Hunter Douglas,inc.

Erick A Phillips

Paul G Swiszcz

Stephen T Wisecup

David G Lynch

A covering for an architectural feature includes a woven material. The woven material is made at least partially from binder yarns to form a woven fabric. The binder yarns are heated after the fabric is woven to a temperature sufficient to cause the binder yarns to bond and fuse to adjacent yarns at crossover points. The woven material is inherently resistant to fraying and/or unraveling.

Architectural covering with woven material

An architectural covering with an operable vane having a fabric backing is provided. The vane may include a vane fabric and a backing material connected to the vane fabric by a layer of adhesive. The backing material may increase a machine-direction stiffness of the vane while slightly affecting a cross-direction stiffness of the vane. As such, the vane may have increased stiffness in its machine direction while simultaneously remaining flexible in its cross direction.

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Erick A Phillips