Gregory H Rader

US Patent:

20190226159, Jul 25, 2019

Filed:

Jan 22, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/254268

Inventors:

- Chattanooga TN, US
Noah John NICHOLS - Ringgold GA, US
Gregory Harding RADER - Ringgold GA, US

International Classification:

E01C 11/16
E01C 7/18
C08L 95/00
D04H 13/00

Abstract:

A millable, recyclable, paving fabric interlayer system for the construction and repair of roadways and other load-bearing surfaces and method of using such a fabric is disclosed. The paving fabric includes thermoplastic materials and is combined with asphalt cement to provide a flexible, stress relieving, waterproofing layer for roadways. Because of the thickness and asphalt cement absorption of the fabric, the system provides a stress absorbing interlayer to resist fatigue and reflective cracking in pavements. The system also acts as an effective moisture barrier due to the enhanced capability to retain sufficient asphalt cement when paved onto a roadway. Such a system has the required strength and elongation to be installed on smooth or milled surfaces yet is easily milled and recycled owing to the uniquely engineered tensile and tear strengths of the fabric.