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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2004
Brian Callaway, Moore, SC (US);
Randolph S Kohlman, Boiling Springs, SC (US);
Brian Callaway, Moore, SC (US);
Randolph S Kohlman, Boiling Springs, SC (US);
Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a tape that comprises a weft-inserted warp knit fabric, which utilizes a combination stitch to secure the wales of the fabric. The combination stitch comprises a majority of successive chain stitches that are used with a minority of subsequent successive tricot stitches, such that the stitch follows the expression x+y, where x is the number of successive chain stitches and y is the number of subsequent successive tricot stitches. Contemplated x values are in the range of 5 to 15, and contemplated y values are in the range of 1 to 4. Multiple stitch formations can also be used (e.g., following an x+y/m+n/etc. configuration). The resulting weft-inserted warp knit fabric possesses superior dimensional stability and internal geometry, while maintaining the tearability requisite for a hand-tearable tape product.