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Garment ventilation structure

a ventilation structure and garment technology, applied in the field of garments, can solve the problems of poor cooling, perspiration and discomfort of shirt wearers anywhere on the body, and achieve the effect of improving wearer comfor

Inactive Publication Date: 2010-09-02
MESSIOU ANTOINE YVON
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This solution improves wearer comfort by effectively dissipating heat and reducing perspiration through guided air convection and adaptive ventilation, while maintaining aesthetics and functionality, including robustness and washability, even under insulating layers.

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Such heat generation induces perspiration in the body, causing the shirt wearer discomfort.
Perspiration and discomfort can occur anywhere on the body if covered by a heavy or insulating layer.
This is in contrast to a traditional shirt or garment, which, even if made from high performance moisture transport fabrics, results in poor cooling as the high performance fabric benefits are limited if covered by another garment layer.

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[0049]Repeated use of reference numbers in the present specification and drawings is intended to represent the same or analogous features of the invention.

[0050]It is to be understood that to one skilled in the art that the following is a description of the exemplary embodiments only and is not intended as limiting the broader aspects of the present invention, which broader aspects are embodied in the exemplary fabrication. For illustrative and descriptive clarity only key items are included in the drawings. Details of trim and extraneous flanges for attachment to the apparel itself are shown only where necessary for clarity.

[0051]The present invention is directed to sports shirts fabricated with integral ventilation channels. Referring to FIG. 1, a sports shirt 1, is shown with integral ventilation channels 2, upper opening eyelet 3 and lower opening eyelet 4. For the purposes of descriptive clarity, only the front view of the sports shirt is shown and similar channels can be assum...

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A garment such as a sports shirt has concealed ventilation channels, which provide a continuous air channel between permanent openings. In one embodiment, the channels are flexible and non-intrusive and the openings are maintained by springy eyelets. The eyelets and channels are attached to the main fabric of the garment, providing a robust and a streamlined construction. Another embodiment incorporates active ventilation structures within the channels, the structures having a natural vibration frequency matched to a motion frequency spectrum of the wearer. In a further embodiment, the ventilation channels are made of shape memory polymer and change shape in response to changes in temperature.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED PATENT APPLICATIONS[0001]This patent application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 514,210 filed Apr. 26, 2005, which claims the benefit of PCT / GB2003 / 002019 filed May 12, 2003 designating the United States, and claims priority from United Kingdom Patent Application 0210733.2 filed May 10, 2002 and from United Kingdom Patent Application 0215729.5 filed Jul. 6, 2002. The teachings and disclosures of all those applications are hereby incorporated in their entireties by reference thereto.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention relates to garments including leisure apparel, and more particularly to sports shirts.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]In many activities, where sports and leisure apparel is worn, there is a demand for lightweight apparel, which is cool and comfortable, and has other desirable properties including moisture and perspiration transmission away from the wearer. In addition, fabrics and shirts with good wear charac...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A41B1/00A41D27/00A41D27/28A43B7/06
CPCA41D27/28C08L2201/12A43B7/06A43B3/00A41D27/285
Inventor MESSIOU, ANTOINE YVON
Owner MESSIOU ANTOINE YVON
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