Garment
AssigneeSplash About International Limited
InventorsLesley Beach, Brigit Cheeseman, Bernadette Spofforth
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Abstract
A garment, particularly swimwear, to cover a wearer's body between the waist and thighs has a shell of substantially impermeable material, a permeable inner lining material which lies next to the wearer's skin in use and an antimicrobial agent disposed between the shell of substantially impermeable material and the inner lining material. The antimicrobial agent may be Silver which has been deposited by a physical deposition process onto a textile disposed between the shell and inner lining material. The garment may form a lining of a swim nappy, the combination providing an article of swimwear.
Claims19
A swimwear adapted, in use, to cover a wearer's body between the waist and thighs, the swimwear comprising a shell of liquid impermeable material, a permeable inner lining material which lies next to the wearer's skin in use, an antimicrobial agent disposed between the shell of liquid impermeable material and the inner lining material, the swimwear taking the form of a brief having waist and leg openings and the swimwear comprising elongate rectangular strips of an intermediate textile folded along their centreline over edges of the waist and leg openings, the intermediate textile having antimicrobial properties wherein the antimicrobial agent is disposed on a textile material which is knitted.
A method of manufacture of swimwear comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a yarn or textile;
- b. coating said yarn or textile with an antimicrobial agent using a physical deposition process;
- c. where present, forming the yarn into a textile;
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- d. forming a swimwear which includes the coated textile;
- wherein the coated textile material is formed from multifilament yarn of between 130 and 170 Denier and/or has a mass in the range 100 to 150 grams per square meter.
A method of reducing contamination of a swimming pool by a swimmer comprising:
- the swimmer wearing a swimwear, adapted, in use, to cover a wearer's body between the waist and thighs, the swimwear comprising a shell of liquid impermeable material, a permeable inner lining material which lies next to the wearer's skin in use, an antimicrobial agent disposed between the shell of liquid impermeable material and the inner lining material, the swimwear taking the form of a brief having waist and leg openings and the swimwear comprising elongate rectangular strips of an intermediate textile folded along their centreline over edges of the waist and leg openings, the intermediate textile having antimicrobial properties
- and wearing a swim nappy over that swimwear, the swim nappy comprising a body of liquid impermeable material and elasticated waist and leg bands.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.