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Seamless silhouette with engineered insulation property

Inactive Publication Date: 2016-03-17
MYANT CAPITAL PARTNERS
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The invention provides seamless insulation articles that can be used for various purposes such as garments, footwear, and home textile articles. These articles have a knit base with a first and second yarn in a predetermined pattern to create three-dimensional surfaces. These surfaces have different insulative capacities, creating discrete regions of high and low insulation. The method involves combining the yarns in a continuous web and finishing one surface to create the three-dimensional surfaces. The technical effects of this invention include creating seamless insulation articles that offer superior insulation and are comfortable to wear.

Problems solved by technology

Although fleece increases a textile material's thermal insulation, it reduces the material's water management.
As such, sweat remains on the skin for a long period of time, thereby creating an uncomfortable clammy feeling for the user.
However, layering garments adds bulk and may impair a wearer's range of motion.
Additionally, because different body areas have different temperature sensitivities and thermoregulative abilities, layering garments makes it difficult to provide appropriate insulation levels for all areas of the wearer's body.
As a result, these fabric articles have high production costs and waste associated with cutting, piecework, and sewing.
Moreover, seams are often prone to failure.
In addition, seams can be uncomfortable and may even chafe a wearer's skin.

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[0017]The invention now will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which some, but not all embodiments of the invention are shown. Indeed, this invention may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will satisfy applicable legal requirements. As used in the specification, and in the appended claims, the singular forms “a”, “an”, “the”, include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise.

[0018]In accordance with certain embodiments, the invention includes seamless insulation articles suitable for a wide variety of uses (e.g., garments, footwear, home textile articles, etc.). Seamless insulation articles, according to certain embodiments, may include a knit base comprising a first yarn. Such embodiments may also include a second yarn incorporated into a continuous web defined by the first ...

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Abstract

Certain embodiments according to the invention provide seamless insulation articles suitable for a wide variety of uses (e.g., garments, footwear, home textile articles, etc.). In accordance with certain embodiments, the seamless insulation article includes a knit base comprising a first yarn and a second yarn incorporated into a continuous web defined by the first yarn and the second yarn in a predetermined pattern to form a plurality of three-dimensional surfaces. The plurality of three-dimensional surfaces define at least two discrete regions having different contrasting insulative capacities arranged in the predetermined pattern, in which the at least two discrete regions comprise a first discrete region and a second discrete region. The first discrete region comprises a first insulative capacity, the second discrete region comprises a second insulative capacity, and the second insulative capacity is greater than the first insulative capacity.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 62 / 071,162 filed on Sep. 17, 2014, the entire contents of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD[0002]The presently-disclosed invention relates generally to insulation fabrics and more particularly to seamless insulation articles made with such insulation fabrics to provide insulation and moisture wicking while preventing chafing.BACKGROUND[0003]Thermally insulating textiles are commonly developed by containing air between the textile material and the skin and / or body of a user. To better contain air between the textile material and a user's skin, the bulk and / or thickness of the textile material is often increased, as thermal insulation of the textile material is directly correlated with the bulk or thickness of the material. To increase the bulk in a textile material, the textile material may undergo raising and / or napping to generate thre...

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IPC IPC(8): D04B1/24D04B15/66
CPCD04B1/24D10B2501/00D04B15/66D04B1/102D10B2403/02
Inventor ROCK, MOSHESHARMA, VIKRAM
Owner MYANT CAPITAL PARTNERS
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