US 12,006,599 B2
Ripstop material and pool cover
Alan Sutton, Gainesville, GA (US); Ron Rooks, Suwanee, GA (US); and Greg Hendrix, Cleveland, GA (US)
Assigned to Lumite, Inc., Alto, GA (US)
Filed by LUMITE, INC., Alto, GA (US)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/670,964.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/149,411, filed on Feb. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0259776 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. E04H 4/10 (2006.01); D03D 1/00 (2006.01); D03D 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC D03D 13/008 (2013.01) [D03D 1/00 (2013.01); E04H 4/10 (2013.01); D10B 2505/18 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pool cover comprising:
a single set of a first alternating pattern of monofilament yarns in a machine direction and a second alternating pattern of monofilament yarns in a cross-machine direction,
wherein the first alternating pattern comprises smaller monofilament yarns and larger monofilament yarns,
wherein the second alternating pattern comprises smaller monofilament yarns and larger monofilament yarns,
wherein the larger monofilament yarns are of larger denier than the smaller monofilament yarns,
wherein the pool cover has a lower density than water, and
wherein gaps between the monofilament yarns allow water to pass freely therethrough.