Patent ID: 8695151

Claim:
A roller cover for use with paints and other materials, comprising: (a) a surface material; wherein the surface material is substantially free of texture and is adapted to be mounted on a paint roller; wherein the surface material further includes a first fabric and a second fabric; wherein the first fabric is selected from the group consisting of non-woven materials; wherein the second fabric is selected from the group consisting of woven fabrics, knit fabrics, and combinations thereof; and wherein the non-woven materials, woven fabrics, and knit fabrics further include: (i) a plurality of fibers, wherein the plurality of fibers further include natural fibers, synthetic fibers, or a combination thereof; and (ii) wherein the plurality of fibers have been interconnected with one another by mechanical means, chemical means, thermal means, solvent means, sonic means, or combinations thereof; and (b) a substrate to which the surface material is attached, wherein the substrate consists of paper, phenolic impregnated paper, olefin sheets, fabric, metallics, elastomers, non-woven materials, or combinations thereof; and (c) a core to which the either the surface material or substrate is attached, wherein the core further includes non-woven materials, fabric, wood, paper, impregnated phenolic resin paper, silica, metal, paper/olefin composites, olefin sheets, polyolefin sheets, polypropylene, polyethylene, polyethylenetelephthalate, polyvinyl chloride, thermoplastic rubber, thermoplastic elastomer, nylon, glass filled nylon, acetal, or combinations thereof; and wherein the core is manufactured by spunbond, meltblown, spunlace, airlaid, wetlaid, highloft, needle punch, or spinlace techniques, or combinations thereof.