Patent ID: 7762287
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: D02G,D03D,D10B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An article comprising a woven fabric having warp yarns and weft yarns, wherein at least one of the warp yarns and weft yarns have two separate systems of yarns; said systems of yarns include a hard yarn forming the main body of fabric and a composite covered elastic yarn with an elastic yarn core; wherein the fabric has an outer face side, a back side, and includes at least one of: (a) a weaving pattern where the composite yarn and at least one adjacent hard yarn pass over the same pick or warp yarn when the composite yarn is on the outer surface; (b) the ratio of hard yarn denier to composite yarn denier is about 2:1 to about 10:1; and (c) the composite yarn floats over no more than 5 picks or warp yarns on the outer face side.