Polyester woven fabric

Abstract

A polyester garment material including a set of 100% polyester warp yarns and a set of 100% polyester weft yarns, wherein the warp and weft yarns are interlaced to form the garment material. The warp and weft yarns comprise of air-jet spun polyester fibers that wisk moisture away from an individual wearing the garment material and, therefore, provide a quick-drying, breathable garment material that simulates the absorbency characteristics of cotton yarns. The set of polyester warp yarns and the set of polyester weft yarns may be interlaced to form a ground fabric, where a set of polyester pile yarns may then be interlaced with the ground fabric so that the pile yarns extend outwardly (e.g., forming a plurality of loops) on the front side, back side, or both sides of the ground fabric.

1 . A quick-drying garment formed of a woven material comprising a set of substantially parallel warp yarns and a set of substantially parallel weft yarns which are selectively interlaced with said warp yarns to form a sheet, wherein said warp and weft yarns comprise air-jet spun polyester fibers.  
   
   
       2 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said warp and weft yarns comprise two or more single strands of yarn and wherein said two or more single strands of yarn are twisted together to form a plied yarn.  
   
   
       3 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said warp and weft yarns are treated with a flame-retardant.  
   
   
       4 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said warp and weft yarns are treated with an antimicrobial finish.  
   
   
       5 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said warp and weft yarns are treated with a stain-resistant finish.  
   
   
       6 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment has a dimensional change within the range of −0.8% to −1.6% after one commercial laundering.  
   
   
       7 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment has a dimensional change within the range of −0.9% to −1.9% after three commercial launderings.  
   
   
       8 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment comprises an edge length having a dimensional change within the range of −1.5% to −1.7% after one commercial laundering.  
   
   
       9 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 8 , wherein said edge length has a dimensional change of −1.6% after one commercial laundering.  
   
   
       10 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment comprises a center length having a dimensional change within the range of −1.4% to −1.6% after one commercial laundering.  
   
   
       11 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 10 , wherein said center length has a dimensional change of −1.5% after one commercial laundering.  
   
   
       12 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment comprises an edge width having a dimensional change within the range of −0.9% to −1.1% after one commercial laundering.  
   
   
       13 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 12 , wherein said edge width has a dimensional change of −1.0% after one commercial laundering.  
   
   
       14 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment comprises a center width having a dimensional change within the range of −0.7% to −0.9% after one commercial laundering.  
   
   
       15 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 14 , wherein said center width has a dimensional change of −0.8% after one commercial laundering.  
   
   
       16 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment comprises an edge length having a dimensional change within the range of −1.6% to −1.8% after three commercial laundering.  
   
   
       17 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 16 , wherein said edge length has a dimensional change of −1.7% after three commercial laundering.  
   
   
       18 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment comprises a center length having a dimensional change within the range of −1.8% to −2.0% after three commercial laundering.  
   
   
       19 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 18 , wherein said center length has a dimensional change of −1.9% after three commercial laundering.  
   
   
       20 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment comprises an edge width having a dimensional change within the range of −1.2% to −1.4% after three commercial laundering.  
   
   
       21 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 20 , wherein said edge width has a dimensional change of −1.3% after three commercial laundering.  
   
   
       22 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment comprises a center width having a dimensional change within the range of −0.8% to −1.0% after three commercial laundering.  
   
   
       23 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 22 , wherein said center width has a dimensional change of −0.9% after three commercial laundering.  
   
   
       24 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment has a stain release grade rating within the range of 3.0 to 4.0 after one commercial laundering.  
   
   
       25 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 24 , wherein said quick-drying garment has a stain release grade rating of 3.5 after one commercial laundering.  
   
   
       26 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment wicks moisture within an absorbency time range of 0.0 to 0.1 seconds.  
   
   
       27 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 26 , wherein said quick-drying garment wicks moisture within an absorbency time of 0.0 seconds.  
   
   
       28 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said warp yarns have a breaking strength within a range of 134.0 to 135.0 average pounds (lbs.).  
   
   
       29 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 28 , wherein said warp yarns have a breaking strength of 134.7 average pounds (lbs.).  
   
   
       30 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said weft yarns have a breaking strength within a range of 104.0 to 105.0 average pounds (lbs.).  
   
   
       31 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 30 , wherein said weft yarns have a breaking strength of 104.7 average pounds (lbs.).  
   
   
       32 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment has a water vapor transmission rate greater than or equal to 705 grams m 2 /24 hours.  
   
   
       33 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment has a water vapor transmission rate within a range of 705 to 735 grams m 2 /24 hours.  
   
   
       34 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment has a water vapor transmission rate averaging 715 grams m 2 /24 hours.  
   
   
       35 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment has a permeance greater than or equal to 6.3×10 −06  grams/Pa*s*m 2 .  
   
   
       36 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment has a permeance within a range of 6.3×10 −06  to 6.6×10 −06  grams/Pa*sm 2 .  
   
   
       37 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment has a permeance averaging 6.0×10 −06  grams/Pa*s*m 2 .  
   
   
       38 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment has a U.S. permeance greater than or equal to 110.8 grams/in Hg*h*ft 2 .  
   
   
       39 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment has a U.S. permeance within a range of 110.8 to 115.5 grams/in Hg*h*ft 2 .  
   
   
       40 . The quick-drying garment of  claim 1 , wherein said quick-drying garment has a U.S. permeance averaging 112 grams/in Hg*h*ft 2 .