Patent · US Expired

Patterned bonded carpet and method

US7374808B2 · kind B2 · utility

22Cited by
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18Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 16, 2001
Grant dateMay 20, 2008
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Expiry dateOct 31, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/2481
  • WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Color, pattern, design, and/or the like is applied by means of a jet dye process, or any other secondary or post pattern application process, including but not exclusively, silk screen printing, rotary printing, etc., to a bonded carpet, where the yarn in the carpet is all white (no dye applied) or light colored or where the yarn is pre-dyed with a single or multiple colors or where the yarn is treated chemically. The bonded carpet preferably has a low face weight and flat, short, dense, vertical cut pile.

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