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, polyurethane, or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) 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.
Claims20
A mesh material for use in fabricating a flexible structure, the mesh material comprising:
- an interwoven polyurethane or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) mesh fabric;
- a layer of acrylic on both sides of the interwoven mesh fabric;
- a layer of silicone and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) mixture on both sides of the interwoven mesh fabric over the acrylic layer;
- a patterned ink layer on a first side of the interwoven mesh fabric;
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- a dark color ink layer on a second side of the interwoven mesh fabric,
- wherein the mesh material is configured to allow a first amount of light to pass through the mesh material in a direction from the first side of the interwoven mesh fabric to the second side of the interwoven mesh fabric, the patterned ink layer on the first side of the interwoven mesh fabric being configured to reflect a second amount of light more than 1.5 times the first amount of light.
A hunting blind comprising:
- walls formed by an interwoven polyurethane or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) mesh fabric;
- a layer of acrylic on both sides of the interwoven mesh fabric;
- a layer of silicone and ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) mixture on both sides of the interwoven mesh fabric over the acrylic layer;
- a patterned ink layer on a first outer side of the interwoven mesh fabric;
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- a dark color ink layer on a second inner side of the interwoven mesh fabric,
- wherein the walls are configured to allow a first amount of light to pass therethrough in a direction from the first outer side to the second inner side, the patterned ink layer on the first outer side being configured to reflect a second amount of light more than 1.5 times the first amount of light.
A hunting blind fabricated by a method comprising the following steps:
- weaving polyurethane or polyvinyl chloride (PVC) 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 patterned ink layer on a first side of the acrylic-coated and silicone/EVA-coated fabric and printing a dark color ink layer on a second side of the acrylic-coated and silicone/EVA-coated fabric with a PVC-compatible 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,
- wherein the mesh fabric is configured to allow a first amount of light to pass through the mesh fabric in a direction from the first side of the acrylic-coated and silicone/EVA-coated fabric to the second side of the acrylic-coated and silicone/EVA-coated fabric, the camouflaged patterned ink layer being configured to reflect a second amount of light more than 1.5 times the first amount of light.
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