Hybrid fabric
AssigneeInvista North America S.A R.L.
InventorsAllen W. Mortimer, Yashavant Vinayak Vinod
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to a “hybrid” fabric made from a textured multifilament yarn in combination with an untextured multifilament yarn. The portion of multifilament yarns comprising this hybrid fabric are substantially without bulk or texture while the textured portion of multifilament yarns comprising the fabric have bulk. Such hybrid fabrics from this combination of yarns retain substantially similar abrasion resistance and tactility of a fabric made entirely of high tenacity air textured multifilament yarns. Nylon woven hybrid fabrics disclosed herein provide excellent properties especially for uses in apparel, rucksacks, softsided luggage, duffle bags, tenting and the like.
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A woven hybrid fabric of nylon multifilament yarns comprising a multifilament warp yarn and a multifilament weft yarn comprising a warp yarn having substantially minimal bulk and the weft yarn having a bulk level in a range of about 6 cm3/gram to about 12 cm3/gram.
A woven hybrid fabric of multifilament yarns comprising a nylon multifilament warp yarn and a nylon multifilament weft yarn comprising a warp yarn having substantially minimal bulk and the weft yarn having a bulk level in a range of about 6 cm3/gram to about 12 cm3/gram, wherein the yarns are chosen from yarns of about 300 denier to about 1500 denier.
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