Hygro Terry Structures, Articles, and Related Processes

Abstract

A terry woven fabric includes hygro yarns structures. The hygro yarns are formed with soluble fibers, which are later removed, to define yarn structures with hollow cores.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A terry fabric comprising:
 a ground component that having warp yarns and weft yarns interwoven with the warp yarns; and   a pile component having a plurality of piles that project in a direction away from the ground component, the plurality of piles formed from a pile yarns interwoven with the ground component, and the pile yarns include a plurality of plied yarns,   wherein each plied yarn has at least one package dyed staple yarn,   wherein the at least one package dyed staple yarn has a length, an outer sheath of dyed staple fibers twisted together, and a hollow core within the outer sheath of the dyed staple fibers, wherein the hollow core extends along the length.   
     
     
         2 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein the warp yarns comprise at least one of a) a single end yarn and b) the plurality plied yarns. 
     
     
         3 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein the weft yarns comprise at least one of a) a single end yarn and b) the plurality plied yarns. 
     
     
         4 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein each plied yarn comprises:
 a) the at least one package dyed staple yarn; and   b) at least one other type of staple yarn.   
     
     
         5 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein each plied yarn comprises:
 a) the at least one package dyed staple yarn; and   b) at least one continuous filament yarn.   
     
     
         6 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein each plied yarn has a plurality of yarns twisted together, and wherein the at least one package dyed staple yarn is a plurality of package dyed staple yarns. 
     
     
         7 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein each plied yarn has a plurality of yarns twisted together, wherein the at least one package dyed staple yarn is one package dyed staple yarn. 
     
     
         8 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein each plied yarn has two yarns twisted together, wherein one the two yarns is the at least one package dyed staple yarn and the other of the two yarns is a staple yarn. 
     
     
         9 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein each plied yarn has two yarns twisted together, wherein one the two yarns is the at least one package dyed staple yarn and the other of the two yarns is a continuous filament yarn. 
     
     
         10 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein each plied yarn has two yarns twisted together, wherein each of the two yarns are package dyed staple yarns. 
     
     
         11 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein the plied yarn has three yarns twisted together, wherein at least one of the three yarns is the at least one package dyed staple yarn. 
     
     
         12 . The terry fabric of any one of the  claim 11 , wherein the other of the yarns in the plied yarn are staple yarns or a continuous filament yarns. 
     
     
         13 . The terry fabric of any one of the  claim 11 , wherein each yarn in the plied yarn is the at least one package dyed staple yarn. 
     
     
         14 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein the dyed staple fibers are a) cellulosic fibers, or b) blends of cellulosic fibers with one or more other fibers. 
     
     
         15 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one staple yarn includes a) natural fibers, b) synthetic fibers, and c) blends of natural fibers and synthetic fibers. 
     
     
         16 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the terry fabric increases with multiple launderings. 
     
     
         17 . The terry fabric of  claim 1 , wherein the plied yarns are configured so that terry fabric absorbs a drop of water in less than five seconds according to absorbency test method AATCC-79. 
     
     
         18 . A terry woven fabric, comprising:
 a ground component that includes warp yarns and weft yarns interwoven with the warp yarns; and   a pile component including a plurality of piles that project in a direction away from the ground component, the plurality of piles defined by pile yarns interwoven with the ground component,   the pile yarns comprise a multi-core staple yarn, wherein the multi-core staple yarn includes a length, an outer sheath of twisted staple fibers that extends along the length, a first hollow core that extends through the outer sheath of staple fibers along the length, and a second hollow core that extends through the outer sheath of staple fibers along the length.   
     
     
         19 . The terry fabric of  claim 18 , wherein the warp yarns include a plurality of the multi-core staple yarns. 
     
     
         20 . The terry fabric of  claim 18 , wherein the weft yarns include a plurality of the multi-core staple yarns.