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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Patrick R Carroll, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Robert D Miller, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Assignee:
Milliken Research Corporation, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
66194 ; 66195 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a knit fabric and outdoor sporting apparel formed therefrom. The fabric includes a base structure of polyester yarn and a multiplicity of nylon pile yarns knitted into and extending from the base structure. The fabric exhibits excellent resistance to abrasion, snagging and burr accumulation while muffling scratching noise emissions as it is conveyed through a natural growth environment.