Abstract: A fabric construction comprising a skin facing skin facing hydrophobic surface, a non-skin facing hydrophilic fabric, and a hybrid fabric comprising interlocked hydrophobic yarn and hydrophilic yarn, the hybrid fabric positioned between the skin facing hydrophobic surface and the hydrophilic fabric, is described. Articles of clothing comprising the fabric construction, methods of manufacturing, and methods of moisture management are also described.

Abstract: An article of fabric of a generally tubular shape body having an inner skin-facing surface with a generally symmetric inner circumference and an outer-facing surface having a generally non-symmetric outer circumference.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a sock or shoe cover having grip features comprising at least one antimicrobial agent. The plurality of grip features are arranged on a plantar surface contact face. Optionally, a plurality of antimicrobial dorsal grip features are arranged about a dorsal face of the sock or shoe cover. In certain embodiments, a sock body of the sock or shoe cover also has antimicrobial qualities. In a second aspect, a method of reducing or eliminating the transportation of microbes from footwear is provided.

Abstract: Storage compartment or pocket having hydrophobic layers or removable hydrophobic material suitable for attachment to or placement between a garment for retaining and/or securing an electronic device and protecting or preventing the electronic device from contacting moisture and/or fluids.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an article comprising an antimicrobial-containing polymer fiber, yarn, or ply to inhibit the growth of live pathogens for the prevention of cross-contamination when touching a surface or object that would have had live pathogens on it and thus to prevent or reduce infection therefrom. The article may be used in combination with a textile such as a shoe, scrubs, bag, sweater, pants, or any other clothing and/or accessory to reduce the risk of infection and/or cross-contamination from handling such articles. The method of preventing or reducing contamination or cross-contamination and infection by employing these articles to secure textiles about a user is also disclosed.

Abstract: A cuff, a collar, a welt, a hem, or a waistband structure having moisture management functionality utilizing hydrophilic and hydrophobic knitted yarns, and a method of manufacturing such a cuff or collar are described. The cuff or collar is knit using a patterning mechanism to form a tubular body having one or more individual courses, each of which have adjacent wales the tubular body terminating in a turned welt having moisture management functionality where the hydrophobic/hydrophilic arrangement of individual courses of the tubular body is generally maintained in the turned welt.

Abstract: The article is a tubular construct of knitted or woven yarns irreversibly attached thereto a play caller. The play caller comprises a polymeric base sheet having a length and a width, the polymeric base sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface, and a plurality of second polymeric sheets having a length and a width less than or equal to the length and width of the polymeric base sheet. The plurality of second polymeric sheets are separated from each other by a distance and coupled to the second major surface of the polymeric base sheet along at least one of their widths or lengths defining a plurality of pockets, the pockets having openings and at least a portion of the play caller is irreversibly coupled to the tubular construct. Methods of constructing the article are also described.

Abstract: The article is a tubular construct of knitted or woven yarns irreversibly attached thereto a play caller. The play caller comprises a polymeric base sheet having a length and a width, the polymeric base sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface, and a plurality of second polymeric sheets having a length and a width less than or equal to the length and width of the polymeric base sheet. The plurality of second polymeric sheets are separated from each other by a distance and coupled to the second major surface of the polymeric base sheet along at least one of their widths or lengths defining a plurality of pockets, the pockets having openings and at least a portion of the play caller is irreversibly coupled to the tubular construct. Methods of constructing the article are also described.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an article of clothing that provides storage, more specifically, a continuous tubular welt comprising a first open end and a second open end; an outer surface between the first open end and the second open end, the outer surface continuously separated from an inner surface so as to define a continuous interior volume and at least one pocket providing access to the interior volume.

Abstract: A chinstrap sock to be worn by athletes comprising a tubular body having a skin facing surface for contacting a portion of a wearer's body, and an outer surface opposed to the skin facing surface; an opening in the tubular body for extension therethrough; and a first welt and a second welt affixed to opposite ends of the tubular body in surrounding relation to the opening, the first welt and the second welt each comprising a circularly-knitted fabric integral with the tubular body and extending therefrom to; the tubular body portion being a knitted construction comprising: a skin-facing surface comprising a metal-, metal oxide-, and/or metal salt-containing yarn portion.

Abstract: The article is a tubular construct of knitted or woven yarns irreversibly attached thereto a play caller. The play caller comprises a polymeric base sheet having a length and a width, the polymeric base sheet having a first major surface and a second major surface, and a plurality of second polymeric sheets having a length and a width less than or equal to the length and width of the polymeric base sheet. The plurality of second polymeric sheets are separated from each other by a distance and coupled to the second major surface of the polymeric base sheet along at least one of their widths or lengths defining a plurality of pockets, the pockets having openings and at least a portion of the play caller is irreversibly coupled to the tubular construct. Methods of constructing the article are also described.

Abstract: An article of fabric of a generally tubular shape body having an inner skin-facing surface with a generally symmetric inner circumference and an outer-facing surface having a generally non-symmetric outer circumference.

Abstract: An article of fabric of a generally tubular shape body having an inner skin-facing surface with a generally symmetric inner circumference and an outer-facing surface having a generally non-symmetric outer circumference.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an article of clothing that provides storage, more specifically, a continuous tubular welt comprising a first open end and a second open end; an outer surface between the first open end and the second open end, the outer surface continuously separated from an inner surface so as to define a continuous interior volume and at least one pocket providing access to the interior volume.

Abstract: An elastic band for an article of clothing is described comprising an elongated strip-shaped outer layer of woven, longitudinally stretchable fabric, the outer layer being hydrophilic; an elongated strip-shaped inner layer of a different woven, longitudinally stretchable fabric the inner layer being hydrophobic and a logo woven into the fabric of the outer layer. Also disclosed is a double-layer construct for an elastic band comprising a hydrophobic section having apertures, a hydrophilic section having apertures, wherein the hydrophobic and hydrophilic sections are juxtaposed.

Abstract: A cuff, a collar, a welt, a hem, or a waistband structure having moisture management functionality utilizing hydrophilic and hydrophobic knitted yarns, and a method of manufacturing such a cuff or collar are described. The cuff or collar is knit using a patterning mechanism to form a tubular body having one or more individual courses, each of which have adjacent wales the tubular body terminating in a turned welt having moisture management functionality where the hydrophobic/hydrophilic arrangement of individual courses of the tubular body is generally maintained in the turned welt.