Patent ID: 7670660

Claim:
A carpet consisting of: a primary backing; face yarn consisting of a plurality of filaments tufted through the primary backing; and a binder layer adhering a stitched side of the primary backing to a secondary backing, said secondary backing consisting of: a woven fabric layer having a flat weave which comprises at least one of a plain, satin, and twill weave construction of tape yarns in a warp direction interwoven with multifilament yarns in a filling direction, said woven fabric layer having an open area of about 15% or less, said multifilament yarns having a thickness that is at least three times the thickness of warp tapes such that gaps are formed at crossover regions formed by the multifilament yarns and warp tapes; and a fibrous layer, wherein said fibrous layer weighs between about 0.5 osy and about 10 osy, and wherein at least a portion of said fibers have penetrated through said woven fabric layer and extend outward from a side thereof; and wherein said secondary backing has an air permeability of greater than about 220 cfm/sq ft.