Patent ID: 7503192

Claim:
A corduroy fabric fabricated through a circular knitting machine, comprising: a plurality of transverse weft yarn sets each consisting of at least three yarns and including: a plurality of pile yarn warp loops consisting of at least two yarns which have at least one yarn forming at least one pile end; and a plurality of binding yarn warp loops consisting of at least two yarns, each of the binding yarn warp loops being located respectively at two sides of a selected number of the pile yarn warp loops and having at least a common yarn winding the selected number of the pile yarn warp loops to form a binding yarn cross with the pile end; wherein the pile yarn warp loops and the binding yarn warp loops of one transverse weft yarn set are crossly woven consecutively with longitudinal neighboring pile yarn warp loops and the binding yarn warp loops of a next transverse weft yarn set to form a plurality of longitudinal warp loop pile zones.