Ripstop material and pool cover
A woven fabric material including an array of machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns. The array includes larger denier yarns arranged in an alternating pattern with smaller denier yarns in both the machine direction and the cross-machine direction. The array of machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns is arranged to allow water to pass freely through the woven fabric material.
1 . A woven material comprising an array of machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns, wherein the machine direction yarns comprise a repeating warp pattern of eight smaller denier warp yarns and two larger denier warp yarns, and wherein the cross-machine direction yarns comprise a repeating weft pattern of four smaller denier weft yarns and two larger denier weft yarns.
2 . The woven material of claim 1 , wherein the smaller denier warp yarns comprise approximately 525 denier yarns and the larger denier warp yarns comprise approximately 1000 denier yarns.
3 . The woven material of claim 2 , wherein the smaller denier weft yarns comprise approximately 565 denier yarns and the larger denier weft yarns comprise approximately 925 denier yarns.
4 . The woven material of claim 1 , wherein the machine direction yarns comprise both black and colored yarns.
5 . The woven material of claim 4 , wherein the colored yarns are selected from green, blue, tan, gray, or combinations thereof.
6 . The woven material of claim 1 , wherein the machine direction yarns comprise a repeating pattern of two black 1000 denier yarns, two black 525 denier yarns, two colored 525 denier yarns, four black 525 denier yarns, two color 1000 denier yarns, four black 525 denier yarns, two color 525 denier yarns, two black 525 denier yarns, two black 1000 denier yarns, two colored 525 denier yarns, four black 525 denier yarns, and two colored 525 denier yarns.
7 . The woven material of claim 1 , wherein the machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns are selected from polyester yarns, polyethylene yarns, nylon yarns, polypropylene yarns, or combinations thereof.
8 . The woven material of claim 1 , wherein the machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns comprise monofilament polypropylene yarns.
9 . The woven material of claim 1 , comprising approximately 39 machine direction yarns per inch.
10 . The woven material of claim 1 , wherein the repeating warp pattern has a spacing of about 0.20 inches between each set of two larger denier warp yarns.
11 . The woven material of claim 1 , comprising approximately 20 cross-machine direction yarns per inch.
12 . The woven material of claim 1 , wherein the repeating weft pattern has a spacing of about 0.20 inches between each set of two larger denier weft yarns.
13 . The woven material of claim 1 , wherein the material allows water to pass freely therethrough.
14 . A swimming pool cover at least partially comprising the woven material of claim 1 .
15 . A woven fabric material comprising an array of machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns, wherein:
the machine direction yarns comprise a repeating warp pattern in which a plurality of smaller denier warp yarns are arranged consecutively as a group and a plurality of larger denier warp yarns are arranged consecutively as a group, the groups alternating along the warp direction; and
the cross-machine direction yarns comprise a repeating weft pattern in which a plurality of smaller denier weft yarns are arranged consecutively as a group and a plurality of larger denier weft yarns are arranged consecutively as a group, the groups alternating along the weft direction.
16 . The woven fabric material of claim 15 , wherein the machine direction yarns and cross-machine direction yarns at least partially comprise polypropylene yarns, polyester yarns, polyethylene yarns, nylon yarns, or combinations thereof.
17 . The woven fabric material of claim 15 , wherein the smaller denier warp yarns comprise approximately 525 denier yarns and the larger denier warp yarns comprise approximately 1000 denier yarns.
18 . The woven fabric material of claim 15 , wherein the smaller denier weft yarns comprise approximately 565 denier yarns and the larger denier weft yarns comprise approximately 925 denier yarns.
19 . A swimming pool cover at least partially comprising the woven fabric material of claim 15 .
20 . The woven fabric material of claim 15 , wherein the machine direction yarns comprise both black and colored yarns.
21 . The woven fabric material of claim 15 , wherein the colored yarns are selected from green, blue, tan, gray, or combinations thereof.
22 . The woven fabric material of claim 15 , wherein the machine direction yarns and the cross-machine direction yarns comprise monofilament polypropylene yarns.
23 . The woven fabric material of claim 15 , wherein the group of the plurality of smaller denier warp yarns comprises more individual yarns than individual yarns of the group of the plurality of larger denier warp yarns.
24 . The woven fabric material of claim 15 , wherein the group of the plurality of smaller denier weft yarns comprises more individual yarns than individual yarns of the group of the plurality of larger denier weft yarns.
25 . The woven fabric material of claim 15 , wherein the material allows water to pass freely therethrough.
26 . The woven fabric material of claim 15 , wherein:
the group of the plurality of smaller denier warp yarns comprises two black denier warp yarns, two color denier warp yarns, two black denier warp yarns, and two black denier warp yarns, for a total of eight smaller denier warp yarns; and
the group of the plurality of larger denier warp yarns comprises two black denier warp yarns or two color denier warp yarns, for a total of two larger denier warp yarns.
27 . The woven fabric material of claim 15 , wherein:
the group of the plurality of smaller denier weft yarns comprises four black denier weft yarns; and
the group of the plurality of larger denier weft yarns comprises two black denier weft yarns or two color denier weft yarns, for a total of two denier weft yarns.