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Flocked expanded-plastic fabric and method

US4025678A · kind A · utility

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25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 9, 1976
Grant dateMay 24, 1977
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Expiry dateJul 9, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/249984
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention contemplates expanded-plastic coated fabric wherein the exposed surface of the expanded plastic is characterized by a random distribution of torn cellular pockets and by a random distribution of projecting free ends of flock elements which are rooted to the plastic at their other ends. Various methods of making the fabric are described, with different "hand" or "feel" depending upon the method and upon the materials and their dimensions.

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