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US 6,100,208 AGranted
Outdoor fabric
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsTrina Buce Brown, Robert Leslie Hudson, Mary Lucille DeLucia
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Abstract
An outdoor protective fabric is disclosed having (i) a UV stable outer nonwoven web of multicomponent sheath/core fibers having a polyethylene polymer sheath component and a polypropylene polymer core component; (ii) a breathable barrier layer such as a meltblown web or microporous film; and (iii) an interior nonwoven web of multicomponent fibers comprising a polyethyfene polymer component and a nylon component.
Claims24
An outdoor fabric laminate, comprising:
- a first layer of multicomponent fibers having a sheath/core configuration, said sheath component comprising a polyethylene polymer composition and said core component comprising a polypropylene polymer composition;
- a water impermeable barrier layer;
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- a second layer of multicomponent fibers comprising a first polyethylene component and a second polyamide component and wherein said water impermeable barrier layer is positioned between said first and second multicomponent fiber layers.
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