Sailcloth with fail-safe properties
AssigneeDimension-Polyant GmbH
InventorsUwe Stein, Heiner Schillings
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Abstract
A sailcloth including a woven fabric of a first fiber material and a second fiber material woven into it, in which the second fiber material forms a network structure within the woven fabric, with the second fiber material having a higher tearing resistance than the first fiber material and with the second fiber having a sliding ability within the woven fabric.
Claims20
A sailcloth having fail-safe properties, comprising a woven fabric of a first fiber material and a second fiber material woven into it,
- wherein the second fiber material forms a network structure within the woven fabric, with the second fiber material having a higher tearing resistance and sliding ability than the first fiber material, and
- wherein the first fiber material having a lower sliding ability is provided with a coating that reduces the sliding ability of the first fiber material.
Sails, manufactured of a sailcloth comprising a woven fabric of a first fiber material and a second fiber material woven into it, wherein the second fiber material forms a network structure within the woven fabric, with the second fiber material having a higher tearing resistance and sliding ability than the first fiber material, and wherein the first fiber material having a lower sliding ability is provided with a coating that reduces the sliding ability of the first fiber material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.