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US 2018/0184738 A1Published application
Article of apparel incorporating a zoned modifiable textile structure
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsMichael R. Baron, Karin E. Carter
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Abstract
An article of apparel is disclosed that includes zones with a textile having a structure than changes or is otherwise modified by a physical stimulus, such as the presence of water or a temperature change, to modify a property of the textile. The zones may be along a center back area and/or side areas of the apparel, and the textile may increase in air permeability when exposed to water. In some embodiments, slits are formed in the textile.
Claims20
An upper-body article of apparel, comprising:
- a torso portion formed from a fabric, the torso portion having a front side, a back side, a left shoulder opening, a right shoulder opening, a neck opening, and a torso opening;
- a first row of incisions formed through the torso portion;
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- a second row of incisions formed through the torso portion adjacent the first row of incisions, the second row offset from the first row, the incisions of the second row staggered from the incisions of the first row,
- wherein each incision of the first row of incisions and the second row of incisions are in a first closed configuration at a first state of the fabric, wherein each said incision is in a second open configuration at a second state of the fabric, wherein the first state corresponds to a physical stimulus not being applied to the fabric, wherein the second state corresponds to a physical stimulus being applied to the fabric.
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An article of apparel for a torso of a wearer, comprising:
- a torso portion formed from a fabric, the torso portion having a front side, a back side, a left shoulder opening, a right shoulder opening, a neck opening, and a torso opening;
- the torso portion having a plurality of air permeability zones, each air permeability zone comprising an area across which a first row of incisions and a second row of incisions are formed through the torso portion;
- each incision of the first row of incisions being in parallel, linear alignment, each incision of the first row of incisions being spaced apart from an adjacent incision in the first row of incisions by a first spacing;
- each incision of the second row of incisions being in parallel, linear alignment, each incision of the second row of incisions being spaced apart from an adjacent incision in the second row of incisions by a second spacing,
- wherein the first row of incisions are staggered from the second row of incisions such that a respective first incision of the first row of incisions spans the the second spacing and a respective second incision of the second row of incisions spans the first spacing,
- wherein each incision of the first row of incisions and the second row of incisions are in a first closed configuration at a first state of the fabric, wherein each said incision is in a second open configuration at a second state of the fabric, wherein the first state corresponds to the fabric not being exposed to a physical stimulus and the second state corresponds to the fabric being exposed to a physical stimulus.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.