Retention cover for an inflatable object

• US 8,047,560 B2
• Filed: 07/03/2007
• Issued: 11/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ccl Label Incorporated (CCL Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Avery Dennison Corporation
• Inventors: Brockman, Clifford Russell
• Primary Examiner(s): Culbreth; Eric
• Assistant Examiner(s): Spisich; George D.
• Application Number:
  US11/824,810
• Publication Number:
  US 20090008912A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,582 Days
• Field of Search: 280/728.2, 280/728.3, 280/730.2, 280/743.1, 24/16.R
• US Class Current: 280/728.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 21/215 characterised by the covers for the inflatable member B60R21/2176 takes precedence

Abstract

A retention cover manufacture in accordance with at least one embodiment of the present invention is disclosed. The cover manufacture can include a substrate textile such as a non-woven substrate textile. Fastening elements can be attached to the first face of the substrate textile at or near the longitudinal edges. Moreover, a fastening element can be attached to the second face of the substrate textile substantially along the central longitudinal axis. Also, in accordance with at least one embodiment, a retention cover for enclosing, at least in part, an inflatable object is disclosed. The retention cover can include a textile where, at or near the first longitudinal edge, a loop element can be attached to the textile. In addition, at or near the second longitudinal edge, a hook element can be attached to the textile. Alternatively, at or near a longitudinal edge, an adhesive strip element can be attached to the textile.

Claims

1. A retention cover for an inflatable object, comprising:

a cover means for tubularly enclosing said inflatable object substantially along all of a length of said object, said cover means including a panel of textile having a first longitudinal edge and a second longitudinal edge in opposition to said first longitudinal edge, said first and second edges being straight and substantially parallel to one another;

means for detachably fastening said cover means around said inflatable object, including a loop element attached to the textile proximate the first longitudinal edge; and

a hook element attached to the textile proximate the second longitudinal edge, and

a frangible feature defined on the textile proximate to but separate from one or the other of the loop element and the hook element

wherein both of said means for detachably fastening said cover means and said frangible feature can release said inflatable object from said cover means upon inflation of said object and

wherein said inflatable object is separate and apart from said cover means.

2. The cover of claim 1, wherein said loop element is attached to the first face of the single panel of textile and the hook element is attached to the second face of the single panel of textile and said first face overlaps said second face when said hook and loop elements are engaged.

3. The cover of claim 1, wherein said cover means is formed from a single panel of textile material.

4. The cover of claim 1, wherein said panel is continuous.

5. The cover of claim 1 wherein the textile is a non-woven textile.

6. The cover of claim 5 wherein the textile is a thermoplastic polymer.

7. The cover of claim 6 wherein the textile is polypropylene or polyethylene terephthalate.

8. The cover of claim 5 wherein the non-woven textile is a spunlaid non-woven textile.

9. The cover of claim 1 wherein the loop element is on the first face of the textile.

10. The cover of claim 1 wherein the loop element is a loop fastening strip.

11. The cover of claim 10 wherein the loop fastening strip is attached via ultrasonic welding.

12. The cover of claim 1 wherein the loop element is a high loft non-woven loop element.

13. The cover of claim 1 wherein the hook element is a hook fastening strip.

14. The cover of claim 13 wherein the hook fastening strip is attached via ultrasonic welding.