GARMENT HAVING AT LEAST ONE BREATHABLE REGION

Abstract

In a garment a breathable effect in breathable regions can be obtained despite a lack of direct contact with the skin of a wearer. The textile layer has at least one breathable region at a distance from the wearer's skin when the garment is worn, in which breathable region a plurality of thread tentacles, each designed in a single piece as an open loop, are brought out of individual second threads into the textile layer in such a way that each thread tentacle has two tentacle sections pointing away from the inner side of the textile layer and one central section extending along on the outer side. The tentacle sections of the thread tentacles can, when the garment is worn, be brought into direct contact with the surface of the wearer's skin, while the inner side of the textile layer remains at a distance from the skin surface in the region of the breathable region.

Description

TECHNICAL AREA

The present invention describes a garment comprising a textile layer, in particular made of a knit or woven, made from at least one thread, with an inner side facing a wearer when the garment is worn and an outer side facing away from the skin, and a method for producing a garment.

PRIOR ART

Different garments, among other things, with different textile layers which have breathable means are known by the applicant. Garments, primarily produced for this, closely contact the skin of a wearer, are particularly form-fitting and may develop their breathable effect based on the direct contact on the skin of the wearer. The breathable means function, for example, to absorb sweat or for targeted dissipation of sweat and partially for thermal insulation of certain body parts. Textile layers made from wovens or knits are thereby preferably selected, as these are extremely flexible and allow sufficient range of motion despite close contact on the skin.

However, there are increasing numbers of users who reject closely-contacting, form-fitting clothing. The classically known breathable means are correspondingly no longer usable, as these are based on direct skin contact of the textile layer or of the breathable regions.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The present invention has the object of creating a textile garment comprising a textile layer which has virtually no direct skin contact with a wearer during use and despite this develops a breathable effect at least in breathable regions of the textile layer or of the garment. An increased thermal insulation and/or a dissipation of sweat from the body surface is/are understood as breathable effects.

The breathable effect of a textile layer not directly contacting the skin of a wearer is achieved by a garment with the features of patent claim 1.

Additional advantageous specific embodiments are listed in the dependent claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

One preferred exemplary embodiment of the subject matter of the invention is subsequently described in conjunction with the appended drawings.

FIG. 1 shows a front view and a back view of a pair of pants comprising in each case a textile layer, in which breathable regions are incorporated in the form of a plurality of thread tentacles, while

FIG. 2 shows a front view and a back view of a t-shirt, on which accumulations of thread tentacles are arranged in breathable regions.

FIG. 3 shows a detail view of a breathable region, as indicated by circles in FIG. 1.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic sectional view of a textile layer with thread tentacles arranged therein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

Garments 0 are shown by way of example in the form of a pair of pants and a t-shirt, which respectively have a textile layer 1. Textile layer 1 comprises an inner side 10 and an outer side 11. When the garment is worn, inner side 10 is arranged facing the skin of the wearer, while outer side 11 is arranged pointing away the side facing away from the skin 3.

Textile layer 1 and thus garment 0 is respectively tailored in such a way that inner side 10 of textile layer 1 does not directly contact skin 3 of a wearer, by which means garment 0 is tailored to be less form-fitting. As no direct contact is present, the breathability may not be carried out using textile sections directly contacting the skin.

Therefore, a plurality of breathable regions 2 are provided on textile layer 1 arranged, in the example of pair of pants 0 or t-shirt 0 according to FIGS. 1 and 2, in defined regions, in particular in the region of the lumbar vertebrae, following the spine, on the surfaces of the inner thigh and/or on the surfaces of the outer thigh. For t-shirt 0, breathable regions 2 are arranged in the region of the armpits, the chest, the stomach, the lumbar vertebrae, and/or following the spine. Breathable regions 2 are indicated in part with dashed lines. These breathable regions 2 do not extensively lie directly on skin 3 of the wearer.

As is shown in FIG. 2 in detail, breathable regions 2 each comprise a plurality of thread tentacles 20, which each comprise a thread which comprises one central section 201 and two tentacle sections 200 running out on both sides therefrom. Thus, one-piece thread tentacles 20 are achieved by three sections in each case. The thread, from which each individual thread tentacle 20 is formed, is a limp, bent structure, which forms a thread tentacle 20 in the shape of a loop with two ends respectively at the end of tentacle section 200. Thread tentacle 20 is arranged in textile layer 1 and firmly held by textile layer 1, wherein central section 201 extends at least partially along outer side 11 of textile layer 1, while tentacle sections 200 extend pointing away on inner side 10 of textile layer 1. The yarn thread of thread tentacles 20 may be knitted, sewn, or stitched into textile layer 1. In FIG. 3, tentacle sections 200 are depicted as dashed lines, as these extend completely on inner side 10. The extension direction of central section 201 of thread tentacles 20 is aligned here approximately parallel in each case in the circumferential direction of the pants leg.

Textile layer 1 is shown in FIG. 4 in the state of being worn, spaced away from skin 3 of a wearer. Textile layer 1 does not directly contact skin 3 with inner side 10. Textile layer 1 is indirectly connected to skin 3, spaced apart via the plurality of thread tentacles 20. Thread tentacles 20 penetrate textile layer 1 and are configured approximately in a U-shape. Tentacle sections 200 are arranged on inner side 10 facing in the direction of skin 3, while central section 201 extends on outer side 11, preferably completely, facing away from the skin side. At the locations of thread tentacles 20, garment 0 directly contacts the skin surface of the wearer in the state of being worn. Thread tentacle 20 is formed as one piece from a yarn thread formed as an open loop. The ends of tentacle sections 200 project when garment 0 is worn up to skin 3.

Tentacle sections 200 preferably have the same length d, so that both tentacle sections 200 develop the same capillary effect. Tentacle sections 200 hang more or less freely from textile layer 1 pointing away from inner side 10. In order to achieve breathable regions 2 with optimum effect, thread tentacles 20 are to be distributed as homogenously as possible and are particularly preferably most densely packed.

Thread tentacles 20 may selectively comprise the same thread as textile layer 1 or be produced from another thread, in particular a hydrophilic second thread. In particular, thread tentacles 20 are produced from polyamide, so that a sufficient dissipation of moisture or capillary effect is achieved. Thread tentacles 20 suction moisture up and guide the same away from skin 3, so that a breathability is achievable based on the plurality of thread tentacles 20. The capillary effect may be increased even more by using hollow fibers and/or particularly hydrophilic materials of the thread of the thread tentacles 20.

Due to the angled configuration of tentacle section 200 relative to central section 201, thus substantially U-shaped, moisture may be directed away from skin 3 and may be guided into central section 201 spaced apart from skin 3. Due to tentacle sections 200 extending at a lateral angle from central section 201 and projecting in the direction of skin 3, the space between a loosely tailored garment 0 and skin 3 may be bridged. Because the thread of thread tentacles 20 is bent limply, tentacle sections 200 do not always extend in parallel and their shape may deviate over the course up to the skin surface, even in adjacent threat tentacles 20. Their functions, generation of a distance between an inner side 10 of textile layer 1, creation of channels and potential dissipation of sweat along thread tentacle 20, are ensured despite the limply bent behavior.

Central section 201 is configured to extend here substantially parallel to outer side 11. However, it is also possible that central section 201 is configured as more undulating, with a variable distance from outer side 11. Central section 201 may thereby also be threaded multiple times through textile layer 1.

Tests have shown that length d of tentacle sections 200 projecting from inner side 10 should be between 1 mm and 70 mm, in particular between 2 mm and 10 mm, in order to achieve a sufficient capillary effect and storage of moisture. The thread thickness of thread tentacles 20 should be selected between 0.5 and 10 dtex, in particular between 0.5 and 5 dtex. Length b of central section 201 of thread tentacles 20 preferably lies between 0.5 and 3 millimeters, by which means sufficiently many thread tentacles 20 may be placed in small areas.

Depending on the density of thread tentacles 20 per area, resulting breathable region 2, made of thread tentacles 20 projecting from inner side 10, may also have a heat insulating effect in addition to a sweat dissipating effect. A density of at least four thread tentacles 20 per square centimeter, preferably 10 thread tentacles per square centimeter or more should be selected. A fur-like zone is created in breathable regions 2 by a density of more than four thread tentacles 20 per square centimeter.

Central section 201 and tentacle sections 200 should preferably be selected to be of equal length for thread tentacles 20, by which means identically configured thread tentacles 20 are configured.

When a fur-like zone is created in breathable regions 2 by a sufficiently high density of thread tentacles 20, inner side 10 remains spaced apart from skin 3 and warmed air is enclosed in a plurality of channels between inner side 10 of textile layer 1 and the surface of skin 3. The air is unable to circulate and the heat is retained in breathable region 2. In order to create a particularly good, fur-like structure of breathable region 2, the density should be ten or more thread tentacles 20 per square centimeter that penetrate textile layer 1.

When a fur-like configuration is supposed to be achieved by means of the plurality of thread tentacles 20, the size of at least one breathable region 2 may ultimately be selected in such a way that this completely spans inner side 10 of textile layer 1 of garment 0. Even if approximately 40% or more of the surface of inner side 10 is provided with a breathable region 2 made from a plurality of thread tentacles 20, then a fur-like configuration results with the preferred breathable fur properties.

Thread tentacles 20 are preferably arranged uniformly distributed in breathable regions 2. The distances of central sections 201 of adjacent thread tentacles 20 should be selected to be approximately equal.

Textile layer 1 may selectively be a woven, knit, or warp-knitted fabric. Textile layer 1 is preferably designed as a knit which is industrially produced on a circular knitting machine or a flat knitting machine. If a knit 1 is produced, for example, on a circular knitting machine, then a first knitting thread is used comprising a first yarn thread, from which a textile layer 1 in the form of a knitted textile fabric is generated automatically on the knitting machine by means of a suitable knitting pattern.

During the knitting process, a second yarn thread is knitted in, which extends partially on inner side 10 and partially on outer side 11 of knit 1. The second yarn thread is knitted in during the knitting process, distributed extensively in the regions in which a breathable region 2 is to be subsequently formed.

The subsequent thread tentacles 20 are correspondingly arranged preferably in the circumferential direction or knit direction so that the extension direction of central sections 201 extends in the knit direction. During the knitting process, the second knitting yarn for generating thread tentacles 20 is knitted in, in addition to the first knitting yarn for generating textile layer 1. The second knitting yarn may selectively be identical to the first knitting yarn.

The second knitting yarn is knitted in, and is separated after the knitting using a cutting process in such a way that the plurality of thread tentacles 20 is generated at the locations of the breathable regions. The cutting process should be adjusted in such a way that lengths d of adjacent tentacle sections 200 of a thread tentacle 20 are as identical as possible.

A controllable cutting device is generally integrated into the knitting machine, by means of which cutting device loops, which project from inner side 10, are separated, by which means they become open loops and thus thread tentacles 20. This cutting process also runs automatically, controlled by the control device for the knitting machine, at the locations of textile layer 1, where breathable regions 2 are to be formed. The result is thread tentacles 20, which are formed from the second yarn threads, and have two tentacle sections 200 with ends and a central section 201, as described above.

Optionally, thread tentacles 20 may also be knitted from a corresponding thread, which may be carried out on a corresponding machine in another working process.

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS

• 0 Garment (t-shirt, pair of pants)
• 1 Textile layer (warp-knit, circular knit, flat knit, woven)
  • 10 Inner side
  • 11 Outer side
  • Knitting yarn/first yarn thread
• 2 Breathable region
  • 20 Thread tentacle
    • 200 Tentacle section
    • 201 Central section
    • d Length of the tentacle section
    • b Length of the central section
  • 3 Skin

Claims

1-20. (canceled)

21. A garment comprising a textile layer, in particular made of a knit or a woven made from at least one thread, with an inner side facing a wearer when the garment is worn and an outer side facing away from the skin, wherein the textile layer has at least one breathable region spaced apart from the skin of the wearer when the garment is warn, in which a plurality of thread tentacles made of individual second yarn threads, each designed as an open loop in one piece with three sections, is incorporated into the textile layer in such a way that each thread tentacle has two tentacle sections pointing away from the inner side of the textile layer and a central section extending along the outer side facing away from the inner side, wherein the tentacle sections of the thread tentacles directly contact the skin surface of the wearer when the garment is worn, while the inner side of the textile layer remains spaced apart from the skin surface in the region of the breathable region when the garment is worn, wherein a fur-like configuration of the plurality of the thread tentacles, which project in the breathable region from the inner side, is achieved by a density of greater than or equal to four thread tentacles per square centimeter.

22. The garment according to claim 21, wherein the second yarn threads of the plurality of thread tentacles is produced from a hydrophilic yarn, in particular from polyamide, so that a sufficient moisture dissipation or capillary effect is achieved.

23. The garment according to claim 21, wherein the yarn of the second yarn threads of the plurality of thread tentacles is a hollow fiber thread.

24. The garment according to claim 21, wherein the length of the two tentacle sections projecting away from the inner side is between 1 mm and 70 mm, in particular between 2 mm and 10 mm.

25. The garment according to claim 21, wherein the lengths of the two adjacent tentacles sections of the thread tentacle on the inner side of the textile layer are at least approximately identical.

26. The garment according to claim 21, wherein the thread thickness of the second yarn thread of the thread tentacles is selected to be between 0.5 and 10 dtex.

27. The garment according to claim 21, wherein the density of the arrangement of the plurality of the thread tentacles is selected to be greater than or equal to ten thread tentacles per square centimeter, wherein in each case twenty tentacle sections or more project from the inner side.

28. The garment according to claim 21, wherein the textile layer is a knit, into which the thread tentacles are knitted directly as open loops made of yarn threads.

29. The garment according to claim 28, wherein the knit is a circular knit manufactured on a circular knitting machine.

30. The garment according to claim 28, wherein adjacent tentacle sections of each thread tentacle have at least approximately the same length.

31. The garment according to claim 28, wherein the material of the first yarn thread of the knit is less hydrophilic than the material of the second yarn threads of the thread tentacles.

32. The garment according to claim 21, wherein the at least one breathable region or the plurality of thread tentacles is/are arranged in defined regions of the textile surface area, in particular in the region of the arm pits, the chest, the stomach, the lumbar vertebrae, along the spine, on the surface of the inner thighs, and/or on the surface of the outer thighs of the wearer.

33. The garment according to claim 21, wherein the at least one breathable region or the plurality of thread tentacles is/are arranged covering at least 40% of the entire inner side of the textile surface area of the garment, in particular, the breathable region covers 80% to 100% of the inner side of the textile surface area or of the garment.

34. A method for producing the garment according to claim 1, the method comprising:

producing the textile layer as a knit on a knitting machine automatically knit from a first yarn thread according to a knitting pattern, wherein

during the knitting process, a second yarn thread is knitted extending partially on the inner side and partially on the outer side of the knit, in particular in the region of the arm pits, the chest, the stomach, the lumbar vertebrae, the spine, on the surface of the inner thighs, and/or on the surface of the outer thighs, which subsequently form the breathable region projecting away from the inner side, before

loops of the second yarn thread on the inner side of the knit are automatically separated by means of a cutting device, whereby a plurality of the thread tentacles, designed as one piece as open loops, are formed from the second yarn threads with respectively two tentacle sections and the central section, wherein a fur-like configuration of the plurality of the thread tentacles projecting away from the inner side in the breathable region is achieved by a density of greater than or equal to four thread tentacles per square centimeter.

35. The method according to claim 34, wherein the loops are separated in the center of their course in such a way that adjacent tentacle sections or each thread tentacle have at least approximately the same length.

36. The method according to claim 34, wherein the length of the tentacle sections projecting away from the inner side is selected to be between 1 mm and 70 mm and the thread thickness of the thread tentacles is selected to be between 0.5 and 10 dtex.

37. The method according to claim 34, wherein the thread of the plurality of the thread tentacles is a hollow fiber thread.

38. The method according to claim 34, wherein the thread of the plurality of the thread tentacles comprises polyamide.

39. The method according to claim 34, wherein the density of the thread tentacles is greater than 15 thread tentacles per square centimeter, whereby a fur function is formed.

40. The method according to claim 34, wherein the first and the second threads are identical.