Floor covering of needled woven fabric and nonwoven batt

A floor covering comprising:

• a needled batt of non-woven staple fibers having a predetermined color,
• a woven fabric having fillings comprised of bundles of continuous filaments having a color contrasting with the color of the staple fibers and having warps of ribbon construction, said woven fabric being needled to a face surface of said batt to provide a covering layer of fibers on said woven fabric, and
• rows of loops of staple fibers projecting from said batt and from said woven fabric,
• some of said loops include portions of said bundles of the continuous filaments with the color of the filaments interspersed with the color of the needled batt providing the floor covering with individual loops or clusters of loops of a color contrasting with the color of the fibers of the non-woven batt.

A floor covering comprising:

• a needled batt of non-woven staple fibers having a predetermined color,
• a woven fabric having warps comprised of bundles of continuous filaments having a color contrasting with the color of the staple fibers and having fillings of ribbon construction, said woven fabric being needled to a face surface of said batt to provide an obscuring cover on said woven fabric, and
• loops of staple fibers projecting from said batt and from said woven fabric,
• some of said loops include portions of said continuous filaments with the color of the filaments interspersed with the color of the needled batt providing the floor covering with individual loops or clusters of loops of a color contrasting with the color of the fibers of the non-woven batt.

A method of manufacturing a floor covering comprising:

• needling non-woven staple fibers into a batt,
• attaching a woven fabric to said batt by needle punching through the batt,
• said woven fabric having bundles of continuous filaments, ribbon yarns, or spun staple fibers in either the warp or in the filling direction,
• texturizing said non-woven fibers of said batt and said bundles of filaments, ribbon yarns, or staple fibers of said woven fabric to form closely adjacent rows of loops including individual loops or clusters of loops of contrasting color projecting above the plane of said batt, and
• applying a backing to the side of said batt opposite to said loops.

A method of manufacturing a floor covering comprising:

• needling non-woven staple fibers into a batt having a face surface and a back surface thereon,
• attaching a woven fabric to said face surface of said batt by needle punching through the back surface of the batt,
• said woven fabric having polypropylene ribbons in the warp direction and bundles of continuous filaments, ribbon yarns, or spun staple fibers in the filling direction,
• texturizing said non-woven fibers of said batt and said bundles of filaments, ribbon yarns, or staple fibers of said woven fabric to form closely adjacent rows of loops including individual loops or clusters of loops of contrasting color projecting above the plane of said woven fabric, and
• applying a backing to the back surface of said batt to secure said loops to said batt.