Patent ID: 7122089

Claim:
A method of making a textile laminate comprising the steps of (a) providing a material for a backing layer defining a first side of the laminate and having a substantially flat surface opposite the first side, the material being adapted to shrink in at least one dimension parallel to the surface, (b) providing a textile fabric precursor for a pile layer defining a second side of the laminate, the textile fabric precursor comprising substantially non-shrinkable fibers, (c) positioning the textile fabric precursor coextensively with the material, (d) placing an adhesive component between the material and the textile fabric precursor, (e) placing a continuous film blocking layer that is a barrier to dust and dirt particles between the textile fabric precursor and the backing layer, (f) activating the adhesive component to form a pattern of bond points between the backing material and the textile fabric precursor, and (g) maintaining the continuous blocking layer in direct contact coextensively with the pile layer and shrinking the material at least about 25% to form the backing layer and thereby moving the bond points toward each other to form the textile fabric precursor and adjacent blocking layer into a pile layer of loops of fibers protruding normal to the surface.