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Enhanced thickness fabric and method of making same

  • US 7,786,026 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2003
  • Issued: 08/31/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A reinforcing fabric comprising:

  • a plurality of X axis yarns and Y axis yarns comprising reinforcing fibers, wherein the yarns are combined to form a layer of the fabric;

    a selected some of the yarns in the layer being subject to tensile force, which applies torque on other yarns in the layer, such that said other yarns become undulated from first orientations to second orientations to increase a thickness of the layer by at least about 50% when viewed in a plane of the fabric; and

    a bonding agent on the layer holding said other yarns in said second orientations.

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