Wetness indicator garment
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorScott K. Hutsenpiller
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Abstract
The technology described herein relates to a pair of long pants garment panel comprising a pattern of a durable water-repellant (DWR) coating that is selectively applied on to the pant legs of the pair of long pants. The pattern is comprised of a plurality of discrete shapes that are isolated from one another. In other words, the textile material surrounding each discrete shape in the plurality of discrete shapes is not coated by the DWR coating. A size of the plurality of discrete shapes in the pattern is gradually decreased moving up the pant legs starting from a hemmed edge up to a knee area. The pattern is visible during wet conditions and not visible during dry conditions.
Claims20
A lower body garment comprising:
- at least one panel of a textile material comprising:
- a first surface and a second surface;
- and
- a pattern of a water-repellant coating applied on to the first surface, the pattern comprising a plurality of discrete shapes, wherein each shape is surrounded by one or more portions of the textile material that do not have the water-repellant coating applied on to the first surface, and wherein a size of the plurality of discrete shapes is greater at a first area of the at least one panel of the textile material as compared to a second area of the at least one panel of the textile material.
A method of making a wetness indicator lower body garment comprising:
- providing at least one garment panel for constructing the lower body garment;
- applying a coating of a water-repellant material to a first surface of the garment panel starting at a first area of the garment panel, wherein the coating is applied in a pattern comprising a plurality of discrete shapes, wherein each shape in the plurality of discrete shapes is surrounded by a portion of the garment panel that does not have the water-repellant material coating applied to the first surface, and wherein a size of the discrete shapes in the plurality of discrete shapes gradually decreases from the first area to a second area of the garment panel;
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- forming the garment panel into a leg portion of the lower body garment such that the first area is located between a bottom edge of the leg portion and the second area.
A pair of long pants comprising:
- an outer-facing surface;
- an inner-facing surface;
- and
- a pattern of a durable water-repellant (DWR) coating applied on to the outer-facing surface, wherein the pattern comprises a plurality of discrete shapes that gradually decrease in size from a first area of the pair of long pants to a second area of the pair of long pants, and wherein each shape in the plurality of shapes is surrounded by a perimeter portion that is not coated with the DWR coating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.