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US 4,151,662 AGranted
Textured boot
AssigneeBecton, Dickinson and Company
InventorMaris Vistins
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Abstract
The disclosure is of an elastomer coated textile boot characterized by a textured or "wrinkle" finish. The disclosure is also of a method of manufacturing an elastomer coated textile boot with a "wrinkle" finish. In a preferred embodiment process, the method comprises forming a boot from a base fabric of a woven or knitted fabric having a fibrous, non-woven bat attached thereto and coating the boot with an elastomer in conventional manner.
Claims4
An abrasion resistant, wrinkle-finish textured boot, which comprises;
- a knitted textile boot body;
- a non-woven, fibrous web attached directly to at least a portion of the outer surface of said boot body, said web having component fibers projecting outwardly to create an uneven base;
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- a cured, elastomeric resin coating the base and encapsulating the outwardly projecting fibers, whereby the coating is reinforced and strengthened by the included encapsulated fibers and a wrinkle-finish is obtained.
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An abrasion resistant, wrinkle-finish textured boot, which comprises;
- a knitted textile boot body, the outer surface of which is napped to provide raised textile fibers, the raised fibrous naps having a height of from 1/8 inch to 1 inch to create an uneven base, and
- a cured, elastomeric resin coating the base to encapsulate individual nap fibers, whereby the coating is reinforced and strengthened by the included encapsulated fibers and a wrinkle-finish is obtained.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.