Monolithic fabric or flexible material for inflatable safety products
OwnerThomas W. Swierkocki, Christian Thomson +1inventors
InventorsThomas W. Swierkocki, Christian Thomson, Michael Montenegro
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Abstract
A fabric or flexible composite material for an inflatable safety product includes a substrate with a plurality of gaps and voids. The fabric or flexible composite material also includes a material filling and/or sealing the gaps and voids of the substrate. The material filling and/or sealing the gaps and voids of the substrate may prevent air gas from travelling through the substrate along a substrate plane of the substrate.
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A fabric or flexible composite material for an inflatable safety product, the fabric or flexible composite material comprising:
- a substrate comprising a plurality of internal gaps and voids;
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- a filling material filling and sealing the internal gaps and voids of the substrate,
- wherein the fabric or flexible composite material comprises a tensile strength of at least 190 lbs/in and a tear strength of at least 13 lbs/in.
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A fabric or flexible composite material for an inflatable safety product, the fabric or flexible composite material comprising:
- a substrate comprising a first side and a second side, wherein a distance from the first side to the second side is a thickness of the substrate, and wherein the substrate defines a substrate plane extending in a direction perpendicular to the thickness, wherein the substrate comprises a plurality of filaments defining gaps and voids therebetween and
- a filling material, the filling material filling and sealing the gaps and voids of the substrate defined by the plurality of filaments, wherein the filling material prevents gas from travelling through the substrate along the substrate plane.
A fabric or flexible composite material for an inflatable safety product, the fabric or flexible composite comprising:
- a substrate comprising a first side and a second side opposite the first, the substrate comprising a plurality of filaments defining a plurality of voids and gaps between the first side and the second side, wherein the substrate defines a substrate plane extending in a direction parallel to a direction from the first side to the second side of the substrate, wherein the substrate comprises a weight less than 4.5 ounces/yd2 and a yarn tenacity of at least 8.8 grams/denier;
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- a filling material filling and sealing the voids and gaps of the substrate,
- wherein the filling material restricts gas from travelling through the substrate along the substrate plane.
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