Sheila W Voshell

US Patent:

55602274, Oct 1, 1996

Filed:

Oct 23, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/546792

Inventors:

Ronald L. Depoe - Greensboro NC
Sheila W. Voshell - Pleasant Garden NC

Assignee:

Guilford Mills, Inc. - Greensboro NC

International Classification:

D04B 2100
D04B 2120

US Classification:

66196

Abstract:

A warp-knitted shoe liner fabric of a three-bar construction having a three-dimensional compressible character in the fabric's thickness dimension with a pattern of elongated coursewise underlaps at the fabric's technical back which, in use, is to be oriented to face inwardly of the interior foot-receiving area of the shoe. The fabric is preferably finished with dye bath-carrying anti-microbial/anti-fungal and wicking enhancement agents, and also has silicone and acrylic polymers applied to resist fraying and abrasion and improve the fabric softness.

US Patent:

54618843, Oct 31, 1995

Filed:

Jan 19, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/183657

Inventors:

Phillip D. McCartney - Oak Ridge NC
Sheila W. Voshell - Pleasant Garden NC

Assignee:

Guilford Mills, Inc. - Greensboro NC

International Classification:

D04B 2100
A43B 1338

US Classification:

66170

Abstract:

A warp-knitted shoe liner fabric of a three-bar construction having a three-dimensional compressible character in the fabric's thickness dimension with a pattern of elongated coursewise underlaps at the fabric's technical back which, in use, is to be oriented to face inwardly of the interior foot-receiving area of the shoe. The fabric is preferably finished with dye bath-carrying anti-microbial/anti-fungal and wicking enhancement agents, and also has silicone and acrylic polymers applied to resist fraying and abrasion and improve the fabric softness.