WOOL PILE FABRIC INCLUDING SECURITY FIBERS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME
A wool pile fabric product including a plurality of wool fibers and at least one security fiber knit with a textile scrim to form a pile fabric having a scrim side and a fiber pile side. The product also includes a facing material that is attached to the scrim side of the wool pile fabric. The security fiber in the product provides a discrete way to identify a genuine product.
1 . A method of manufacturing a product, comprising:
providing a knitting machine;
feeding a sliver of fibers to the knitting machine, the sliver being comprised of wool fibers and at least one security fiber; and
simultaneously knitting the fibers and a scrim yarn to form a pile fabric having a scrim side and a fiber pile side with the at least one security fiber.
2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising feeding a plurality of security fibers to the knitting machine independently from the sliver of wool fibers.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one security fiber is made of a luminescent material.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the knitting of the fibers includes knitting a plurality of the wool fibers and the security fibers with the scrim yarn to form a pile fabric.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the security fibers are knit in the form of a symbol on the scrim.
6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the security fibers are knit in the form of a pattern on the scrim.
7 . A method of manufacturing a product, comprising:
providing a knitting machine;
mixing wool fibers and security fibers;
forming a sliver of combined wool and security fibers;
feeding the sliver of the mixed fibers to the knitting machine; and
simultaneously knitting the mixed fibers and a scrim yarn to form a pile fabric having a scrim side and a fiber pile side having the security fibers.
8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the at least one of the security fibers is made of a luminescent material.
9 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the mixed fibers are knit in the form of a symbol on the scrim.
10 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the mixed fibers are knit in the form of a pattern or symbol within the fiber pile.
11 . A wool pile fabric product comprising:
a plurality of wool fibers and at least one security fiber knit with a textile scrim to form a pile fabric having a scrim side and a fiber pile side; and
a facing material attached to the scrim side of the wool pile fabric.
12 . The wool pile fabric product of claim 11 , wherein the at least one security fiber is made of a luminescent material.
13 . The wool pile fabric product of claim 11 , further comprising a plurality of security fibers knit with the scrim.
14 . The wool pile fabric of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of security fibers form a pattern on the scrim.
15 . The wool pile fabric of claim 14 , wherein the facing material includes one of ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), leather, suede, fabric, synthetic leather, synthetic suede or other suitable natural or synthetic material or combination of these materials.