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Three dimensional fabric with a linkage structure

US5024874A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateFeb 13, 1990
Grant dateJun 18, 1991
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Expiry dateFeb 13, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/249923
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A novel three dimensional fabric is disclosed that has a base formed from a multiplicity of woven strings. The strings are arranged and woven to form a fabric having a multiplicity of warps arranged in a plurality of rows and columns, a plurality of first wefts crossing the warp columns in the interstitial spaces between adjacent warp rows, and a plurality of second wefts crossing said warps and said first wefts in the interstitial spaces between adjacent warp columns. The three dimensional fabric also has a solid linkage mechanism incorporated into the fabric's body by a plurality of the strings that are wound about its periphery.

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