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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 16, 2004
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2003
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asahi Kasei Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D 1/508 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D03D 1/508 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a stretchable woven fabric characterized in that the warp yarn and/or the weft yarn is prepared from a false-twisted yarn of a poly(trimethylene terephthalate) multifilamentary yarn, and that the false-twisted yarn is twisted with a twist factor of from 2,700 to 13,000 in the direction reverse to the false twisting direction. The woven fabric of the present invention is useful as a stretch material for sportswear, outerwear, and the like.