Chenille yarns

Claim 1

IN A FLOOR COVERING AND IN COMBINATION, A SERIES OF CHENILLE YARNS ARRANGED LENGTHWISE IN PARALLEL AND SIDE BY SIDE TO CONSTITUTE THE WARPLIKE THREADS OF THE FLOOR COVERING, EACH OF SAID YARNS COMPRISING, A LENGTH OF TAPE FOLDED LENGTHWISE ALONG ITS MEDIAN LINE TO FORM A CHANNELLED CASING, A SERIES OF LOOPED THREADS POSITIONED IN SAID CASINGS WITH THE BIGHTS OF THE LOOPS IN EACH CHANNEL IN EDGE TO EDGE ABUTMENT, THE FREE ENDS OF THE LOOPED THREADS PROJECTING ABOVE THE WALL OF THE CASING, A CURED LATEX COMPOSITION INTERPOSED IN THE SPACES BETWEN THE EDGE FACES OF THE ABUTTING LOOPED THREADS AND BETWEEN THE LOOPED THREADS AND THE CASING WALL AND PENETRATING THE INTERSTICES BETWEEN THE THREADS IN THE REGION OF THE BIGHTS OF THE LOOPS TO REINFORCE THE PROJECTING FREE ENDS OF THE THREADS AND RENDER THEM UPSTANDING AND SELF-SUPPORTING, A COATING OF A CURED LATEX COMPOSITION APPLIED TO THE EXPOSED UNDERSIDE OF SAID WARP-LIKE THREADS, AND A SHEET OF PLIABLE ADHESIVE RECEPTIVE MATERIAL EMBEDDED IN SAID LATEX COATING.