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US 11,725,310 B2Granted
Insulating double-knit fabric
AssigneeMmi-Ipco, LLC
InventorsWilliam Michael Rose, Gary S. Smith, Marina Kozera, William Patz, Gadalia Vainer
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Abstract
An improved insulating performance fabric has a double-knit body, formed with traditional, relatively smooth, outer surfaces, and an inner surface with the form of multiple fabric “bubbles” separated, e.g., by a grid pattern of intersecting grooves. An insulating, double-knit performance fabric of this disclosure may also be found in the form of a garment comprising the insulating, double knit performance fabric, or in the form of fabric article comprising the insulating, double knit performance fabric, etc.
Claims14
An insulating, double-knit fabric comprising:
- a first knit layer;
- a second knit layer coupled with the first knit layer through a plurality of first direction spaced apart rows in a first direction and a plurality of second direction spaced apart rows in a second direction which is perpendicular to the first direction forming a plurality of air pockets in a grid pattern;
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- a plurality of intermediate fiber regions positioned in the plurality of air pockets, wherein each of the intermediate fiber regions comprise a plurality of rows of multi-filament fibers extending parallel to at least one of the first and second knit layers.
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