Double face warp knit fabric with two-side effect
AssigneeMalden Mills Industries, Inc.
InventorsMoshe Rock, Karl Lohmueller
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Abstract
A fabric with a patterned velvet on one face and a different patterned velour on the other is formed from a three dimensional fabric using a double bar knitting machine. Preferably, at least either the stitching or backing yarn within the fabrics is made with a bulk high enough so that after the three dimensional structure is knitted and split, the back can be napped to form the velour from such yarn.
Claims15
A three-dimensional knit fabric structure comprising first and second support fabrics each made from stitching yarns and backing yarns and each defining a face and back;
- a plurality of pile yarns extending between the backs of said support fabrics;
- wherein one of said stitching and backing yarns covers said pile yarns along said faces of said support fabrics so that only said one of said stitching and said backing yarns is capable of being raised along said faces such that said one of said stitching and backing yarns is exposed along said faces to produce a velour on each of said fabric faces.
A method of making a fabric with a velour on one side and a velvet on the other side on a double bar knitting machine comprising the steps of:
- knitting a three-dimensional fabric structure on said knitting machine, said structure having two support fabric substrates made from backing yarns and stitching yarns and each defined by a face and a back;
- covering along said faces a plurality of pile yarns extending between said substrates by said one of said backing and said stitching yarns;
- splitting said structure by cutting said pile yarns to form two fabrics, said pile yarns extending from said backs of each of said substrates in order to form a velvet;
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- processing said faces so as to raise only said one of the stitching yarns and the backing yarns in order to to form a velour.
A three-dimensional knit fabric structure comprising first and second support fabrics each made from stitching yarns and backing yarns, and each defining a face and a back;
- a plurality of pile yarns extending between the backs of said support fabrics;
- wherein one of said stitching and backing yarns covers said pile yarns along said faces of said fabrics so that only said one of said stitching and backing yams are capable of being raised from said faces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.