Patent ID: 6740385
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: B32B,D05C,D06N,Y10T

Abstract:
A tuftable backing composite comprising a tuftable, closed-weave fabric comprising warp and weft tapes and having a coherent nonwoven web of staple fibers in contact with one surface of the fabric without fusion thereto and a plurality of fibers from the web penetrating the fabric to attach the web to the fabric, wherein the fibers have a weight of 1 to about 4 osy, the fibers of the web are oriented in at least two directions and a plurality but not all of the fibers of the web are fused, and wherein weft tapes of the composite have weftline straightness suitable for patterned tufting and the composite has stability against deformation during tufting as indicated by MDR of at least about 20 pounds and ODR of at least about 4 pounds/inch.