Fabric or flexible material with hot melt adhesive for inflatable safety products
AssigneeAir Cruisers Company
InventorDeepak Duggal
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Described is a fabric or flexible composite material for an inflatable safety product. The fabric or flexible composite material includes a substrate and a hot melt adhesive on the substrate. The substrate and hot melt adhesive may include a same base polymer. A method of forming an inflatable safety product includes forming a fabric or flexible composite material by applying a hot melt adhesive to a substrate using heat and pressure.
Claims26
An inflatable safety product comprising a fabric or flexible composite material, the fabric or flexible composite material comprising (a) a substrate, (b) a hot melt adhesive on the substrate, and (c) a gas barrier film applicable to one or more surfaces of the substrate using the hot melt adhesive, wherein the hot melt adhesive comprises a thermoplastic hot melt adhesive, a thermoset hot melt adhesive, or a reactive hot melt adhesive, and wherein the fabric or flexible composite material comprises a weight less than 8 ounces/yd2, wherein the inflatable safety product is compliant with at least one of TSO-69c from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), TSO-C13f, or TSO-C70b as of 2023.
An inflatable safety product comprising a fabric or flexible composite material, the fabric or flexible composite material comprising (a) a substrate, (b) a hot melt adhesive on the substrate, and (c) a gas barrier film applicable to one or more surfaces of the substrate using the hot melt adhesive, wherein the substrate and the hot melt adhesive comprise a same base polymer, wherein the fabric or flexible composite material comprises a weight less than 8 ounces/yd2, and wherein the inflatable safety product is compliant with at least one of TSO-69c from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), TSO-C13f, or TSO-C70b as of 2023.
A method of forming an inflatable safety product, the method comprising forming a fabric or flexible composite material by applying a hot melt adhesive to a substrate using heat and pressure to apply a gas barrier film to one or more surfaces of the substrate using the hot melt adhesive, wherein the hot melt adhesive comprises a thermoplastic hot melt adhesive, a thermoset hot melt adhesive, or a reactive hot melt adhesive, and wherein the fabric or flexible composite material comprises a weight less than 8 ounces/yd2, wherein the inflatable safety product is compliant with at least one of TSO-69c from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), TSO-C13f, or TSO-C70b as of 2023.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.