US 11,926,936 B2
Dual functional spun + filament fiber woven terry cooling towel
David Chad Lawrence, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to MPUSA, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed by MPUSA, LLC, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US)
Filed on Jan. 22, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/749,016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/795,211, filed on Jan. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0232128 A1, Jul. 23, 2020
Int. Cl. D03D 15/43 (2021.01); D03D 15/47 (2021.01); D03D 27/08 (2006.01); D03D 1/00 (2006.01)
CPC D03D 27/08 (2013.01) [D03D 15/47 (2021.01); D10B 2201/02 (2013.01); D10B 2331/06 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terry fabric, the fabric comprising:
a first side, arranged as an absorbent side, wherein the first side includes a spun fiber loop including a plurality of pile warp yarn; and
a second side, arranged as a cooling side, wherein the second side includes a plurality of weft yarn and a plurality of ground warp yarn, wherein at least one of the plurality of weft yarn and the plurality of ground warp yarn includes a covered yarn having a synthetic spun and/or filament yarn core covered by at least one other synthetic filament yarn;
wherein the second side includes a plurality of pile warp yarn; and
wherein a pile height of a pile warp end on a first one of the first side and the second side is less than 0.5 mm and a pile height of a pile warp end on a second one of the first side and the second side is greater than the pile height of the pile warp end on the first one of the first side and the second side;
wherein the first side is adapted to provide greater moisture absorbency than the second side; and
wherein the second side is adapted to provide greater evaporative cooling than the first side.