A mat comprises a cover detachably fastened to a base pad, where the cover may be removed for washing and/or replacement. The cover may be made of a durable fabric while the base pad may be made of rubber or similar material. The base pad may comprise a number of holes through each of which a two-part fastener may be attached. A portion of hook and loop material (or another type of material intended to attach tightly to the cover) may be affixed to the portions of the fasteners oriented toward the cover so as to enable the mat to be detachably fastened to the cover.

Provided is a carpet comprising a textile top member, which includes carpet yarns and a nonwoven primary backing that is coupled with the carpet yarns so that the primary backing structurally supports the carpet yarns. The nonwoven primary backing includes reinforcement fibers deposed in the nonwoven primary backing. The reinforcement fibers are configured to mechanically reinforce and stabilize the carpet yarns. A secondary backing is coupled with the textile top member via a thermoplastic material. The carpet can be a carpet tile or a carpet rug.

This document presents a novel method of manufacturing multilayered nonwoven fabrics consisting of submicron fibers, hydroentangled, meltfibrillated, and/or spunlaid web layers. The composite multilayered webs contain one or more submicron fiber webs placed between inner and outer layers of hydroentangled, meltfibrillated, and/or spunlaid web, forming a fabric that may be utilized in the manufacture of articles which serve as barriers, wipes or sorbent materials, or may have other potential applications. The created novel composite multilayered fabric may have increased loft, softness and bending length, may not be solely dependent upon an electrostatic charge to repel small particles and microbes, and may be formed from a broad selection of natural, synthetic, and recycled polymers, including petroleum- and plant-based, allowing polymer selection based on article lifecycle.

The disclosure relates to systems and methods for self-healing composite wraps. The self-healing composite wraps can be used to repair a defect section in a pipe.

A ballistic protective material, characterized in that it comprises a laminate made of aramid fabric having one or more layers of thermoplastic or thermosetting matrix. The resulting composite can be produced by using a film, by applying powders or resins; the material is very flexible, in the form of a roll having the desired width and length.

A laminate is made of a spunbonded nonwoven laminate, by first making first and second spunbonded nonwoven layers of which at least one has crimped bicomponent filaments having a first component based on polypropylene and a second component based on polypropylene. Then at least one spunbonded nonwoven layer is preconsolidated, and finally the first and second spunbonded nonwoven layers are finally consolidated into the spunbonded nonwoven laminate by at least one calender roller such that the laminate has a specific density dependent on its surface density and below a density limit ?.sub.G according to the equation

[00001]${?}_G=9{\mathrm{cm}}^{-1}H\mathrm{surface}\mathrm{density}g/{\mathrm{cm}}^2+0.0393g/{\mathrm{cm}}^3.$

A nonwoven laminate, consisting of, in order (A) to (C), a spunbond nonwoven layer (A) including fibres, which include polyethylene terephthalate and copolyester, an optional spunbond nonwoven layer (B) including fibres, which include polyethylene terephthalate and copolyester, the nonwoven layer (B) having a higher copolyester content than nonwoven layer (A), and a needled staple fibre nonwoven layer (C). The needled staple fiber nonwoven layer (C) includes monocomponent polyethylene terephthalate staple fibres, and multicomponent staple fibres, which include at least a polyethylene terephthalate component and a copolyester component. Layers (A), (B) and (C) are each melt-bonded to at least one other layer of the layers (A), (B) and (C).

The present invention is directed to a gypsum panel with enhanced hail resistance and a method of making such gypsum panel. For instance, in one aspect, the gypsum panel comprises a gypsum core and a first facing material and a second facing material, the first facing material and the second facing material sandwiching the gypsum core, the first facing material, the second facing material, or both comprising glass fibers and one or more binders, the glass fibers being bound by the one or more binders. The methods of the present invention are directed to making the aforementioned gypsum panels by providing the first facing material, providing a gypsum slurry comprising gypsum and water onto the first facing material, and providing a second facing material on the gypsum slurry.

Disclosed is a fiber laminated structure that has a waterproof breathable function, has stable waterproofness even when being stretched, has high peel strength, and is superior in durability. Some instances provide a water-repellent fiber laminated structure in which a nonwoven fabric web with a bulkiness of 1.5 to 2.5 cm3/g and a thickness of 20 to 60 ?m including a fiber made of a polyurethane-based polymer having a fiber diameter of less than 1 ?m is present on one side of a woven cloth having stretchability at least in either a warp direction or a weft direction with an adhesive agent A interposed therebetween.

A method for fabricating a liner for a tubular hose, comprising selecting a combination of functional filaments and filling filaments, the functional filaments being elastic filaments, and combining the functional filaments and the filling filaments, in a ratio selected according to a target radial expansion and compression of the liner, under a selected twisting tension and with a selected twist number; into filler yarns; selecting warp yarns according to a target rigidity in a longitudinal direction of the liner; twisting together a number of the filler yarns into filler threads and the warp yarns into warp threads; and weaving the liner around the hose by interlacing the filler threads and the warp threads.