Composite fabrics with internal connecting elements

Abstract

A composite fabric formed of a double cloth of jersey knit material which is needled to produce internal connections of filaments and/or fibers from yarns extending into, and/or between, the yarns of an adjacent layer.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A composite fabric comprising: 
 a first fabric layer being a knitted fabric and having first yarn with first yarn fibers; and,    a second layer having blister yarn with second yarn fibers;    wherein the first layer and the second layer are independent layers; and,    further including: 
 first layer connections between the first layer and the second layer formed by a portion of the first yarn fibers from the first layer; and,  
 second layer connections between the second layer and the first layer by a portion of the second yarn fibers from the second layer.  
   
     
     
         2 . A composite fabric comprising: 
 a first fabric layer being a knitted fabric having first yarn with first yarn fibers; and,    a second layer having blister yarn with second yarn fibers;    wherein the first layer and the second layer are independent layers; and,    further including first layer connections between the first layer and the second layer formed by a portion of the first yarn fibers from the first layer.    
     
     
         3 . A composite fabric comprising: 
 a first fabric layer being a knitted fabric and having first yarn with first yarn fibers; and,    a second layer having blister yarn with second yarn fibers;    wherein the first layer and the second layer are independent layers; and,    further including second layer connections between the second layer and the first layer by a portion of the second yarn fibers from the second layer.