Mesh material for flexible structures and methods of fabricating same
AssigneeTru-View LLC
InventorsHao Chen, Chieh-Yu Chen
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Abstract
A mesh material for fabricating hunting blinds, tents, and other similar flexible structures. The material is durable, water-resistant, and partially light-transmissive such that persons or objects inside or behind the structures are not easily seen from outside the structures. The material is also semi-permeable to air flow for ventilation purposes. The mesh material is fabricated from an interwoven polyester fabric that is coated with acrylic and a mixture of silicone and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA). Patterns and/or colors are printed on both sides of the fabric with a heat transfer paper printing process to provide a desired level of light transmissivity.
Claims6
A method of fabricating a hunting blind, the method comprising:
- weaving polyester yarn into a mesh fabric having a plurality of apertures;
- coating both sides of the mesh fabric with acrylic;
- drying the acrylic-coated fabric;
- coating both sides of the acrylic-coated fabric with a mixture of silicone and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA);
- drying the acrylic-coated and silicone/EVA-coated fabric;
- printing a camouflage pattern on a first side of the acrylic-coated and silicone/EVA-coated fabric and printing a dark color on a second side of the acrylic-coated and silicone/EVA-coated fabric with a heat transfer printing process;
- cutting the printed fabric into a suitable size for the hunting blind;
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- assembling the cut fabric into the hunting blind.
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