SEMI-ABSORBENT, SEMI-RESISTANT, BREATHABLE FABRIC
First Claim
1. A semi-absorbent, semi-resistant, breathable fabric comprising:
- a single layer of fabric having a first, hydrophilic side that absorbs water, and a second, hydrophobic side relative to the first side such that a liquid that is absorbed on the hydrophilic side spreads out laterally to a wider area and does not seep through to the second, hydrophobic side of the single-layer fabric.
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Abstract
A semi-absorbent, semi-resistant, breathable fabric includes a single-layer having a first, hydrophilic side that absorbs water, and a second, hydrophobic side; wherein the first, hydrophilic side of the single-layer fabric quickly spreads out a liquid that is absorbed laterally to a wider area such that the absorbed liquid does not seep or pass through to the second, hydrophobic side of the single-layer fabric under gravitational force. A method of making a semi-absorbent, semi-resistant, breathable fabric includes: subjecting a first side of a single-layer fabric to a hydrophilic amino functional polysiloxane softener; treating a second opposite side of the fabric with a fluorocarbon compound under low pressure such that the fluorocarbon compound penetrates no more than half of the fabric thickness; and drying and curing the fabric, preferably at a temperature of about 145° C. to 155° C. for about three minutes to about five minutes.
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29 Claims
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1. A semi-absorbent, semi-resistant, breathable fabric comprising:
- a single layer of fabric having a first, hydrophilic side that absorbs water, and a second, hydrophobic side relative to the first side such that a liquid that is absorbed on the hydrophilic side spreads out laterally to a wider area and does not seep through to the second, hydrophobic side of the single-layer fabric.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 20)
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9. A method of fabricating a semi-absorbent, semi-resistant, breathable single layer of fabric, comprising the steps of:
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(a) subjecting a first side of a single layer of fabric to hydrophilic amino functional polysiloxane softener to impart hydrophilicity to the first side; (b) treating a second, opposite side of the fabric with a fluorocarbon compound to impart hydrophobicity to the second side, the treatment being performed under low pressure such that the fluorocarbon compound does not penetrate more than 50% of the thickness of the single layer of fabric; and (c) drying and curing the fabric to obtain the semi-absorbent, semi-resistant, breathable fabric. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 29)
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16. A mattress pad, comprising:
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(a) a single layer of woven fabric; (b) a layer of wadding; (c) a nonwoven fabric defining an enclosure in which the wadding is contained; (d) wherein the single layer of fabric comprises a hydrophilic side and an oppositely facing hydrophobic side, with the single layer of fabric being stitched to the enclosure in covering relation to a top side of the enclosure, and with the hydrophilic side of the single layer of fabric facing away from the enclosure and the hydrophobic side facing the enclosure, whereby liquid that is absorbed by the hydrophilic side of the single layer of fabric on the top side of the mattress pad spreads across the hydrophilic top side of the mattress pad and does not seep through to the hydrophobic area of the single layer of fabric or to the wadding layer. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. (canceled)
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21-28. -28. (canceled)
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