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Textile constructions with stabilized primary backings and related methods

  • US 20030175474A1
  • Filed: 03/13/2002
  • Published: 09/18/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A carpet construction or composite including a surface forming pile fabric, wherein the pile fabric comprises:

  • a pile surface formed from a plurality of outwardly projecting yarn elements; and

    a primary backing disposed in underlying relation to the pile surface, wherein at least a portion of the yarn elements are tufted through the primary backing and wherein the primary backing comprises a woven structure having a single woven layer comprising a plurality of interwoven fiber elements and wherein the material forming the interwoven fiber elements is selected from the group consisting of polyester fiber elements, glass fiber elements, nylon fiber elements, polypropylene fiber elements, stabilized polypropylene elements containing a nucleating agent, and combinations thereof.

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