Buoyant fiber product
OwnerRichard Fraigeinventor
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Abstract
The fiber product includes a large multiplicity of fibers bound together with a binder. The binder also secures a quantity of buoyant particles, such as expanded foam beads, to the fibers. The buoyant particles render the product as a whole buoyant. The fiber product is manufactured by adding an adhesive and buoyant particles to a quantity of garnetted fibrous material, and curing the adhesive to bind the fibers and particles together.
Claims24
A buoyant, readily water-permeable and therefore heat-convection-transparent, but wave-retarding fiber product for use in waterbeds to deter wave action;
- said product comprising:
- a large multiplicity of lofted fibers, in the form of a matting that is readily water-permeable throughout;
- a large multiplicity of buoyant particles spaced apart among the fibers to maintain the said readily water-permeable condition;
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- a binder disposed on said fibers and on said particles, said binder causing substantially each of said fibers to be bound to at least one other fiber, respectively, and substantially each of said particles to be bound to at least one of said fibers, respectively;
- said binder causing the material to be set in said lofted, readily water-permeable condition;
- whereby it is particularly adapted to float within and near the top of such waterbeds and to retard waves therein.
A buoyant, readily water-permeable and therefore heat-convection-transparent, but wave-retarding fiber product for use in waterbeds to deter wave action;
- said product comprising:
- a large multiplicity of lofted polyester fibers, in the form of a matting that is readily water-permeable throughout;
- a large multiplicity of buoyant foam particles spaced apart among the fibers to maintain the said readily water-permeable condition;
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- a binder comprising latex disposed on said fibers and on said foam particles, said binder causing substantially each of said fibers to be bound to at least one other fiber, respectively, and substantially each of said foam particles to be bound to at least one of said fibers, respectively;
- said binder causing the material to be set in said lofted, readily water-permeable condition;
- whereby it is particularly adapted to float within and near the top of such waterbeds and to retard waves therein.
A buoyant, readily water-permeable and therefore heat-convection-transparent, but wave-retarding pad for use inside a waterbed mattress and comprising:
- a quantity of lofted fibers, in the form of a matting that is readily water-permeable throughout, and sufficient to form a lofted shape having nearly the length and width of such a waterbed mattress;
- a quantity of buoyant particles that is generally dispersed throughout the quantity of fibers to maintain the said readily water-permeable condition and that is sufficient, in combination with the quantity of fibers and with the binder that is mentioned hereunder, to make such pad buoyant in water;
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- a binder disposed on the fibers and on the particles to hold such pad together;
- said binder causing the material to be set in said lofted, readily water-permeable condition;
- whereby it is particularly adapted to float within and near the top of such waterbeds and to retard waves therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.