Woven geosynthetic fabric
AssigneeNicolon Corporation, doing business as TenCate Geosynthetics North America
InventorsKevin Nelson King, David Michael Jones
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Abstract
A woven geosynthetic fabric is disclosed having a first weft yarn, a second weft yarn, and a stuffer pick woven in the weft direction of the fabric. A warp yarn interweaves the first and second weft yarns and the stuffer pick. The first weft yarn and the second weft yarn having different cross-sectional shapes. At least a portion of the fabric has a plurality of weft yarn sets with stuffer picks respectively disposed and woven between the weft yarn sets. Each weft yarn set has two first weft yarns and two second weft yarns. One of the two first weft yarns is adjacent one of the two second weft yarns and stacked on the other second weft yarn. The adjacent second weft yarn is stacked on the other first weft yarn.
Claims4
A woven geosynthetic fabric comprising:
- a first weft yarn, a second weft yarn, and a stuffer pick woven in the weft direction of the fabric, and a warp yarn interweaving the first and second weft yarns and the stuffer pick;
- the first weft yarn and the second weft yarn having different cross-sectional shapes;
- at least a portion of the fabric having a plurality of weft yarn sets having stuffer picks being respectively disposed and woven between the weft yarn sets, each weft yarn set having two first weft yarns and two second weft yarns, one of the two first weft yarns being adjacent one of the two second weft yarns and stacked on the other second weft yarn, the adjacent second weft yarn being stacked on the other first weft yarn, and
- at least one warp yarn being disposed between the stuffer pick and at least one stacked first and second weft yarns of a given weft yarn set.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.