Patent ID: 6782923
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: D03D,Y10T

Abstract:
A woven fabric, comprising warp fibers and a weft wherein:a) the weft is selected from the group consisting of pick-and-pick and co-insertion constructions; b) the weft comprises a spun staple yarn and a polyester bicomponent filament wherein said polyester bicomponent filament comprises poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly(trimethylene terephthalate); c) the polyester bicomponent filament has an after heat-set crimp contraction value of from about 10% to about 80%; and d) the fabric comprises from about 5 wt % to about 25 wt % bicomponent filament and has a normalized unload power of at least about 2.2 N-m/g.