Buffalo hair yarn and fabric and method of making buffalo hair yarn and fabric
AssigneeGreat Plains Buffalo Products, Inc.
InventorSheri Stotz Settle
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A yarn comprising buffalo hair and wool is commercially spun, in which the yarn has between about 5% to about 95% buffalo hair and between about 95% to about 5% fiber, and particularly has about 20% buffalo hair and about 80% fiber. The yarn is used to make fabric that can be used to make clothing, blankets, and other goods.
Claims19
A yarn comprising buffalo hair having a solid core and fiber, wherein said yarn comprises between about 5% to about 95% buffalo hair and between about 5% to about 95% fiber.
A yarn comprising about 20% buffalo hair having a solid core and about 80% sheep wool.
A method of making yarn with buffalo hair comprising the steps of:
- providing buffalo hair;
- raking said buffalo hair with a commercial raking machine;
- drying said buffalo hair;
- blending said buffalo hair with a fiber to provide a buffalo hair-fiber blend;
- carding said buffalo hair-fiber blend with a commercial carding machine;
- and
- spinning said buffalo hair-fiber blend with a commercial spinning framer to provide yarn.
A method of making fabric with buffalo hair comprising the steps of:
- providing buffalo hair;
- raking said buffalo hair with a commercial raking machine;
- drying said buffalo hair;
- blending said buffalo hair with a fiber to provide a buffalo hair-fiber blend;
- carding said buffalo hair-fiber blend with a commercial carding machine;
- spinning said combined buffalo hair and fiber into yarn with a commercial spinning framer to provide commercially spun yarn;
- and
- using said commercially spun yarn to make said fabric.
A method of making fabric with buffalo hair comprising the steps of:
- providing buffalo hair;
- raking said buffalo hair with a commercial raking machine;
- drying said buffalo hair;
- blending said buffalo hair with sheep wool to provide a buffalo hair-sheep wool blend wherein said blend comprises about 20% buffalo hair and about 80% sheep wool;
- dyeing said buffalo hair-sheep wool blend;
- carding said buffalo hair-sheep wool blend with a commercial carding machine;
- spinning said buffalo hair-sheep wool blend into yarn with a commercial spinning framer to provide yarn;
- and
- using said yarn to make said fabric.
A yarn comprising between about 34% and about 95% buffalo hair and between about 5% and about 66% sheep wool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.