US Patent Issued to FIBERTEX NONWOVENS on Oct. 20 for "Method for making a nonwoven material with reduced quaternary ammonium affinity" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,765,542, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FIBERTEX NONWOVENS A/S (Aalborg Ost, Denmark).

"Method for making a nonwoven material with reduced quaternary ammonium affinity" was invented by Samuel Keith Black (Gray Court, S.C.), Luis Teixeira (Gray Court, S.C.), Jonathan Layer (Gray Court, S.C.) and Jimmy Nicholson (Gray Court, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method to apply chemistry to nonwovens comprising cellulosic fibers to prevent quaternary ammonium disinfectant binding to the fibers. The invention further relates to nonwovens treated via such method and the improved quaternary ammonium release of the...