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.
Claims7
A textile substrate comprising a pattern, said pattern characterized by having at least one topographical area containing tufted yarns of a first height and of a second height, wherein said first height is greater than said second height, 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 tufted yarns having a first height,
- (b) Printing Ink A, B or C on at least a portion of the tufted yarns having a second height, or
- (c) Printing Ink A, B or C on a least a portion of the tufted yarns having a first height and a second height,
- said textile substrate designed for use on a horizontal surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.