Patent ID: 6350504
Filing Date: 2002-02-26
Classification: D04H,D06B,D06Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A printed multicolor synthetic flocked pile fabric comprising a substrate and a pile formed of fibers, with the fibers arranged in random groups extending uniformly across the entire width and along the entire length of the fabric, with each group comprising a random number of fibers extending at angles and in directions that randomly vary from the angles and directions of the fibers in adjacent groups, wherein the fabric is produced by a process comprising the steps of:subjecting a flocked pile fabric to a liquid at alternately low and high temperatures falling within a range of 20Â° C. to 90Â° C. in order to randomly re-orient the fibers forming the pile from a uniform parallel orientation into random groups of fibers with angular and directional orientations that vary from one group to the other; and thereafter drying and printing the substrate with the fibers in said re-oriented position.