Patent ID: 6020275
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: D03D,D10B,E02D,E04C,Y10T

Abstract:
A bonded composite open mesh structural textile comprising:a plurality of spaced-apart bundles of weft yarns;a plurality of spaced-apart bundles of warp yarns, the warp yarn bundles intersecting with the weft yarn bundles at a plurality of junctions to define openings between adjacent weft and warp yarn bundles, the weft yarns and the warp yarns being interwoven at the junctions, each weft yarn being interwoven with the warp yarns independently of adjacent weft yarns, each warp yarn being interwoven with the weft yarns independently of adjacent warp yarns;a portion of the warp and weft yarns comprising load bearing yarns, the load bearing yarns being high tenacity, high modulus, low elongation yarns; andthe junctions of the bonded composite open mesh structural textile comprising at least one polymer component encapsulating and bonding yarns at the junctions to strengthen the junctions, the polymer component being formed by a fusible polymer component of a fusible bonding yarn which melts when heated and flows around adjacent yarns at the junctions.