Carpet using using unused yarn

Active Publication Date: 2004-09-23
MANNINGTON MILLS
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0007] A feature of the present invention is to provide a universal recipe for a carpet product which will permit the use of different types of unused yarn which c

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However, with any manufacturing, there is waste yarn also known as unused yarn or leftover yarn.
Furthermore, this yarn typically is not of sufficient quantities to justify using it in another production run.
For instance, average original yarn can cost three dollars a pound whereas leftover waste yarn is sold for fifteen cents to twenty cents per pound thus resulting in a significant economic loss to the carpet manufacturer.
Another problem facing the carpet industry is that certain patterns or lots have to be maintained in significant inventory since many times a production run will not occur again at all or will not occur for some time in the future.
When a product run is not done again or not run for some time, many times

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[0031] The present invention relates to a carpet that has a yarn pattern such that different lots of yarn even with differing colors can be used interchangeably and yet achieve a carpet having a visually consistent appearance. In other words, even though different types of yarn, which may even have different colors, are interchangeably used, the carpet formed has the appearance of looking substantially visually the same as the carpet being made from different types of yarn. Preferably, the carpet has a random combination of yarns as explained below, wherein in one embodiment, no two carpets (e.g., tiles) are alike.

[0032] In more detail, the present invention, in part, relates to a carpet having a yarn pattern having a pattern 1 of (A-B-C-D) and a pattern 2 of (E-F-G-H). Each of these letters signify at least one yarn having a certain color and value with respect to light or dark. Yarn A-D of pattern 1 can be in any order and yarn E-H of pattern 2 can be in any order. Both pattern 1 and

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A carpet is described which has a particular yarn pattern which permits the use of different types of yarn such as unused yarn to form a carpet having a visually consistent appearance from manufacturing run to manufacturing run even though different types of yarns may be present. Other aspects of the invention are also described.

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