Patent ID: 6247215
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: D04H,D06B,D06Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forming a printed multicolored flocked pile fabric having a substrate and flocking formed of fibers of substantially uniform length, wherein the fibers are arranged in random groups extending uniformly across the entire width and along the 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 the directions of fibers in adjacent groups, comprising the steps of washing greige goods in a liquid at alternately low and high temperatures falling within a range of 20.degree. C. to 90.degree. C. in order to randomly re-orient the fibers forming the flocked surface 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.