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US 2014/0109286 A1Published application
Articles of apparel with auxetic fabric
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsKyle Sanders Blakely, Alan Toronjo
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Abstract
A garment includes at least one garment panel made of a fabric including a first yarn having a first denier and a second yarn having a second denier, the first denier being greater than the second denier. The first yarn forms an auxetic structure comprising a pattern of interconnected segments on the garment panel. The second yarn forms a fill portion extending between the interconnected segments of the auxetic structure.
Claims20
A garment comprising:
- at least one garment panel comprising a fabric including a first yarn having a first denier and a second yarn having a second denier, the first denier greater than the second denier, the first yarn forming an auxetic structure comprising a pattern of interconnected segments, the second yarn forming a fill portion extending between the interconnected segments of the auxetic structure.
A garment comprising:
- at least one panel comprising a first material having a first modulus of elasticity and a second material having a second modulus of elasticity, the first modulus of elasticity greater than the second modulus of elasticity;
- an auxetic structure provided by the first material on the panel, the auxetic structure comprising a pattern of reentrant shapes;
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- a fill portion provided by the second material on the panel, the fill portion positioned inside of each reentrant shape of the auxetic structure.
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A garment comprising:
- a torso panel comprised of a fabric including an auxetic structure and a fill portion, the auxetic structure arranged in a latitudinal direction on the torso panel;
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- a limb panel connected to the torso panel, the limb panel comprised of the fabric including the auxetic structure, the auxetic structure arranged in a longitudinal direction on the limb panel;
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- the fabric including a first yarn having a first denier, a second yarn having a second denier less than the first denier, and a third yarn comprised of elastane fibers, the auxetic structure comprised of the first yarn and the third yarn, and the fill portion comprised of the second yarn and the third yarn.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.