IT1245878B - Cotton underwear having composite structure - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention involves forming a textile material by joining together two fabrics made from two yarns 1 and 2 having different thicknesses and consisting of a fibre that allows the skin to breathe, such as cotton, silk or various mixes thereof, these fabrics being held a certain distance apart by a binding thread made of an elastomeric filament 3 in order to produce in the gap thus formed, which defines a microclimate, a uniformly spaced series of air pockets 4 and 5 which help to retain body heat. As the part of the body wearing a garment made out of the said textile material moves, compression forces are generated in the said weave complex which, on account of the varying degree of flexibility of the yarns 1 and 2, cause the two fabric layers to fold on each other, thereby reducing the volume of the air pockets affected, before returning to their initial positions once the forces have been removed, this process repeating itself as a result of the elasticity of the binding yarn 3 which acts as a retaining element. This bellows effect enables sweat to be expelled along with the air. <IMAGE>