Composite textile structure

Claim 2

A composite textile structure useful as a furniture support sling, the textile structure comprising: a base fabric having a plurality of yarns running in a first direction and a plurality of yarns running in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the yarns in said first direction, wherein the yarns running in said first direction comprise a bicomponent elastomeric monofilament including a sheath component and a core component, the yarns running in said second direction comprising an elastomeric monofilament, said sheath component having a melting temperature below the melting temperature of the core component, said sheath component being melt bonded to the yarns running in said second direction, such that bonds are formed at points of crossover between the yarns running in said first direction and the yarns running in said second direction; a knit cover fabric; and an elastomeric adhesive web disposed between said base fabric and said knit cover fabric.

Claim 3

The composite textile structure as in claim 1, wherein said base fabric is a woven fabric.

Claim 4

The composite textile structure as in claim 2, wherein said first direction is the warp direction and said second direction is the fill direction.

Claim 5

The composite textile structure as in claim 1, wherein said knit cover fabric is a warp knitted fabric.

Claim 6

The composite textile structure as in claim 1, wherein the yarns running in said second direction comprise an elastomeric monofilament intermingled with a textured fiber.

Claim 7

The composite textile structure as in claim 5, wherein said textured fiber comprises polyester fiber.

Claim 8

The composite textile structure as in claim 1, further comprising a flourochemical surface treatment.

Claim 9

The composite textile structure as in claim 7, further comprising a printed design disposed across said knit cover fabric by means of transfer printing without the use of any additional film-forming polymer coatings.

Claim 10

A furniture support sling including the composite textile structure of claim 1.

Claim 11

A chair, comprising a furniture support sling as in claim 9.

Claim 12

A bed, comprising a furniture support sling as in claim 9.

Claim 13

A composite textile structure useful as a furniture support sling, the textile structure comprising: a woven base fabric having a plurality of yarns running in a first direction and a plurality of yarns running in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the yarns running in said first direction, wherein the yarns running in said first direction comprise a bicomponent elastomeric monofilament including a sheath component and a core component and wherein the melting temperature of said sheath component is below the melting temperature of said core component, the yarns running in said second direction comprising an elastomeric monofilament with a textured fiber covering, said sheath component of the yarns running in said first direction being melt bonded to the yarns running in said second direction such that bonds are formed at points of cross-over between the yarns running in said first direction and the yarns running in said second direction; a warp knitted cover fabric; and an elastomeric adhesive web laminated between said base fabric and said cover fabric.

Claim 14

A composite textile structure useful as a furniture support sling, the textile structure comprising: a woven base fabric having a plurality of yarns running in a first direction and a plurality of yarns running in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the yarns running in said first direction, wherein the yarns running in said first direction comprise a bicomponent elastomeric monofilament including a sheath component and a core component and wherein the melting temperature of said sheath component is below the melting temperature of said core component, the yarns running in said second direction comprising an elastomeric monofilament with a textured fiber covering, said sheath component of the yarns running in said first direction being melt bonded to the yarns running in said second direction such that bonds are formed at points of cross-over between the yarns running in said first direction and the yarns running in said second direction; a warp knitted cover fabric; and an elastomeric adhesive web laminated between said base fabric and said cover fabric.

Claim 15

The composite textile structure as in claim 12, further characterized by having an air permeability of not less than 20 cubic feet per minute per square foot of material at a differential pressure of 125 Pascals.

Claim 16

The composite textile structure as in claim 13 further comprising a flourocarbon surface treatment.

Claim 17

A furniture support sling including the composite textile structure of claim 13.

Claim 18

A chair, comprising a furniture support sling as in claim 15.

Claim 19

A bed, comprising a furniture support sling as in claim 15.

Claim 20

A laminated textile composite, comprising a printed surface fabric and a laminated base structure wherein said surface fabric is flourochemically treated and directly printed by means of transfer printing without any film-forming polymer coating.

Claim 21

A laminated textile composite, comprising a printed surface fabric and a laminated base structure wherein said surface fabric is flourochemically treated and directly printed by means of transfer printing without any film-forming polymer coating.