Techniques for incorporating design elements in a fabric product

Abstract

Techniques disclosed in application relates to incorporating design element during manufacturing stage of a fabric thereby enabling the design element to form hem of a finished fabric product such as bedding sheets, pillow cases, shams etc. A method comprising: constructing one or more jacquards at one or more positions on fabric manufacturing machine for controlling yarn. The jacquard controls the yarn passing through it independently from rest of warp yarns of the fabric manufacturing machine during weaving process. The yarns drawn through the jacquard form their own designs over base fabric. The jacquard weaving portion is positioned along width of fabric; thereby forming continuous jacquard weaved design. Advantageously, the technique is simple, less time and labor intensive, cost effective and efficient mechanism for embedding designs in the fabric product.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A method for incorporating a design element during manufacturing stage of a fabric, the method comprising:
 constructing one or more jacquards at one or more positions on fabric manufacturing machine for controlling yarn,   wherein the jacquard controls the yarn passing through the jacquard independently from rest of warp yarns of the fabric manufacturing machine during weaving process,   wherein the yarns drawn through the jacquard form their own designs over base fabric, and   wherein the jacquard weaving portion is positioned along width of fabric, thereby forming continuous jacquard weaved design.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the jacquards are positioned in two or three rows on the fabric manufacturing machine where the design is repeated periodically along the width of the fabric. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 2 , wherein the jacquard is positioned on the fabric manufacturing machine approximately about 10″ from edge of the fabric to weave continuous design elements in the top hem which occupies approximately 4″ in the finished fabric product. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 3 , wherein the width and position of the design element can be varied based on the dimension of design in the fabric. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 4 , wherein length of the finished fabric product is woven as the width of the fabric on the fabric manufacturing machine. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the finished fabric product includes bed sheets, pillow cases, duvet covers and shams. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 5 , wherein the fabric manufacturing machines include cam and dobby weaving loom. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein weave in the fabric includes but not limited to sateen and plain weave.