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US20050172378A1
US20050172378A1 US10/514,210 US51421005A US2005172378A1 US 20050172378 A1 US20050172378 A1 US 20050172378A1 US 51421005 A US51421005 A US 51421005A US 2005172378 A1 US2005172378 A1 US 2005172378A1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A43—FOOTWEAR
    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B3/00—Footwear characterised by the shape or the use
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
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    • A43B—CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR
    • A43B7/00—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements
    • A43B7/06—Footwear with health or hygienic arrangements ventilated
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C08—ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-UP; COMPOSITIONS BASED THEREON
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  • This invention relates to garments including leisure apparel, protective apparel, armoured apparel, footwear, sports apparel, and more particularly to sports shirts.
  • the invention is described primarily in terms of shirts, it also has relevance to other kinds of clothing in which ventilation is important, for example, dresses, trousers and waterproofs.
  • COOLMAX® is a polyester fabric, which has many of the desirable properties, cited previously.
  • Other fabrics based on acrylic, acetate, Lycra (registered trade name) and nylon are also available with similarly desirable properties.
  • U.S. Pat. No. 5,297,296 Moretz et al describes a high performance moisture transport fabric.
  • the present invention is directed to improve wearer comfort by providing novel air channels for ventilation at selected points around the wearer's torso. Other structures may be provided in conjunction with the ventilation channels. Unlike a shirt that might provide ventilation by simple open holes or a large mesh, the channel openings in the present invention are concealed, thus protecting the wearer from sunlight and harmful U.V. radiation. It may also be desirable for aesthetic reasons to conceal the holes in the garment. Improved fabrication techniques, which exploit the thermoplastic nature of synthetic fabrics are also employed. It is well known that thermographic analysis of the human body shows that strenuous activity generates localised heat build-up around the chest and back as well as the upper arm. The thermal profile will naturally vary depending on many factors such as body size and the type of activity. Generally, the heart and main upper body muscles are the major areas of heat generation. Such heat generation induces perspiration in the body, causing the shirt wearer discomfort. Perspiration and discomfort can occur anywhere on the body if covered by a heavy or insulating layer.
  • the present invention is intended to improve heat dissipation and reduce perspiration, at selected areas by improved ventilation.
  • the provision of ventilation by near vertical air columns, guided by the channels works with the natural direction of heat convection and serves to improve wearer comfort.
  • D the actual channel depth
  • w the minimum localised body radius in a horizontal plane.
  • ventilation at the front and rear of the torso is provided by four vertical channels in total.
  • multiple channels in close proximity provide ventilation.
  • Embodiments with non-vertical channels are also described for application when, for instance, body shape or aesthetics impose design constraints. It is not necessary to improve ventilation at all points within the torso to afford improvement in wearer comfort and coolness.
  • High performance synthetic fabric with known advantages is used as the main shirt material within the invention.
  • the ventilation channels are provided with active ventilation structures within the channels.
  • This embodiment is directed to further improve wearer comfort and is again provided at selected points on the wearer's body.
  • Protective apparel in many cases encases the body in a heavy or insulating material, thus making better ventilation even more desirable.
  • This embodiment continues to provide ventilation benefits even if covered with another layer, provided the channel openings are unobstructed. This is in contrast to a traditional shirt or garment, which, even if made from high performance moisture transport fabrics, results in poor cooling as the high performance fabric benefits are limited if covered by another garment layer.
  • This embodiment provides benefits in rigid material protective garments by increased ventilation performance since, unlike prior art, ventilation components are not restricted to being soft, non-intrusive materials.
  • the active ventilation components are made from a variety of materials and thermoplastics fabrics including polypropylene, polyester, acetate, PVC, ABS, PTFE, Mylar, acrylic, nylon, metal foil or mixtures thereof. Ultra-sonic welding, stitching or adhesive bonding is used to join active components to the ventilation channel. Practical optimization of such techniques provides flexible active components, robust joints and trim. Wearer comfort is of primary consideration in overall design geometry, material choice and the forming process. In fabrication, choice of component material, composite layer structure, density, wall thickness and general characteristics is optimised to provide a functional ventilation structure. In rigid protective garments, the choice of material is extended to include metal foils and plastic-metal composites and laminates.
  • the present embodiment utilizes body motion, whether impulsive or repetitive movements, to generate resonant vibration in the proposed active ventilation structures.
  • Fourier analysis of vibrations shows that any impulse or periodic function can be synthesized as the sum of sinusoids, each sinusoid being at a different frequency or harmonic.
  • a repetitive square wave, of frequency 10 Hz can be approximately synthesised by summing sinusoids of frequency 10 Hz, 30 Hz, 50 Hz, 70 Hz, 90 Hz etc.
  • Each harmonic has a defined amplitude and phase. In this synthesis, the amplitude of the first harmonic dominates.
  • a movement impulse will also contain harmonics, when synthesized. Actual periodic body movements and impulses may be synthesized reasonably accurately with only a few harmonics, because any real impulse or movement transition edge will not be a sharp step-like function. In this case, the fundamental harmonic is even more dominant.
  • Human repetitive action may be crudely estimated by considering a fast sports activity such as sprint race running where an athlete can travel 100 metres in ten seconds approximately. Taking the stride span as 2 metres, we can estimate a repeat period of 0.2 seconds, corresponding to a frequency of 10 Hz. If we take account of racket sports activities where fast arm movements occur, in 0.02 seconds approximately, an upper frequency limit can be estimated as being 50 Hz and certainly lower than 100 Hz. In activities where bulky protective clothing is worn, motions may be much slower. In summary, the frequency spectrum of body motion will contain various harmonics up to a limit of approximately 50 Hz.
  • the dimensional and material properties L, b, and Y, ⁇ respectively, can be selected to give any desired resonant frequency.
  • dimensional choices are limited by other considerations such as the physical width limitations of a ventilation channel and the fact that any plate should be supported and robust in construction.
  • useful resonant plate length will lie in the range 5 to 50 mm, approximately.
  • Useful resonant plate thickness will lie in the range 0.05 to 1 mm, again approximately.
  • any ventilation component to be as unobtrusive and light as possible, smaller dimensions are favoured.
  • any ventilation component to be as unobtrusive and light as possible, smaller dimensions are favoured.
  • limiting the dimensional variables will restrict the choice of material properties to obtain a desired natural frequency.
  • useful materials will have an elastic modulus within the range 500 to 2000 MegaPascals.
  • Polypropylene is one such material along with nylon, PTFE, and PVC, acrylic, ABS, polyester, Mylar®, acetate, metal foil or mixtures thereof.
  • the ventilation channels possess different shapes and cross-sectional areas at different temperatures. In this way, comfort would be further improved by providing ventilation at elevated temperatures when it is most needed.
  • a first shape would be an open channel as previously described.
  • a second shape would be a collapsed form of the channel, which may be substantially planar with the shirt fabric. Further shapes would be within the range defined between the first and second shapes.
  • the ventilation channels are partially made out of at least one shape memory polymer.
  • shape memory polymer supports are attached to or integral with the ventilation channels. These may take the form of hinged buttresses, eyelets, a liner or some such combination.
  • shape memory polymers are used to control the channel opening geometry, as well as the channel cross section along the length of the channel.
  • the shape memory polymer is chosen such that at least one and preferably two permanent shapes are memorized, a first shape dominating above a particular temperature and a second shape dominating below the particular temperature. This is possible through the inclusion of at least two different polymer segment species with different transition temperatures within the polymer. When taken through a heating-cooling cycle, the polymer will change from the first shape to the second shape before reverting to the first shape. It follows that above the particular temperature, the shape is temporary with respect to one segment, and below the particular temperature the shape is temporary with respect to the other segment.
  • the shape memory polymer will undergo a shape change above a particular temperature and in doing so will alter the geometry of the ventilation channels, so opening them. For example, as the wearer exerts himself, generated heat will cause the temperature of the shape memory polymer to increase above the particular temperature, so opening the channels. Ventilation ensues, lowering the wearer's body temperature. Subsequently, the ventilation channels will revert to the collapsed form, thus preventing ventilation.
  • the garment is thus responsive and automatically adaptive.
  • the shape memory polymers may optionally be actuated by electrical means or other stimuli, such as light or chemicals for example.
  • the collapsed state is more compact and streamlined, thus reducing the overall garment volume.
  • the garment's volume only increases when needed, so that at all other times, the reduced volume facilitates storage and renders the channels less obtrusive to the wearer, or observers.
  • Other configurations of the shape memory polymer are possible, such as composites formed from at least one shape memory polymer.
  • heat forming methods form the panel thermoplastic fabric into flexible air channels.
  • Natural fabrics including cotton, can readily be coated with a thin thermoplastic layer using vertical coating techniques and can thus be included as useable fabrics.
  • the ends of each channel are terminated with a springy eyelet, formed by a similar process.
  • Ultra-sonic welding is used to join the channel panel to the main fabric of the sports shirt. Practical optimization of such techniques provides flexible, self-supporting channels, robust joints and trim.
  • channel length and eyelet opening positions on the shirt will be dependent on factors such as the body size and shape, fabric material and the type of sport. Choice of fabric material, its density, gauge thickness and general characteristics will itself be influenced by similar factors; accordingly, modifications to the forming and joining method may be needed. Such minor modifications and choices will be well understood by those skilled in the manufacturing art and will not be a departure from the substance of the invention.
  • the ventilation function of the channels will ultimately also be affected by demands of aesthetics which are also part of the manufacturers art. Again, any such demands and modifications and will not be a departure from the substance of the invention.
  • Another object of the present invention is to provide a ventilated garment that is robust in construction, hardwearing and washable.
  • Still another object of the present invention is to provide a ventilated garment whose construction is amenable to economic production methods.
  • FIG. 1 shows the overall view of a sports shirt with ventilation channels and eyelets.
  • FIG. 2 shows a detailed embodiment of the channel cross-section.
  • FIG. 4 shows details of a channel embodiment with integral liner strip.
  • FIG. 5 shows an embodiment of a springy eyelet opening and channel assembly.
  • FIG. 5 a shows in cut-away view a schematic of the channel and panel fabric arrangement of FIG. 5 .
  • FIG. 5 b shows in exploded view a schematic of the channel, eyelet and panel fabric arrangement of FIG. 5 .
  • FIG. 6 shows an embodiment of an integral eyelet opening and liner strip.
  • FIG. 7 shows multiple proximate channels.
  • FIG. 8 shows in isometric view an embodiment of a vertical channel with re-entrant multiple openings.
  • FIG. 9 shows in isometric view an embodiment of channels with re-entrant multiple openings, extended horizontally.
  • FIG. 10 shows in a cut-away perspective view another embodiment of a multi-apertured channel.
  • FIG. 11 shows part of an apertured garment ventilation channel.
  • FIG. 12 shows in front view an array of leaf vanes for active ventilation within a ventilation channel.
  • FIG. 13 shows the front and plan view of an individual leaf vane.
  • FIG. 14 shows the front view of a twin leaf vane array with a “U” shaped central spine.
  • FIG. 15 shows a perspective view of a single piece active ventilation vane array attached to springs.
  • FIG. 16 shows an isometric view of embodiment in which a ventilation channel is arranged with the shape memory polymer supports.
  • FIG. 17 shows a cross section of a schematic of a ventilation channel in use with shape memory polymer supports, in the collapsed and expanded states.
  • the present invention is directed to sports shirts fabricated with integral ventilation channels.
  • a sports shirt 1 is shown with integral ventilation channels 2 , upper opening eyelet 3 and lower opening eyelet 4 .
  • integral ventilation channels 2 For the purposes of descriptive clarity, only the front view of the sports shirt is shown and similar channels can be assumed for the rear of the shirt.
  • the number of channels, their spacing and their eyelet opening starting points will depend on factors such as the shape of the wearer and the type of sports activity.
  • the dotted line 5 shows the channel fully extended to the waist band 6 .
  • the lower opening eyelets 4 are preferentially situated away from the waistband 6 , to ensure unobstructed contours for the channels and openings.
  • Dotted rectangles 7 represent the open areas in the main fabric of the shirt 8 , not in contact with the skin. The upper and lower edges of the rectangles are set back within the channel, thus being discreet and out of view.
  • the channel and opening eyelets are fabricated as a separate panel 9 , and joined to the main fabric 8 by means of ultrasonic welding or stitching.
  • the panel 9 is shown schematically but has a number of practical arrangements. For instance, the panel can end at the shoulder seam or it can extend to the rear of the shirt, so that front and rear ventilation channels are fabricated as one unit.
  • the panel material and main body fabric are a synthetic thermoplastic fabric such as COOLMAX® polyester.
  • channel 2 has a preferred quasi-rectangular cross-section 10 , surface modulated with corrugations 11 .
  • the corrugation geometry is shown as a series of arcs but could be any simple geometry such as triangular or rectangular, the important point being that they provide rigidity by being formed as a structure with wavy localised planes.
  • the channel profile is obtained by thermally forming the panel material 9 .
  • the channel envelope 12 shown dotted, has width of about 15 mm and height of about 5 mm, with corrugation dimensions around 2 mm in repeat pitch and 1 mm in depth.
  • FIG. 3 is another channel embodiment, with corrugation applied to the channel wall 13 .
  • the corrugation structure becomes more necessary for producing a self-supporting channel as the size or span of the profile increases. As the span and size of the profile is reduced, the need for corrugation structure is reduced; however, this being at the expense of reduced air volume per unit length of channel. Simple, geometric, cross-sectional profiles such as triangles, arcs, steps or composites thereof are appropriate for cross-sectional areas typically below 40 mm 2 .
  • FIG. 4 shows an alternative channel construction useful when the fabric material used is of thin gauge.
  • a thermoplastic liner strip 14 has thickness of about 0.2 mm and is heat formed integrally with the channel to support it.
  • the liner strip 14 shown in cross-section, preferentially extends against the whole of the channel wall and its length. When additional non-intrusiveness is required the liner may be limited in extent or length, for instance only supporting the two side walls of the channel 10 . Alternatively the liner 14 may be perforated throughout.
  • Material for the liner strip 14 will have thermal forming properties that are similar to that of the channel fabric itself. Polyester, PVC, ABS, acetate, acrylic, nylon and composites thereof are a few suitable plastics.
  • the liner strip 14 is an additional component, but adds flexibility to the channel profile arrangement and aesthetics and allows choice of thinner, lighter fabrics.
  • FIG. 5 illustrates the shape of a springy eyelet opening 3 and channel 2 in isometric view.
  • FIG. 5 a shows an example of channel 2 and main fabric 8 arrangements. It is obvious that the areas shown as main fabric 8 could equally be fabricated as a panel 9 as in FIG. 1 . Those skilled in the art will be aware of modifications to these fabrication arrangements, however, such modifications being within the substance of the invention.
  • the eyelet 3 serves several purposes:
  • the eyelet is injection moulded from thermoplastic including polyester, PVC, acetate, acrylic, nylon and composites thereof, its thermal characteristics matching closely those of the shirt and channel fabric. Mechanically, the eyelet is springy, durable and resistant to tearing.
  • a slot 15 accepts the leading edge of the channel 2 and is used to anchor the channel 2 fabric from the underneath, forming a joint after ultra-sonic welding.
  • Typical welding points 16 are shown.
  • the channel panel and its attached eyelet terminations 3 can be regarded as an assembly 18 .
  • a flange 17 is provided, which is used to join the panel assembly 18 to the main fabric 8 , by ultra-sonic welding from the underneath.
  • FIG. 6 A further example of an eyelet and channel assembly is illustrated in FIG. 6 .
  • the liner strip 19 has similar function to liner strip 14 , as in FIG. 4 , supporting the channel cross-sectional shape, but here it is integral with the springy eyelet 3 . Both upper and lower springy eyelets 3 and liner 19 are thus a single piece moulding.
  • FIG. 7 shows the end view of multiple channels.
  • multiple, closely spaced channels 20 are provided.
  • the size of each opening is much reduced in comparison to channel profile 2 , shown dotted.
  • the number of channels and their length are variables of choice.
  • the channel profile shown is sinusoidal in nature. Alternative shapes of triangular or rectangular corrugation are also useful practically.
  • the reduced scale enables the channels to be incorporated as desired without eyelet openings. It will be obvious to those skilled in the art of shirt fabrication that many traditional means of strengthening the end of the channels are available, such as reinforcement by stitching, for example.
  • FIG. 10 shows a cut-away perspective view of another embodiment where the ventilation channel has multi-apertured side walls 10 , as well as upper and lower openings terminated with eyelets.
  • Multiple blades 27 are angled upwards to guide air flow, in sympathy with upwards air convection from the wearer's body.
  • the blades 27 are inclined at 30 degrees to the channel long axis, preferentially with blade-to-aperture length being in the ratio of about 9:4.
  • Channel width is about 20 mm and blade length is about 5 mm, giving a clear central channel of about 15 mm.
  • Blade height is about 4 mm, which, for a channel height of 5 mm, ensures blade edges are not intrusive to the wearer.
  • the channel, flanges and blades are fabricated as an integral injection moulding with average wall thickness about 0.2 mm.
  • the material will be a thermoplastic similar to the shirt fabric material, such as polyester, PVC, acetate, acrylic, nylon and composites thereof. Because the blades 27 do not serve as supports, their thickness can optionally be made less than the rest of the moulding.
  • This embodiment has an additional fabrication advantage in that it can be produced by a simple, single-action mould tool, since in plan view there are no re-entrant surfaces.
  • a single piece vane structure 35 is attached to the ventilation channel by leaf springs 36 .
  • the vane structure is constructed in one piece, providing ease of production.
  • Angled vane sections 37 are approximately in line with ventilation channel aperture 53 .
  • Substantially transverse sections 38 have apertures 32 , shown as elliptical holes. The longest span of the vane structure is between the two leaf springs 36 , the span elsewhere being reduced so that vanes cannot interfere with the ventilation channel walls.
  • the active component design choices will enable use of rigid or semi-rigid materials, including metal foils within the construction. This is additionally beneficial because increased active ventilation benefits are possible where they are needed most, since such apparel will normally too be bulky or highly insulating. In other leisure and sport apparel, active ventilation benefits using flexible, non-intrusive components and materials are also provided.
  • the use of all the embodiments described will be ideal for incorporation in rigid surrounding material such as might be used in protective clothing. In this situation, wall deformations will be minimal and any vane oscillations will be unhindered.
  • FIG. 16 an isometric view of a schematic of a ventilation channel is shown, together with shape memory supports 39 .
  • the channel is shown in an intermediate state, between the collapsed and expanded states, examples of which are shown in FIG. 17 .
  • a range of intermediate states exists between the collapsed and expanded states, and act as transitionary states.
  • the collapsed and expanded states are usually the permanent states.
  • Corresponding arrangements of the shape memory polymer supports may be programmed into the shape memory polymer's memories. In this way, below a particular temperature the polymer is in one state, and above a certain temperature the polymer is in another state.
  • the particular and certain temperatures are usually the glass transition temperatures of the differing segments within the polymer and are not necessarily coincident. It will be obvious to the reader skilled in the art that the other mechanical properties of the segments may change with temperature, thus permitting the polymer supports to change shape.

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