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US 12,742,268 B2Granted
Stretchable outdoor cover product
AssigneeElevate Textiles, Inc.
InventorsJohn Pierce, Lon Beasley, Steve Simonson
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Abstract
An outdoor cover product is disclosed. The outdoor cover product is water resistant and breathable. The product is made from a woven fabric that has excellent stretch properties in multiple directions.
Claims21
An outdoor cover product comprising:
- a cover having an interior surface and an exterior surface, the cover having a shape adapted to cover an outdoor structure, the exterior surface of the cover having a UV rating of at least 800 hours and having a spray rating of at least 90, the cover comprising a woven fabric comprised of yarns, the yarns comprising multifilament yarns, the multifilament yarns comprising texturized yarns, the texturized yarns having greater than about 90 tie downs per meter and less than about 175 tie downs per meter, the fabric having a warp direction and a fill direction, the fabric containing from about 40 yarns to about 70 yarns per inch in the warp direction and containing from about 25 yarns to about 70 yarns per inch in the fill direction, the multifilament yarns extending in both the warp direction and the fill direction, the fabric having a stretch of at least 8% in the warp direction and a stretch of at least 8% in the fill direction when tested according to ASTM Test D3107 at a load of 4 lbs;
- wherein the fabric has a hydrostatic pressure when tested according to AATCC 127 of from about 11 cm to about 15 cm, a basis weight of from about 4.5 osy to about 9.5 osy, and an air permeability of greater than about 50 cfm when tested according to ASTM Test D737,
- wherein the fabric has been subjected to a shrinking process in a relaxed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.