Fabric system
AssigneeSHEEX, Inc.
InventorsSusan Katherine Walvius, Michelle Marie Marciniak
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Abstract
Bedding material including a first fabric section manufactured from performance fabric and having a first and second side; and, a second fabric section attached to the first side of the first fabric section. Additionally, a third fabric section can be attached to the second side of the first fabric section. The first fabric section can be attached to the second fabric section through a flatlock stitch. The first fabric section can include a first zone and a second zone wherein the first zone contains different performance properties from the second zone and the first zone can have thermal or moisture wicking properties.
Claims17
A method comprising:
- forming at least two discrete performance fabric portions that are to be joined, at least one of the discrete performance fabric portions comprising a performance fabric that has been circularly knit at 17 gauges or higher, the performance fabric having an elasticity such that the performance fabric has a tendency to sag by an amount that is greater than a threshold amount of sag determined by a finishing process, such that the sag would interface with the finishing process if the performance fabric were circularly knit at greater than a 72.5 inch circumference;
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- joining at least two discrete performance fabric portions along respective edges of the two portions to form a finished fabric at least 90 inches wide.
A method comprising:
- circular knitting at least two discrete performance fabric portions, at least one of the discrete performance fabric portions comprising a performance fabric that has been circularly knit at 17 gauges of higher, the performance fabric having an elasticity such that the performance fabric has a tendency to sag by an amount that is greater than a threshold amount of sag determined by a finishing process, such that the sag would interfere with the finishing process if the performance fabric were circularly knit at greater than a 72.5 inch circumference;
- stitching at least two discrete performance fabric portions along respective edges of the two portions to form a bed sheet at least 90 inches wide;
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- heat setting finishing the stitched at leas two discrete performance fabric portions.
A method comprising
- circular knitting at least two discrete fabric portions, at least one of the discrete fabric portions comprising a performance fabric that has been circularly knit at 17 gauges or higher, the performance fabric having an elasticity such that the performance fabric has a tendency to sag by an amount that is greater than a threshold amount of sag determined by a finishing process, such that the sag would interfere with the finishing process if the performance fabric were circularly knit at greater than a 72.5 inch circumference;
- the two discrete fabric portions having different fabric characteristics including at least one of the following:
- moisture management, UV protection, anti-microbial, thermo-regulation, wind resistance, and water resistance;
- stitching at least two discrete fabric portions together along respective edges of the two portions;
- heat setting finishing the stitched at least two discrete fabric portions to form a finished bed sheet at least 90 inches wide;
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- providing piping to the finished bed sheet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.