Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fabric having a waterproof barrier
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Application No.: US14852321Application Date: 2015-09-11
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Publication No.: US10086582B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Michael E. “Woody” Blackford , Jeffrey Thomas Mergy , Craig M. Gates , Wayne Alan Skankey
- Applicant: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US OR Portland
- Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US OR Portland
- Agency: Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt, P.C.
- Main IPC: B32B5/06
- IPC: B32B5/06 ; B32B27/12 ; B32B27/40 ; B32B27/32 ; B32B37/22 ; B32B5/02 ; B32B27/36 ; B29C65/50 ; B29C65/00 ; B29L31/48 ; A41D27/24 ; A41D31/00

Abstract:
Provided herein are waterproof fabrics that include a base fabric having a body-facing surface and an outward-facing surface, and a hydrophobic, waterproof barrier disposed on the outward-facing surface of the base fabric, a seam through the waterproof fabric, and a waterproof tape disposed on an outward-facing surface of the hydrophobic, waterproof barrier and aligned to seal the seam against water ingress. The base fabric may be a wicking fabric or may be treated with a compound that enhances wicking, and the hydrophobic, waterproof barrier may include a plastic polymer, polyurethane, polyethylene, and/or polytetrafluoroethylene. The waterproof fabrics also may include an abrasion-resistant coating and/or a durable water repellant (DWR) agent disposed on an outward-facing surface of the hydrophobic, waterproof barrier, and one or both of the abrasion-resistant coating and/or DWR agent may be discontinuous. Also provided are methods of making a waterproof fabric.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160075101A1 FABRIC HAVING A WATERPROOF BARRIER Public/Granted day:2016-03-17
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