US 11,109,629 B2 · Article of apparel including fabric having auxetic structure

Abstract

An article of apparel has at least one panel including a first material having a first modulus of elasticity and a second material having a second modulus of elasticity, the first modulus of elasticity being greater than the second modulus of elasticity. An auxetic structure is provided by the first material on the panel, the auxetic structure comprising a pattern of reentrant shapes. A fill portion is provided by the second material on the panel, the fill portion formed by a plurality of stitches positioned inside of each reentrant shape of the auxetic structure, and the fill portion substantially filling an interior area defined by each reentrant shape. The fill portion is a base layer of the at least one panel and the auxetic structure is an auxetic layer positioned on the base layer.

Claims20

Dependent claims

An article of apparel comprising:

at least one fabric panel including a first yarn having a first denier, a second yarn having a second denier, and a third yarn having a third denier, the first denier greater than the second denier, the first yarn and the third yarn forming an auxetic structure comprising a pattern of interconnected segments defining cells, each cell having an interior area, wherein both the first yarn and the third yarn form each of the interconnected segments, the second yarn and the third yarn forming a fill portion extending between the interconnected segments of the auxetic structure and substantially filling the interior area of each cell.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/918,629Filed 12 Mar 2018 · continuation

Priority

31 Aug 2012

Published

US 2018/0199651 A119 Jul 2018

Granted

7 Sep 2021

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

A42B 1/22
Hats; Caps; Hoods: adjustable in size ; Form-fitting or self adjusting head coverings; Devices for reducing hat size
A41D 31/04
Materials specially adapted for outerwear: characterised by special function or use
A41D 31/18
Characterised by special function or use: elastic
A43B 23/0215
Characterised by the material: plastics or artificial leather

Family

Application61/695,993Us provisional application · filed 31 Aug 2012

Application13/838,827Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 15 Mar 2013

Application14/137,250Parent of this continuation · filed 20 Dec 2013

US 9,629,397 B2Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 25 Apr 2017

US 2018/0199651 A1Pre-grant publication · published 19 Jul 2018

US 9,936,755 B2Parent of this continuation

Application14/137,250Parent of this continuation-in-part

US 2014/0059734 A1Published application

US 2014/0109286 A1Published application

US 11,109,629 B2This patent

From the US filing history. Foreign family members aren’t listed.

Article of apparel including fabric having auxetic structure

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Article of apparel including fabric having auxetic structure

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Abstract

Claims20