Abstract:
A pile article having a support strand for attachment to multifilament yarn to form a velour-like pile having loosely entangled filaments in spaced apart monolithic pile rows, a helically wound package of oriented pile articles for shipping and storage, and a pile surface structure comprising pile articles arranged in spaced apart rows on a substrate to form a pile surface that may be flat or moldable, and a method for making a pile surface structure by embedding the pile articles into the backing substrate. The pile surface structures may be usefully employed in automobile mats, carpets and panels.
Abstract:
A pile article having a support strand for attachment to multifilament yarn to form a velour-like pile having loosely entangled filaments in spaced apart monolithic pile rows, a helically wound package of oriented pile articles for shipping and storage, and a pile surface structure comprising pile articles arranged in spaced apart rows on a substrate to form a pile surface that may be flat or moldable, and a method for making a pile surface structure by embedding the pile articles into the backing substrate. The pile surface structures may be usefully employed in automobile mats, carpets and panels.
Abstract:
Bi-constituent fibers having a cationic dyeable nylon, usually Type 6 nylon adequately sulfonated, as the major component with an intimate melt blend of a minor amount of a polyester are dyed with an anionic dye to improve lightfastness, ozone resistance and to provide resistance to acid-type stains. The fibers may be tufted into carpets that are resistant to acid-type stains. Both components of the bi-constituent fiber may come from recycled sources so that 100% of the fiber, excluding processing additives, is based on post consumer recycled polymer.