Woven products
AssigneeDon & Low Limited
InventorJohn Frederick Hughes
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Abstract
Disclosed is a woven product adapted to be used as a primary backing layer for a surface, ground or floor covering comprising artificial or synthetic grass or turf. The woven product comprises at least a first woven layer and a second woven layer, wherein the first and second woven layers are interwoven, the first woven layer comprises a plurality of warp tapes/threads and a plurality of weft tapes/threads, the warp tapes/threads and the weft tapes/threads of the first woven layer being substantially perpendicular to one another. The second woven layer comprises a plurality of warp tapes/threads and a plurality of weft tapes/threads, the warp tapes/threads and the weft tapes/threads of the second woven layer being substantially perpendicular to one another.
Claims15
A woven product adapted to be used as a backing for a surface, ground or floor covering, the woven product comprising at least a first woven layer and a second woven layer, wherein the first and second woven layers are interwoven at interwoven areas, wherein:
- the first woven layer comprises a plurality of warp tapes or threads and a plurality of weft tapes or threads, the warp tapes or threads and the weft tapes or threads of the first woven layer being substantially perpendicular to one another;
- the second woven layer comprises a plurality of warp tapes or threads and a plurality of weft tapes or threads, the warp tapes or threads and the weft tapes or threads of the second woven layer being substantially perpendicular to one another;
- the warp tapes or threads of the first and second woven layers are substantially parallel to one another;
- and
- the weft tapes or threads of the first and second woven layers are substantially parallel to one another;
- and wherein
- each interwoven area comprises one or more of:
- a weft tape or thread of the first woven layer and a transversely coincident weft tape or thread of the second woven layer which are passed over both a warp tape or thread of the first woven layer and a longitudinally coincident warp tape or thread of the second woven layer;
- and
- an adjacent weft tape or thread of the first woven layer and an adjacent and transversely coincident weft tape or thread of the second woven layer which are passed under both said warp tape or thread of the first woven layer and said longitudinally coincident warp tape or thread of the second layer.
A method of making a woven product, for example, for a surface, ground or floor covering, the method comprising the steps of:
- weaving or forming a first woven layer;
- weaving or forming a second woven layer;
- interweaving the first and second woven layers at interwoven areas, wherein
- the first woven layer comprises a plurality of warp tapes or threads and a plurality of weft tapes or threads, the warp tapes or threads and the weft tapes or threads of the first woven layer being substantially perpendicular to one another;
- the second woven layer comprises a plurality of warp tapes or threads and a plurality of weft tapes or threads, the warp tapes or threads and the weft tapes or threads of the second woven layer being substantially perpendicular to one another;
- the warp tapes or threads of the first and second woven layers are substantially parallel to one another;
- and
- the weft tapes or threads of the first and second woven layers are substantially parallel to one another;
- and wherein
- each interwoven area comprises one or more of:
- a weft tape or thread of the first woven layer and a transversely coincident weft tape or thread of the second woven layer which are passed over both a warp tape or thread of the first woven layer and a longitudinally coincident warp tape or thread of the second woven layer;
- and
- an adjacent weft tape or thread of the first woven layer and an adjacent and transversely coincident weft tape or thread of the second woven layer which are passed under both said warp tape or thread of the first woven layer and said longitudinally coincident warp tape or thread of the second layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.