Patent ID: 11873588
Assignee: WILLACOOCHEE INDUSTRIAL FABRICS, INC.
Field: Textile and paper machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC D | IPC D

Claim 0:
1. A woven geotextile fabric comprising a plurality of yarns including machine direction field yarns, cross machine direction field yarns, machine direction rib yarns, and cross machine direction rib yarns, wherein the plurality of yarns is integrally woven together such that:
the machine direction rib yarns and the cross machine direction rib yarns cooperatively define an integrated geotextile grid integrally woven within the woven geotextile fabric without having to manufacture the integrated geotextile grid separately from the woven geotextile fabric and/or without having to physically attach the integrated geotextile grid separately to the woven geotextile fabric; and
the machine direction field yarns and the cross machine direction field yarns cooperatively define fabric areas in a field of the integrated geotextile grid generally between the machine direction rib yarns and the cross machine direction rib yarns.