US3962510A
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Wall coverings and method of making the same
Assignee: Johnson and Johnson
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Filing: 1974-10-16
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Granted: 1976-06-08
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Expires: 1994-10-16
Abstract
Abstract A wall covering having a long dimension and a short dimension and comprising a laminate of a facing matrial bonded to a woven fabric backing material. The backing material is woven with warp and filling yarns with each filling yarn comprising a percentage of thermoplastic fibers. The remaining fibers in each of the filling yarns and the warp yarns are not capable of being autogenously bonded to the facing material. The warp yarns lie in the direction of the long dimension and the filling yarns lie in the directon of the short dimension so the wall covering is rendered more stiff and less flexible in the directon of its short dimension as compred to its long dimension.
Inventors
- 👤 B. Conley Worcester
- 👤 Wayne W. Grobner
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 15:40
CPC Classifications
B; B32; B32B; B32B27/00; B32B27/12; B32B27/30; B32B27/304; B32B5/00; B32B5/02; B32B5/08; D; D03; D03D; D03D3/00; E; E04; E04F; E04F13/00; E04F13/002; B32B2262/00; B32B2262/06; B32B2262/062; B32B2607/00; B32B2607/02; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/26; Y10T442/00; Y10T442/30; Y10T442/3179; Y10T442/322; Y10T442/3228; Y10T442/326; Y10T442/3268; Y10T442/3854; Y10T442/387
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
168 words
A wall covering having a long dimension and a short dimension and comprising a laminate of a synthetic plastic facing material bonded to a woven fabric backing material, said facing material having a thickness between 0.002 inch and 0.008 inch, said backing material woven with warp yarns and filling yarns, each filling yarn comprising from about 10% to 40% by weight of thermoplastic fibers capable of being autogenously bonded to said facing material at or below the softening temperature of said facing material, the remaining fibers in each of said filling yarns and said warp yarns not being capable of being autogenously bonded to said facing material at or below the softening temperature of said facing material, said warp yarns lying in the direction of the long dimension and said filling yarns lying in the direction of the short dimension of said wall covering, whereby said wall covering is rendered more stiff and less flexible in the direction of its short dimension as compared to its long dimension.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
168 words
A wall covering having a long dimension and a short dimension and comprising a laminate of a synthetic plastic facing material bonded to a woven fabric backing material, said facing material having a thickness between 0.002 inch and 0.008 inch, said backing material woven with warp yarns and filling yarns, each filling yarn comprising from about 10% to 40% by weight of thermoplastic fibers capable of being autogenously bonded to said facing material at or below the softening temperature of said facing material, the remaining fibers in each of said filling yarns and said warp yarns not being capable of being autogenously bonded to said facing material at or below the softening temperature of said facing material, said warp yarns lying in the direction of the long dimension and said filling yarns lying in the direction of the short dimension of said wall covering, whereby said wall covering is rendered more stiff and less flexible in the direction of its short dimension as compared to its long dimension.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
A wall covering as defined in claim 1 wherein the facing material is a vinyl resin film.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A wall covering as defined in claim 1 wherein the facing material is a polyvinyl chloride film.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
A wall covering as defined in claim 1 wherein the warp yarns consist of cellulosic fibers.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A wall covering as defined in claim 1 wherein the warp yarns consist of synthetic fibers which are non-bondable to the facing material at or below the softening temperature of the facing film.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
15 words
A wall covering as defined in claim 1 wherein the warp yarns are spun yarns.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
15 words
A wall covering as defined in claim 1 wherein the filling yarns are spun yarns.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
19 words
A wall covering as defined in claim 1 wherein the warp yarns and the filling yarns are spun yarns.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
23 words
A wall covering as defined in claim 1 wherein the filling yarns comprise vinyl chloride -- vinyl acetate copolymer fibers and cellulosic fibers.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
A wall covering as defined in claim 1 wherein the facing material is a polyvinyl chloride film, the warp yarns are cellulosic, and the filling yarns comprise vinyl chloride -- vinyl acetate fibers and cellulosic fibers.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
161 words
A method of making a wall covering having long and short dimensions which is more stiff and less flexible in the direction of its short dimension as compared to its long dimension which comprises weaving a backing material with warp yarns and filling yarns, each filling yarn comprising from about 10% to 40% by weight of thermoplastic fibers capable of being autogenously bonded to a synthetic plastic facing material at or below the softening temperature of the facing material, the remaining fibers in each of said filling yarns and said warp yarns not being capable of being autogenously bonded to said facing material at or below the softening temperature of said facing material, and bonding said backing material to said facing material at a temperature at or below the softening temperature of said facing material with the warp yarns in the direction of the long dimension and the filling yarns in the direction of the short dimension of said wall covering.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
161 words
A method of making a wall covering having long and short dimensions which is more stiff and less flexible in the direction of its short dimension as compared to its long dimension which comprises weaving a backing material with warp yarns and filling yarns, each filling yarn comprising from about 10% to 40% by weight of thermoplastic fibers capable of being autogenously bonded to a synthetic plastic facing material at or below the softening temperature of the facing material, the remaining fibers in each of said filling yarns and said warp yarns not being capable of being autogenously bonded to said facing material at or below the softening temperature of said facing material, and bonding said backing material to said facing material at a temperature at or below the softening temperature of said facing material with the warp yarns in the direction of the long dimension and the filling yarns in the direction of the short dimension of said wall covering.
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