ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,171, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Milliken & Co. (Spartanburg, S.C.).
"Multi-layer woven fabric" was invented by Patrick Petri (Greer, S.C.) and John A. Sollars Jr. (LaGrange, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a multi-layer woven fabric having a central region which contains a first woven layer, a second woven layer, and a plurality of connecting yarns. The plurality of connecting yarns connect the first woven layer and the second woven layer and each connecting yarn has a stitching pattern that contains a first weave section, a crossover section, and a second weave section. Within the first weave sect...