Patent Document ID: 7565920
Application ID: 11521616
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A technique for producing a woven moisture management fabrics 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, of a first side and an opposing second view of a second side, 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 of the yarns in the respective first and second views; g. calculating and summing projected areas of each hydrophilic yarn in each of the first and second views, respectively, to determine a projected area of the hydrophilic yarn for each of the first and second views; h. calculating and summing projected areas of each hydrophobic yarn in each of the first and second views, respectively, to determine a projected area of the hydrophobic yarn for each of the first and second views; i. determining whether the projected area of hydrophobic yarn on one of the first and second views is between 40% and 70% of the projected area, and whether the projected area of hydrophilic yarn for the other of the first and second views exceeds 50% of the total projected area, j. if the projected area of hydrophobic yarn for one of the first and second views is not between 40% and 70% of the total projected area, or the projected area of hydrophilic yarn for the other of the first and second views does not exceed 50% of the total projected area, changing the fabric design by 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 until the projected area of hydrophobic yarn for one of the first and second views is between 40% and 70% of the total projected area, and the projected area of hydrophilic yarn for the other of the first and second views exceeds 50% of the total projected area; and k. manufacturing a fabric according to the fabric design having the projected area of hydrophobic yarn for one of the first and second views between 40% and 70% of total projected area, and the projected area of hydrophilic yarn for the other of the first and second views exceeding 50% of the total projected area.