Patent ID: 7819927
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: D03D,D04B,D06B,D10B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for making a fabric, wherein said process comprises the steps of: (a) selecting a 100% polyester yarn; (b) making said polyester yarn into a sheet of tightly constructed fabric so as not to disturb the face of said fabric; and (c) chemically, physically and thermally treating said fabric by scouring said fabric formed from said polyester yarn in a jet-dyeing machine, and treating said fabric formed from said polyester yarn with a polymeric/surfactant wicking agent and, optionally, with one or more lubricants, hydrophilic softeners and/or dyes; wherein said chemical, physical and thermal treatment (c) of said fabric causes said fabric to exhibit a soil release rating of about 4.5 or greater after 100 washes; and wherein said fabric consists of said polyester yarn, said polymeric/surfactant wicking agent and optionally said one or more fabric lubricants, hydrophilic fabric softeners and/or fabric dyes wherein said scouring of step (c) comprises the steps of: