Printed textile substrate and process for making
AssigneeMilliken & Company
InventorsRobert M. MacMeccan, Jonathan C. McCay, Tammy B. Harris, Kevin D. West, Dale S. Kitchen, Jonathan Rosen, Scott R. Parry
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Abstract
This invention relates to a printed textile substrate, such as a floorcovering article, and a process for making a printed textile substrate. This invention provides the process and steps to print color patterns in-register with physical patterns, such as varying yarn pile heights, yarn luster, yarn color, and the like. This process provides many unique aesthetics on a textile substrate that cannot be created another way.
Claims16
A textile substrate comprising a pattern, said pattern characterized by having at least one area containing physical cues and at least one area free from physical cues, said physical cues being selected from print composition, tufting density, yarn construction, yarn composition, and combinations thereof, said pattern further characterized by having only one of the following:
- (a) printing ink on at least a portion of the area containing physical cues,
- (b) printing ink on a least a portion of the area free from physical cues, or
- (c) printing ink on a least a portion of the area containing physical cues and the area free from physical cues,
- said textile substrate designed for use on a horizontal surface.
A textile substrate comprising a pattern, said pattern characterized by having at least one area containing a first physical cue and at least one area containing a second physical cue, said physical cues being selected from print composition, tufting density, yarn construction, yarn composition, and combinations thereof, said pattern further characterized by having only one of the following:
- (a) Printing Ink A, B, or C on at least a portion of the area containing the first physical cue,
- (b) Printing Ink A, B or C on a least a portion of the area having the second physical cue, or
- (c) Printing Ink A, B, or C on a least a portion of the area containing both the first and the second physical cues,
- said textile substrate designed for use on a horizontal surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.