Yarn manufactured from recycled clothing fibers and process for making same
OwnerPatricia M. Ermecheoinventor
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Abstract
Yarn manufactured from recycled mixed clothing fibers and a process of making yarn manufactured from recycled mixed clothing fibers. Upcycled yarn has approximately 70%-95% of fiber from separated used clothes fibers, whereby separated used clothes fibers have cotton, polyester, nylon, silk, rayon, spandex, synthetic fibers, wool, hemp, carbon fibers, and/or linen. The upcycled yarn also has approximately 5%-30% other fibers that can be recycled fibers and/or virgin fibers, whereby the recycled fiber is recycled polyester from recycled plastic bottles and other sources, recycled cotton, recycled nylon from fishing nets and other sources, and the virgin fiber is nylon, spandex, virgin polyester, hemp, carbon fiber, and/or organic cotton.
Claims13
An upcycled yarn comprising:
- a mixture of used clothes fibers and additional fibers, said used clothes fibers comprise cut and torn used clothes or textile wastes free from at least one of:
- buttons, zippers, or accessories.
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