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US 6,844,276 B2Granted
Dyed microfiber textiles
AssigneeMilliken & Company
InventorsKaushal Gandhi, Benjamin H. Glover
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Abstract
A nonwoven textile substrate formed from microfibers with a polyuerthane matrix fully and/or partially impregnated therein, a nonazo disperse dye within microfibers, including the surface, and the matrix. The dyed fibers having an L value of about 35 or less, an ΔE light fastness of about 6 or less when subjected to about 225 kilo-joules, and a long term crock of at least about 1.5.
Claims11
A device comprising:
- a nonwoven textile substrate having microfibers formed therein and further having a matrix at least partially impregnated therein, the microfibers including exposed surface area;
- a non-azo disperse dye disposed in the exposed surface area of the microfibers.
A device comprising:
- a textile substrate having microfibers formed therein and further having a matrix at least partially impregnated therein, the microfibers including exposed surface area;
- a non-azo disperse dye disposed in the exposed surface area of the microfibers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.