Fibers, yarns, woven fabric including the yarns and fibers, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. Fibers can include base material staple fibers and dissolvable or water-soluble fibers. At least the base material staple fiber is mixed and cleaned to form a base material web or sliver. The clean base material web or sliver is then intimately mixed with the dissolvable fibers in a blow room to form a homogenously-mixed base material/dissolvable material sliver. The homogenously-mixed base material/dissolvable material sliver is then blended again during drawing so as to produce a twice-mixed, ultra-homogenous yarn comprising base material and dissolvable material. A processing step can allow for removal of the dissolvable fibers to produce a yarn defining a plurality of pores that are uniformly distributed throughout the structure of the yarn.

A bed covering system adapted to be used by a user to stay comfortable during sleep. The bed covering system includes a blanket and a pillowcase. The blanket has different heat retention zones of at least one section of heavy material and at least one section of lighter material. The heavy material is of material that retains body heat of the user. The lighter material is of a material that allows the escape of body heat of the user and allows circulation of body heat of the user. The heavy material has a higher weave count to trap and retain heat, and the lighter material is of thinner materials that permits more evaporation from a body of a user than the heavy material.

A mattress or mattress topper includes a cushioning element having an elastomeric material forming intersecting buckling walls that define hollow columns, and a knitted fabric disposed over the cushioning element and configured to move independently of the buckling walls. The elastomeric material includes an elastomeric polymer and a plasticizer. The knitted fabric includes a first layer of stretchable material; a second layer of stretchable material; and a layer of stretchable fill material between the first layer of stretchable material and the second layer of stretchable material. The first layer of stretchable material is knitted together with the second layer of stretchable material as a unitary sheet of fabric including the layer of stretchable fill material. A method of forming a mattress or mattress topper includes disposing a knitted fabric over a cushioning element comprising intersecting buckling walls and configuring the knitted fabric to move independently of the buckling walls.

Fibers, yarns, woven fabric including the yarns and fibers, and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. Fibers can include base material staple fibers and dissolvable or water-soluble fibers that are mixed together to define an ultra-homogenous yarn comprising base material and dissolvable material, which is provided in at least the warp direction to form a woven fabric having a 7-end, 8-end or 10-end sateen weave. A processing step provides for the removal of the dissolvable fibers to produce a yarn defining a plurality of pores that are uniformly distributed throughout the structure of the yarn. The woven fabric has a thread count between 450-1200. The woven fabric is thermally-insulative, breathable and moisture-wicking.

The invention relates generally to a method for combining multiple knit constructions in a single fabric using a double selection circular knitting machine. It is in particular directed of seamlessly combining in a single fabric an air circulating construction with a double-knit construction. It further provides a fabric obtained using the method of the present invention.

An innovative high-energy oxidative method using metallic copper and chlorine liquid to produce a superior copper chloride II element using electromagnetic induction and magnetic forces. This invention involves copper undergoing oxidation while in its highest energy state according to basic principles of electromotive forces described in Faraday's law. The copper attaches to a magnetic receptacle and held in place by a copper lid cover. Research studies demonstrate that metallic copper is not magnetic; however, when a magnetic field approaches copper, the electrons and subatomic particles forms a higher resistance against the magnets—Generating a force field response towards the approaching magnets. The oxidation of copper in its highest energy state provides additional improvements and benefits in copper's antimicrobial and antiviral properties. This new method for oxidizing copper chloride in its highest subatomic energy state provides vast improvements and coverage in the fight against microorganisms and the invisible pathogens abroad.

A method includes forming a multi-pick yarn package through winding multiple oriented yarns onto a spool, with the multiple oriented yarns serving as weft yarns forming adjacent substantially parallel yarns wound together. Each of the multiple oriented yarns is formed through drawing each of multiple yarns from a corresponding supply package. The method also includes, using the multi-pick yarn package, simultaneously inserting the weft yarns in a single pick insertion event of a pick insertion apparatus of a loom apparatus in which the simultaneously inserted weft yarns are to be conveyed through a set of warp yarns to produce an incremental length of a woven textile fabric.

Provided are fabrics and lifting devices that are high performance and skin friendly, for patient care, including as bed linens upon which a patient may sleep and/or rest, as well as patient slings for lifting and/or repositioning a patient.

A fabric made by the method of providing a non-woven batt having flame retardant fibers, stitch bonding the non-woven batt with an elastic yarn, and heat setting the stitch bonded, non-woven batt. The stitch bonded non-woven batt is exposed to a temperature in a range of 160° C. to 200° C. for a period in a range of 30 seconds to 120 seconds. In an embodiment, the fabric is adapted for use as a mattress core cover.

A fabric comprising one or more manmade yarns and one or more natural yarns, wherein the one or more manmade yarns comprise more than 50% by weight of the total yarn of the fabric. The manmade yarn is preferably made of polyester fibers and the natural yarn is preferably made of cotton fibers. The cotton yarn may be any of 100% cotton, Indian cotton, Egyptian cotton, Pima cotton, Supima cotton, and cotton mixed with a manmade or a cellulosic fiber. The polyester yarn may be any of 100% polyester, polyester mixed with another manmade fiber, a texturized or multi-texturized polyester yarn, and polyester mixed with cotton or cellulosic fiber. The warp yarn or yarns may be a combination of one or more manmade yarns and one or more natural yarns, and the weft yarn or yarns comprise a combination of one or more manmade yarns and one or more natural yarns.