Inventors:
Richard Miller - Pensacola FL, US
Harold Familant - Newport News VA, US
Tim Smith - Cantonment FL, US
Kenneth Thomas - Cantonment FL, US
Bart Campbell - Gulf Breeze FL, US
Debra Hild - Cantonment FL, US
James Polk - Pensacola FL, US
David Horn - Longmeadow MA, US
Raymond Knorr - Pensacola FL, US
Walter Nunning - Pensacola FL, US
William Fairchild - Pensacola FL, US
International Classification:
B32B033/00, D05C017/02, D02J003/16, D02G003/04
US Classification:
428/092000, 428/097000, 428/370000, 428/373000, 028/239000, 057/236000, 057/238000, 057/239000
Abstract:
A carpet fiber yarn having carpet fiber and binder material, the yarn being subjected to singeing to remove protruding fiber ends, and subjected to heat sufficient to melt the binder fiber, wherein initial appearance and trafficked appearance of a first test carpet having a pile comprised of the yarn is improved over a corresponding second test carpet having a pile comprised of an unsinged yarn with the carpet fiber and the binder fiber, the unsinged yarn also being subjected to heat sufficient to melt the binder fiber.