Cushion structure and process for producing the same
US5183708A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 2, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/697
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A cushion structure whose resilience to compression, compression durability and recovery from compression are improved and which is free from bottom-hit feel, in the matrix of which an elastomeric conjugated fiber containing as one of the components a thermoplastic elastomer is dispersed and mixed and wherein amebic, all-directionally flexible heat-bonded spots formed at the crossing points of the conjugated fibers and semi-all-directionally flexible heat-bonded spots formed at the crossing points of the conjugated fibers with the non-elastomeric, crimped polyester staple fibers are scatteringly present and, in conjugated fibers present between any two adjacent, flexible heat-bonded spots, part of them contain at least one thick portion in the longitudinal direction.
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