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Fabric with reversible enhanced thermal properties

US5366801A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 29, 1992
Grant dateNov 22, 1994
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Expiry dateMay 29, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T442/259
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A coating is adapted to be applied to a fabric in order to enhance the thermal characteristics thereof. The coating includes integral and leak-resistant microcapsules filled with phase change material or plastic crystals that have specific thermal properties at predetermined temperatures.

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