Patents Assigned to International Fashion Machines, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20030224155
    Abstract: A textile with dynamic, visual displays and a method for manufacturing such a textile are described. The textile is manufactured by weaving, embroidering, or otherwise integrating a series of conductive, resistive, and non-conductive fibers into the textile and printing a thermoresponsive colorant on or near the resistive fiber. The pattern and physical configuration of the materials composing the textile determine the visual properties of the textile. Electrical power is supplied to the resistive fiber(s) to change the visual properties of the textile. As the resistive fiber warms, the thermoresponsive colorant is warmed beyond a thermal threshold necessary to effect a color change in the thermoresponsive colorant, thereby creating an electronically controllable, visually dynamic textile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Applicant: International Fashion Machines, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret A. Orth, Joanna M. Berzowska