Textile backed pile article and method for making same
AssigneeUltrafab, Inc.
InventorsGrant E. Wylie, Thongdy Chanthabane, Robert C. Horton
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Abstract
A pile article is provided having a band of textile material, and a plurality of fiber loops defining a pile having sides from ends extending longitudinally along the band. The band is ultrasonically welded to the ends and a portion of the sides of the pile, and is sufficiently wide to support the sides of the pile substantially upright. An interior textile strip may optionally extend longitudinally within the pile at the ends of the pile and within a portion of the pile sides.
Claims6
A method for assembling a pile article comprising the steps of:
- winding one or more fibers around a support to form continuous fiber loops having two opposing ends each adjacent to one of said two opposing edges of the support and sides extending between opposing ends of said support;
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- welding a flexible textile backing member to conform to one of said ends of said fiber loops longitudinally along said support over to enclose at least a portion of said sides of said loops extending upwardly from said one of said ends a distance therefrom, which distance is sufficient to independently support said fiber loops substantially upright from said one of said ends of said loops.
A method for assembling a pile article comprising the steps of:
- providing a moving mandrel having top and bottom surfaces, and two opposing edges;
- winding one or more fibers around the mandrel to form continuous fiber loops having two opposing ends each adjacent to one of said two opposing edges of the mandrel and sides extending between said opposing ends;
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- welding a flexible textile backing member to conform to one of said ends of said fiber loops longitudinally along said mandrel over at least a portion of said sides extending upwardly a distance along the sides from said one of said ends of said sides, which distance is sufficient to maintain said fiber loops substantially upright from said one of said ends.
A method for assembling a pile article comprising the steps of:
- providing a moving mandrel having top and bottom surfaces, and two opposing edges;
- applying first and second textile interior members to said mandrel in which each of said first and second textile interior members is applied longitudinally along a different one of the two opposing edges of the mandrel;
- winding one or more fibers around the mandrel over the first and second textile interior members to form continuous fiber loops having two opposing ends each adjacent to one of said two opposing edges of the mandrel and sides extending between said opposing ends;
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- applying, folding, and welding a flexible textile backing member to conform to one of said ends of said fiber loops longitudinally along said mandrel and over at least a portion of said sides extending upwardly along the sides of said loop from said one of said ends of said loop a distance, which distance is sufficient to maintain said fiber loops substantially upright from said one of said ends.
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