Tufted pet fiber for automotive carpet applications
AssigneeFuturis Automotive Interiors (US), Inc.
InventorsDuane M. Juriga, Robert E. Allen
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Abstract
A tufted PET carpet assembly and a method of forming the same. The carpet assembly comprising a face layer comprised of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) yarn comprised of PET fibers and tufted at a pre-determined gauge, the face layer having a face weight, a first backing layer adjacent the face layer, and a first back coating layer adjacent the first backing layer. A method of forming a tufted PET carpet assembly with PET yarn comprising the steps of tufting the PET yarn at a pre-determined gauge onto a backing, applying a back coating to the tufted PET via extrusion to lock the tufted PET to the backing, and applying heat to the tufted PET to enhance the look and feel of the PET.
Claims26
A lightweight carpet assembly comprising:
- a face layer comprised of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) yarn, said yarn being composed of PET fibers, said face layer being tufted at a pre-determined gauge and having a face weight;
- a backing layer adjacent said face layer;
- and
- a back coating layer adjacent said backing layer.
A method of forming a tufted PET carpet assembly having PET yarn comprising the steps of:
- tufting the PET yarn at a pre-determined gauge onto a backing;
- applying a back coating to the tufted PET via extrusion to lock the tufted PET to the backing;
- and
- applying heat to the tufted PET.
A method of forming a carpet made from recycled material, the carpet having a facing and a primary backing, the method comprising the steps of:
- utilizing tufted recycled PET fibers for the carpet facing;
- providing recycled PET for the primary backing;
- heating the tufted PET;
- using a back coating formed of PE in one of powder or sheet form;
- adding a scrim comprised of recycled PET;
- and
- attaching an insulator pad comprised of recycled PET.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.