Patent ID: 6884493

Claim:
A method of producing sisal-like surface texture woven flooring, comprising this steps of weaving a woven carpet substrate with a carpet yarn such that the carpet substrate comprises a plurality of interwoven carpet yarns defining a user contact surface having a sisal-like surface texture including a plurality of raised knuckles with interstitial depressors between the raised knuckles, jet dyeing a design or pattern on the woven carpet substrate by application of a plurality of cooperating dye points at a number of dots per inch (DPI) across the woven carpet; and cutting or forming the dyed or printed woven carpet substrate into a completed item or product having a sisal-like surface texture, wherein said item or product is selected from the group consisting of an area rug, runner, floor mat, carpet tile, and carpet, wherein the DPI of the applied design or pattern is greater than the number of yarns per inch of the woven carpet substrate.