size in the range of 200 to 400 deniers and the filaments in said lower filament cushioning layer have a monofilament size in the range of 350 to 1,000 deniers.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A cushioning material according to claim 1, wherein said two filament cushioning layers have a bulk density in the range of 0.02 to 0.4 g/cm 3 .
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
46 words
A cushioning material according to claim 1, wherein said upper filament cushioning layer has a bulk density in the range of 0.02 to 0.08 g/cm 3 and the lower filament cushioning layer has a bulk density in the range of 0.09 to 0.4 g/cm 3 .
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
46 words
A cushioning material according to claim 2, wherein said upper filament cushioning layer has a bulk density in the range of 0.3 to 0.7 g/cm 3 and said lower filament cushioning layer has a bulk density in the range of 0.1 to 0.3 g/cm 3 .
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