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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 09, 2008
Anthony R. Waldrop, Easley, SC (US);
Lynnette Stein, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Bernard Smith, Greenville, SC (US);
Anthony R. Waldrop, Easley, SC (US);
Lynnette Stein, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Bernard Smith, Greenville, SC (US);
Milliken & Company, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Abstract
A double needle bar spacer knit fabric is provided. The fabric includes a first layer that has a plurality of yarns that are knitted together. At least one of the yarns of the first layer is an elastomeric yarn that functions to impart stretch and recovery properties to the first layer. A second layer that has a plurality of yarns that are knitted together is also present. The first layer and second layer are connected to one another by way of a connecting layer that has a plurality of traversing yarns that are knitted to and extend between both the first layer and the second layer. The first layer provides technical properties to the fabric, and the second layer provides the fabric with desired aesthetic properties.