Double-faced woven fabric

Abstract

A double-faced woven fabric includes a first and a second weave unit interlocked to each other at a plurality of stitching points. The first weave unit includes a plurality of interlaced first warp and weft threads to define a first face, and the second weave unit includes a plurality of interlaced second warp and weft threads to define a second face, which is not coplanar with the first face. The stitching points are formed by crossing the first warp threads over predetermined second weft threads, so that the stitching points are always covered by float second warp threads adjacent to the stitching points. The double-faced woven fabric with the interlocked first and second weave units has largely increased fabric strength and can present different textures, colors or patterns on the first and the second face to thereby provide good applicability.

1 . A double-faced woven fabric, comprising:
 a first weave unit including a plurality of longitudinally spaced first warp threads and a plurality of transversely spaced first weft threads; the first warp threads and the first weft threads being interlaced to define a first face;   a second weave unit including a plurality of longitudinally spaced second warp threads and a plurality of transversely spaced second weft threads; the second warp threads and the second weft threads being interlaced to define a second face; and the second face and the first face being non-coplanar faces; and   a plurality of stitching points being formed by crossing the first warp threads of the first weave unit over predetermined second weft threads of the second weave unit, so that the first weave unit and the second weave unit are interlocked at the stitching points.   
     
     
         2 . The double-faced woven fabric as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein at least one of two second warp threads that are adjacent to two lateral sides of each of the stitching points is a float warp. 
     
     
         3 . The double-faced woven fabric as claimed in  claim 2 , wherein the first warp threads at the stitching points are covered by the float second warp threads adjacent thereto after water shrinkage of the produced double-faced woven fabric. 
     
     
         4 . The double-faced woven fabric as claimed in  claim 3 , wherein all the float second warp threads for covering the first warp threads at the stitching points are located at the same lateral side of the stitching points. 
     
     
         5 . The double-faced woven fabric as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the stitching points are spaced from one another by a predetermined number of warp threads or weft threads. 
     
     
         6 . The double-faced woven fabric as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the first face and the second face defined by the first weave unit and the second weave unit, respectively, are selected from the group consisting of a plain-weave face, a twill-weave face, a checkered face, a striped face, and a face showing any geometrical patterns.