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Polypropylene fiber baffle for waterbed mattress

US4672701A · kind A · utility

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25Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateSep 22, 1986
Grant dateJun 16, 1987
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/692
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

In a waterbed mattress a novel wave dampening batt of unwoven polypropylene fibers bonded together with an ethylene acrylic acid binder so as to provide the resultant batt with a specific gravity in the range of 0.9 to 0.999. Polyester fibers may advantageously be mixed with the polypropylene fibers.

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