Patent ID: 6291375
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: D03D,D04B,D10B,Y10T

Abstract:
A textile fabric capable of conducting electrical current sufficiently for dissipating electrical charges, the textile fabric comprising a knitted structure of yarns formed in loops successively interknitted with one another and aligned in wales oriented longitudinally along a lengthwise extent of the fabric and courses oriented transversely along a widthwise extent of the fabric, the fabric including a plurality of electrically conductive yarns contained within the knitted structure in a pattern wherein the electrically conductive yarns intersect in electrical contact with one another to form a matrix for conducting electrical charges to be dissipated, at least some of the intersections between the electrically conductive yarns comprising a plurality of knitted loops of each electrically conductive yarn successively interknitted with one another within successive courses of a common wale in the knitted structure for enhanced electrical conductivity between the electrically conductive yarns.