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Bond site reinforcement in thermal bonded highloft non-wovens

  • US 5,585,161 A
  • Filed: 11/12/1993
  • Issued: 12/17/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A highloft nonwoven thermally bonded fiber batting consisting essentially of:

  • a series of matrix fibers;

    at least one binder element comprising at least one low-melt, sheath-core binder fiber and which secures the matrix fibers together to establish a desired textile structure; and

    at least one supplemental reinforcing element positioned throughout the established textile structure in a manner that assists in maintaining it'"'"'s structural integrity and loft even after exposure to multiple compressions, wherein the supplemental reinforcing element comprises at least one medially located, planar textile component formed of single or multiple filaments, fibers or yarns.

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