jQuery.preloadCssImages = function() {
	
    var allImgs = [];
    //new array for all the image urls
    var k = 0;
    //iterator for adding images
    var sheets = document.styleSheets;
    //array of stylesheets

    for (var i = 0; i < sheets.length; i++) {
        //loop through each stylesheet

        var cssPile = '';
        //create large string of all css rules in sheet

        var csshref = (sheets[i].href) ? sheets[i].href: 'window.location.href';

        var baseURLarr = csshref.split('/');
        //split href at / to make array

        baseURLarr.pop();
        //remove file path from baseURL array
        var baseURL = baseURLarr.join('/');
        //create base url for the images in this sheet (css file's dir)

        if (baseURL != "") baseURL += '/';
        //tack on a / if needed

        if (document.styleSheets[i].cssRules) {
            //w3

            var thisSheetRules = document.styleSheets[i].cssRules;
            //w3

            for (var j = 0; j < thisSheetRules.length; j++) {


                cssPile += thisSheetRules[j].cssText;


            }

        }

        else {

            cssPile += document.styleSheets[i].cssText;

        }

        //parse cssPile for image urls and load them into the DOM

        var imgUrls = cssPile.match(/[^(]+.(gif|jpg|jpeg|png)/g);
        //reg ex to get a string of between a "(" and a ".filename"

        if (imgUrls != null && imgUrls.length > 0 && imgUrls != '') {
            //loop array
            var arr = jQuery.makeArray(imgUrls);
            //create array from regex obj
            jQuery(arr).each(function() {

                allImgs[k] = new Image();
                //new img obj

                allImgs[k].src = (this[0] == '/' || this.match('http://')) ? this: baseURL + this;
                //set src either absolute or rel to css dir
				//alert(allImgs[k].src);

                k++;

            });
        }

    }
    //loop

    return allImgs;



}