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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2004
Randolph S. Kohlman, Boiling Springs, SC (US);
William H. Stewart, Campobello, SC (US);
Daniel T. Mcbride, Chesnee, SC (US);
Peter K. Kang, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Randolph S. Kohlman, Boiling Springs, SC (US);
William H. Stewart, Campobello, SC (US);
Daniel T. McBride, Chesnee, SC (US);
Peter K. Kang, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
A textile substrate is patterned by the selective application of various dyes to the substrate surface in a way that provides desirable, visually apparent enhancements in the area of pattern detail, definition, and color range, through the use of a novel patterning system, including the application of various chemical agents, that makes such enhancements possible. In one embodiment, the patterning system described herein is capable of producing pile-faced textile substrates, useful as floor coverings, that exhibit a unique combination of desirable pattern attributes that have been identified and measured using novel techniques specifically developed for these substrates and pattern attributes.