Patent ID: 6979660
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: D01F,D02G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A woven fabric comprising in majority portion a yarn wherein the yarn is an untwisted polyethylene yarn comprising: a plurality of filaments in essentially parallel array and about 0.5 to 5 weight percent of a water-dispersible binder material covering less than half the surfaces of said filaments; said yarn having a tenacity greater than about 17 grams/denier and a tensile modulus greater than about 300 grams/denier as measured by ASTM D2256, fewer than about 20 entanglements/meter in a scoured state, and having a width satisfying the following formula where W is the yarn width in millimeters under a tensile load of 0.01 grams per denier measured on a flat surface, and d is the yarn denier.