Garment assembly for the transmission of external light
OwnerSilviya Della Chiaveinventor
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Abstract
The invention relates to garment assembly (2) for the transmission of the external light radiations or light waves (11) to the skin (9) underneath the garment assembly, more particularly it relates to a garment assembly comprising at least a light wave guide (8) with one or more light wave collectors (4) and one or more light wave diffusers (3), for collecting light waves from the external side (6) of the garment assembly and transferring it to the skin covered by the garment assembly or by another garment. Said garment assembly may be composed by a first part, facing an external side of the garment assembly and a second part, facing an internal side of the garment assembly, which are permanently or detachably optically coupled to each other through said wave guide guiding means.
Claims1
Method for manufacturing the garment assembly, said garment assembly comprising:
- an interior surface facing an internal side of the garment assembly and an exterior surface facing an external side of the garment assembly, and an embedded optical assembly comprising:
- at least a wave collecting means for collecting light waves hitting the exterior surface from the external side of the garment assembly, at least a wave diffusing means facing the internal side of the garment assembly, at least a wave guiding means, extending from the collecting means to the diffusing means, wherein the wave collecting means have a light wave collecting area which is larger than the area of the smallest cross section of the wave guiding means and wherein the optical arrangement is made of an UV transparent or UV semitransparent material comprising the steps of:
- providing a molding tool having at least a molding cavity, providing a strip of fabric with multiples holes, positioning the strip of fabric on a surface of the molding tool so that at least a first hole lies over the injection molding cavity, creating at least a light guiding means by injection molding using said molding cavity, repositioning the garment assembly by shifting it a length equal or higher of a footprint of the molded light guiding means so as to position a second hole.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.