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US 2023/0160119 A1Published application
Fabric with Flow Restricting Core
AssigneeSWNR Development, LLC
InventorsDustin English, Timm Smith, Daniel L. English
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Abstract
A stitched fabric including a barrier layer; a yarn stitched through and forming stitch holes in the barrier layer, and a coating. A melted portion of the barrier layer fills a portion of the stitch holes. The coating occupies interstitial spaces between individual strands of the yarn to prevent a liquid from passing from one side of the stitched fabric to another side of the stitched fabric via the yarn.
Claims20
A stitched fabric, comprising:
- a barrier layer;
- a yarn stitched through and forming stitch holes in the barrier layer, wherein a melted portion of the barrier layer fills a portion of the stitch holes;
- and
- a coating occupying interstitial spaces between individual strands of the yarn to prevent a liquid from passing from one side of the stitched fabric to another side of the stitched fabric via the yarn.
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A method of forming a stitched fabric, comprising:
- stitching a yarn through, and forming stitch holes in, a barrier layer;
- melting a portion of the barrier layer to fill at least a portion of the stitch holes;
- and
- filling interstitial spaces between individual strands of the yarn with a coating to prevent a liquid from passing from one side of the stitched fabric to another side of the stitched fabric via the yarn.
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A stitched fabric, comprising:
- a barrier layer;
- a yarn stitched through and forming stitch holes in the barrier layer, wherein a melted portion of the barrier layer fills at least a portion of the stitch holes;
- and
- a coating disposed over the barrier layer and the stitch holes, wherein the coating occupies interstitial spaces between individual strands of the yarn within the stitch holes to prevent a liquid from passing from one side of the stitched fabric to another side of the stitched fabric via the yarn.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.