초록 ▼

One embodiment of the fabric (10) of the present invention includes an upper portion (12), middle portion (20) and lower portion (14), with the upper portion (12) having raised surface construction hydrophobic first yarns (16), the lower portion having hydrophilic (18) second yarns and the middle po

One embodiment of the fabric (10) of the present invention includes an upper portion (12), middle portion (20) and lower portion (14), with the upper portion (12) having raised surface construction hydrophobic first yarns (16), the lower portion having hydrophilic (18) second yarns and the middle portion (20) being a region in which ground yarns (22), hydrophobic first yarns (16) and hydrophilic second yarns (18) are integrated. The upper portion (12) further includes at least one channel (24), which is a region free of raised surface construction hydrophobic first yarns (16). The channel (24) facilitates transmission of fluid from the fabric upper portion (12) to the lower portion (14) by exposing a part of the lower portion hydrophilic second yarns (18) which extends into the middle portion (20) directly to fluid on the upper portion (12), thereby enabling the fluid to contact and be absorbed by a hydrophilic second yarn (18) without first having to wick along a raised surface construction hydrophobic first yarn (16). In a preferred embodiment, several adjacent channels (24) are aligned to form elongated channels (24) which intersect one another in a grid-like fashion. The fabric may be incorporated into undergarments, suitable examples of which include an infant T-shirt (52), a woman's panty (62) and a man's brief (70).

대표청구항 ▼

[ Having described the invention, what is claimed is:] [1.] A fabric, comprising:an upper portion having a plurality of hydrophobic first yarns of raised surface construction and a lower portion having a plurality of second yarns, the hydrophobic first yarns being in fluid communication with the sec

[ Having described the invention, what is claimed is:] [1.] A fabric, comprising:an upper portion having a plurality of hydrophobic first yarns of raised surface construction and a lower portion having a plurality of second yarns, the hydrophobic first yarns being in fluid communication with the second yarns whereby fluid may be wicked from the upper portion to the lower portion,the upper portion further including at least one channel, the channel being a region free of one or more of the hydrophobic first yarns located between a selected grouping of the hydrophobic first yarns of raised surface construction, whereby to facilitate removal of fluid from the upper portion of the fabric.