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Continuous polymer and fabric composite and method
Assignee: Reef Industries Inc
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Filing: 1995-05-18
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Granted: 1996-04-16
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Expires: 2015-05-18
Abstract
Abstract A method for making a polymer and fabric sheet composite has been developed that can provide large surface area coverage. The fabric is backed by a polymer sheet with a strip along the edge not backed by the fabric. This strip of polymer can be used to attach to another sheet of polymer and fabric composite by sealing the polymer edge of the first sheet to the polymer layer of the second sheet.
Inventors
- 👤 Abdeally Mohammed
- 👤 Lyndell K. Wynne
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 07:22
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/12; B09; B09B; B09B1/00; B29; B29C; B29C65/00; B29C65/02; B29C65/18; B29C66/00; B29C66/01; B29C66/05; B29C66/10; B29C66/11; B29C66/112; B29C66/1122; B29C66/114; B29C66/12; B29C66/122; B29C66/1222; B29C66/1224; B29C66/128; B29C66/1282; B29C66/1284; B29C66/12841; B29C66/13; B29C66/131; B29C66/40; B29C66/41; B29C66/43; B29C66/50; B29C66/51; B29C66/53; B29C66/534; B29C66/5346; B29C66/53461; B29C66/70; B29C66/72; B29C66/723; B29C66/729; B29C66/7292; B29C66/73; B29C66/739; B29C66/7392; B29C66/73921; B32B27/32; B32B7/00; B32B7/04; B32B7/12; E; E02; E02D; E02D31/00; E02D31/002; E02D31/004; B29C65/08; B29C66/71; B29C66/7234; B29C66/7394; B29L; B29L2009/00; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/19; Y10T428/192; Y10T428/195; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24752; Y10T428/2476; Y10T428/24777; Y10T428/24785
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
174 words
A method for making a polymer and fabric composite comprising the steps of: (a) attaching a layer of fabric to a polymer sheet covering substantially one side of the polymer sheet to form a fabric backing leaving at least one strip of polymer along one edge not backed by the fabric layer forming a polymer lip; (b) attaching a layer of fabric to a second polymer sheet covering substantially one side of the second polymer sheet with a fabric backing leaving at least one strip of polymer along one edge not backed by the fabric layer forming a polymer lip; (c) sealing the polymer lip of the first polymer sheet to the second polymer sheet on the reverse side of the fabric layer and to edge opposite to the lip of the second sheet; (d) preparing additional polymer sheets backed by fabric as described in steps (a) and (b); and (e) sealing the selected number of fabric backed polymer sheets as described in step (c) to prepare the desired size of the continuous composite.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
174 words
A method for making a polymer and fabric composite comprising the steps of: (a) attaching a layer of fabric to a polymer sheet covering substantially one side of the polymer sheet to form a fabric backing leaving at least one strip of polymer along one edge not backed by the fabric layer forming a polymer lip; (b) attaching a layer of fabric to a second polymer sheet covering substantially one side of the second polymer sheet with a fabric backing leaving at least one strip of polymer along one edge not backed by the fabric layer forming a polymer lip; (c) sealing the polymer lip of the first polymer sheet to the second polymer sheet on the reverse side of the fabric layer and to edge opposite to the lip of the second sheet; (d) preparing additional polymer sheets backed by fabric as described in steps (a) and (b); and (e) sealing the selected number of fabric backed polymer sheets as described in step (c) to prepare the desired size of the continuous composite.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
42 words
A method of manufacturing a polymer and fabric composite of claim 1 wherein the fabric layer is attached by the step of laminating the fabric to the polymer selected from the group consisting of hot melt adhesives or a pressure sensitive adhesives.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method of manufacturing a polymer and fabric composite of claim 1 wherein the sealing in step (c) is heat sealing.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
186 words
A method for making a polymer and fabric composite comprising the steps of: (a) attaching a layer of fabric to a polymer sheet covering substantially one side of the polymer sheet with a fabric backing leaving a first strip of polymer along one edge not backed by the fabric; (b) attaching a second layer of fabric to the polymer sheet on the reverse side of the polymer sheet covered in step (a) substantially covering the reverse side with a fabric backing leaving one strip of polymer alone one edge not backed by the second fabric said strip of polymer on an edge of the sheet other than the first strip of polymer; (c) preparing a preselected number of double fabric backed polymer sheets as described in steps (a) and (b); (d) sealing one double backed polymer sheet to another double backed polymer sheet whereby the strips of polymer on each of the polymer sheets are aligned facing each other; and (e) additionally sealing the selected number of double fabric backed polymer sheets as described in step (d) to prepare the desired size of the continuous composite.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
186 words
A method for making a polymer and fabric composite comprising the steps of: (a) attaching a layer of fabric to a polymer sheet covering substantially one side of the polymer sheet with a fabric backing leaving a first strip of polymer along one edge not backed by the fabric; (b) attaching a second layer of fabric to the polymer sheet on the reverse side of the polymer sheet covered in step (a) substantially covering the reverse side with a fabric backing leaving one strip of polymer alone one edge not backed by the second fabric said strip of polymer on an edge of the sheet other than the first strip of polymer; (c) preparing a preselected number of double fabric backed polymer sheets as described in steps (a) and (b); (d) sealing one double backed polymer sheet to another double backed polymer sheet whereby the strips of polymer on each of the polymer sheets are aligned facing each other; and (e) additionally sealing the selected number of double fabric backed polymer sheets as described in step (d) to prepare the desired size of the continuous composite.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
33 words
A method of manufacturing a polymer and fabric composite of claim 4 wherein the fabric layer is attached by the step of laminating the fabric to the polymer with a tie resin layer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method of manufacturing a polymer and fabric composite of claim 4 wherein the sealing in step (c) is heat sealing.
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