Woven towel

Abstract

A woven towel includes a ground fabric having a set of warp yarns woven together with a set of weft yarns and a plurality of pile yarns interlaced with the ground fabric. The warp yarns and weft yarns are polyester vortex spun fibers or polyester air-jet spun yarns. The pile yarns are cotton spun yarns or cotton/polyester blended spun yarns. The warp yarns, the weft yarns and the pile yarns are woven together in a terry weave.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61 / 916,531, filed on Dec. 16, 2013, entitled “Woven Fabric,” the entire contents of which are incorporated by reference herein.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]An embodiment of the present invention relates generally to a woven terry fabric and, more particularly, to a woven terry towel composed of spun polyester yarns.[0003]Most conventional woven terry fabrics are constructed from cotton warp yarns, cotton weft yarns and cotton pile yarns woven together. Other known fabrics utilize a blend of cotton and cellulose fibers for the warp or weft yarns. Cotton is primarily used to make such conventional woven fabrics because it is inexpensive and highly absorbent. However, cotton has several drawbacks. Specifically, because conventional woven cotton fabrics are primarily constructed of cotton, such fabrics have a relatively short useful life and cannot withstand multi...

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Benefits of technology

[0011]FIG. 2 is a greatly enlarged partial cross-sectional elevational view of a portion of the woven terry towel taken along line 2-2 of FIG. 1;

[0012]FIG. 3 is a greatly enlarged partial cross-sectional elevational view of a selvage of a woven terry towel in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the preset invention; and

[0013]FIG. 4 is a greatly enlarged partial cross-sectional elevational view of a selvage of a woven terry towel in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the preset invention.

Problems solved by technology

However, cotton has several drawbacks.

Specifically, because conventional woven cotton fabrics are primarily constructed of cotton, such fabrics have a relatively short useful life and cannot withstand multiple launderings.

In particular, such conventional woven cotton fabrics suffer from shrinkage when subjected to the high temperatures usually associated with laundering and particularly drying.

However, polyester filaments do not readily absorb moisture and thus woven fabrics formed thereof have significantly inferior absorption properties as compared with cotton woven fabrics.

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