Article of apparel
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsKyle Blakely, Matthew Trexler
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Abstract
An article of apparel is formed that is effective to regulate the temperature of the wearer. In an embodiment, a thermal regulation composition is obtained comprising a binder, a cooling agent, a latent heat agent, and a heat dissipation agent. The thermal regulation composition is printed to a surface of a textile by pressing the thermal regulation composition against the textile surface such that the binder adheres the cooling agent, latent heat agent, and the heat dissipation agent to the surface of the textile, thereby forming a thermal regulation membrane, and the textile is incorporated into an article of apparel.
Claims15
A method of forming an article of apparel, the method comprising:
- obtaining a thermal regulation composition comprising a plurality of system reactive components, wherein the system reactive components comprise a binder, a water-activated cooling agent, a reversible state latent heat agent, and a mineral heat dissipation agent, the water-activated cooling agent is present in an amount from 15 wt % to 35 wt % of the system reactive components, the reversible state latent heat agent is present in an amount from 25 wt % to 45 wt % of the system reactive components, and the mineral heat dissipation agent is present in an amount from 25 wt % to 45 wt % of the system reactive components;
- printing the thermal regulation composition to a surface of a textile by pressing the thermal regulation composition against the textile surface such that the binder adheres the water-activated cooling agent, the reversible state latent heat agent, and the mineral heat dissipation agent to the surface of the textile, thereby forming a thermal regulation membrane;
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- incorporating the textile into an article of apparel.
An article of apparel comprising:
- a textile substrate including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
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- a thermal regulation membrane formed as a printed coating by pressing a thermal regulation material on the first surface of the textile substrate such that a first portion of the formed thermal regulation membrane is below the first surface of the textile substrate while a second portion of the thermal regulation membrane is exposed above the first surface of the textile substrate, the thermal regulation membrane comprising a plurality of system reactive components, the system reactive components being selectively engaged in response to conditions of a wearer wearing the article of apparel, wherein the plurality of system reactive components comprises a cooling agent present in an amount from 15 wt % to 35 wt % of the system reactive components and comprising a polyol, a latent heat agent present in an amount from 25 wt % to 45 wt % of the system reactive components and comprising a paraffin linear chain hydrocarbon having 15-20 carbon atoms, and a heat dissipation agent present in an amount from 25 wt % to 45 wt % of the system reactive components and comprising a silicate mineral.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.