CN108289518B

CN108289518B - Sports wear with at least one temperature control zone

Info

Publication number: CN108289518B
Application number: CN201680064179.4A
Authority: CN
Inventors: B·兰贝茨
Original assignee: X Technology Swiss GmbH
Current assignee: BEIJING SANFO OUTDOOR PRODUCT Co.,Ltd.
Priority date: 2015-11-04
Filing date: 2016-11-04
Publication date: 2020-07-31
Anticipated expiration: 2036-11-04
Also published as: US20180317582A1; RU2018120355A3; CA3002310A1; DE102015118892A1; SI3370555T1; CA3002310C; EP3370555B1; KR20180077208A; DK3370555T3; ES2779775T3; HK1254990A1; WO2017077040A1; JP6896727B2; EP3370555A1; JP2018538451A; PL3370555T3; AU2016349411A1; CN108289518A; RU2018120355A; AU2016349411B2

Abstract

A piece of sports clothing having at least one temperature-control zone (10.1) which is formed by a textile region structure (11.1) which is partially shirred on a stretch zone (15.1) relative to a bridge (14.1). The bridges are formed on the inner side of the region (11.1) in order to rest against the skin (200) of the wearer, wherein inner air channels (13.1) are formed between the bridges. At the rear side of the bridge (14.1), at least one groove is provided on each of the pleated region structures (11.1), which groove forms an outer air channel (18.1). A plurality of separate temperature control elements (12.1) are arranged in the temperature control zone (100.1), said elements having short webs (14.1), said elements being separated from one another by lateral separating zones (16.1). Adjacent inner air channels (13.1) are connected to one another by a separating region (16.1). The separating zones (16.1) are laterally offset relative to one another between the temperature control elements (12.1) in such a way that the temperature control elements (12.1) are arranged at least partially overlapping in relation to the longitudinal extension of the vertical body axis (X).

Description

Sports wear with at least one temperature control zone

Technical Field

The invention relates to a piece of sports wear having at least one temperature control zone, having the features of the preamble of claim 1.

Background

One such piece of sportswear is known from patent document EP1476033B 1. Such a piece of sports wear comprises: bridge-like sub-areas which are thickened and thus applied to the skin, and on the back of which outer air channels are formed; and areas that are not attached to the skin and form internal air channels. On these skin-applied bridges (Stegen), on the inside of the garment, sweat is absorbed, which is then received by the bridges and can evaporate through the outer air channels. This evaporation results in localized cooling. Air can flow between the bridges in the inner air channel and provide temperature regulation. In order to be able to collect the dripping sweat, the bridges are oriented substantially transversely to the body axis. Although these proven temperature control zones absorb sweat well, they have the disadvantage that the air circulation in the temperature control zone can only be parallel to the bridge. The hot air cannot rise along the body axis inside the tempering zone.

Disclosure of Invention

The object of the invention is therefore to improve the air circulation of a piece of sports wear of the above-mentioned type with at least one temperature-control zone, while retaining good properties with regard to sweat absorption and sweat evaporation.

The object of the invention is achieved by a piece of sports wear having the features of claim 1.

The temperature control zone according to the invention does not comprise a bridge and an air duct which are oriented continuously parallel to one another, but rather a plurality of separate temperature control elements, each of which is formed in a known manner and method, but only has at least one bridge which does not extend over the entire width of the temperature control element. The temperature control elements are separated from each other in a direction transverse to the vertical body axis by lateral separating zones.

In the sense of the present invention, a separating area is understood to mean an area laterally adjacent to a temperature control element or an area between two adjacent temperature control elements. The temperature control elements are also separated from each other in the vertical direction, specifically by transversely or obliquely extending inner air channels, as is common in the prior art. The separation zone is also basically an internal air passage, but this linguistic distinction serves to better describe the invention in view of the following directions in which air flows in and sweat flows out.

The temperature control element is surrounded by a textile fabric. Between these temperature control elements, inner channels are formed through which air circulates. The temperature control element is arranged in such a way and method that sweat drops cannot flow through the entire temperature control region from top to bottom on the skin, since these sweat drops are collected in each case on the lower sweat collection region and on the next lower bridge on the skin. For this purpose, the temperature control elements, which are positioned at different heights with respect to the vertical body axis, are arranged laterally offset from one another. The arrangement of these elements can be varied in many different ways, all of which have in common that the areas which are applied to the skin and the areas which are not applied to the skin are arranged in an alternating or offset manner relative to one another, so that no further drops of sweat are allowed to flow off. At the same time, the staggered temperature control elements represent only a small obstacle for the rising air. The air on the skin surface can circulate in a plurality of directions, since the air channel remains open in the vertical direction due to this arrangement of the temperature regulating elements and the separating zones located between the temperature regulating elements. Thereby, the hot air can rise through the temperature adjustment region. On account of the associated chimney effect, improved emission of moisture and thus improved cooling of the skin is achieved.

This arrangement is preferably carried out in a regular pattern, but may also be arranged irregularly, as long as the basic principle of the invention is followed in the design and arrangement of the temperature control element: that is, the separation zones are provided so that air can flow vertically on the one hand, and are provided laterally offset so that dripping sweat can be collected in rows of which the next stage is located lower on the other hand. In this way, the temperature control zone with the temperature control element is adapted in an optimal manner to body regions which sweat particularly heavily during physical activity.

However, according to the invention, this air passage direction is in a manner opposite to the direction of gravity in the normal movement pattern of the athlete, wherein this air passage direction can be both precisely vertical and inclined

That is to say the air flow can fan out. It is only important for the invention that the air passage direction is not interrupted by obstacles in the flow path, as in the prior art, which are formed by bridges.

The direction of sweat dripping is opposite to the direction of air passage. This direction should again be interrupted according to the invention in order to catch dripping sweat. Such obstacles, which are caused by the laterally offset arrangement of the temperature control elements, do not have to be present in every row of temperature control elements. It is also possible to replace the sequence of rows without obstacles by at least one pair of rows which are offset from one another and in which the sweat is then collected.

The temperature control zone can be produced by knitting or by gluing the element to a fabric or other textile.

The shape and arrangement of the temperature control elements can be selected in different ways, and all embodiments have in common that the areas lying on the skin alternate with the areas not lying on the skin or are offset from one another, so that the sweat drops cannot fall unhindered, but each sweat drop is collected again as quickly as possible.

The shape of the temperature control element in plan view can be, for example, a Y-shape, a V-shape, an X-shape, a double Y-shape or the like, since these shapes are very suitable for collecting droplets of sweat, but at the same time offer only a slight obstruction to the rising air passing laterally.

The temperature zones on the garment can behave differently throughout the extension, including all of the individual temperature regulating elements, to produce various additional benefits. For example, these tempering zones can be elongated vertically to achieve a significant chimney effect and in this way can convey air from as far below as possible and up to the waistband of the collar or trousers of the upper garment, from where it then exits.

Preferably, textile region structure (textile)

) Is formed byThe knitted fabric of the temperature control area is either specially designed for this purpose or is connected with the base knitted fabric of the sportswear section. In order to form raised structures about the body axis (these structures can be seen in the following figures), the following measures can be taken during knitting:

linear line offset

Linear, regular offset of individual meshes

Irregular misalignment of the individual meshes

The mesh zones are alternately staggered in rows, thereby forming a preform

The individual meshes being alternately and regularly staggered

The individual cells are alternately irregularly staggered.

Drawings

The invention will be explained in more detail below with reference to the drawings. Wherein:

figure 1 shows a sectional view of a temperature control zone of a sports wear segment in a schematic perspective view,

figures 2 to 5 each show different embodiments of a temperature control zone with a temperature control element in a plan view,

FIG. 6 shows a schematic plan view of a knitted tempering zone, and

fig. 7 shows the temperature control region according to fig. 1 in a perspective view.

Detailed Description

Fig. 1 shows a temperature control zone 10.1 in a woven zone structure 11.1, which can be a woven or knitted fabric. The temperature control zone 10.1 is provided, for example, on a piece of sportswear and is designed there on the following body parts: that is, particularly much sweat is generated on these body parts during physical activity.

In the exemplary embodiment shown, the temperature control zone 10.1 is formed by regularly arranged individual temperature control elements 12.1. Each temperature control element 12.1 itself has at least one of the following regions: in this region, the woven or knitted fabric is shirred (grafft) by means of less elastic and/or shorter stretch zones 15.1, so that a structure with a U-shaped or V-shaped cross section is formed on the inner side of the garment facing the skin 200 of the wearer. This forms what are known as webs 14.1 on the inside of the woven region structure 11.1. Sweat is collected on the area adjacent the skin 200 at the top of the bridge 14.1 and absorbed by the fabric. The bridges 14.1 applied to the skin 200 form between them inner air channels 13.1 through which air can circulate over the skin surface.

A part of the collected sweat is transported via the absorbent textile side walls of the bridge 14.1 to the upper side of the temperature control zone 12.1 as far as the surrounding area 17.1 of the temperature control elements 12.1, which are kept at a distance from the skin surface 200 by the bridge 14.1. Sweat can evaporate particularly well here. This latent heat of evaporation in turn cools the air in the inner air channel 13.1 below the surrounding area 17.1.

On the rear side of the web 14.1, groove-shaped structures are formed, which form outer air channels 18.1, through which evaporation can likewise take place.

Since the outer air duct 18.1 is not covered over the entire surface by the stretch zone 15.1, this likewise enables evaporation of the collected perspiration without heat accumulation occurring in the temperature control element 12.1.

The arrangement of the temperature control element 12.1 in the woven region structure 11.1 preferably takes place in the following manner: determining two basic directions, namely a body axis X, which in the upright position of the wearer extends substantially vertically and coincides with the air passage direction; and a transverse direction relative to the body axis, which extends perpendicular to the body axis or at an obtuse angle to the body axis. In this transverse direction, the individual temperature control elements 12.1 are separated from one another by a peripheral region 17.1, which forms an inner air duct 13.1 below. Furthermore, the temperature control elements 12.1 adjacent to the bridge 14.1 are separated from one another in the transverse direction in their direction of extent by the separating region 16.1.

The outer air channels 18.1 formed in the grooves of the shirred fabric are also interrupted at the separating zone 16.1, but inside the tempering zone 10.1, below this separating zone 16.1, there is a mutual transverse connection of the individual inner air channels 13.1. The separation zone 16.1 and the inner air channels 13.1 can therefore be said to be part of an air channel network formed on the side of the inner, wearer-facing side of the region structure 11.1.

The effects achieved thereby are explained below by means of the plan views of the different exemplary embodiments of temperature control zones 10.2, …, 10.6 formed according to the invention, which are shown in fig. 2 to 6.

Fig. 2 shows a section of a tempering area 10.2 according to a further embodiment of the invention. The tempering zone can be formed directly on the woven zone structure 11.2, from which the adjacent zones of the piece of sportswear are also formed. The temperature control zone 10.2 can also be produced separately and connected to the remaining area of the piece of sportswear.

Fig. 2 shows a view of the inner, skin-facing side of the tempering zone 10.2. The black areas are designed to rest against the skin, and the bright areas between the black areas remain spaced from the skin surface when the piece of sportswear is worn together with the tempering zone 10.2.

In the temperature control zone 10.2, a plurality of rows of individual temperature control elements 12.2 are arranged, each in the shape of a Y, and one of the legs of the Y-shaped temperature control element 12.2 is oriented in the vertical direction, i.e. parallel to the body axis X. In addition, in adjacent rows of temperature control elements 12.2, one row of temperature control elements 12.2 is offset in the transverse direction. In this way, in the upper row, there is always a separation point 16.2 between the temperature control elements 12.2 and therefore also an inner air channel 13.2, a sweat droplet collection area 19.2 is formed between them. This collecting region 19.2 is formed in the embodiment according to fig. 2 by the legs of the Y-shaped temperature-regulating element 12.2 which diverge from one another. The thin dashed lines with upwardly pointing arrows indicate the so-called air passage direction, i.e. the path taken by the air a heated on the skin-facing inner side of the woven region structure 11.2. The temperature control element 12.2, depicted as a black area, acts as an obstacle due to its attachment to the skin and causes a deflection of the air flow. Warm air is drawn up over the obstruction due to the chimney effect.

Meanwhile, sweat may flow from the top down as indicated by the thick line on the left in fig. 2. The droplets of sweat which are immediately present in the region between adjacent temperature control elements 12.2 flow directly onto the temperature control element 12.2 located below, which in the embodiment shown in fig. 2 is achieved by a lateral offset of the temperature control elements 12.2 in the second and fourth row relative to the temperature control elements in the first, third and fifth row. The effect of collecting the sweat S under the flow and the effect of rising the hot air a are superposed everywhere; the paths of sweat S and air a in fig. 2 are shown in separate regions of the drawing for clarity only.

Fig. 3 shows another embodiment of a temperature regulated zone 10.3 formed in accordance with the present invention. The path of the perspiration S is again indicated on the left-hand side by the thick arrows pointing downwards, while the path of the air a is indicated on the right-hand side by the thin dashed arrows and dashed lines. The body axis again extends vertically. Rod-shaped temperature control elements 12.3 are arranged in the left and right regions of the temperature control zone 10.3. The air a can in turn rise through the separating zone between the inner air duct 13.3 and the tempering element 12.3, 12.3'. In the central region, V-shaped temperature control elements 12.3 are arranged one above the other. A sweat collection area 19.3 is formed inside the temperature control element 12.3 pointing downwards with the tip. The layout of the lateral bar-shaped temperature control elements 12.3' is as follows: the offset which leads to the formation of the sweat collection area 19.3' is not caused by a lateral displacement of the row of temperature control elements 12.3, 12.3', but is achieved by the inclination and spacing of the rod-shaped temperature control elements 12.3' being coordinated with one another, so that sweat droplets which flow through the upper end of the respective temperature control element 12.2' are collected on the lower end of the adjacent temperature control element 12.3 '.

The representation in fig. 4 corresponds in principle to the previously described representation of the path of the perspiration S and the air a and the orientation of the temperature-control zone 10.4 with respect to the vertical body axis.

In the embodiment according to fig. 4, the individual rod-shaped temperature control elements 12.4 are aligned one after the other in their longitudinal extension and are separated from one another by separating zones 16.4 at the narrow sides. Several rows of temperature control elements 12.4 are arranged one above the other, wherein peripheral regions 17.4 are formed between the rows, which form inner air channels 13.4 extending in a transverse direction with respect to the body axis. Between the rows of temperature control elements 12.4, there is a lateral offset of half the grid width (Rasterbreite) in the transverse direction, so that the sweat droplets dripping downwards via the separating area 16.4 are collected in the collecting area 19.4. The collecting area 19.4 is formed by the individual tempering elements 12.4 which are situated underneath in the row and are arranged like a cross bar.

Fig. 5 shows a further embodiment of the tempering area 10.5. The paths of the sweat and air are not shown in this case, since these also extend as in the previous embodiments. The exemplary embodiment of the temperature control zone 10.5 according to fig. 5 shows that the arrangement of the temperature control elements 12.5 can also be without a uniform grid. In fig. 5, the temperature control elements 12.5 each have a different length in each row, and the displacement of the rows of temperature control elements 12.5 from one another does not have a uniform dimension which is associated with the length of the temperature control elements 12.5. The only important point is that the sweat collection area 19.5 is again arranged below the separation area, which furthermore also forms the inner air channel 13.5.

Fig. 6 shows a further plan view of a temperature-control zone 10.6, which is arranged in a textile zone structure 11.6 in the form of a knitted fabric. The stepped structure shown in fig. 6 is for explaining each mesh. The bridge 14.6 and the outer air channel 18.6 formed on its rear side are formed, for example, from 10 mesh rows, while the stretch zone 15.6 spanning the outer air channel 18.6 has a width of only three mesh rows. The width of the outer air channel can be increased in a similar ratio, wherein up to twenty-five mesh rows can be provided to form the outer air channel 18.6, while the stretch zone 15.6 spanning this area has only about ten mesh rows, so that a shirring effect occurs. The stretch zone 15.6 has a length of two to seven meshes, viewed in the longitudinal extension direction of the outer air duct, and is arranged at a distance of five to twenty meshes from one another, so that no spanning chambers with a width of five to twenty meshes are produced in the outer air duct 18.6. The parts of the temperature control elements 12.6 lying one above the other, which form the outer air channels 18.6, are separated from one another by inner air channels 13.6 having a width of four to thirty mesh rows.

Fig. 7 shows a perspective view of the outer side of the garment of a single temperature control element 12.1 in the textile area structure 11.1 and its three-dimensional structure. It is clear that no sharp limit edges are present in the sportswear segment designed according to the present invention, as they are only graphically represented in the schematic diagrams according to fig. 2 to 6. It can be clearly seen that: the knitted or woven fabric formed by the stretch zone 15.1 is shirred and has a groove-like structure extending thereunder, which forms a so-called outer air duct 18.1.

List of reference numerals

10.1.. 10.6 tempering area

11.1.. 11.6 region structure

12.1.. 12.6 temperature-regulating element

13.1.. 13.6 internal air channel

14.1.. 14.6 bridge

15.1.. 15.6 stretch zone

16.1.. 16.6 separation zone

17.1.. 17.6 surrounding area

18.1.. 18.6 external air channel

19.1.. 19.6 sweat collecting area

200 skin

S sweat

A, air.

Claims

1. A sports garment segment having at least one temperature control zone (10.1, 10.6) which is formed by a textile area structure (11.1, 11.6) which is partially shirred on a stretch zone (15.1, 15.6) relative to a bridge (14.1, 14.6),

wherein the bridges (14.1, 14.6) are configured on the inner side of the region structure (11.1, 11.6) to abut against the skin (200) of the wearer, wherein inner air channels (13.1, 13.6) are formed between adjacent bridges (14.1, 14.6),

wherein, on the rear side of the bridge (14.1, 14.6), at least one groove is provided on each of the pleated region structures (11.1, 11.6), which groove forms an outer air channel (18.1, 18.6) and

wherein a plurality of bridge parts (14.1, 14.6) are arranged above one another in the temperature control region (100.1, 100.6),

it is characterized in that the preparation method is characterized in that,

-a plurality of separate temperature control elements (12.1, 12.6) are provided in the temperature control region (100.1, 100.6), which temperature control elements comprise a bridge (14.1, 14.6) and which are separated from one another by lateral separating regions (16.1, 16.6),

-adjacent inner air channels (13.1, 1.., 13.6) are interconnected by the separation zone (16.1,.., 16.6) inside the region structure (11.1,.., 11.6), and

the separating zones (16.1, 16.6) are offset laterally with respect to one another between the temperature control elements (12.1, 12.6) in such a way that the temperature control elements (12.1, 12.6) are arranged at least partially overlapping in relation to the longitudinal extension of the vertical body axis (X).

2. Garment segment according to claim 1, characterized in that in at least one temperature-control zone (10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.5, 10.6) the temperature-control element (12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.5, 12.6) is at least partially angled, enclosing an obtuse angle of 120 ° to 150 °.

3. The garment segment as claimed in claim 2, characterized in that in at least one temperature-control zone (10.1), at least a part of the temperature-control element (12.1) has a lying-down Y-shape.

4. Garment segment according to claim 2, characterized in that in at least one temperature-control zone (10.2) at least a part of the temperature-control element (12.2) has an upright Y-shape.

5. Garment segment according to claim 2, characterized in that in at least one temperature-control zone (10.1, 10.3, 10.6) at least a part of the temperature-control element (12.1, 12.3, 12.6) has a lying or standing V-shape.

6. Garment segment according to claim 1, characterized in that in at least one temperature-control zone (10.3, 10.4, 10.5) at least a part of the temperature-control elements (12.3, 12.4, 12.5) are rod-shaped and extend transversely or at an oblique angle with respect to the body axis (X).

7. The garment segment as claimed in any of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the bridge (14.1,. multidot., 14.6) and the stretch zone (15.1,. multidot., 15.6) are part of a separately manufactured temperature control element (12.1,. multidot., 12.6) which is connected to the textile region structure (11.1,. multidot., 11.6).

8. The garment segment as claimed in any one of claims 1 to 6, characterized in that the woven region structure (11.1,. multidot., 11.6) is a knitted fabric, wherein the bridge (14.1,. multidot., 14.6) is composed of a shirred base knitted fabric and the stretch zone (15.1,. multidot., 15.6) has a reduced mesh count relative to the base knitted fabric.

9. Garment segment according to claim 8, characterized in that the tempering area has a structure extending obliquely and staggered with respect to the body axis (X) by a linear or alternating row offset when knitting.

10. Garment segment according to claim 8, characterized in that the temperature-regulating element has a structure which extends obliquely and staggered with respect to the body axis (X), wherein a linear regularly or irregularly staggered knitting is used in knitting and/or the individual meshes are alternately regularly or irregularly staggered.