Patent ID: 8652289

Claim:
A method of manufacturing a paint roller cover, comprising: providing a tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve having a first end and a second end, said tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve comprising: a base fabric having a tubular configuration defining an outside and an inside; and pile strands knitted into said base fabric and extending outwardly from said base fabric to form the pile of said tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve; said tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve being manufactured with said pile strands extending outwardly; placing a segment of film material onto a cylindrical outer surface of a cylindrical member; placing a first length of said tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve onto the cylindrical member with said inside of said base fabric in contact with said segment of film material on said cylindrical outer surface of said cylindrical member, said tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve thus being located over said segment of film material on said cylindrical outer surface of said cylindrical member; heating said cylindrical member to cause said segment of film material to melt at least in part and fuse with said base fabric to thereby create a cylindrical integral core member; and removing the cylindrical member from the inside of the tubular knitted pile fabric sleeve.