IPC분류정보
| 국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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| 국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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| 출원번호 |
US-0348427
(2006-02-06)
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| 등록번호 |
US-7428772
(2008-09-30)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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| 출원인 / 주소 |
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| 대리인 / 주소 |
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| 인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
38 인용 특허 :
30 |
초록
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Methods are described for forming unitary fabric elements for use in engineered thermal fabric articles, including, but not limited to, thermal fabric garments, thermal fabric home textiles, and thermal fabric upholstery covers, and for forming these engineered thermal fabric articles, having predet
Methods are described for forming unitary fabric elements for use in engineered thermal fabric articles, including, but not limited to, thermal fabric garments, thermal fabric home textiles, and thermal fabric upholstery covers, and for forming these engineered thermal fabric articles, having predetermined discrete regions of contrasting insulative capacity positioned about the thermal fabric article in correlation to insulative requirements of a user's body.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A method of forming a unitary fabric element for use in an engineered thermal fabric article having a multiplicity of predetermined discrete regions of contrasting insulative capacity positioned about the article in an arrangement having correlation to insulative requirements
What is claimed is: 1. A method of forming a unitary fabric element for use in an engineered thermal fabric article having a multiplicity of predetermined discrete regions of contrasting insulative capacity positioned about the article in an arrangement having correlation to insulative requirements of corresponding regions of a user's body, the unitary fabric element defining at least two predetermined, discrete regions of contrasting insulative capacity, said method comprising the steps of: designing a pattern of the predetermined, discrete regions; combining yarn and/or fibers in a continuous web according to the pattern of predetermined, discrete regions, comprising the steps of, in one or more first discrete regions of the fabric element, forming loop yarn to a first pile height, the one or more first discrete regions corresponding to one or more regions of the user's body having first insulative requirements, and in one or more other discrete regions of said fabric element, forming loop yarn to a second pile height different from and relatively greater than the first pile height, the one or more other discrete regions corresponding to one or more regions of the user's body having other insulative requirements different from and relatively greater than the first insulative requirements; incorporating a smart yarn and/or smart fiber into the web, finishing one or both surfaces of the continuous web to form the predetermined, discrete regions into discrete regions of contrasting pile heights; and removing the unitary fabric element from the continuous web according to the pattern of predetermined, discrete regions. 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the incorporating step includes incorporating smart yarn and/or smart fibers into the web in predetermined, discrete regions that correspond to the regions in which the loop yarn is formed to the first pile height. 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the incorporating step includes incorporating the smart yarn and/or smart fibers into the web in predetermined, discrete regions that correspond to the regions in which the loop yarn is formed to the second pile height. 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the incorporating step includes utilizing the smart yarn and/or smart fibers as stitch yarns in the regions in which the loop yarn is formed to the second pile height. 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the incorporating step includes combining the smart yarn and/or smart fibers into the web as floating yarns in the regions in which the loop yarn is formed to the first pile height. 6. The method of claim 1 wherein the smart yarn and/or smart fiber comprises a ceramic. 7. The method of claim 1 wherein the smart yarn and/or smart fiber comprises a synthetic material embedded with ceramic particles. 8. The method of claim 1 wherein the smart yarn and/or smart fiber comprises a phase change material. 9. The method of claim 7 wherein the ceramic particles comprise zirconium carbide. 10. The method of claim 1 wherein the smart yarn and/or smart fiber comprises a biomimetric material. 11. The method of claim 1, wherein the designing of a pattern of the predetermined, discrete regions comprises designing of the pattern for use in an engineered thermal fabric garment. 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the unitary fabric element comprises a silhouette for an engineered thermal fabric garment and the method comprises the further steps of: forming a complementary unitary fabric element with a complementary pattern of predetermined, discrete regions, the complementary unitary fabric element comprising a complementary silhouette for the engineered fabric element; and joining together the unitary fabric element and the complementary unitary fabric element to form the engineered thermal fabric garment. 13. The method of claim 1, wherein the designing of a pattern of the predetermined, discrete regions comprises designing of the pattern for use in an engineered thermal fabric home textile article. 14. The method of claim 13, wherein the designing of a pattern of the predetermined, discrete regions comprises designing of the pattern for use in an engineered thermal fabric home textile article in the form of an article selected from the group consisting of: blanket, upholstery cover, mattress cover, mattress ticking, and viscoelastic mattress ticking. 15. The method of claim 1, wherein the combining yarn and/or fibers in a continuous web comprises combining yarn and/or fibers by tubular circular knitting, reverse plaiting, warp knitting or weaving. 16. The method of claim 1, comprising the steps of combining the yarn and/or fibers by regular plaiting and finishing one surface of the continuous web to form a single face fleece. 17. The method of claim 1, comprising combining the yarn and/or fibers by reverse plaiting and finishing both surfaces of the continuous web to form a double face fleece. 18. The method of claim 1, comprising the further step of incorporating the unitary fabric element in a unitary fabric laminate. 19. The method of claim 18, wherein the incorporating the unitary fabric element in a unitary fabric laminate comprises the step of laminating the unitary fabric element with a controlled air permeability element. 20. The method of claim 1, wherein the combining step includes selecting the yarn and/or fibers from the group consisting of: regenerate yarn and/or fibers, polyester yarn and/or fibers, nylon yarn and/or fibers, acrylic yarn and/or fibers, polypropylene yarn and/or fibers, continuous filament flat or textured or spun yarn made of synthetic staple fibers, flame retardant yarn and/or fibers, cotton yarn and/or fibers, and wool yarn and/or fibers. 21. The method of claim 20, wherein the regenerate yarn and/or fibers is selected from the group consisting of: rayon yarn and/or fibers. 22. The method of claim 1, wherein the forming loop yarn to the first pile height comprises forming loop yarn with no pile. 23. The method of claim 1, wherein the forming loop yarn to the first pile height comprises forming loop yarn to a low pile height using a combination of low pile using low sinker and/or shrinkable yarn and no pile. 24. The method of claim 11 wherein the one or more first discrete regions and the one or more other discrete regions correspond to one or more regions of the wearer's body selected from the group consisting of: spinal cord area, spine, back area, upper back area, lower back area, neck area, back of knee areas, front of chest area, breast area, abdominal area, armpit areas, arm areas, front of elbow areas, sacrum dimple areas, groin area, thigh areas, and shin areas.
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