Tufted material
AssigneeRuggable LLC
InventorsLydia Wei-Ju Chen, Therese Mona-Lisa Germain, Jordan David Marzouk
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Abstract
A machine-washable tufted material that is configured to aesthetically appear to be a wool includes a top layer, a liquid barrier layer, and a bottom layer. The top layer includes a base material and a plurality of yarns that are tufted to the base material. The yarns are treated to be directionalized in an upward direction and have a pile height in a range of 2 mm to 13 mm with a density of 63 GSM to 117 GSM.
Claims22
A machine-washable tufted material configured to aesthetically appear to be a wool, the tufted material comprising:
- a top layer comprising a base material and a plurality of yarns tufted to the base material and treated to be directionalized in an upward direction and having a pile height from 2 mm to 13 mm and a density of 63 GSM to 117 GSM;
- a liquid barrier layer;
- and
- a bottom layer.
A washable rug having attributes of a natural wool tufted rug, the washable rug comprising:
- a top layer comprising a base material and a plurality of polyester yarns tufted to the base material and treated to be directionalized in a uniform upward direction and having a uniform pile height;
- a liquid protection layer;
- and
- an attachment layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.