Patent ID: 7033661

Claim:
A covering for a floor, wall or ceiling surface, comprising: a primary backing having discrete parts thereof exposed on one side of the covering for forming first discrete wear surface portions of a wear surface on a technical face of the covering; a plurality of yarns tufted into said primary backing along remaining parts of said primary backing forming second discrete wear surface portions of the wear surface on the technical face of the covering including loops or cut loops of the tufted yarns; a plurality of backstitches of the tufted yarns extending along an opposite side of the primary backing from the first discrete wear surface portions of the wear surface and along a technical back of the covering; a composition along the a back side of the primary backing fixing said backstitches to the primary backing; wherein said primary backing includes a plurality of regularly spaced stitch openings for receiving the tufted yarns with each stitch opening spaced a unit length from a next adjacent stitch opening in a warp direction of the fabric, said backstitches spanning between stitch openings spaced from one another in distances of multiple unit lengths in the warp direction along the technical back of the covering; and wherein each stitch opening includes either a tufted yarn on the technical face or a backstitch underlying the stitch opening along the technical back of the covering.