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US 12,286,790 · App. 18/463,860 · Granted Apr 29, 2025

Synthetic fabric having slip resistant properties and method of making same

Inventor: Gurpreet Singh Sandhar (Langley, CA)
Assignee: BMIC LLC
E04D12/002B29C59/025B32B5/022B32B5/028B32B11/10B32B27/12B32B27/32B32B27/34B32B27/36B32B37/15B32B38/004D01D5/00B32B37/20B32B2262/0253B32B2262/0261B32B2262/0276B32B2305/20B32B2307/7265B32B2307/744B32B2309/12B32B2398/20B32B2419/06
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Patent No.
US 12,286,790
App. No.
18/463,860
Granted
Apr 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A synthetic nonwoven fabric having bonded fibers forming channels surrounding unbonded fibers forming raised slip resistant spots. The fabric is made by extruding hot polymer through a spinneret die onto a moving belt to form a sheet of random fibers, which sheet undergoes a calendering process between a pair of heated rollers, one of which rollers having a plurality of cavities defined in its surface. The resulting fabric can be laminated and otherwise combined with other layers as desired to provide an end product having good slip resistant properties.

Claims (15)

1. A system, comprising:

a roof deck;

a plurality of roofing shingles; and

a roofing membrane installed above the roof deck,

wherein the roofing membrane comprises:

a calendered sheet;

wherein the calendered sheet comprises a resin;

wherein the calendered sheet comprises:

 a) a plurality of elevated portions of random unbonded fibers, and

 b) bonded fibers in channels between the plurality of elevated portions;

wherein the roofing membrane is between the plurality of roofing shingles and the roof deck.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the resin comprises a polymer resin.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the resin comprises at least one of polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, or nylon.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the channels have a width of at least 0.5 mm.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the channels have a width of 0.7 mm to 1 mm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2024
From: FT SYNTHETICS, INC.
To: BMIC LLC
Reel/Frame 066025/0121 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18061366 · Dec 2, 2022
Continuation 16706137 · Dec 6, 2019
Continuation 15114178
Provisional Application 61935797 · Feb 4, 2014
Related Publication 20240117635A1 · Apr 11, 2024
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