EP0993254B1 - Method for forming leather or fabric suits, jackets or trousers provided with protection elements, and article of clothing obtained by the method - Google Patents

Method for forming leather or fabric suits, jackets or trousers provided with protection elements, and article of clothing obtained by the method Download PDF

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EP0993254B1
EP0993254B1 EP98925606A EP98925606A EP0993254B1 EP 0993254 B1 EP0993254 B1 EP 0993254B1 EP 98925606 A EP98925606 A EP 98925606A EP 98925606 A EP98925606 A EP 98925606A EP 0993254 B1 EP0993254 B1 EP 0993254B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/015—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with shock-absorbing means
    • A41D13/0153—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with shock-absorbing means having hinged or separable parts
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D13/00—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches
    • A41D13/05—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches protecting only a particular body part
    • A41D13/055—Protector fastening, e.g. on the human body
    • A41D13/0556—Protector fastening, e.g. on the human body with releasable fastening means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2600/00—Uses of garments specially adapted for specific purposes
    • A41D2600/10—Uses of garments specially adapted for specific purposes for sport activities
    • A41D2600/102—Motorcycling

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  • This invention relates to a method for forming leather or fabric suits, jackets or trousers provided with protection elements, and an article of clothing obtained by the method.
  • Protection elements for body parts, applied to leather or fabric suits, jackets or trousers for motorcyclists, are known consisting of substantially rigid paddings and/or shields which in the case of a fall absorb impact to protect those parts of the motorcyclist's body most exposed to injury and fracture (shoulders, elbows, knees, shin-bone, etc.).
  • Such elements generally comprise an outer shell constructed of substantially rigid plastic, and a soft inner layer of low-memory rubber of impact absorption.
  • FR-A-2600900 discloses a very thin shell covering the part of the body to be protected, produced from a fibrous reinforcement impregnated with a inorganic matrix. A shock absorbing material is placed between the inner face of the shell and the body.
  • FR-A-2539007 discloses a protection for a woman's breasts when she takes part in sports, comprising a strip of transpolyisoprene modelled on the thorax of the woman padded with a foam and fitted in a brassiere.
  • CH-A-638665 discloses an ice hockey players suit which has firm protective means for the part of the body.
  • An object of the invention is to eliminate these drawbacks by providing a suit and/or a jacket and/or trousers comprising protection elements, in which rigorously stable positioning of these elements is ensured.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a suit and/or a jacket and/or trousers which offer very reliable protection over the entire associated with the protection element.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a suit and/or a jacket and/or trousers in which the risk of laceration of the leather or fabric in the case of a fall is considerably reduced.
  • the invention also provides an article of clothing as described in claim 3.
  • Other particular embodiments of the invention are set out in claims 2 and 4.
  • the method for forming the suit or jacket or trousers comprises a first stage in which the leather 1 or fabric is wetted so that during drying it shrinks and hence becomes more elastic.
  • the leather or fabric is then positioned within the mould of a thermoforming press and locked along its edges.
  • the press is then operated to thermoform the leather or fabric such as to form a shoulder, elbow, knee etc. according to requirements.
  • thermoformed leather or fabric After being left for a certain period of time the mould is opened and the thermoformed leather or fabric is positioned in a subsequent station in which a perforated plastic shell 2 of suitable shape and dimensions is positioned on the region to be protected.
  • the leather or fabric and the shell applied to it are then subjected to the injection of a foam 3 which on one side becomes interposed between the shell and the leather or fabric and on the other side covers the shell in such a manner as to form with it a type of sandwich.
  • a fabric 4 consisting of two layers with an interspace of about 3 mm therebetween is then applied to the stratified construction obtained in this manner.
  • the piece of leather or fabric, with the protection applied to it, is then sewn along the two edges to form a band which is then sewn externally to hence increase the degree of reliability of the stitching, and make the appearance of the stitching more attractive.
  • the plastic shell is not included.
  • the protection is more flexible but the foam composition must be appropriate to ensure that the desired level of protection is achieved.

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  • Professional, Industrial, Or Sporting Protective Garments (AREA)
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  • Outer Garments And Coats (AREA)
  • Laminated Bodies (AREA)
  • Undergarments, Swaddling Clothes, Handkerchiefs Or Underwear Materials (AREA)
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Abstract

A method for forming suits, jackets or trousers provided with protection elements, characterised by: thermoforming leather (1) or fabric to obtain a portion shaped in accordance with the anatomy of that part of the body to be protected; injecting a foam (3) onto said anatomical portion from the inner side of the leather or fabric.

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  • This invention relates to a method for forming leather or fabric suits, jackets or trousers provided with protection elements, and an article of clothing obtained by the method.
  • Protection elements for body parts, applied to leather or fabric suits, jackets or trousers for motorcyclists, are known consisting of substantially rigid paddings and/or shields which in the case of a fall absorb impact to protect those parts of the motorcyclist's body most exposed to injury and fracture (shoulders, elbows, knees, shin-bone, etc.).
  • Such elements generally comprise an outer shell constructed of substantially rigid plastic, and a soft inner layer of low-memory rubber of impact absorption.
  • These elements are generally applied to the interior of the suit or jacket lining (in the case of the shoulders) or within suitable pockets provided on the outside of the suit or trousers (in the case of the knees), or within suitable internal pockets of the suit or jacket (for the elbows) or of the suit or trousers (for the shin-bones).
  • These known protection elements have however certain drawbacks, namely:
    • a difficulty in maintaining correct position during use and in particular in the case of a fall,
    • unsatisfactory protection in that their heterogeneous construction material does not ensure effective distribution of the protective effect,
    • in the case of a fall by the motorcyclist, possible laceration of the leather or fabric by the rubbing of the constituent rigid material of the outer shell against the leather or fabric.
  • FR-A-2600900 discloses a very thin shell covering the part of the body to be protected, produced from a fibrous reinforcement impregnated with a inorganic matrix. A shock absorbing material is placed between the inner face of the shell and the body.
  • FR-A-2539007 discloses a protection for a woman's breasts when she takes part in sports, comprising a strip of transpolyisoprene modelled on the thorax of the woman padded with a foam and fitted in a brassiere.
  • CH-A-638665 discloses an ice hockey players suit which has firm protective means for the part of the body.
  • An object of the invention is to eliminate these drawbacks by providing a suit and/or a jacket and/or trousers comprising protection elements, in which rigorously stable positioning of these elements is ensured.
  • A further object of the invention is to provide a suit and/or a jacket and/or trousers which offer very reliable protection over the entire associated with the protection element.
  • A further object of the invention is to provide a suit and/or a jacket and/or trousers in which the risk of laceration of the leather or fabric in the case of a fall is considerably reduced.
  • These and further objects which will be apparent from the ensuing description are attained according to the invention by a method for forming article of clothing such as suits, jackets trousers provided with protection elements as described in claim 1.
  • The invention also provides an article of clothing as described in claim 3. Other particular embodiments of the invention are set out in claims 2 and 4.
  • A preferred embodiment of the present invention and a modification thereof are described in detail hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, on which:
  • Figure 1 is a longitudinal section through a suit portion provided with protection,
  • Figure 2 shows a modification thereof, and
  • Figure 3 shows a second modification thereof.
  • As can be seen from the figures, the method for forming the suit or jacket or trousers comprises a first stage in which the leather 1 or fabric is wetted so that during drying it shrinks and hence becomes more elastic.
  • The leather or fabric is then positioned within the mould of a thermoforming press and locked along its edges. The press is then operated to thermoform the leather or fabric such as to form a shoulder, elbow, knee etc. according to requirements.
  • After being left for a certain period of time the mould is opened and the thermoformed leather or fabric is positioned in a subsequent station in which a perforated plastic shell 2 of suitable shape and dimensions is positioned on the region to be protected.
  • The leather or fabric and the shell applied to it are then subjected to the injection of a foam 3 which on one side becomes interposed between the shell and the leather or fabric and on the other side covers the shell in such a manner as to form with it a type of sandwich.
  • A fabric 4 consisting of two layers with an interspace of about 3 mm therebetween is then applied to the stratified construction obtained in this manner. The piece of leather or fabric, with the protection applied to it, is then sewn along the two edges to form a band which is then sewn externally to hence increase the degree of reliability of the stitching, and make the appearance of the stitching more attractive.
  • In the embodiment shown in Figure 3, which is not relating to the subject-matter of the appended claims, the plastic shell is not included. In this case the protection is more flexible but the foam composition must be appropriate to ensure that the desired level of protection is achieved.
  • From the aforegoing it is apparent that the method of the invention offers numerous advantages and in particular:
    • it ensures rigorously stable positioning of the protection relative to the anatomical region to be protected,
    • it offers a high level of protection given the compactness of the combination and its ability to distribute the effects of an impact over the entire protected region,
    • it reduces the risk of laceration of the leather in the case of a fall by the elimination of those sewing runs subjected to the highest risk of opening/breakage.

Claims (4)

  1. A method for forming article of clothing such as suit, jacket or trousers provided with protection elements, comprising the step of:
    thermoforming a portion of the leather (1) or fabric forming the article of clothing to obtain a portion shaped in accordance with the anatomy of that part of the body to be protected,
    applying by injection a foam (3) onto said anatomical portion from the inner side of the leather or fabric of said article of clothing,
    characterised in that before injecting the foam (3), a perforated plastic shell is applied near the inner side of the leather in the region to be protected, the injected foam being thus interposed between the leather and the shell and covering also the shell.
  2. A method as claimed in claim 1, characterised in that an interspaced fabric (4) is applied to said foam covering the shell.
  3. A leather or fabric article of clothing obtained by the method of claims 1 to 2, comprising a thermoformed portion of article of clothing shaped in accordance with the anatomy of the part of the body to be protected and lined internally with a layer of injected foam (3), characterised by also comprising a perforated plastic shell (2) retained by being sandwiched by the injected foam.
  4. An article of clothing as claimed in claim 3, characterised in that the foamed layer is lined with two layer interspaced fabric (4).
EP98925606A 1997-06-27 1998-05-15 Method for forming leather or fabric suits, jackets or trousers provided with protection elements, and article of clothing obtained by the method Expired - Lifetime EP0993254B1 (en)

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ITVE970027 1997-06-27
IT97VE000027A IT1294579B1 (en) 1997-06-27 1997-06-27 PROCEDURE FOR CREATING OVERALLS, JACKETS, LEATHER AND/OR FABRIC TROUSERS EQUIPPED WITH PROTECTIVE ELEMENTS AND CLOTHING
PCT/EP1998/002882 WO1999000030A1 (en) 1997-06-27 1998-05-15 Method for forming leather or fabric suits, jackets or trousers provided with protection elements, and article of clothing obtained by the method

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CH638665A5 (en) * 1979-05-10 1983-10-14 Reto Delnon Protective garment, in particular for ice hockey players
FR2539007A1 (en) * 1983-01-11 1984-07-13 Benoliel Jeannine Development of a system for protecting a woman's breasts when she takes part in various sports
FR2600900B1 (en) * 1986-04-16 1991-05-17 Commissariat Energie Atomique DEVICE FOR PROTECTING AND / OR HOLDING A PART OF A HUMAN OR ANIMAL BODY, PARTICULARLY THE LEGS OF A FOOTBALL PLAYER, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SUCH A DEVICE

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