To provide a towel product capable of maintaining features of honeycomb weave of the conventional technique as well as providing improved water absorbency, lightness, and a good touch feeling more than those of the towels produced by the conventional technique. The towel of the present invention basically has a typical honeycomb weave structure. A first feature thereof is to use hollow yarns having a hollow ratio of a range between 30% and 60%. A shape of hollow yarns can be maintained. With the above described structure, the water absorbency, the lightness, the good touch feeling, and a drying property can be improved. A second feature is to use hollow yarns made by twisting fibers of raw cottons having an effective fiber length of a range between 25 mm and 42 mm. This contributes to maintaining of the durability.

A fiber structure body includes a several fiber layers stacked in a stacking direction and has a multi-axial orientation that includes axial-force directional yarns, orthogonal directional yarns, and intersecting yarns. The fiber structure body includes a flat plate portion and a bend portion that is bent to the flat plate portion and includes a surface intersecting with a surface of the flat plate portion. The axial-force directional yarns are made of continuous fiber of reinforced fiber. Of yarns that form the bend portion and are other than the axial-force directional yarns, yarns that form at least one axis of the bend portion are provided by spun yarns made of discontinuous fiber.

A fiber structure body includes a several fiber layers stacked in a stacking direction and has a multi-axial orientation that includes axial-force directional yarns, orthogonal directional yarns, and intersecting yarns. The fiber structure body includes a flat plate portion and a bend portion that is bent to the flat plate portion and includes a surface intersecting with a surface of the flat plate portion. The axial-force directional yarns are made of continuous fiber of reinforced fiber. Of yarns that form the bend portion and are other than the axial-force directional yarns, yarns that form at least one axis of the bend portion are provided by spun yarns made of discontinuous fiber.

Provided is a down-proof woven fabric which is highly effective to prevent leakage of down from a seam of a product, even having a low cover factor, the woven fabric containing a single yarn having a convex portion and a concave portion in a cross section, in which an air permeability is 0.1 cm.sup.3/cm.sup.2.Math.s or more and 2.0 cm.sup.3/cm.sup.2.Math.s or less; a total fineness is 5 dtex or more and 80 dtex or less; a total cover factor of a warp and a weft is 1500 or more and 2200 or less; a hole is formed in the woven fabric with a sewing machine needle having a cross-sectional diameter (thickness of a main body of the sewing machine needle) of 1.00 mm, and in an area having a radius of 1.5 mm about the hole, a total number of warps and wefts that are displaced by 0.08 mm or more with the sewing machine needle is 3 or less at 15 minutes after the sewing machine needle is pulled out from the woven fabric; and the following characteristics: (i) a fitting ratio of single yarns is 10% or more and 80% or less (ii) a laminating rate of the single yarn is 0.4 or more and 3.0 or less (iii) a number of convex portions of the single yarn is 2 or more and 12 or less (iv) the single yarn has a modification degree of 1.2 or more and 3.0 or less (v) a concave portion of the single yarn has a depth of 0.6 μm or more and 8 μm or less
CF=CF.sub.T+CF.sub.W where CF represents the total cover factor of the warp and the weft; CF.sub.T represents a cover factor of the warp; and CF.sub.W represents the cover factor of the weft.

Provided is a down-proof woven fabric which is highly effective to prevent leakage of down from a seam of a product, even having a low cover factor, the woven fabric containing a single yarn having a convex portion and a concave portion in a cross section, in which an air permeability is 0.1 cm.sup.3/cm.sup.2.Math.s or more and 2.0 cm.sup.3/cm.sup.2.Math.s or less; a total fineness is 5 dtex or more and 80 dtex or less; a total cover factor of a warp and a weft is 1500 or more and 2200 or less; a hole is formed in the woven fabric with a sewing machine needle having a cross-sectional diameter (thickness of a main body of the sewing machine needle) of 1.00 mm, and in an area having a radius of 1.5 mm about the hole, a total number of warps and wefts that are displaced by 0.08 mm or more with the sewing machine needle is 3 or less at 15 minutes after the sewing machine needle is pulled out from the woven fabric; and the following characteristics: (i) a fitting ratio of single yarns is 10% or more and 80% or less (ii) a laminating rate of the single yarn is 0.4 or more and 3.0 or less (iii) a number of convex portions of the single yarn is 2 or more and 12 or less (iv) the single yarn has a modification degree of 1.2 or more and 3.0 or less (v) a concave portion of the single yarn has a depth of 0.6 μm or more and 8 μm or less
CF=CF.sub.T+CF.sub.W where CF represents the total cover factor of the warp and the weft; CF.sub.T represents a cover factor of the warp; and CF.sub.W represents the cover factor of the weft.

A protective textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members against impact and method of constructed thereof are provided. The sleeve includes a plurality of yarns interlaced with one another, with the interlaced yarns forming an elongate, circumferentially continuous, tubular wall extending lengthwise along a longitudinal axis between opposite open ends. At least some of the plurality of yarns include tubular yarn having a central cavity extending along the length of the tubular yarn, thereby providing an impact resistant, dual layered wall to the tubular yarn. The sleeve can be constructed in a weaving, braiding or knitting process, wherein the tubular yarn can be interlaced as a woven yarn, braided yarn, or knit yarn, and further, the tubular yarn can be interlaced as an inserted yarn.

A protective textile sleeve for routing and protecting elongate members against impact and method of constructed thereof are provided. The sleeve includes a plurality of yarns interlaced with one another, with the interlaced yarns forming an elongate, circumferentially continuous, tubular wall extending lengthwise along a longitudinal axis between opposite open ends. At least some of the plurality of yarns include tubular yarn having a central cavity extending along the length of the tubular yarn, thereby providing an impact resistant, dual layered wall to the tubular yarn. The sleeve can be constructed in a weaving, braiding or knitting process, wherein the tubular yarn can be interlaced as a woven yarn, braided yarn, or knit yarn, and further, the tubular yarn can be interlaced as an inserted yarn.

Fabrics containing hydrophilic expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) fibers and at least one non-ePTFE fiber are provided. The fabric provides a combination of high breathability and controlled moisture management. In exemplary embodiments, the fabric may be a woven, knit, or fleece fabric. The fabrics contain at least 15% ePTFE fibers based on the final fabric. The hydrophilic ePTFE fibers in the fabrics may be used to control moisture such as water vapor, liquid water, or sweat within the fabric by storing the moisture within the hydrophilic ePTFE fiber network. Also, little to none of the moisture remains on the outside of the hydrophilic ePTFE fibers, making the fabric feel dry even where there is moisture therein. A polymer membrane and/or a textile may be laminated to the fabric to produce a laminated article.

According to the present invention, the curling or lifting of webs that occurs during the production nonwoven fabrics, and wrinkles that form on the surface of nonwoven fabrics are prevented. Also, the webs can be easily taken off without making grip stronger than necessary. The present invention pertains to an industrial fabric formed by weaving warp and weft, wherein an embossed pattern having a concavo-convex shape is formed in the vicinity of the apex of a knuckle portion exposed on the surface side of the warp and/or weft. In particular, the industrial fabric is characterized in that the warp and/or weft having the embossed pattern are plastic monofilaments.

The present invention provides a fabric comprising or consisting of: a first yarn comprising a fiber blend of modal and polyester; a second yarn comprising spandex; and a third yam comprising polyester. The polyester in the fiber blend may have a cross-section such as X-shape, M-shape, I-shape, honeycomb-shape, Y-shape, U-shape or O-shape that creates a plurality of spaces along the length of the first yarn that facilitate a capillary action. The modal in the fiber blend may have a cross-section that is substantially rectangular.