Needlefelt portable support pad
AssigneeAndrew Industries Ltd.
InventorsAlan Robert Lebold, Justin William Popek, Jake Edward Schoelles
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Abstract
Some examples include a portable support pad constructed of nonwoven needlefelt, such as for relieving physical stress and fatigue endured from extended kneeling, sitting, lying and/or standing on rigid, flat, irregular, and/or un-even surfaces. The support pad constructed of the nonwoven needlefelt is flexible porous, absorptive, and chemically resistant to corrosive substances.
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A portable support pad for reducing physical stress and/or fatigue associated with kneeling, sitting, lying, and/or standing on rigid, flat, irregular and/or un-even surfaces, the portable support pad constructed of nonwoven needlefelt that is flexible, porous, absorptive, and chemically resistant to corrosive substances, wherein the portable support pad constructed of the nonwoven needlefelt comprises a plurality of individual fibers of finite length having been oriented into a web, festooned into a multilayer batt, and consolidated into a pad configuration using a plurality of barbed needles to entangle the individual fibers of the batt with others of the individual fibers of the batt, wherein the individual fibers include synthetic fibers, natural fibers, or a combination thereof, and wherein the individual fibers are between 50% to 100% 1.0 denier to 6.0 denier fiber as a lower denier fiber, and 0% to 50% 3.0 denier to 15.0 denier fiber as a higher denier fiber.
A portable support pad constructed of nonwoven needlefelt material that includes between 50% to 100% 1.0 denier to 6.0 denier fiber as a lower denier fiber, and 0% to 50% 3.0 denier to 15.0 denier fiber as a higher denier fiber, wherein the portable support pad constructed of the nonwoven needlefelt material comprises a plurality of individual fibers of finite length having been oriented into a web, festooned into a multilayer batt, and consolidated into a pad configuration using a plurality of barbed needles to entangle the individual fibers of the batt with others of the individual fibers of the batt, wherein the individual fibers include synthetic fibers, natural fibers, or a combination thereof.
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