Polyester hospitality fabrics
AssigneeBurlington Industries, Inc.
InventorsAlbert J. Weil, E. Keith Adams, Jeffrey L. Moorman
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AssigneeBurlington Industries, Inc.
InventorsAlbert J. Weil, E. Keith Adams, Jeffrey L. Moorman
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A fabric is constructed by weaving on a loom, with a loom setting of between about 78%-88% of firm setting in the greige, using false twist textured polyester warp yarn with about 57-75 ends per inch and air textured polyester weft yarn with about 36-54 picks per inch, and finishing the fabric by scouring (on a jet or on a continuous scouring range) and printing or jet dyeing, and then heat setting at temperature of at least about 350° F. The yarns may be fire resistant (FR), or finished with a durable FR finish. The fabric scores between 4.5 and 5.0 on each of random tumble pilling, brush pilling, and Klopman method roughing and pilling, tests. The fabric also has a surface SMD of at least about 4.3, a bending rigidity 2HB of about 0.1 or less, a compressibility EMC % of less than about 28, a shearing stiffness G value of about 2 or less, and an extensibility EMT % of at least about 3.0. The fabric is especially suitable in the hospitality trade, e.g. for curtains and bedspreads.
A method of making a useful fabric or article made from the fabric, comprising the steps of:
A mounted curtain containing:
A bedspread disposed on a mattress or other bed structure, comprising:
A method of making a useful fabric or article made from the fabric comprising the steps of:
(New) A woven fabric comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.