Patent ID: 8341980

Claim:
A method for fabricating a fabric, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of yarn carriers configured along a first direction such that each yarn carrier is operationally movable with respect to one another along a second direction that is different from the first direction, wherein each yarn carrier supplies yarns from one or more yarn packages to form a yarn layer, whereby the yarns from the plurality of yarn carriers form a plurality of yarn layers; (b) forming a plurality of crossover points of the yarns by moving at least one yarn carrier along the second direction; (c) transporting yarns through the plurality of yarn layers, and locking the through-layer yarns in place; (d) pushing the through-layer yarns toward the fell of the fabric, if needed; (e) taking up the formed fabric; and (f) repeating steps (b)-(e) until the fabric is fabricated to have desired dimensions.