Methods and apparatuses for reduced weight terry cloth towel with single-sided pile loops

Abstract

A towel has pile loops on only one side. The towel further includes at least one weft yarn including wood pulp fiber yarn, at least one ground warp yarn including wood pulp fiber yarn, and at least one pile loop yarn including cotton yarn.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising a terry cloth towel with weaved pile loops on only a single side of the terry cloth towel. 
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the terry cloth towel comprises at least one weft yarn. 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the at least one weft yarn comprises a wood pulp fiber yarn. 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , wherein the at least one weft yarn comprises a  eucalyptus  wood pulp fiber yarn. 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the terry cloth towel further comprises at least one ground warp yarn. 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 5 , wherein the at least one ground warp yarn comprises a wood pulp fiber yarn. 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the at least one ground warp yarn comprises a  eucalyptus  wood pulp fiber yarn. 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the weaved pile loops comprise at least one pile warp yarn. 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 8 , wherein the at least one pile warp yarn comprises cotton yarn. 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein the at least one pile warp yarn comprises ringspun combed cotton. 
     
     
         11 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the terry cloth towel comprises:
 a plurality of weft yarns; and   a plurality of ground warp yarns.   
     
     
         12 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the plurality of weft yarns and the plurality of ground warp yarns are formed from wood pulp fiber. 
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the wood pulp fiber comprises a  eucalyptus  wood pulp fiber. 
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the pile loops loop around each third one of the plurality of weft yarns. 
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the pile loops loop around each fourth one of the plurality of weft yarns. 
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the pile loops loop around each second one of the plurality of weft yarns. 
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein the pile loops loop around the plurality of weft yarns at a varying rate. 
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 17 , wherein the varying rate comprises looping around every second and then every third one of the plurality of weft yarns in a repeating pattern. 
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of ground warp yarns loop around each one of the plurality of weft yarns. 
     
     
         20 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of ground warp yarns loop around each second one of the plurality of weft yarns. 
     
     
         21 . The apparatus of  claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of ground warp yarns loop around the plurality of weft yarns at a varying rate. 
     
     
         22 . The apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein the varying rate comprises looping around every second and then every third one of the plurality of weft yarns in a repeating pattern. 
     
     
         23 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the terry cloth towel is 20-50% lighter than a similarly dimensioned two-sided terry cloth towel having pile loops on two sides. 
     
     
         24 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the terry cloth towel is 30-35% lighter than a similarly dimensioned two-sided terry cloth towel having pile loops on two sides. 
     
     
         25 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the terry cloth towel is 35-40% lighter than a similarly dimensioned two-sided terry cloth towel having pile loops on two sides. 
     
     
         26 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the terry cloth towel is 40-45% lighter than a similarly dimensioned two-sided terry cloth towel having pile loops on two sides. 
     
     
         27 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the terry cloth towel is 45-50% lighter than a similarly dimensioned two-sided terry cloth towel having pile loops on two sides. 
     
     
         28 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the pile loops are configured to pull moisture from a surface to be dried toward a base of the terry cloth towel. 
     
     
         29 . The apparatus of  claim 28 , wherein the base of the terry cloth towel comprises a plurality of weft and warp yarns. 
     
     
         30 . The apparatus of  claim 29 , wherein the pile loops comprise cotton yarn and the plurality of weft and warp yarns comprise wood pulp fiber yarn. 
     
     
         31 . The apparatus of  claim 30 , wherein the wood pulp fiber yarn is  eucalyptus  wood pulp fiber yarn. 
     
     
         32 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the terry cloth towel comprises 100% cotton. 
     
     
         33 . The apparatus of  claim 32 , wherein the 100% cotton comprises all ringspun combed cotton. 
     
     
         34 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein at least one yarn of the terry cloth towel comprises a synthetic or semi-synthetic fiber. 
     
     
         35 . The apparatus of  claim 34 , wherein the synthetic or semi-synthetic fiber comprises at least one of Modal fiber, tensile fiber, rayon, or polyester. 
     
     
         36 . The apparatus of  claim 35 , wherein the synthetic or semi-synthetic fiber is a first yarn of the at least one yarn, and a second yarn of the at least one yarn comprises a natural fiber. 
     
     
         37 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the terry cloth towel is configured for use as at least one of a bath towel, a beach towel, a pool towel, or a lounge chair cover. 
     
     
         38 . A towel with pile loops on only one side, the towel comprising:
 at least one weft yarn comprising wood pulp fiber yarn;   at least one ground warp yarn comprising wood pulp fiber yarn; and   at least one pile loop yarn comprising cotton yarn.   
     
     
         39 . The towel of  claim 38 , wherein the wood pulp fiber yarn is  eucalyptus  wood pulp fiber yarn. 
     
     
         40 . The towel of  claim 38 , wherein the cotton yarn comprises ringspun combed cotton. 
     
     
         41 . The towel of  claim 38 , wherein the cotton yarn comprises open end carded cotton. 
     
     
         42 . The towel of  claim 38 , wherein the at least one pile loop yarn is configured to pull moisture from a surface toward a base of the towel comprising the at least one weft yarn and the at least one ground warp yarn. 
     
     
         43 . The towel of  claim 38 , wherein the towel is 35-40% lighter than a similarly dimensioned towel having pile loops on two sides. 
     
     
         44 . The towel of  claim 37 , wherein the at least one pile loop yarn forms the pile loops that are on only one side of the towel. 
     
     
         45 . The towel of  claim 43 , wherein the pile loops are on a first side of the towel, and there are no pile loops on a second side of the towel. 
     
     
         46 . A method for manufacturing a terry cloth towel comprising weaving pile loops into only a single side of the terry cloth towel. 
     
     
         47 . The method of  claim 46 , further comprising:
 planting a plurality of warp yarns vertically on a loom; and   weaving weft yarn into the plurality of warp yarns.   
     
     
         48 . The method of  claim 47 , further comprising forming the pile loops into only the single side by beating up a plurality of pile warp yarns with a reed of the loom. 
     
     
         49 . The method of  claim 47 , wherein the planting of the plurality of warp yarns comprises use of a ground warp beam and a pile warp beam. 
     
     
         50 . The method of  claim 47 , wherein the weaving of the weft yarn comprises inserting the weft yarn into the plurality of warp yarns horizontally. 
     
     
         51 . The method of  claim 47 , wherein the plurality of warp yarns comprises wood pulp fiber yarn. 
     
     
         52 . The method of  claim 47 , wherein the weft yarn comprises wood pulp fiber yarn. 
     
     
         53 . The method of  claim 47 , wherein the pile loops comprise cotton yarn. 
     
     
         54 . The method of  claim 47 , wherein:
 the plurality of warp yarns comprises wood pulp fiber yarn;   the weft yarn comprises wood pulp fiber yarn; and   the pile loops comprise cotton yarn.