Textile component

Abstract

A textile component includes pockets and/or channels woven directly into a fabric web using a jacquard or dobby weaving method. The textile component may be used in a variety of applications for attachment to an article or structure. In addition, the component may include a seam/cut line formed by a binding weave and a seaming weave defining the perimeter shape of the textile component and defining an intended path for a cutting device. The component may be woven inside out so that the binding and seaming weaves conceal the seam when the component is turned inside out. A decorative pattern or motif can be woven with reverse weaves so that, when the component is turned rightside out, the decorative face is exposed.

1 . A seating article comprising: 
 a seating component; and    a fabric cover woven by a jacquard weaving method, said cover being attachable to said component, said cover including a pocket woven into said cover by said jacquard weaving method, said pocket receiving an insert.    
   
   
       2 . The chair of  claim 1  wherein said chair component includes at least a seat component and a back support component, said cover attachable to one or both said seat component and said back support component.  
   
   
       3 . The chair of  claim 2  wherein said seat component includes an upper surface, and said insert is a cushioning material, said cover attached to said seat component such that it fits over said upper surface.  
   
   
       4 . The chair of  claim 1  wherein said cover includes a front panel and a rear panel, at least one of said panels including said pocket, said panels attached together about said back support component.  
   
   
       5 . The chair of  claim 4  wherein said panels each include a periphery and said panels are sewn together about a portion of said peripheries.  
   
   
       6 . The chair of  claim 5  wherein said back support component includes a front surface and a rear surface, said rear panel covering an upper portion of said rear surface, said front panel covering the majority of said front surface and including said pocket.  
   
   
       7 . The chair of  claim 1  wherein said insert is a foam pad.  
   
   
       8 . The chair of  claim 1  wherein said cover includes a design woven into said cover by said jacquard method.  
   
   
       9 . A web of woven fabric comprising a cut line woven into the web, said cut line being distinguishable from the rest of the web, said cut line identifying an intended path of a cutting device.  
   
   
       10 . The web of  claim 9  further comprising a pattern woven into the web, said pattern including a decorative design woven into said pattern.  
   
   
       11 . The web of  claim 10  wherein said pattern is shaped to cover a portion of a chair, said chair including a back support component and a seat component.  
   
   
       12 . The web of  claim 11  wherein said back support component includes a front surface and a rear surface, and said pattern includes first and second panels, said first panel covering a majority of said front surface, said second panel covering an upper portion of said rear surface.  
   
   
       13 . A fabric-covered component comprising: 
 a support structure including at least one support element;    a fabric cover woven by a jacquard method or dobby method, said cover including at least one channel woven into said cover by said jacquard method or said dobby method, said channel receiving said support element.    
   
   
       14 . The textile component of  claim 13  wherein said web includes at least one pocket for receiving an insert, said pocket woven into said web by said jacquard method or said dobby method.  
   
   
       15 . The textile component of  claim 13  wherein said article is a privacy screen base including at least two vertical support beams, said web of fabric including at least two said channels for extending over said beams.  
   
   
       16 . The textile component of  claim 15  wherein said web includes at least one said pocket disposed between said channels, and an insert disposed in said pocket.  
   
   
       17 . The textile component of  claim 15  wherein said privacy screen includes a plurality of vertical support beams, and said web of fabric includes a plurality of channels, with one channel corresponding to each beam, said channels capable of extending over each of said beams.  
   
   
       18 . The textile component of  claim 16  wherein said insert is an acoustic and tackable tile.  
   
   
       19 . The textile component of  claim 13  wherein said article is a lamp shade base including a plurality of vertical support beams, said web of fabric including a plurality of said channels, with one said channel corresponding to each said beam, said channels capable of extending over said beams.  
   
   
       20 . The textile component of  claim 19  wherein said web includes a plurality of said pockets extending between said channel.  
   
   
       21 . The textile component of  claim 13  wherein said web includes a plurality of channels, and at least one pocket between said channels, said pocket formed by weaving multiple layers of fabric.  
   
   
       22 . The textile component of  claim 21  wherein said channels are separated from said pocket by a seaming or binding weave.  
   
   
       23 . The textile component of  claim 22  wherein at least one of said plurality of channels is an end channel, said end channel including a connector for attaching said textile component to another textile component.  
   
   
       24 . A seating article comprising: 
 at least one seating component including an element; and    a fabric cover including a first pocket formed by weaving multiple layers of fabric, said multiple layers joined on the loom by a seaming and binding weave in the desired shape of the cushion, said pocket receiving said element.    
   
   
       25 . The seating article of  claim 24  wherein said fabric cover includes a second pocket formed by weaving said multiple layers of fabric, said second pocket receiving an insert.  
   
   
       26 . The seating article of  claim 24  wherein said fabric cover is woven by a jacquard weaving method.  
   
   
       27 . The seating article of  claim 24  wherein said fabric cover includes a design woven into said cover.  
   
   
       28 . The seating article of  claim 27  wherein said design is woven in reverse face, such that said first pocket can be turned inside out with said seaming and binding weaved turned inside said pocket.  
   
   
       29 . A woven fabric article comprising: 
 a binding weave woven into the article by a jacquard weaving method, said binding weave defining the periphery of the article and identifying cut lines in the article; and    a pocket woven into said cover within said binding weave, said pocket formed by weaving multiple layers of fabric by the jacquard weaving method.    
   
   
       30 . The woven fabric article of  claim 29  wherein a design is woven into at least one of said multiple layers of fabric.  
   
   
       31 . The woven fabric article of  claim 29  wherein said design is woven into said fabric in reverse face, such that said fabric cover can be turned inside out to conceal said first and second seaming and binding weaves.  
   
   
       32 . The woven fabric article of  claim 31  wherein said cover includes first and second ends extending between said first and second binding weaves, one of said ends being closed, the other of said ends being closable such that an item may be inserted into said second end and said second end closed to hold said item in said pocket.