Patent ID: 9062412
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: B29B,B29L,D06N,Y02P,Y02W,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of making a textile backing from post-consumer textile backing waste and, optionally, blended textile waste, wherein the blended textile waste includes at least one of post-consumer textile waste and post-industrial textile waste, the method comprising: forming the post-consumer textile backing waste, wherein forming the post-consumer textile backing waste comprises optionally and separately densifying the optional blended textile waste, wherein densifying the blended textile waste comprises at least one of compacting and pelletizing the optional blended textile waste; delivering the post-consumer textile backing waste in the shredded condition to an extruder, wherein the post-consumer textile backing waste is delivered to the extruder in the shredded condition without being granulated or densified; and extruding a mixture comprising from about 75 to about 100 wt % of the post-consumer textile backing waste and from 0 to about 25 wt % of the optional blended textile waste to form the textile backing.