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US 9,107,459 B2Granted
Aerographics and denier differential zoned garments
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsKirk M. Mayer, Nathan Demarest, Rebecca P. Hurd
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Abstract
A zoned moisture management garment is presented, which provides one-way moisture transport from a wearer's body and zones of different moisture management performance. By incorporating dissolvable yarns, removable by a printable paste, with non-dissolvable yarns of different denier per filament, zoned garments with a denier differential mechanism can be created. The zoned garment optimizes evaporative cooling and wicking zones of a garment based upon a sweat profile and contact profile of the wearer.
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A zoned moisture management garment comprising:
- a first fabric layer comprising a first non-dissolvable yarn of a first denier per filament between about 0.50 and about 1.04 and a first dissolvable yarn of a second denier per filament between about 0.50 and about 1.04, the first fabric layer comprising a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone of the first fabric layer comprises the first dissolvable yarn dissolved and the first non-dissolvable yarn, and wherein the second zone of the first fabric layer comprises the first dissolvable yarn and the first non-dissolvable yarn, and wherein the first zone and the second zone are seamlessly adjacent forming a mesh fabric structure;
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- a second fabric layer adjacent the first fabric layer comprising a second non-dissolvable yarn of a third denier per filament greater than the first denier per filament, wherein the third denier per filament is between 1.04 and 3.50 and a denier differential between the first denier per filament and the third denier per filament is at least about 0.54, and wherein the second fabric layer is the inner most layer of the garment when the garment is worn.
A zoned moisture management garment comprising:
- a first fabric layer comprising a first non-dissolvable yarn of a first denier per filament of between about 0.50 and about 1.04;
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- a second fabric layer adjacent the first fabric layer, the second fabric layer comprising a first zone and a second zone, the second fabric layer further comprising a second non-dissolvable yarn of a second denier per filament greater than the first denier per filament and a first dissolvable yarn of a third denier per filament greater than the first denier per filament, wherein the second denier per filament and the third denier per filament are between about 1.04 and about 3.50 and a denier differential between the first denier per filament and the second denier per filament is at least about 0.54, wherein the first zone of the second fabric layer comprises the first dissolvable yarn dissolved and the second non-dissolvable yarn, and wherein the second zone of the second fabric layer comprises the first dissolvable yarn and the second non-dissolvable yarn, and wherein the first zone and the second zone are seamlessly adjacent forming a mesh fabric structure, and wherein the second fabric layer is the inner most layer of the garment when the garment is worn.
A zoned moisture management garment comprising:
- a first fabric layer comprising a first non-dissolvable yarn of a first denier per filament between about 0.50 and about 1.04;
- a second fabric layer comprising an inner-most layer of the garment when the garment is worn, the second fabric layer adjacent the first fabric layer and comprising a first dissolvable yarn and a second non-dissolvable yarn of a second denier per filament greater than the first denier per filament, wherein the second denier per filament is between 1.04 and 3.50 and a denier differential between the first denier per filament and the second denier per filament is at least about 0.54, the second fabric layer comprising a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone of the second fabric layer comprises the first dissolvable yarn dissolved and the second non-dissolvable yarn, and wherein the second zone of the second fabric layer comprises the first dissolvable yarn and the second non-dissolvable yarn, wherein the first zone and the second zone are seamlessly adjacent to form a mesh fabric structure, and wherein the first zone is determined by a sweat profile, wherein the sweat profile comprises at least one area of increased sweating.
A zoned moisture management garment comprising:
- a first fabric layer comprising a first non-dissolvable yarn of a first denier per filament between about 0.50 and about 1.04;
- a second fabric layer adjacent the first fabric layer comprising a second non-dissolvable yarn of a second denier per filament greater than the first denier per filament, wherein the second denier per filament is between 1.04 and 3.50 and a denier differential between the first denier per filament and the second denier per filament is at least about 0.54, and wherein the second fabric layer is the inner most layer of the garment when the garment is worn;
- the second fabric layer further comprising a first dissolvable yarn;
- the second fabric layer further comprising a first zone and a second zone, wherein the first zone has the first dissolvable yarn dissolved and the second zone has the first dissolvable yarn and the second non-dissolvable yarn, the first zone at a location of the zoned moisture management garment determined by a sweat profile of an athlete and a contact map of the zoned moisture management garment to the athlete, wherein the sweat profile includes at least one area of increased sweating and wherein the contact map of an athlete includes at least one area of increased contact and at least one area of less contact and the location for the first zone is generally in the at least one area of less contact, and wherein the first zone and the second zone are seamlessly adjacent forming a mesh fabric structure.
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