US2004116020A1PendingUtilityA1

Fabric with floating yarn having internal connecting elements

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Priority: Dec 13, 2002Filed: Dec 13, 2002Published: Jun 17, 2004
Est. expiryDec 13, 2022(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:William R. BoydJohn Tucker
D03D 15/283D04B 1/02D04B 21/02D10B 2201/01D03D 15/247D03D 13/004D03D 11/02Y10T442/3179D10B 2211/01Y10T442/322
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Abstract

A woven fabric having yarns which float, and fibers of the yarns which form connecting elements of the main bodies of yarns interlaced in the second direction of the fabric.

Claims

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         1 . A woven fabric comprising: 
 a set of first yarns disposed in a first direction, each of the first yarns comprising a first yarn main body of a plurality of first yarn filaments;    a set of second yarns disposed in a second direction, each of the second yarns comprising a second yarn main body of a plurality of second yarn filaments;    wherein the set of first yarns are interlaced with the set of second yarns; and    wherein a plurality of the first yarns float over from three to twenty of the second yarns and wherein the first yarns floating over the second yarns have from about 0.01 first yarn connections per filament-inch to about 0.5 first yarn connections per filament-inch, the first connections being first yarn filaments extending from the first yarn into the second yarn main body of an adjacent second yarn and second yarn filaments extending into the first yarn main body of the first yarn floating over the second yarns; and    wherein a plurality of the second yarns float over from three to twenty of the first yarns and wherein the second yarns floating over the first yarns have from about 0.01 second yarn connections per filament-inch to about 0.5 second yarn connections per filament-inch, the second yarn connections being second yarn filaments extending from the second yarn into the first yarn main body of an adjacent first yarn and first yarn filaments extending into the second yarn main body of the second yarn floating over the first yarns.    
     
     
         2 . The woven fabric according to  claim 1 , wherein the first yarn connections with each first yarn floating over a second yarn is from about 0.04 first yarn connections per filament-inch to about 0.2 first yarn connections per filament-inch.  
     
     
         3 . The woven fabric according to  claim 1 , wherein the second yarn connections with each second yarn floating over a second yarn is from about 0.04 second yarn connections per filament-inch to about 0.2 second yarn connections per filament-inch.  
     
     
         4 . The woven fabric according to  claim 1 , wherein the first yarns further comprise staple fibers.  
     
     
         5 . The woven fabric according to  claim 4 , wherein the second yarns further comprise staple fibers.  
     
     
         6 . A woven fabric comprising: 
 a set of first yarns disposed in a first direction, each of the first yarns comprising a first yarn main body of a plurality of first yarn filaments;    a set of second yarns disposed in a second direction, each of the second yarns comprising a second yarn main body of a plurality of second yarn fibers;    wherein the set of first yarns are interlaced with the set of second yarns; and    wherein a plurality of the first yarns floats over from three to twenty of the second yarns and wherein the first yarns floating over the second yarns have from about 0.01 connections per filament-inch to about 0.5 connections per filament-inch, the connections being first yarn filaments extending from the first yarn into the second yarn main body of an adjacent second yarn and second yarn fibers extending into the first yarn main body of the first yarn floating over the second yarns.    
     
     
         7 . The woven fabric according to  claim 6 , wherein the connections between each first yarn floating over a second yarn is from about 0.04 connections per filament-inch to about 0.2 connections per filament-inch.  
     
     
         8 . The woven fabric according to  claim 6 , wherein the first yarns further comprise staple fibers.  
     
     
         9 . The woven fabric according to  claim 6 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise filament fibers.  
     
     
         10 . The woven fabric according to  claim 6 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise staple fibers.  
     
     
         11 . The woven fabric according to  claim 6 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise staple and filament fibers.  
     
     
         12 . A woven fabric comprising: 
 a set of first yarns disposed in a first direction, each of the first yarns comprising a first yarn main body of a plurality of first yarn fibers;    a set of second yarns disposed in a second direction, each of the second yarns comprising a second yarn main body of a plurality of second yarn fibers;    wherein the set of first yarns are interlaced with the set of second yarns; and    wherein a plurality of the first yarns float over from three to twenty of the second yarns and wherein the first yarns floating over the second yarns have from about 0.1 first yarn connections per yarn-millimeter to about 5 first yarn connections per yarn-millimeter, the first connections being first yarn fibers extending from the first yarn into the second yarn main body of an adjacent second yarn and second yarn fibers extending into the first yarn main body of the first yarn floating over the second yarns; and wherein a plurality of the second yarns float over from three to twenty of the first yarns and wherein the second yarns floating over the first yarns have from about 0.1 second yarn connections per yarn-millimeter to about 5 second yarn connections per yarn-millimeter, the second yarn connections being second yarn fibers extending from the second yarn into the first yarn main body of an adjacent first yarn and first yarn fibers extending into the second yarn main body of the second yarn floating over the first yarns.    
     
     
         13 . The woven fabric according to  claim 12 , wherein the first yarn connections with each first yarn floating over a second yarn is from about 0.4 first yarn connections per yarn-millimeter to about 2 first yarn connections per yarn-millimeter.  
     
     
         14 . The woven fabric according to  claim 12 , wherein the second yarn connections with each second yarn floating over a second yarn is from about 0.4 second yarn connections per yarn-millimeter to about 2 second yarn connections per yarn-millimeter.  
     
     
         15 . The woven fabric according to  claim 12 , wherein the first yarn fibers comprise filament fibers.  
     
     
         16 . The woven fabric according to  claim 15 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise filament fibers.  
     
     
         17 . The woven fabric according to  claim 15 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise staple fibers.  
     
     
         18 . The woven fabric according to  claim 15 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise staple and filament fibers.  
     
     
         19 . The woven fabric according to  claim 12 , wherein the first yarn fibers comprise staple fibers.  
     
     
         20 . The woven fabric according to  claim 19 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise staple fibers.  
     
     
         21 . The woven fabric according to  claim 19 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise staple and filament fibers.  
     
     
         22 . The woven fabric according to  claim 12 , wherein the first yarn fibers comprise staple and filament fibers.  
     
     
         23 . The woven fabric according to  claim 22 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise staple and filament fibers.  
     
     
         24 . A woven fabric comprising: 
 a set of first yarns disposed in a first direction, each of the first yarns comprising a first yarn main body of a plurality of first yarn fibers;    a set of second yarns disposed in a second direction, each of the second yarns comprising a second yarn main body of a plurality of second yarn fibers;    wherein the set of first yarns are interlaced with the set of second yarns; and    wherein a plurality of the first yarns floats over from three to twenty of the second yarns and wherein the first yarns floating over the second yarns have from about 0.1 connections per yarn-millimeter to about 5 connections per yarn-millimeter, the connections being first yarn fibers extending from the first yarn into the second yarn main body of an adjacent second yarn and second yarn fibers extending into the first yarn main body of the first yarn floating over the second yarns.    
     
     
         25 . The woven fabric according to  claim 24 , wherein the connections between each first yarn floating over a second yarn is from about 0.4 connections per yarn-millimeter to about 2 connections per yarn-millimeter.  
     
     
         26 . The woven fabric according to  claim 24 , wherein the first yarn fibers comprise filament fibers.  
     
     
         27 . The woven fabric according to  claim 26 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise filament fibers.  
     
     
         28 . The woven fabric according to  claim 26 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise staple fibers.  
     
     
         29 . The woven fabric according to  claim 26 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise staple and filament fibers.  
     
     
         30 . The woven fabric according to  claim 24 , wherein the first yarn fibers comprise staple fibers.  
     
     
         31 . The woven fabric according to  claim 30 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise staple fibers.  
     
     
         32 . The woven fabric according to  claim 30 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise staple and filament fibers.  
     
     
         33 . The woven fabric according to  claim 24 , wherein the first yarn fibers comprise staple and filament fibers.  
     
     
         34 . The woven fabric according to  claim 33 , wherein the second yarn fibers comprise staple and filament fibers.

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