Fabrics having a special structure and methods of producing the

Details Fabrics having a special structure and methods of producing the Fabrics having a special structure and methods of producing the

1991-06-11

1993-12-14

Bell, James J.

Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture

Methods

Surface bonding and/or assembly therefor

156191, 156193, 156291, 1563045, 1563047, B32B 3100

Patent

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052698629

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BRIEF SUMMARY
This invention relates to a fabric having a special structure to methods of producing the fabric, and various articles including clothing made of fabrics having high air permeability.


TECHNICAL FIELD

The invention relates to fabrics having a special structure, methods of producing the fabrics, and various articles including clothing made of fabrics having the special structure.
When applied to clothing, for example, fabrics having a special structure according to the invention can provide clothing with characteristic features not available from conventional clothing, including the ability to prevent exposure of the skin of the wearer directly to sunlight or rain to maintain high air permeability, and which are highly fashionable. In the case of clothing, the invention relates to fabrics having a novel structure which are suitable for outdoor wear, including sportswear such as golf wear, baseball uniforms, baseball undershirts, and tennis wear, casual articles such as T-shirts and polo shirts, and rainwear such as a raincoat.
In addition to these clothing articles, the fabrics of the invention can provide various other unique articles if good use is made of the functional characteristics obtained from their unique fabric structure.
Various unique materials made of fabrics of the invention can provide different novel products not currently available in each relevant area, including various clothing articles other than those stated above, bedclothes, earth and sand fixing sheets, agricultural and horticultural greenhouses, footwear, perishables storage containers, beach umbrellas, tents, partitions, filtering materials, chair covers, and curtains.


BACKGROUND ART

To facilitate an understanding thereof, the novel functional features of the fabrics of the invention are described in detail below, by exemplifying clothes made of such fabrics.
Conventionally, priority has often been given to fashionability, including color and design, and brand names, and manufacturers have simply relied on the primary characteristics of fiber materials (such as the water absorbing ability of cotton) when producing articles having a permeability, waterproofness and other functional properties.
No fibrous materials, however, are available which have satisfactory functional properties allowing the products to act effectively in summer when the wearers, exposed to strong sunlight, tend to perspire profusely. Women, in particular, often wear clothes with long sleeves to avoid a suntan, and therefore, women's clothes are required to have particularly good properties including a high air permeability and comfortability. Mesh-type fabrics are available to achieve a high air permeability, but are not widely used because the skin or underwear can be seen through them, or because the wearers may suffer from a mesh-like tan.
Recently, many types of closely-woven fabrics with moisture permeability and water repellency have been made commercially available as materials for sportswear, rainwear and umbrellas, but these fabrics have a low air permeability (windbreak performance) and thus are regarded as completely different from the fabrics of the invention, which have a high air permeability. Materials with low air permeability can not provide the comfort associated with high air permeability, even though providing good windbreak performance.
Therefore, there are no fabrics available which have high fashionability as well as high air permeability, together with light-screening ability and waterproofness, as these properties generally conflict with each other.
The above examples are limited to clothing, but fabrics having high air permeability together with light screening ability and waterproofness as described above, if made available, will be useful for a wide variety of applications, in addition to clothing, in various industrial areas.


DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

As a solution to the conventional technical problems described above, the invention is intended to provide novel fabrics which have high air permeability together with good lig

REFERENCES:
patent: 4443506 (1984-04-01), Schmolmann et al.
patent: 4780346 (1988-10-01), Denoel
patent: 5059378 (1991-10-01), Petterson et al.

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