FABRIC WITH FLOATING YARN HAVING INTERNAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS - Patent 1581680

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EP 1 581 680 A2

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(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.12.2004

(43)	Date of publication:
	05.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/40

(21)	Application number: 03781391.2

(22)	Date of filing: 24.10.2003

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁷: D06C 3/00

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2003/033844

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2004/046446 (03.06.2004 Gazette 2004/23)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL LT LV MK

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Priority:

15.11.2002 US 298476
15.11.2002 US 298475
13.12.2002 US 319097
04.06.2003 US 454416

(71)	Applicant: Milliken & Company
	Spartanburg, SC 29303 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	BOYD, William O., Jr. Spartanburg, SC 29301 (US) TUCKER, John L., Jr. Greenwood, SC 29649 (US)

(74)	Representative: HOFFMANN EITLE
	Patent- und Rechtsanwälte Arabellastrasse 4 81925 München 81925 München (DE)

(54)	FABRIC WITH FLOATING YARN HAVING INTERNAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS