Patent ID: 8236403

Claim:
A woven pile fabric article, comprising (a) a support web comprising a plurality of picks and a plurality of warps crossly wrapped around at least one of said picks, said support web having top and bottom surfaces on opposite sides thereof; (b) a hydrophilic material interlaced in said support web to define loops of hydrophilic material which extend from a first portion of said support web top surface to define a first surface area and loops of hydrophilic material which extend from a second portion of said support web bottom to define a second surface area, said first and second surface areas being longitudinally spaced from one another by a transition area; (c) a hydrophobic material interlaced in said support web to define loops of hydrophobic material which extend from a third portion of said support web bottom surface to define a third surface area and loops of hydrophobic material which extend from a fourth portion of said support web top surface to define a fourth surface area, said third and fourth surface areas being longitudinally spaced from one another by said transition area, said first and third surface areas being continuous and arranged opposite to one another and said second and fourth surface areas being continuous and arranged opposite to one another to define four surface areas of the article.