OEKO-TEX® standards enable everyone to make responsible choices and protect natural resources. Among the various OEKO-TEX® standards, OEKO-TEX® STeP certification sets the highest standards for both social and environmental aspects of textile and leather production, as well as for industrial laundries. This month's Patent Alert highlights innovations from selected STeP-certified companies to show that innovation and sustainability go hand in hand.
Fitted sheet for covering the top and side faces of a rectangular mattress and method for its manufacture
Patent number: EP3884813
Publication date: 2021-09-29
Applicant(s): DE WITTE LIETAER INT TEXTILES NV
Inventor(s): DELOBELLE JAAK
The present invention relates to a fitted sheet for covering the top and the side faces of a rectangular mattress, made of a rectangular piece of fabric, the fitted sheet comprising a head end and a foot end, the rectangular piece of fabric is sewn together at two corners at the foot end to form mattress corner enveloping pockets, the pockets comprise an elastic band and the rectangular piece of fabric at the head end is partially folded double in the direction of the foot end, the double folded portion being sewn together to form a mattress head enveloping pocket. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a fitted sheet for covering the top face and side faces of a rectangular mattress.
Figure 1 shows a schematic representation of a rectangular piece of fabric for processing into a fitted sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention, with the main folding and cutting lines indicated thereon.
Figure 2 shows a bottom view of a fitted sheet according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Flame retardant fabric comprising cotton alternative
Patent number: WO2022/263615
Publication date: 2022-12-22
Applicant(s): TEN CATE PROTECT BV
Inventor(s): KARKDIJK SIMONE CHRISTINA FREDERIQUE; VAN RIJN ANDRÉ AELREDUS LAURENTIUS; VAN DIJK GERRIT BEERT
The present invention relates to a heat and flame retardant fabric as well as a method of making the same. The fabric comprises a cellulose-based cotton alternative having heat and flame retardant properties. The present disclosure relates to a flame retardant (FR) treated fabric, comprising yarns formed from a mixture of natural and/or synthetic fibres, the fabric further comprising FR treated lyocell fibres, wherein the FR treatment is a non-cellulose-reactive FR treatment and the FR treated lyocell fibres are rendered low-fibrillating e.g. whereby at least some of the hydroxyl groups are cross-linked with a reactant resin.
Tile and tiling system
Patent number: WO2023/105393
Publication date: 2023-06-15
Applicant(s): BELGOTEX FLOORCOVERINGS (PTY) LTD T/A BELGOTEX FLOORS
Inventor(s): ROOKE GAVIN ALEXANDER
There is disclosed a tile having a right trapezoid shape including two non-parallel legs comprising a short leg and a long leg, and two parallel bases comprising a short base and long base; with the two parallel bases each extending at a right angle from the short leg, and the long leg connecting the ends of the two parallel bases distal from the short leg, with the long leg being orientated at an offset angle between but not including 0° and 45° relative to the short leg.
Laminate for an absorbent article, absorbent article comprising said laminate and process for making such laminate
Patent number: EP4082495
Publication date: 2022-11-02
Applicant(s): ONTEX BV; ONTEX GROUP NV
Inventor(s): HEEGE THOMAS; IFFLAND DIRK; LAMBERTZ CHRISTINA; GRANADO MARTÍN; WEBER AINAS
The current invention concerns a laminate (2) for an absorbent article, preferably to be used as the backsheet of said absorbent article, said laminate (2) comprising:
- a first layer (4) comprising a fibrous material such as a nonwoven material;
- a second layer (6) comprising a film;
- a third layer (8) comprising an adhesive;
the third layer (8) being arranged between the first (4) and second (6) layer; wherein the adhesive in the third layer (8) is applied in a pattern, said pattern comprising:
- a first sub-pattern (10) comprising a frame (12) following the perimeter of the laminate (2) and defining an inner surface, said first sub-pattern (10) comprising a first amount of adhesive;
- a second sub-pattern (14) arranged within the inner surface of the frame (12), said second sub-pattern (14) comprising a second amount of adhesive, the second amount of adhesive being less than the first amount of adhesive.
The invention also concerns an absorbent article comprising such laminate and a process for manufacturing such laminate.
Cleanroom coverall
Patent number: EP4059369
Publication date: 2022-09-21
Applicant(s): ALSICO HIGH TECH
Inventor(s): SIAU GAUTHIER
The cleanroom coverall comprises a coverall suit and a ventilator positioned inside the coverall suit. The ventilator is fluidly connected to the ambient of the coverall, such that between the ambient of the coverall suit and the ventilator, a one-way valve is present, which one-way valve opens when the ventilator is active.
Process for manufacturing a nonwoven sheet material having an impermeable layer on one side and an anti-slip coating on the other side
Patent number: EP3721003
Publication date: 2020-10-14
Applicant(s): TWE MEULEBEKE
Inventor(s): DEWITTE GREET; MICHIELS DANY; ROSTER DOMINIK
The process comprises the steps of: carding (2) fibers (1) with a common general orientation and forming a web; bonding (4) the fibers into a nonwoven sheet material; applying (7) an anti-slip coating onto one surface of the material; applying a polymer onto the second surface of the nonwoven material and maintaining the orientation of the fibers over the whole process.
Compression garment
Patent number: BE1027457
Publication date: 2021-02-16
Applicant(s): LIEBAERT MARCEL NV
Inventor(s): REGELBRUGGE STEVEN
The invention relates to a method of making a garment for covering a body part, the garment being adapted to be worn against the skin of the body part, the method comprising the steps of:
- locating on the body part to be covered or on a model of the body part to be coated, of an n number of sections Ci, where i is a natural number and varies from 1 to n;
- determining each body circumference OLi of the body part along each section Ci;
- designing a pattern for the garment based on the location of the sections Ci and a reduced pattern circumference OPi for each section Ci; where for each OPi = αi*OLi, and where αi depends on the location of the slice according to a compression profile; and,
- making said garment from unique textile according to the pattern.
Method of mechanical recycling of fibers from used clothing, preferably working clothing
Patent number: BE1030062
Publication date: 2023-07-14
Applicant(s): UTEXBEL NV
Inventor(s): DERYCKE JEAN-LUC
This invention relates to a process for recycling used (working) polyester/cotton-based garments into yarns capable of forming fabrics or knitting, whereby the process involves the following steps:
- sorting the used garments by color and removing undesirable materials into a selected stream of textile materials;
- unraveling the selected stream of textile materials into a distributed fiber fraction containing at least 60% polyester;
- mixing the unraveled fiber fraction with a fiber fraction containing at most 40% of newly produced cotton fibers, up to a mixing fraction;
- spinning the mixing fraction into the mixing fraction a weaving or knitting yarn.