Patent ID: 11878491
Assignee: ENGINEERED FLOORS LLC
Field: Surface technology, coating (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC B  D | IPC B  D

Claim 0:
1. A liquid-blocking textile fabric comprising:
a textile fabric layer comprising a fibrous surface having a surface contour comprising a plurality of elevated areas and a plurality of depressed areas;
a liquid-blocking polymeric layer attached on top of the fibrous surface and conforming continuously to a top of the fibrous surface through the elevated areas and depressed areas to maintain the surface contour; and
a separate adhesive sublayer disposed between the fibrous surface and the liquid-blocking polymeric layer, the adhesive sublayer and liquid-blocking polymeric layer conforming continuously to the fibrous surface through the elevated areas and depressed areas to maintain the surface contour, wherein
the fibrous surface further comprises a surface texture containing a plurality of gaps,
the liquid-blocking polymer layer conforms to the surface texture and extends into the gaps,
the surface texture is formed with loops of woven yarns, knit yarns, stitched yarns, or tufted yarns, and
the gaps comprise gaps among
the loops of woven yarns, knit yarns, stitched yarns, or tufted yarns, or yarns, filaments, or fibers in the fibrous surface.