ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,036, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to JAKOB MULLER AG FRICK (Frick, Switzerland).
"Textile structure, and manufacturing process related thereto" was invented by Stephan Buhler (Erlinsbach, Switzerland) and Bertram Wendisch (Buchs, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a base fabric (2) having a front surface (F) and a back surface (B) at mutually opposite sides with respect to a median lying plane (P), weft yarns (4a, 4b, 4c) interlace with warp yarns (3) at respective interlacing points (IPa, IPb, IPc) at which the weft yarns cross the median lying plane (P) to override at least one of the warp yarns. At least one function...