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US 5,863,633 AGranted
Flocked fabric with water resistant film
OwnerWilliam J. Squires, William T. Squires, Jr.inventors
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Abstract
A fabric used as outerwear having a stabilized substrate, an adhesive and flock adhered to the substrate with the adhesive. The adhesive is dried and cured, preferably aerated. A waterproof film may be applied either to the substrate or to a lining adjacent the substrate. The flock may be flattened into a laid down condition.
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A fabric comprising:
- a substrate selected from a group consisting of stabilized wovens, stabilized knits and combinations thereof;
- flock fibers and an adhesive adhering an embedded portion of said flock fibers to said substrate and being in a dried and cured condition, and a waterproof film arranged so that said substrate is between said film and said adhesive,
- said flock fibers also having a protruding portion that extends out of said adhesive and is in a directionally flattened and laid down condition so as to give rise to a bent portion between the embedded and protruding portions that changes an angular orientation of the flock fibers by a greater extent than does the embedded or protruding portion, said protruding portion laying on at least one of neighboring flock fibers and said adhesive.
A method of making a fabric, comprising the steps of:
- providing a flocked fabric that includes a substrate selected from a group consisting of stabilized wovens, stabilized knits and combinations thereof;
- flock fibers and an adhesive in a dried and cured condition, said adhesive adhering to an embedded portion of the flock fibers that extends within the adhesive, said flock fibers also having a protruding portion that extends out of the adhesive;
- arranging a waterproof film so that the substrate is between the film and the adhesive, at least one of said substrate and a combination of said substrate and said film being in a stabilized condition;
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- directionally flattening the protruding portion of the flock fibers into a flattened and laid down condition to give rise to a bent portion between the protruding and embedded portions that changes an angular orientation of the flock fibers by a greater extent that does the protruding and embedded portions, said protruding portion laying on at least one of neighboring flock fibers and said adhesive.
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