CN111566270A

CN111566270A - Woven decoration

Info

Publication number: CN111566270A
Application number: CN201980007370.9A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 约书亚·迪亚兹
Original assignee: Nike Inc
Current assignee: Nike Inc; Nike Innovate CV USA
Priority date: 2018-01-12
Filing date: 2019-01-11
Publication date: 2020-08-21
Also published as: EP3737784B1; US20190216149A1; CN115474721A; EP3737784A1; WO2019140213A1; US20220022580A1

Abstract

A woven trim piece is provided that utilizes "gripping" yarns in the warp direction to increase the coefficient of friction of the trim piece. The gripping yarns are interwoven with the plurality of weft yarns to form a repeating pattern of floats on the first face of the trim piece such that a high percentage of the first face of the trim piece includes the gripping yarns.

Description

Woven decoration

Technical Field

The present invention relates to a woven trim (woven trim piece) that, when incorporated into an article, provides additional traction and friction for securing the article to the body of a wearer.

Background

Conventional trim pieces, such as waistbands, may be used to secure the waist portion of the shorts or pants around the torso region of the wearer. In addition, these trim pieces may use post-processing treatments, such as silicone on the inward-facing surface of the trim piece to provide a degree of traction to help prevent, for example, shirts or sweaters tucked into pants or shorts from shifting or becoming separated during wear. However, perspiration or sweat from the wearer may cause these types of post-processing to become slippery, which may negatively impact its traction function.

Brief Description of Drawings

Examples of the invention are described in detail below with reference to the attached drawing figures, wherein:

fig. 1 illustrates a perspective view of a woven trim piece in accordance with aspects herein;

FIG. 2 illustrates a first face of the woven trim piece taken at the area indicated in FIG. 1, in accordance with aspects herein;

FIG. 3 illustrates an enlarged view of a first face of the woven trim piece taken at the area indicated in FIG. 2, in accordance with aspects hereof;

FIG. 4 illustrates a second face of the knit trim taken at the area indicated in FIG. 1 in accordance with aspects hereof;

FIG. 5 illustrates an enlarged view of a second face of the knit trim taken at the area indicated in FIG. 4 in accordance with aspects hereof;

FIG. 6 illustrates an exemplary knit diagram of the knit trim piece of FIG. 1 in accordance with aspects hereof;

FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary weave diagram of a first alternative woven trim piece having an elastic yarn incorporated therein, in accordance with aspects hereof;

FIG. 8A illustrates an enlarged view of a second face of the first alternative knit trim piece of FIG. 7 in accordance with aspects hereof;

FIG. 8B illustrates an enlarged alternative view of a second face of the first alternative knit trim piece of FIG. 7 in accordance with aspects hereof;

FIG. 9 illustrates an exemplary weave diagram of a second alternative woven trim piece having an elastic yarn incorporated therein, in accordance with aspects hereof;

fig. 10 illustrates a woven trim as described herein incorporated into a lower body garment in accordance with aspects hereof;

fig. 11 illustrates a knitted trim as described herein incorporated into an upper body garment in accordance with aspects hereof; and

fig. 12 illustrates a woven trim as described herein having a sublimation graphic (sublimation graphic) on a second face of the woven trim according to aspects herein.

Detailed description of the invention

The subject matter of the present invention is described with specificity herein to meet statutory requirements. However, the description itself is not intended to limit the scope of this disclosure. Rather, the inventors have contemplated that the disclosed and claimed subject matter might also be embodied in other ways, to include different steps or combinations of steps similar to the ones described in this document, in conjunction with other present or future technologies. Moreover, although the terms "step" and/or "block" may be used herein to connote different elements of methods employed, the terms should not be interpreted as implying any particular order among or between various steps herein disclosed unless and except when the order of individual steps is explicitly stated.

At a high level, aspects herein relate to a woven trim piece incorporating one or more yarns having a very high filament count within a single yarn strand. For example, a single yarn strand may include as many as 7000 or more filaments, such that the denier per filament of the single yarn strand is less than or equal to 0.01 (referred to herein as a "grip yarn"). In an exemplary aspect, the gripping yarn can comprise polyethylene terephthalate (PET) (commonly referred to as polyester). The large number of filaments provides a large surface-to-volume ratio (surface-to-volume ratio) for the individual yarn strands, which contributes to the yarn gripping function. In other words, the large number of filaments within a single strand of yarn gives the single strand a higher coefficient of friction than, for example, more typical yarns that incorporate a smaller number of filaments within the single strand (such as yarns that incorporate between, for example, 50 and 500 filaments per single strand).

The gripping yarn is incorporated into the knitted trim piece in such a way that: a greater percentage of the gripping yarns are exposed on a first side of the knit trim piece than on a second, opposite side of the knit trim piece. In an exemplary aspect, the first side of the woven trim piece may comprise an inward facing surface of the trim piece when the trim piece is incorporated into an article of apparel. One way to achieve a greater percentage of gripping yarns on the first face is by using the gripping yarns as warp yarns and repeatedly floating the gripping yarns over, for example, three or more weft yarns on the first face of the trim piece. Furthermore, the grip yarn floats (grip yarns) are oriented such that their long axes are parallel to the first and second longitudinal edges of the knitted trim piece.

Continuing, when the decorative item is used as a waistband, for example, for shorts or pants, the orientation of the gripping yarn floats will be substantially perpendicular to gravity when the wearer wearing the shorts or pants is in a standing position. Because of their gripping function, the gripping yarn floats can help prevent shorts or pants from shifting downward during wear, especially during wear during strenuous activities such as basketball or soccer. Furthermore, the orientation of the gripping yarn floats will also be substantially perpendicular to the tension created by, for example, upward movement of the wearer's arms or shoulders or twisting of the wearer's torso. Also, because of their gripping function, the gripping yarn floats can help prevent a jersey or shirt that is tucked into the waistband from becoming separated or dislodged during wear.

The woven trim piece may also incorporate non-grip yarns (non-grip yarns) having a low moisture regain (moisture regain) to help provide moisture management features to the woven trim piece, as described further below. In an exemplary aspect, the non-gripping yarns may include PET yarns combined as warp yarns that are woven or interwoven with weft yarns such that a greater percentage of the non-gripping PET warp yarns are exposed on the second face of the woven trim piece. This may be accomplished by repeatedly floating the non-gripping PET warp yarns over, for example, three or more weft yarns on the second side of the woven trim piece. When the trim piece is used in an article of apparel such that the second side of the trim piece includes an outward-facing surface, moisture produced by the wearer may be drawn to the outer surface of the trim piece through capillary action (capillarity action) between the PET yarns and/or filaments. Because a greater percentage of the non-gripping PET yarns are present on the outward-facing surface than on the inward-facing surface, moisture can diffuse and be removed by evaporation. According to aspects herein, non-gripping PET yarns may also be used as weft yarns.

Accordingly, aspects herein relate to a woven trim piece that includes a first lengthwise edge, a second lengthwise edge opposite the first lengthwise edge, a first face, and a second face opposite the first face. In an exemplary aspect, the woven trim piece further comprises a first plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to at least the first lengthwise edge, each yarn of the first plurality of warp yarns having a monofilament denier of less than or equal to 0.01, a second plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to at least the first lengthwise edge, and a plurality of weft yarns extending substantially perpendicular to at least the first lengthwise edge. According to aspects herein, the first plurality of warp yarns is interwoven with the plurality of weft yarns to form a repeating pattern of floats on the first face of the trim piece, and the second plurality of warp yarns is interwoven with the plurality of weft yarns to form the repeating pattern of floats on the second face of the trim piece.

Accordingly, a further aspect herein relates to a woven waistband comprising a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge, a first face, and a second face opposite the first face. The woven waistband includes a first plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to at least the first lengthwise edge, each yarn of the first plurality of warp yarns having a denier per filament of less than or equal to 0.01, and a second plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to at least the first lengthwise edge, and a plurality of weft yarns extending substantially perpendicular to at least the first lengthwise edge, wherein the first plurality of warp yarns are interwoven with the plurality of weft yarns to form a repeating pattern of floating yarns on a first face of the woven waistband, and the second plurality of warp yarns are interwoven with the plurality of weft yarns to form a repeating pattern of floating yarns on a second face of the woven waistband.

Further, aspects herein generally relate to a lower body garment including a torso portion defining a waist opening, two leg portions extending from the torso portion, each leg portion defining a leg opening, and a knitted waistband. The knitted waistband includes a first longitudinal edge, a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge (wherein the second longitudinal edge is coupled to the waist opening of the torso portion), a first face, and a second face opposite the first face. The lower body garment also includes a first plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to the at least first lengthwise edge, each yarn of the first plurality of warp yarns having a monofilament denier of less than or equal to 0.01, a second plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to the at least first lengthwise edge, and a plurality of weft yarns extending substantially perpendicular to the at least first lengthwise edge, wherein the first plurality of warp yarns are interwoven with the plurality of weft yarns to form a repeating pattern of floats on the first face of the woven waistband, and the second plurality of warp yarns are interwoven with the plurality of weft yarns to form a repeating pattern of floats on the second face of the woven waistband.

The term "yarn" as used herein may include any type of filament yarn, such as monofilament or multifilament yarns forming a continuous strand. The term "yarn" may also mean an assembly of fibers twisted or twisted together to form a continuous strand. The yarns may comprise synthetic yarns, such as PET yarns, polyamide (e.g., nylon) yarns, and/or elastic yarns, and may also comprise natural yarns, such as cotton, for example. The term "weaving" as used herein may mean a process in which yarns are interwoven at right angles. As used herein, the term "interlacing" may be defined as the point at which a yarn changes its position from one side or face of a textile to the other side or face of the textile. As used throughout this disclosure, the term "one-over-one interlacing" refers to a woven structure in which a warp yarn passes over a first weft yarn, under an adjacent second weft yarn, and over an adjacent third weft yarn. The term "float" as used herein may be defined as a yarn that passes through more than one vertically oriented yarn at a time before changing position to the other side or face of the textile. The term "warp" as used herein refers to a yarn that passes through a loom in a woven fabric such that it is parallel to the selvedge (selvage). As used herein, the term "weft" (or "weft yarn") refers to a yarn that is perpendicular to the selvedges of the woven fabric and interweaves with the warp yarns.

Continuously, the components of the woven trim piece include warp yarns and weft yarns (weft yarns), with the warp yarns extending in a lengthwise direction of the trim piece and the weft yarns extending in a widthwise direction of the trim piece (i.e., extending in a widthwise direction of the trim piece). In an exemplary aspect, the woven trim piece may be woven during a single weaving event. In this way, a particular warp yarn can extend the length of the woven trim piece. The present disclosure contemplates a number of different types of looms for weaving the woven trim, such as air jet looms, rapier looms, water jet looms, gripper looms, multi-width or multi-beam looms, multi-shed looms, circular looms, jacquard looms, and the like.

Positional terms such as "above," "below," "inboard," "outboard," "upper," "lower," "side," "front," "rear," "horizontal," "vertical," "diagonal," "outwardly facing surface," "inwardly facing surface," and the like, as used herein, will be given their ordinary meaning relative to an article of clothing or apparel incorporating a knitted trim to be worn as intended by an imaginary wearer who is to be worn in an upright position (i.e., standing in an anatomical position). Further, the phrase "configured to contact" or other similar phrases used when describing different portions of a garment or article of apparel with respect to a wearer refers to a garment or article of apparel that is sized for a particular wearer.

Turning now to fig. 1, a perspective view of a woven trim piece 100 is depicted in accordance with aspects herein. The woven trim piece 100 is shown in a circular or circumferential form to indicate how it would likely be incorporated into an article of clothing or apparel. For example, the knitted trim piece 100 may be incorporated as a waistband in a short or pant, an under-band (underband) for a bra or supporting garment, a cuff (cuff) for a jacket or shirt, a hem (cuff) for a long or short pant, a bottom hem for a jacket or coat, or the like. Indeed, the woven trim piece 100, when removed from the loom, will comprise an elongate strip, wherein the strip will have a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The first and second ends may be joined to produce the woven trim piece 100 of fig. 1.

The woven trim piece 100 includes a first face 102 and a second face 104 opposite the first face 102. According to aspects herein, the first face 102 may face the wearer when the garment incorporating the trim piece 100 is worn, with the second face 104 positioned opposite the first face (e.g., facing away from the wearer when the garment is worn). However, it is contemplated herein that the first face 102 may also comprise an outwardly facing surface of the trim piece 100 and the second face 104 may comprise an inwardly facing surface of the trim piece 100. Any and all aspects and any variations thereof are contemplated to be within the aspects herein. For purposes of this discussion, first face 102 will be generally referred to as the portion of the knitted decorative piece 100 that faces the body surface of the wearer when the garment is worn (also referred to as the "inward-facing surface"), and second face 104 will be generally referred to as the portion of the knitted decorative piece 100 that faces away from the wearer when the garment is worn (also referred to as the "outward-facing surface"). As depicted in fig. 1, the woven trim piece 100 includes a first longitudinal edge 112 and a second longitudinal edge 114 opposite the first longitudinal edge 112, wherein the first and

second faces

102, 104 extend between the first and second

longitudinal edges

112, 114.

Turning now to fig. 2, a detailed view of a first face 102 of a woven trim piece 100 is depicted in accordance with aspects herein. As described herein, the woven trim piece 100 is constructed by a weaving process. As depicted in fig. 2, yarns positioned parallel to the first and second

lengthwise edges

112, 114 comprise warp yarns, while yarns positioned perpendicular to the first and second

lengthwise edges

112, 114 comprise weft yarns. More specifically, the warp yarns include at least a first plurality of gripping yarns 106 (shown with hatching) and a second plurality of non-gripping yarns 108 (shown without hatching). And the weft yarns include at least a third plurality of non-gripping weft yarns 110 (shown without hatching).

Fig. 3 illustrates an enlarged view of the first face 102 of the woven trim piece 100 taken at the area indicated in fig. 2, according to aspects herein. As shown in fig. 3, the gripping yarns 106 extend parallel to the first and second

longitudinal edges

112, 114. As described above, the gripping yarn 106 generally comprises a PET yarn having a large number of filaments per single yarn strand (e.g., 7000 filaments or more), such that the gripping yarn 108 has a denier per filament of about 0.01 or less. In exemplary aspects, the gripping yarns 106 may be formed by a "sea-island process".

Continuously, the non-gripping yarns 108 also extend parallel to the first and second

longitudinal edges

112, 114. Examples of non-gripping yarns 108 may be natural yarns, such as cotton, or synthetic yarns, such as PET or polyamide yarns. In one exemplary aspect, the non-gripping yarn 108 comprises an air-jet spun 150 denier/144 filament PET yarn. The use of air-jet spun yarn (air-jet-spun yarn) helps to obtain a softer feel or hand. Also depicted in FIG. 3 are a plurality of weft yarns 110 that extend generally perpendicular to at least the first longitudinal edge 112. The plurality of weft yarns 110 may also be referred to as weft yarns when viewed from a weaving perspective. Examples of weft yarns 110 may be natural yarns, such as cotton, or synthetic yarns, such as polyester or nylon. In one exemplary aspect, weft yarns 110 comprise textured 150 denier/48 filament PET yarns.

As depicted in fig. 3 and in one exemplary aspect, gripping yarns 106 alternate with non-gripping yarns 108 every other yarn along the length of the decorative element 100. Further, in an exemplary aspect, the weave pattern of decorative element 100 is such that each individual gripping yarn, such as gripping yarn 107, floats over a first set of three weft yarns 110 (e.g.,

weft yarns

110a, 110b, and 110c), and then weaves with a second set of weft yarns 110 (e.g.,

weft yarns

110d, 110e, and 110f) in a stacked manner before floating over a third set of three weft yarns 110 (e.g.,

weft yarns

110g, 110h, and 110 i). The pattern continues for the length of the trim piece 100. Further, the remaining gripping yarns 106 are woven in the same pattern such that the floats formed by the individual gripping yarns 106 are vertically aligned in the width direction of the decorative element 100. Describing the weave pattern differently, each float (such as float 109) has a long axis 111, and the long axis 111 of the float 109 is oriented parallel to the first longitudinal edge 112 and parallel to the second longitudinal edge 114.

The result of the weave pattern shown in fig. 3 is that the surface area of the first face 102 of the trim piece 100 includes a greater percentage of gripping yarns 106 than non-gripping yarns 108. Another result of the weave pattern shown in fig. 3 is that the long axis of the floats formed by gripping yarns 106, such as long axis 111 of float 109, is configured to be oriented perpendicular to possible tension and/or gravity when trim piece 100 is incorporated into a garment.

The functional benefits achieved by having a greater percentage of gripping yarns 106 on the first face 102 of the decorative element 100 are: the first face 102 may have a higher coefficient of friction than, for example, the second face 104 of the trim piece 100, or than a trim piece that does not incorporate gripping yarns. Tests performed using the ASTM D1894.2001 standard indicate: when switching from a dry condition to a wet condition, the decorative item 100 increases in coefficient of friction, while when switching from a dry condition to a wet condition, the conventional silicone treatment decreases the coefficient of friction. For example, testing using the ASTM D1894.2001 standard indicates: when transitioning from dry to wet conditions, the coefficient of friction of the trim piece 100 increases from about 15% to about 45% (as used herein, the term "about" means within ± 10%). In exemplary aspects, this may be due to the gripping yarn having a large number of filaments per yarn strand, which enables the gripping yarn to trap a greater volume of water between the filaments than a yarn having a smaller number of filaments. This may cause the gripping yarn to swell, resulting in a larger surface area (i.e., a larger surface area to volume ratio) for providing friction. In other words, the larger number of filaments in the gripping yarn allows the gripping yarn to trap more moisture than the non-gripping yarn and, therefore, the surface area expansion of the gripping yarn is greater than the surface area expansion of the non-gripping yarn.

Functional benefits are also obtained by orienting the long axis of the gripping yarn floats parallel to the first and second longitudinal edges 112/114 and perpendicular to possible gravitational and/or tensile forces. For example, when the trim piece 100 is incorporated into a waistband, such as a pair of pants or shorts, gravity exerts a downward force on the waistband. By orienting the gripping yarn floats perpendicular to this gravitational force, the gripping function of the gripping yarns 106 helps to hold the waistband in a relatively fixed position. Using this same example, when a shirt or jersey is tucked into a waistband, it may be subjected to upward tension, such as that caused by the wearer lifting her arms. This may be particularly true during athletic activities such as basketball. By orienting the gripping yarn floats substantially perpendicular to this type of tension, the gripping function of the gripping yarns 106 helps keep the shirt or jersey tucked in and can prevent the shirt or jersey from twisting during wear.

Turning now to fig. 4, a second face 104 of the woven trim piece 100 is depicted in accordance with aspects herein. Similar to that depicted in fig. 2, fig. 4 depicts the second side 104 extending between a first longitudinal edge 112 and a second longitudinal edge 114. According to aspects herein, the second face 104 differs from the first face 102 in that the non-gripping yarns 108 float over the weft yarns 110, rather than the gripping yarns 106. In other words, gripping yarns 106 form floats on the first side 102 of the knit trim piece 100, while non-gripping yarns 108 form floats on the second side 104 of the knit trim piece 100.

Turning now to fig. 5, an enlarged view of the second face 104 of the woven trim piece 100 is depicted taken at the area indicated in fig. 4. The weave pattern of the second side 104 is the reverse of the weave pattern shown in fig. 3. As shown, the non-gripping yarns 108 alternate with the gripping yarns 106 every other yarn along the length of the trim piece 100. Further, each individual non-gripping yarn, such as non-gripping yarn 113, floats over a first set of three weft yarns 110 (e.g., weft yarns 110j, 110k, and 110l), and then weaves with a second set of weft yarns (e.g.,

weft yarns

110m, 110n, and 110o) in a stacked manner before floating over a third set of weft yarns 110 (e.g.,

weft yarns

110p, 110q, and 110 r). The pattern continues for the length of the trim piece 100. The remaining non-gripping yarns 108 are woven in the same pattern so that the floats formed by the individual non-gripping yarns 108 are vertically aligned in the width direction of the trim piece 100. Similar to the floats formed by the gripping yarns 106, each float formed by the non-gripping yarns 108 has a long axis, and the long axes of the non-gripping yarn floats are oriented parallel to the first and second

longitudinal edges

112, 114. Due to this construction, the second face 104 includes a greater percentage of non-gripping yarns 108 than gripping yarns 106. As depicted in fig. 3 and 5, the gripping yarns 106 and the non-gripping yarns 108 are depicted as floating over three weft yarns 110. This depiction is merely exemplary, and gripping yarns 106 and non-gripping yarns 108 may float over more than three weft yarns 110 to provide the desired characteristics of woven trim piece 100.

The functional benefits achieved by having a greater percentage of non-gripping yarns 108 on the second side 104 of the trim piece 100 are: the non-gripping yarns 108 may help spread moisture in the form of sweat or sweat on the second face 104 of the trim piece 104 where it may evaporate more easily, resulting in a faster dry time of the trim piece 100. This may be accomplished by forming the non-gripping yarns 108 from, for example, PET or polyamide. These yarns generally absorb less moisture than, for example, cotton yarns, and thus dry faster. For example, the moisture regain of a textile formed from PET yarn is about 0.4%, and the moisture regain of a textile formed from polyamide yarn is about 4.5%. This is in contrast to textiles formed from, for example, cotton, which have a moisture regain of about 8.5%. Furthermore, because PET and polyamide yarns generally absorb less moisture than, for example, cotton yarns, these yarn types promote moisture wicking via capillary action between the yarns and/or filaments forming the yarns. Thus, to reiterate, perspiration or moisture generated by the wearer can be delivered to the second face 104 of the trim piece 100 where the non-gripping yarn floats facilitate the distribution of moisture on the second face 104.

Turning now to fig. 6, an exemplary weave pattern 600 of the woven trim piece 100 is depicted. The weave diagram 600 is depicted as a cross-sectional view cut parallel to the warp yarns. As depicted in fig. 6, the warp yarns include gripping yarns 106 and non-gripping yarns 108, and the weft yarns are represented by reference numeral 110. In fig. 6, the gripping yarns 106 are woven in a repeating pattern such that the gripping yarns 106 pass over (or float over) three adjacent weft yarns 110 on the first side 102 of the trim piece 100 before traveling to the second side 104 of the trim piece. The gripping yarn 106 is then interwoven with the next set of three adjacent weft yarns 110 in an interweaving manner one on top of the other. After the set is interwoven one on top of the other, the gripping yarns 106 pass over (or float over) the next set of three weft yarns 110 on the first side 102 of the decorative element 100 before traveling to the second side 104 of the decorative element 100.

Continuing, the non-gripping yarns 108 are woven in an inverse pattern such that the non-gripping yarns float positioned on the second side 104 of the trim piece. In other words, after the gripping yarns 106 and the non-gripping yarns 108 "float" over three adjacent weft yarns 110 on opposite sides of the decorative element 100, the gripping yarns 106 and the non-gripping yarns 108 are woven in an over-under-over configuration (i.e., odd interweaving) such that the next float in the pattern of gripping yarns 106 appears on the same face of the decorative element 100 (i.e., first face 102) as the previous float of gripping yarns 106 and the next float in the pattern of non-gripping yarns 108 appears on the same face of the decorative element 100 (i.e., second face 104) as the previous float of non-gripping yarns 108.

It is contemplated herein that decorative element 100 may include one or more elastic yarns (yarns that may provide greater than 200% of maximum stretch under load before returning to its unstretched state when the load is removed). Exemplary elastic yarns may include, for example, 840 denier elastic yarns covered with PET yarns. When trim piece 100 is in the form of a waistband, underband, or the like, to provide circumferential tension to trim piece 100, elastic yarns may be positioned in the warp yarns such that they extend the length of trim piece 100. FIG. 7 illustrates an exemplary weave diagram 700 of a woven trim piece having elastic warp yarns 109 (shown in black shading) incorporated therein. Similar to fig. 6, the weave diagram 700 is depicted as a cross-sectional view cut parallel to the warp yarns. The braided configuration of the gripping yarns 106 and the non-gripping yarns 108 in fig. 7 is similar to the braided configuration of the gripping yarns 106 and the non-gripping yarns 108 depicted in fig. 6. Elastic yarns 109 are interwoven with weft yarns 110 in an over-under-over configuration (i.e., in a stacked and interwoven manner). Similar to the gripping yarns 106 and the non-gripping yarns 108, the elastic yarns 109 are configured to extend parallel to at least a first lengthwise edge 112 and a second lengthwise edge 114 of the decorative element 100.

Turning now to fig. 8A, various views of a weave pattern 700 are depicted in accordance with aspects herein. In fig. 8A, which illustrates the second face 104 of the exemplary trim piece, the warp yarns alternate in a triplet-like pattern 805, with a gripping yarn 106 followed by a non-gripping yarn 108, followed by an elastic yarn 109. The warp yarn pattern then repeats itself with another gripping yarn 106 placed sequentially behind or adjacent to the preceding elastic yarn 109. As discussed with respect to fig. 7, elastic yarns 109 may be used to achieve desired stretch properties of woven trim piece 100. Similar to fig. 8A, fig. 8B depicts a triplet pattern 810 in an alternative configuration. As depicted in fig. 8B, the triple set pattern 810 defines the warp yarns of the weave pattern, starting with the gripping yarn 106 and ending with the non-gripping yarn 108, with the elastic yarn 109 positioned between the gripping yarn 106 and the non-gripping yarn 108. This triplet pattern repeats throughout the structure of fig. 8B. Likewise, elastic yarns 109 may be used to achieve desired stretch properties of the woven trim piece 100.

As stated above, it is contemplated herein that the gripping yarns 106 and the non-gripping yarns 108 may float over more than three weft yarns. An example of this is shown in fig. 9, which depicts a weave pattern 900 taken in a cross-section parallel to the warp yarns. For example, the weave diagram 900 depicts gripping yarns 106 floating over five weft yarns 110 on a first side 102 of the trim piece, and non-gripping yarns 108 floating over the same five weft yarns on a second side 104 of the trim piece 100. Similar to weave diagrams 600 and 700, adjacent floats of gripping yarn 106 and adjacent floats of non-gripping yarn 108 are separated by a set of interlaces (three interlaces in this example). Weave diagram 900 also illustrates the incorporation of elastic yarns 109, which elastic yarns 109 are woven in an over-under-over configuration (i.e., a stack-by-stack weave). It is contemplated herein that elastic yarn 109 may not be used.

Turning now to fig. 10, a woven trim piece 100 is depicted incorporated into a lower body garment 200. In fig. 10, the lower body garment 200 is depicted as a pair of athletic shorts, although other types of lower body garments are considered to be within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, the lower body garment 200 may be a pair of slackening pants or another type of athletic pants. Alternatively, the lower body garment 200 may be specifically customized for an activity, such as a pair of rugby pants. Any and all types of lower body garments are considered to be within the scope of the present disclosure. In fig. 10, the lower body garment 200 includes a torso portion 220 defining a waist opening 222 and two

leg portions

224A and 224B extending from the torso portion 220. In addition, each

leg portion

224A and 224B defines a leg opening 226A and 2226B. The woven trim piece 100 described herein is attached to the lower body garment 200 (e.g., via stitching, bonding, welding, etc.) such that the woven trim piece 100 at least partially defines the waist opening 222. Thus, in fig. 10, the woven decoration 100 functions as a waistband for fixing the lower body garment 200 to the body of the wearer. Further, according to aspects herein, the knitted trim 100 may be integrally formed in the lower body garment 200 such that the knitted trim 100 and the lower body garment 200 comprise a unitary construction.

When the lower body garment 200 is worn, the first side 102 of the trim piece 100 is positioned to face inward so as to be adjacent to the body surface of the wearer. As explained above, the first face 102 of the trim piece 100 includes a greater percentage of gripping yarns 106 than the second face 104 of the trim piece 100. A greater percentage of the gripping yarns 106 helps increase the coefficient of friction of the first face 102, which can help prevent the lower body garment 200 from shifting during wear, and can also help prevent a shirt or jersey tucked into the lower body garment 200 from becoming separated. The second side 104 of the garnish 100 is positioned to face outward when the lower body garment 200 is worn. The second face 104 includes a greater percentage of non-gripping yarns 108 (e.g., PET yarns) than the first face 102 of the trim piece 100. A greater percentage of the non-gripping yarns 108 help spread any moisture that is drawn away from the body of the wearer over the second face 104 where it can subsequently evaporate.

Turning now to fig. 11, the woven trim piece 100 is depicted as being incorporated into an upper body garment 300. In fig. 11, the upper body garment 300 is depicted as a support garment, such as a sport bra, although other types of upper body garments are considered to be within the scope of the present disclosure. For example, upper body suit 300 may be a long sleeve jersey, a cap top, a running or winter jacket, a short or long sleeve t-shirt, and the like, and trim 100 may include a bottom waistband, cuffs, a collar, and the like. In fig. 11, the upper body garment 300 includes a torso portion 320, a lower body opening 322, and two

arm holes

324A and 324B. The knitted trim 100 is attached to the upper body garment 300 such that the knitted trim 100 at least partially defines a lower body opening 322. The decoration 100 incorporated into the upper body garment 300 will function similarly to that described with respect to the lower body garment 200 (e.g., to prevent the garment 300 from shifting during wear, etc.).

Turning now to fig. 12, the woven trim piece 100 described herein is depicted as further including graphics 116 produced by, for example, sublimation printing. The graphic 116 is represented in fig. 12 as two small stars with a larger star placed between them, although this configuration is merely exemplary of one type of graphic considered within the scope of the present disclosure. As described herein, sublimation printing produces a print or graphic by thermally transferring sublimation dyes to the entire fabric rather than laminating ink to the surface of the fabric. It is known that sublimation dyes have affinity for (or optimally bind to) PET yarns and are better absorbed by textiles formed from PET than textiles formed from, for example, cotton. As described throughout this disclosure, the woven waistband 100 comprises a large percentage of PET because both the non-gripping warp yarns 108 and the weft yarns 110 can comprise PET filaments. By forming the second face 104 of the woven trim piece 100 to include a greater percentage of PET, the second face 104 presents an optimized surface for sublimation printing.

Examples of the present invention have been described for illustrative, but not limiting, purposes. Alternative examples will become apparent to those skilled in the art that do not depart from the scope of the invention. Alternative means of accomplishing the foregoing improvements may be devised by those skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present invention.

It will be understood that certain features and subcombinations are of utility and may be employed without reference to other features and subcombinations and are contemplated within the scope of the claims.

Claims

1. A woven trim piece comprising: a first lengthwise edge; a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge; a first side; a second face opposite the first face; a first plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to at least the first lengthwise edge, each yarn of the first plurality of warp yarns having a denier per filament of less than or equal to 0.01; a second plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to at least the first lengthwise edge; and a plurality of weft yarns extending substantially perpendicular to at least the first longitudinal edge, wherein: the first plurality of warp yarns interweaves with the plurality of weft yarns to form a repeating pattern of floats on the first face of the trim piece, and the second plurality of warp yarns interweaves with the plurality of weft yarns to form a repeating pattern of floats on the second face of the trim piece.

2. The woven trim piece of claim 1, wherein the floats formed by the first plurality of warp yarns extend over at least three weft yarns on the first face of the trim piece.

3. The woven trim piece of claim 2, wherein the floats formed by the second plurality of warp yarns extend over at least three weft yarns on the second face of the trim piece.

4. The woven trim piece of claim 3, wherein each warp yarn of the first plurality of warp yarns alternates with a warp yarn of the second plurality of warp yarns in a width direction of the trim piece.

5. The woven trim piece of claim 4, wherein for each warp yarn of the first plurality of warp yarns, the repeating pattern of floats on the first face of the trim piece comprises first floats separated from second floats by a first set of one-on-one weaves.

6. The woven trim of claim 5, wherein the first set of one stack of interlaces comprises at least three interlaces.

7. The woven trim piece of claim 4, wherein for each warp yarn of the second plurality of warp yarns, the repeating pattern of floats on the second face of the trim piece comprises first floats separated from second floats by a stack of interlaces of a second set.

8. The woven trim of claim 7, wherein the second set of one stack of interlaces comprises at least three interlaces.

9. The woven trim piece of claim 1, wherein the first plurality of warp yarns comprises polyethylene terephthalate (PET) yarns.

10. The woven trim piece of claim 1, wherein the second plurality of warp yarns comprises one of polyamide yarns and polyethylene terephthalate (PET) yarns.

11. The woven trim piece of claim 1, wherein the plurality of weft yarns comprise polyethylene terephthalate (PET) yarns.

12. The woven trim piece of claim 1, further comprising a third plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to at least the first lengthwise edge, the third plurality of warp yarns comprising an elastic yarn.

13. The woven trim piece of claim 12, wherein the third plurality of warp yarns interweaves with the plurality of weft yarns in a stack-by-stack interweaving manner.

14. A woven waistband comprising: a first lengthwise edge; a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge; a first side; a second face opposite the first face; a first plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to at least the first lengthwise edge, each yarn of the first plurality of warp yarns having a denier per filament of less than or equal to 0.01; a second plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to at least the first lengthwise edge; and a plurality of weft yarns extending substantially perpendicular to at least the first longitudinal edge, wherein: the first plurality of warp yarns interweaves with the plurality of weft yarns to form a repeating pattern of floats on the first face of the woven waistband, and the second plurality of warp yarns interweaves with the plurality of weft yarns to form a repeating pattern of floats on the second face of the woven waistband.

15. The woven waistband of claim 14, further comprising sublimation printing on the second face of the woven waistband.

16. The woven waistband of claim 15, wherein the first side of the woven waistband comprises an inward-facing surface when the woven waistband is incorporated into an article of apparel.

17. A lower body garment comprising: a torso portion defining a waist opening; two leg portions extending from the torso portion, each leg portion defining a leg opening; and a woven waistband, the woven waistband comprising: a first lengthwise edge; a second longitudinal edge opposite the first longitudinal edge, wherein the second longitudinal edge is coupled to the waist opening of the torso portion; a first side; a second face opposite the first face; a first plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to at least the first lengthwise edge, each yarn of the first plurality of warp yarns having a denier per filament of less than or equal to 0.01; a second plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to at least the first lengthwise edge; and a plurality of weft yarns extending substantially perpendicular to at least the first longitudinal edge, wherein: the first plurality of warp yarns interweaves with the plurality of weft yarns to form a repeating pattern of floats on the first face of the woven waistband, and the second plurality of warp yarns interweaves with the plurality of weft yarns to form a repeating pattern of floats on the second face of the woven waistband.

18. The article of apparel recited in claim 17, wherein the first face forms an inward-facing surface of the woven waistband, and wherein the second face forms an outward-facing surface of the woven waistband.

19. The article of apparel recited in claim 17, the woven waistband further including a third plurality of warp yarns extending parallel to at least the first lengthwise edge, the third plurality of warp yarns including elastic yarns.

20. The article of apparel recited in claim 17, wherein the third plurality of warp yarns is interwoven with the plurality of weft yarns in a pile-on-pile interweaving manner.