Fabric protecting means

A pile fabric protecting means for collecting, shipping and storing fabric comprising an elongate, flexible carrier strip, upwardly disposed means integral with said carrier strip for gripping and engaging said fabric, and downwardly disposed means integral with said carrier strip for gripping and engaging said fabric, said upwardly and downwardly disposed means for gripping and engaging said fabric each being at least equal to the height of the pile on the fabric to which said protecting means is to be secured, and said carrier strip being sufficiently long and said upwardly and downwardly disposed means for gripping and engaging said fabric being closely spaced adjacent to each other such that said upwardly disposed means mechanically grips and engages said fabric with said downwardly disposed means upon being placed into contact with said fabric in a rolled, wrapped configuration in all successive wraps of said fabric.

The combination which comprises a pile fabric, the pile of which is to be protected, a fabric protecting means mechanically gripping and engaging the selvage edges of said fabric, said fabric protecting means comprising an elongate, flexible carrier strip, upwardly disposed means for gripping and engaging said fabric and downwardly disposed means for gripping and engaging said fabric, said upwardly and downwardly disposed means being secured to opposite surfaces of said carrier strip and each comprising parallel rows of a plurality of closed end loops made of rigid wire and formed into a continuous wavelike configuration, the height of said loops being at least equal to the height of the pile in the fabric to be protected and the protruding extremities of said closed end loops being closely spaced adjacent to each other such that said closed end loops of said upwardly disposed means mechanically grip and engage said fabric with said closed end loops of said downwardly disposed means upon being placed into contact with said fabric with said upwardly disposed means engaging the fabric inwardly spaced from its selvage edge and said downwardly disposed means engaging the fabric adjacent its selvage edge.

A fabric protecting means for collecting, shipping and storing fabric, comprising an elongate, flexible carrier strip;

• upwardly disposed means integral with said carrier strip for engaging said fabric;
• and downwardly disposed means integral with said carrier strip for engaging said fabric, the height of each of said upwardly and downwardly disposed means being at least equal to the thickness of said fabric, and said upwardly and downwardly disposed means for engaging said fabric being closely spaced adjacent to each other, said carrier strip being sufficiently long and said upwardly and downwardly disposed means being jointly effective to mechanically grip and engage said fabric with said carrier strip, upon said upwardly and downwardly disposed means being placed into contact with said fabric in a rolled, wrapped configuration in all successive wraps of said fabric.

A pile fabric protecting means for collecting, shipping and storing fabric, comprising an elongate, flexible carrier strip;

• upwardly disposed means integral with said carrier strip for engaging said fabric;
• and downwardly disposed means integral with said carrier strip for engaging said fabric, the height of each of said upwardly and downwardly disposed means for engaging said fabric each being at least equal to the height of the pile on the fabric to which said protecting means is to be secured, and said upwardly and downwardly disposed means for engaging said fabric being closely spaced adjacent to each other, said carrier strip being sufficiently long and said upwardly and downwardly disposed means being jointly effective to mechanically grip and engage said fabric with said carrier strip, upon being placed into contact with said fabric in a rolled, wrapped configuration in all successive wraps of said fabric.

The combination which comprises a pile fabric, the pile of which is to be protected;

• a pair of fabric protecting means for mechanically gripping and engaging the selvage edges of said fabric;
• each of said fabric protecting means comprising an elongate, flexible carrier strip, upwardly disposed means for engaging said fabric and downwardly disposed means for engaging said fabric, said upwardly and downwardly disposed means being secured to opposite surfaces of said carrier strip, said upwardly disposed means comprising two parallel rows of loops adjacent the said edges of said carrier strip and made of rigid wire and said downwardly disposed means comprising a row of loops between said two parallel rows but secured to the opposite surface of said carrier strip and made of rigid wire, the height of said loops being at least equal to the height of the pile in the fabric to be protected and said rows of loops being closely spaced adjacent to each other, said loops of said upwardly and downwardly disposed means being jointly effective to mechanically grip and engage said fabric with said carrier strip when in contact with said fabric in a rolled, wrapped configuration.

The combination which comprises a fabric which is to be protected;

• a pair of fabric protecting means for mechanically gripping and engaging the selvage edges of said fabric, each of said fabric protecting means comprising an elongate, flexible carrier strip, upwardly disposed means for engaging said fabric and downwardly disposed means for engaging said fabric, said upwardly and downwardly disposed means comprising portions of said carrier strip extending upwardly and downwardly, respectively, therefrom, said upwardly disposed means comprising two parallel rows of portions of said carrier strip extending in the upwardly direction therefrom and said downwardly disposed means comprising a row of portions of said carrier strip located between said two parallel rows but extending downwardly from said carrier strip, the height of each of said upwardly and downwardly extending portions being at least equal to the thickness of said fabric, said rows of upwardly and downwardly extending portions being closely spaced adjacent to each other, said upwardly and downwardly extending portions being jointly effective to mechanically grip and engage said fabric with said carrier strip upon being placed into contact with said fabric in a rolled, wrapped configuration.

The combination which comprises a fabric which is to be protected;

• a pair of fabric protecting means for mechanically gripping and engaging the selvage edges of said fabric;
• each of said fabric protecting means comprising an elongate, flexible carrier strip, upwardly disposed means for engaging said fabric and downwardly disposed means for engaging said fabric, said upwardly and downwardly disposed means comprising rows of rods secured to opposite surfaces of said carrier strip, said upwardly disposed means comprising two parallel rows of rods adjacent the side edges of said carrier strip and said downwardly disposed means comprising a row of rods between said two parallel rows but secured to the opposite surface of said carrier strip, the thickness of said rods being at least equal to the thickness of said fabric and said rows of rods being closely spaced adjacent to each other, said rods of said upwardly and downwardly disposed means being jointly effective to mechanically grip and engage said fabric with said carrier strip, when in contact with said fabric in a rolled, wrapped configuration.