US 2006/0068155 A1 · Controlled air permeability composite fabric articles having enhanced surface durability

Abstract

A fabric article of knitted or woven construction with multi-filament, interlaced yarns has at least one pile or raised or fleece region on its inner surface and at least one discontinuous coating region of binder material on its outer surface. The binder material provides improved durability against pilling and fraying without substantial adverse effect on characteristics of the base fabric. The same or different binders and/or the same or different densities of binders may be applied to one or more selected regions of the fabric surface using engineered printing technology, the binder regions resisting napping to create predetermined non-raised or non-fleece regions of contrasting thermal insulation and/or breatheability conforming to needs of underlying corresponding regions of the wearer's body. Methods of forming the fabric articles are also described.

Claims69

Dependent claims

A fabric article of knitted or woven construction of multi-filament, interlaced yarns, the fabric article having an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface having at least one region of pile or raised fibers or fleece formed thereupon, and the outer surface having at least one region of a non-continuous coating of binder material adhered to yarns and to yarn fibers, for durability of the outer surface against pilling or fraying during use.

A method of forming a fabric article, said method comprising the steps of:

interlacing yarns comprising multi-filament fibers to form a fabric body of knit or woven construction,
forming one or more raised or fleece regions upon an outer surface of the fabric body,
applying binder material to one or more regions of an inner surface of the fabric body to form a discontinuous coating of binder material upon yarns fibers on at least the inner surface of the fabric body, and
generating, upon the inner surface of the fabric body, an engineered three-dimensional pattern of raised or fleece regions and non-raised or non-fleece regions designed to meet predetermined thermal insulation and/or breatheability at predetermined regions by forming one or more raised or fleece regions upon the inner surface of the fabric body while the one or more regions to which binder material is applied resist raising or fleecing.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

11/267,767Filed 4 Nov 2005

Priority

7 Aug 2003

Published

30 Mar 2006

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification7 codes

A41D 31/00
Materials specially adapted for outerwear
D04B 1/00
Weft knitting processes for the production of fabrics or articles not dependent
Y10T 428/23979
Pile or nap type surface or component: particular backing structure or composition
Y10T 442/40
Fabric [woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.]: knit fabric [i.e., knit strand or strip material]

Family

Application60/493,275Us provisional application · filed 7 Aug 2003

Application10/911,855Continuation in part · filed 5 Aug 2004

Application60/626,027Us provisional application · filed 8 Nov 2004

Application60/674,535Us provisional application · filed 25 Apr 2005

Application11/267,767Continuation in part · filed 4 Nov 2005

US 2005/0053759 A1Published application

US 2006/0068155 A1This patent

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

Controlled air permeability composite fabric articles having enhanced surface durability

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Controlled air permeability composite fabric articles having enhanced surface durability

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Abstract

Claims69