Synthetic Radiator Fabric

• US 20180002849A1
• Filed: 06/28/2017
• Published: 01/04/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malden Mills Industries Incorporated (Milliken & Company), MMI-IPCO LLC
• Original Assignee: MMI-IPCO LLC
• Inventors: Beattie, Karen, Anelundi, David J., Rose, William Michael, Vainer, Gadalia
• Application Number:
  US15/636,349
• Publication Number:
  US 20180002849A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 2500/10 Knitted
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 31/00 Materials specially adapted for outerwear
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 31/102 Waterproof and breathable
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 31/12 Hygroscopic; Water retaining
• CPC Class Codes: A41D 31/125 Moisture handling or wicking function through layered materials
• CPC Class Codes: D02G 3/44 Yarns or threads characterised by the purpose for which they are designed protective gloves A41D19/00; protective clothing A62B17/00; ropes D07B1/02
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 1/16 synthetic threads
• CPC Class Codes: D04B 1/24 wearing apparel
• CPC Class Codes: D04H 3/011 Polyesters
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2401/021 hydrophobic
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2401/022 hydrophylic
• CPC Class Codes: D10B 2501/00 Wearing apparel

Abstract

A synthetic radiator fabric with permanent mechanical wicking defines an inner surface and has a raised knit body defining an opposite outer surface. The fabric includes hydrophilic and hydrophobic fiber-containing yarns. At the inner surface, the hydrophilic fiber-containing yarns collect liquid sweat from a wearer'"'"'s skin surface and maintain the collected sweat at the inner surface, generally in the vicinity of and/or in contact with the wearer'"'"'s skin, for encouraging evaporation of sweat and providing evaporative cooling. The raised knit body extends from the inner surface toward, and defines, the opposite outer surface. The hydrophobic fiber-containing yarns are arranged in a radiator-like construction forming egg-crate or honey-comb like cells or pores, defined by the knit body and open to the inner surface. At the outer fabric surface, the hydrophobic fibers receive excess sweat from the wearer'"'"'s body, thereby to encourage rapid evaporation and drying, for improved breathability.

Claims

1. 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.

2. The synthetic radiator fabric with permanent mechanical wicking of claim 1, wherein, skin cling at the inner surface of the synthetic radiator fabric is reduced via skin surface contact reduction with the yarns of the radiator-like construction.

3. The synthetic radiator fabric of claim 1, wherein one or more outer surface regions define one or more through-flow apertures in the knit region of hydrophobic fibers for further enhancement of rapid evaporation and drying.

4. The synthetic radiator fabric of claim 3, wherein the apertures are generally circular.

5. The synthetic radiator fabric of claim 3, wherein the apertures are generally linear.

6. The synthetic radiator fabric of claim 1, wherein the hydrophilic fibers comprise lyocell.

7. The synthetic radiator fabric of claim 1, wherein the hydrophobic yarns and the hydrophilic yarns exhibit a contrasting color visibility creating a visible pattern knit in the raised knit body that differentiates between the hydrophilic fibers at the inner surface of the fabric, in engagement with the wearer'"'"'s skin, and the raised structure of the fabric body formed by the hydrophobic fibers, including the outer surface of the fabric, spaced from the wearer'"'"'s skin surface.

8. A wearable garment comprising the synthetic radiator fabrics with permanent mechanical wicking of claim 1.