Patent ID: 6841247
Filing Date: 2005-01-11
Classification: D01D,D01F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fiber comprising two or more lobes extending from a central core, wherein the two or more lobes are equally spaced about an outer periphery of the central core; wherein each lobe has a substantially similar lobal cross-sectional configuration comprising at least three concave portions, at least two convex portions, and at least four inflection points along an outer perimeter of each lobal cross-sectional area, and wherein a maximum distance between adjacent lobes is located between adjacent areas of maximum width of each of said adjacent lobes, and wherein a cross-sectional periphery of said fiber is substantially free of flat surfaces and consists only of said at least three concave portions, said at least two convex portions and said at least four inflection points of each said lobe.