Patent ID: 6490771
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: D06C,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a woven fabric having velvet-like pattern areas and non-velvet-like ground areas comprising the steps of:(a) weaving yarn ends to form a patterned precursor fabric construction which has no evident pile structure, and which has a pattern region on a face thereof formed of a first yarn which is capable of being preferentially napped as compared to a second yarn forming at feast one other pattern region thereof; (b) napping the face of the precursor fabric to cause said first yarn of said one pattern region to be napped while said second yarn remains substantially unnapped; and (c) shearing the napped first yarn of said one pattern region to create a velvet-like pattern corresponding to said one pattern region, whereby the non-velvet-like ground areas correspond to said substantially unnapped second yarn of said at least one other pattern region.