ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,109, issued on April 14, was assigned to PORCHER INDUSTRIES (Eclose-Badinieres, France).
"Polyester fabric for a boat traction structure" was invented by Stephane Veran (Aix les Bains, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fabric for a ship traction structure is provided that is formed from multifilament continuous warp yarns and weft yarns and coated on one or both of its two surfaces with a polyurethane (PU), the fabric having a coverage rate TC of between 1.8 and 4, the yarns being made of poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) and a density of between 20 and 50 yarns/cm, in terms of warp and weft density, the polyurethane (PU) bei...