Styled pile fabrics and method of making the same

Claim 1

A STYLED PILE FABRIC COMPRISING A NON-SLIT BACKING HAVING ATTACHED TO AT LEAST ONE SURFACE THEREOF A FACE OF A POROUS SELF-SUPPORTING LAYER HAVING AT LEAST TWO FACES, EACH BEING DEFINED BY THE ENDS OF A PLURALITY OF RANDOM CONTORTED FILAMENTARY STRUCTURES, SAID FILAMENTARY STRUCTURES OVERLAPPING AND BEING ALIGNED GENERALLY IN THE SAME DIRECTION, THE SAID FILAMENTARY STRUCTURES FORMING A PILE HAVING A FIBER DENSITY BELOW 25 LBS./FT.3, SAID PILE CONSTITUTING A NETWORK WHEREIN AT LEAST A MAJOR PROPORTION OF THE FILAMENTARY STRUCTURE CONTACT EACH OTHER THROUGH OUT THE THREE DEMENSIONS OF THE PILE, SAID LAYER HAVING A PREDETERMINED PATTERN OF ISOLATED VOLUMINAL SECTIONS HAVING AN AVERAGE FIBER DENSITY LESS THAN 50% OF SAID LAYER, THE GEOMETRICAL CONFIGURATION OF SAID SECTIONS EXTENDING THROUGHOUT A SINGLE DIMENSION OF SAID LAYER AND INTERSECTING SAID PLANAR SURFACE.