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US 12,006,599 B2Granted
Ripstop material and pool cover
AssigneeLumite, Inc.
InventorsAlan Sutton, Ron Rooks, Greg Hendrix
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Abstract
A woven fabric material including an array of machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns. The array includes larger denier yarns arranged in an alternating pattern with smaller denier yarns in both the machine direction and the cross-machine direction. The array of machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns is arranged to allow water to pass freely through the woven fabric material.
Claims6
A pool cover comprising:
- a single set of a first alternating pattern of monofilament yarns in a machine direction and a second alternating pattern of monofilament yarns in a cross-machine direction,
- wherein the first alternating pattern comprises smaller monofilament yarns and larger monofilament yarns,
- wherein the second alternating pattern comprises smaller monofilament yarns and larger monofilament yarns,
- wherein the larger monofilament yarns are of larger denier than the smaller monofilament yarns,
- wherein the pool cover has a lower density than water, and
- wherein gaps between the monofilament yarns allow water to pass freely therethrough.
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