An improved heat and dimensionally stable carpet backing comprising crossing fiberglass yarns with each of the yarns coated with a vinyl plastisol and a substantially uniform adherable and noncompatible second coating of acrylic-acetate resin uniformly distributed over the vinyl coated yarns with the bond strength of the second coating to the vinyl coating on the yarns being less than the bond strength of the vinyl coating to the fiberglass.

A woven polypropylene ribbon carpet backing is provided having a special coating consisting essentially of 18 - 23 parts of butyl rubber, 6 - 8 parts of polyoxyethylene lauryl alcohol, up to 1 - 5 parts stearate lubricant, up to 2 parts polyethylene glycol and 5 - 6 parts of calcium carbonate.

A saddle pad for laying on the back of a riding animal comprises a first side panel, a second side panel and a web from which the first and second side panels hang. The web includes a lengthwise groove configured and arranged to overly the spine of the riding animal, so that the panels resting on the flanks of the riding animal have a greater thickness than the web connecting the first and second panels to one another over the spine, where undersides of the first and second panels that contact t...

Backing member of plastic intended to be fixed for example to a wall and to support a decorative wall plate, a shelf, a soap dish, a towel hanger etc., said backing member comprising a mainly square or rectangular plate or frame construction provided with a lock edge at the top, two lock springs at the bottom and one distance ear at each of the four corners, the lock edge and the lock springs being intended to engage with rails, extensions, pins etc. arranged at the inside of a decorative wall p...

A low alloy nickel-manganese steel consists essentially of carbon 0.18-0.23 weight percent, manganese 0.70-0.90 weight percent, silicon 0.20-0.35 weight percent, chromium 0.40-0.60 weight percent, nickel 0.40-0.70 weight percent, molybdenum 0.15-0.25 weight percent and the balance iron. The steel is especially well suited for use as a backing material for bimetallic cylinders prepared by the centrifugal casting process. The backing material has improved stability at the temperatures employed dur...

A backing stabilizer for use in conjunction with a tractor having a tractor trailer pivotally connected thereto and another trailer with a tongue having one end pivotally connected to the tractor trailer and having the opposite end pivotally connected to the other trailer. The backing stabilizer includes a continuous cable having a portion connected to the tongue, means for movably connecting a portion of the cable to the trailer, and means for moving the cable to a slack condition wherein the t...

Process and apparatus for producing apertured or non-apertured nonwoven fabric wherein fibrous web is introduced onto support means and treated with high velocity water streams jetted from above. The non-apertured nonwoven fabric may be produced by fiber entangling treatment on a smooth surfaced plate including a plurality of drainage holes as first support means or by further fiber entangling treatment performed on water impermeable second support means after the fiber entangling treatment perf...

A backing material consisting essentially of a two part phthalallic polyester resin including an expansion agent and a filler in an amount to offset shrinking during curing.

A textile composite material is used as tuft backing for tufted carpets, the composite material having at least one nonwoven fabric on which exclusively parallel-running, straight, load-absorbing, plastic, continuous filaments are rascheled, and a thin binding yarn serving as a knitting chain fixing the continuous filaments in position.

A composition comprising a flexible backing for a transdermal drug preparation with a water vapor transmission rate about equal to or in excess of that of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, namely equal to or in excess of, at one mil thickness, of about 2 to 4 grams and more preferably in excess of 6 grams per 24 hours per 100 square inches at 40.degree. C. and 90% relative humidity and an oxygen transmission rate equal to or less than ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, namely at one mil thickness...