FLOCKED ARTICLES
First Claim
1. A flocked article comprising a substrate comprising expanded PTFE;
- and at least one layer of flock particulate attached to at least a portion of said expanded PTFE to form a flocked surface, wherein said flocked surface has an abrasion to leakage value of at least 50 wear cycles.
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Abstract
Novel flocked articles are disclosed which include as at least one component of the article a water resistant, wind resistant, breathable portion. The water resistant, wind resistant, breathable portion may be a membrane, layered structure or composite which is either porous or nonporous, which can also be air permeable or air impermeable, hydrophilic, hydrophobic and/or oleophobic. In a particularly preferred embodiment of the present invention, at least a portion of the article comprises an ePTFE material. The flocked article may have any desired shape, such as a flexible sheet, a fabric, a fiber, a flexible or rigid three-dimensional shape, a tube, or the like. Moreover the configuration of the article may be either simple or complex, ranging from a single sheet to a layered structure to a multi-layered, multi-compositional form.
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1. A flocked article comprising
a substrate comprising expanded PTFE; - and
at least one layer of flock particulate attached to at least a portion of said expanded PTFE to form a flocked surface, wherein said flocked surface has an abrasion to leakage value of at least 50 wear cycles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 49)
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27. A flocked article comprising:
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a substrate having a first side and a second side wherein said first side comprises a water resistant, wind resistant breathable material; and
at least one layer of flock particulate attached to at least a portion of said first side;
wherein said article has an abrasion to leakage value of at least 50 cycles. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 50)
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35. A flocked article comprising
a substrate having at least a first side and a second side wherein said first side comprises expanded PTFE; -
at least one layer of flock particulate attached to at least a portion of said first side; and
at least one layer of flock particulate attached to at least a portion of said second side. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 51)
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41. A flocked article comprising
a substrate comprising expanded PTFE membrane having a coating of water resistant, moisture vapor permeable material, and at least one layer of flock attached to at least a portion of the coated membrane, wherein said flocked surface has an abrasion to leakage value of at least 50 wear cycles.
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44. A flocked article comprising
a substrate; - and
at least one layer of flock particulate comprising expanded PTFE attached to at least a portion of said substrate. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 52)
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Specification