Temperature and moisture responsive smart textile
AssigneeMmi-Ipco, LLC
InventorMoshe Rock
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Abstract
A textile fabric includes a smooth surface with one or more regions having a bound coating of hydrogel exhibiting expansion or contraction in response to change in relative humidity or exposure to liquid sweat or a combination thereof, adjusting insulation performance, air movement, and/or liquid management of the textile fabric in response to ambient conditions.
Claims42
A textile fabric having a smooth surface with one or more regions having a bound coating of hydrogel exhibiting expansion or contraction in response to change in relative humidity or exposure to liquid sweat or a combination thereof, adjusting insulation performance, air movement, and/or liquid management of the textile fabric in response to ambient conditions.
A method of forming a temperature and moisture responsive textile fabric element for use in an engineered thermal fabric garment, the method comprising:
- combining yarns and/or fibers to form a continuous web;
- finishing the continuous web to form at least one smooth surface;
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- depositing a coating of hydrogel on the smooth surface of the continuous web, the hydrogel exhibiting expansion or contraction in response to change in relative humidity or exposure to liquid sweat or a combination thereof, adjusting insulation performance, air movement, and/or liquid management of the textile fabric in response to ambient conditions.
A textile fabric comprising:
- a plurality of interconnected yarns and/or fibers together forming a fabric body and including a plurality of responsive yarns and/or fibers integrated into the fabric body in spaced relation to each other, wherein the responsive yarns and/or fibers exhibit expansion or contraction in response to change in relative humidity or exposure to liquid sweat or a combination thereof, adjusting three dimensional geometry, insulation performance, air movement, and/or liquid management of the textile fabric in response to ambient conditions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.