Patent ID: 7013681

Claim:
A weft inserted warp knit fabric construction, wherein the fabric comprises a plurality of warp yarns disposed in a first plane and a plurality of weft yarns disposed in a second plane adjacent the first plane, wherein the warp yarns and the weft yarns are tied together by warp knitted stitching yarns, and wherein at least a portion of the stitching yarns form a double column pattern of stitches disposed on opposite sides of individual warp yarns at rows of stitch formation along the length of the warp yarns with stitches on the opposite sides of the warp yarns being formed by interlocking loops of the same yarn and wherein the fabric is characterized by an edgecomb resistance of not less than about 40 pounds force when tested in an uncoated state according to the procedures set forth in ASTM test method D6479.