ATBECHDEDKESFRGBGRITLILUNLSEMCPTIESILTLVFIROMKCYAL..............................JDIM350 (Ver 2.1 Jan 2001) 1990980/0 1620000/00997562EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATIONA320040407EP99307017.619990903EnEnEn981928819980904GB20040407200415200005032000187 7D 03D 9/00 A 7D 03D 15/00 B 7D 03D 19/00 B 7D 05C 17/02 BdeGebundenes Gewebe und Verfahren zu dessen HerstellungenBonded woven fabric product and method for its manufacturefrTissu lié ainsi que procédé pour sa fabrication1DON & LOW LIMITED01091411DM/JD/HSo/P1001Newfordpark House Glamis RoadForfar, Angus DD8 1FR, ScotlandGBHoy, GregorBerryhillock FarmGlenogilvie, Glamis DD8 1UPGBMoreland, David, Dr.et al00079803Cruikshank & Fairweather, 19 Royal Exchange SquareGlasgow G1 3AEGBATBECHCYDEDKESFIFRGBGRIEITLILUMCNLPTSEALLTLVMKROSI20040407200415

There is disclosed a bonded woven fabric product and a method for its manufacture. The product finds use as a tufting substrate for carpet manufacture. Existing problems in the field include deformation of fabric weave in fabric stretched in the fabric plane; deflection of flat rectangular polypropylene tapes giving stitch placement defects within a carpet; and reduced dimensional stability, strength and tuft lock in mechanically fibrillated tapes. The invention provides a woven product (Fid. 1, 5a) comprising a plurality of first threads (10a), and a plurality of second threads (15a), wherein contact portions (20a) provided along each first thread (10a) contact respective contact portions (25a) provided along each second thread (15a), wherein further each first thread (10a) is bonded to each second thread (15a) at the respective contact portions (20a, 25a).