Synthetic Radiator Fabric

A synthetic radiator fabric with permanent mechanical wicking, the fabric defining an inner surface and the fabric having a raised knit body construction defining an opposite outer surface, and the fabric comprising hydrophilic fiber-containing yarns and hydrophobic fiber-containing yarns,

• the inner surface comprising the hydrophilic fiber-containing yarns collecting liquid sweat from a wearer's skin surface and maintaining the collected sweat at the inner surface of the synthetic radiator fabric, generally in the vicinity of and/or in contact with the wearer's skin, for encouraging evaporation of the sweat and providing evaporative cooling to the fabric wearer,
• the raised knit body construction extending from the inner surface toward, and defining, the opposite outer surface, and comprising the hydrophobic fiber-containing yarns arranged in a radiator-like construction, the radiator-like construction forming egg-crate or honey-comb like cells or pores, defined by the knit body and open to the inner surface, and
• at the outer surface of the synthetic radiator fabric, the hydrophobic fibers receiving excess sweat from the wearer's body at the outer surface, thereby to encourage rapid evaporation and drying, for improved breathability of the synthetic radiator fabric.