US 12,071,722 B2
Powder impregnation of textured fabric surfaces
John Joseph Matthews Rees, Chattanooga, TN (US); Stephen Horace Tsiarkezos, Elkton, MD (US); and Dimitri Zafiroglu, Centreville, DE (US)
Assigned to ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC, Dalton, GA (US)
Filed by ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC, Dalton, GA (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2018, as Appl. No. 16/031,603.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/530,621, filed on Jul. 10, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2019/0010658 A1, Jan. 10, 2019
Int. Cl. D06N 7/00 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/28 (2006.01); D04H 1/66 (2012.01); D06M 15/227 (2006.01); D06M 15/507 (2006.01); D06M 15/705 (2006.01); D06M 23/08 (2006.01)
CPC D06N 7/0068 (2013.01) [B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/28 (2013.01); D04H 1/66 (2013.01); D06M 15/227 (2013.01); D06M 15/507 (2013.01); D06M 15/705 (2013.01); D06M 23/08 (2013.01); D06N 7/001 (2013.01); D06N 7/0071 (2013.01); D06N 7/0076 (2013.01); B32B 2260/021 (2013.01); B32B 2260/046 (2013.01); B32B 2307/7265 (2013.01); B32B 2471/00 (2013.01); D06M 2200/10 (2013.01); D06N 2203/042 (2013.01); D06N 2203/061 (2013.01); D06N 2205/10 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A textile fabric comprising:
a plurality of yarns forming a top surface and a bottom surface of the textile fabric, wherein the plurality of yarns are looped together to form a plurality of elevated surface areas and a plurality of depressed surface areas along the top surface, the yarns comprising a yarn melting point and a plurality of fibers or filaments forming the yarns; and
melted resin from a plurality of particles having a melting point lower than the yarn melting point,
wherein, within the elevated surface areas, a majority of the melted resin is located within the plurality of yarns and most of the melted resin is located under an exposed surface of yarns of the elevated surface areas.