Patent ID: 6716775
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: D06C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A range-dyed fabric having a first face and a second face and comprised of individual fibers therein at both of said first face and said second face, wherein at least one of said first face and said second face has been mechanically finished by nicking at least a plurality of individual fibers at either of said first face or said second face to impart a soft hand thereto, wherein said individual fibers are not pulled during said mechanical finishing such that a napped surface is not produced thereby, and wherein said mechanically finished face exhibits a directionality measurement in appearance and under a light source selected from the group consisting of incandescent light, fluorescent light, and simulated sunlight, of at most 1.75 as measured at both 20Â° and 45Â° detection angles in relation to a gloss angle.