Patent Document ID: 20070034278
Application ID: 11521616
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A technique for producing a woven moisture management fabric including hydrophilic and hydrophobic yarns, comprising: a. selecting a fabric design comprising hydrophilic and hydrophobic yarns, a yarn crossing scheme, yarn cross section for each yarn, and yarn spacing in warp and weft directions; b. creating a model of the yarns of the fabric design; c. identifying a plane of the fabric in which warp and weft yarns generally lie; d. identifying a repeating unit cell of the model or a discrete multiple of unit cells of the model; e. identifying, from orthographic projection onto respective planes substantially parallel to the plane of the fabric, a first view and an opposing second view of the unit cell or the discrete multiple of unit cells; f. calculating and summing projected areas of each yarn in one of the first and second views to determine a total projected area; g. calculating and summing projected areas of each hydrophilic yarn in the first and second views, respectively, to determine a total projected area of hydrophilic yarn; h. calculating and summing projected areas of each hydrophobic yarn in the first and second views, respectively, to determine a total projected area of hydrophobic yarn; i. if the total projected area of hydrophobic yarn on one of the first and second views is between 40% and 70% of the total projected area, and total projected area of hydrophilic yarn on the other of the first and second views exceeds 50% of the total projected area, manufacturing a fabric according to the fabric design, and j. if the fabric design does not meet step i, instead of manufacturing a fabric, varying at least one of quantities of hydrophilic and hydrophobic yarns, yarn crossing scheme, yarn cross section for each yarn, and yarn spacing, and repeating steps b to i.