Patent 10465316 was granted and assigned to Glen Raven, Inc. on November, 2019 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A knit shade cloth. The shade cloth includes about 10% to about 40% by weight of un-textured yarns comprising at least one of olefin or polyester for strength. The shade cloth includes about 60% to about 90% by weight of at least one synthetic textured yarn for improved hand. The knit shade cloth provides at least about 150 lbs. of initial mean break strength in both a warp direction and weft direction to provide sufficient performance as a shade sail.