| US 7,485,370 B2 | ||
| Fire retardant material and textile article comprising ammonium polyphosphate particles and melamine-based particles | ||
| Tilo Schwarzbach, Sheffield (United Kingdom); and Jo McKnight, Nottinghamshire (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Dartex Coatings Limited, (United Kingdom) | ||
| Appl. No. 11/813,547 PCT Filed Jan. 05, 2006, PCT No. PCT/GB2006/000046 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jul. 09, 2007, PCT Pub. No. WO2006/075136, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 20, 2006. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 0500629.1 (GB), filed on Jan. 13, 2005. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0166559 A1, Jul. 10, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. B32B 5/16 (2006.01); B05D 1/26 (2006.01); C09D 5/18 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 428—403 [106/16; 106/18.15; 106/18.16; 106/18.17; 106/499; 106/503; 427/189; 427/195; 427/201; 428/407] | 19 Claims |

| 1. A fire retardant material for application to textiles comprising (a) ammonium polyphosphate particles microencapsulated within a melamine resin or melamine-based resin and (b) melamine-based particles retained in (c) a base material, wherein the weight to weight ratio of (a) ammonium polyphosphate particles microencapsulated within a melamine or melamine-based resin and (b) melamine-based particles is from 3:1 to 1:3. |