Patent ID: 6092563
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: D02G,D03D,D10B,Y10T

Abstract:
Decorative fabric for use in outdoor environments comprising:a. a woven structure of warp and fill yarns;b. said warp yarns being acrylic high melt effect yarns having a denier of at least 150 d;c. said fill yarns comprising both stabilizing yarns and effect yarns, said stabilizing yarns having a denier of at least 400 d and comprising a composite yarn having a polyethylene low-melt core yarn combined with 2 ends of polypropylene as the high-melt constituent air textured therearound, and said effect yarns comprising acrylic;d. wherein in said fill yarn pattern, the stabilizing yarns are alternated with said effect yarns in a 1.times.1 insertion pattern;e. wherein said polyethylene core of said stabilizing yarns have a melt temperature below the temperature to which said fabric is subjected during tentering; andf. Whereupon said polyethylene core melts and cross-flows to other fibers in said fill and warp yarns.