Textile for tennis ball covering and method for manufacturing the same
AssigneeMilliken Industrials Limited
InventorAlan John Brasier
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Abstract
A fabric for use as a tennis ball covering and method to manufacture the same. The fabric has a felted outer surface composed of entangled fibres, said outer surface being provided with a three dimensional pattern thereon.
Claims17
A fabric for use as a tennis ball covering said fabric having a felted outer surface composed of entangled fibres, said fabric being a woven fabric comprising interlaced warp and weft threads, said outer surface being provided with a three dimensional pattern thereon, wherein said three dimensional pattern comprises a series of depressed and non-depressed areas and is generated by the variation of the interlacing frequency of said warp and weft threads and wherein said warp and weft threads in said depressed areas are interlaced more frequently than in said non-depressed areas.
A fabric for use as a tennis ball covering said fabric having a felted outer surface composed of entangled fibres, said outer surface being provided with a three dimensional pattern thereon, wherein said fabric comprises at least a support layer and an outer layer, said outer layer having a pattern cut through it and being affixed on the support layer to create said three dimensional pattern.
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