Light weight rain apparel
AssigneeUnder Armour, Inc.
InventorsJeremy Stangeland, Alexander Overholt
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Abstract
An article of apparel such as a rain jacket includes a composite fabric formed of a textile layer including a plurality of yarns, each yarn including five to twenty-five filaments having non-circular cross-sectional shapes and a sealing layer applied as a coating directly to the interior surface of the textile layer and having a thickness of about 10 micrometers to about 30 micrometers.
Claims20
A rain jacket including arm sleeve sections and a torso section, the rain jacket comprising a composite fabric, wherein the composite fabric comprises:
- a textile layer comprising a plurality of yarns, each yarn including five to twenty five filaments, and each filament having a cross-sectional shape that is non-circular;
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- a sealing layer applied as a coating directly to the textile layer and having a thickness of about 10 micrometers to about 30 micrometers.
A method of forming a composite fabric structure, the method comprising:
- applying, via a coating process, a liquid or semi-solid material to a surface of a textile material so as to form a solid material sealing layer directly on the textile material surface having a thickness of about 10 micrometers to about 30 micrometers;
- wherein the textile material comprises a plurality of yarns, each yarn including five to twenty five filaments, and each filament has a cross-sectional shape that is non-circular.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.