US20120151650A1 - High-visibility garment for a user of a motor vehicle - Google Patents

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US20120151650A1
US20120151650A1 US13/329,850 US201113329850A US2012151650A1 US 20120151650 A1 US20120151650 A1 US 20120151650A1 US 201113329850 A US201113329850 A US 201113329850A US 2012151650 A1 US2012151650 A1 US 2012151650A1
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Henning Sparrer
Sven Diener
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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
    • A41D13/01—Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with reflective or luminous safety means
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D31/00—Materials specially adapted for outerwear
    • A41D31/04—Materials specially adapted for outerwear characterised by special function or use
    • A41D31/32—Retroreflective
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41H—APPLIANCES OR METHODS FOR MAKING CLOTHES, e.g. FOR DRESS-MAKING OR FOR TAILORING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • A41H43/00—Other methods, machines or appliances
    • A41H43/02—Handling garment parts or blanks, e.g. feeding, piling, separating or reversing
    • A41H43/025—Folding, unfolding or turning over
    • A41H43/0257—Folding
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B25/00—Packaging other articles presenting special problems
    • B65B25/20—Packaging garments, e.g. socks, stockings, shirts
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D21/00—Nestable, stackable or joinable containers; Containers of variable capacity
    • B65D21/02—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together
    • B65D21/0201—Containers specially shaped, or provided with fittings or attachments, to facilitate nesting, stacking, or joining together stackable or joined together side-by-side
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D75/00—Packages comprising articles or materials partially or wholly enclosed in strips, sheets, blanks, tubes, or webs of flexible sheet material, e.g. in folded wrappers
    • B65D75/40—Packages formed by enclosing successive articles, or increments of material, in webs, e.g. folded or tubular webs, or by subdividing tubes filled with liquid, semi-liquid, or plastic materials
    • B65D75/42—Chains of interconnected packages
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2400/00—Functions or special features of garments
    • A41D2400/42—Foldable
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A41—WEARING APPAREL
    • A41D—OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES
    • A41D2400/00—Functions or special features of garments
    • A41D2400/52—Disposable
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65B—MACHINES, APPARATUS OR DEVICES FOR, OR METHODS OF, PACKAGING ARTICLES OR MATERIALS; UNPACKING
    • B65B63/00—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged
    • B65B63/04—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for folding or winding articles, e.g. gloves or stockings
    • B65B63/045—Auxiliary devices, not otherwise provided for, for operating on articles or materials to be packaged for folding or winding articles, e.g. gloves or stockings for folding garments, e.g. stockings, shirts

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  • the invention relates to a high-visibility garment for a user of a motor vehicle, having at least one light-reflecting pattern, and to a packaging for a high-visibility garment of this type, and to a pack arrangement having packagings of this type, and finally to a method for producing a high-visibility garment of this type.
  • a high-visibility vest is generally known for use in road traffic and in particular for carrying in a motor vehicle.
  • the high-visibility vest is realized in a luminous color and has a plurality of reflector strips stitched thereon.
  • the high-visibility garment is produced from a single-layer textile web or plastics sheet material, the thickness of which is of such small dimensions that the high-visibility vest can be folded up to a pack volume within a range of from 20 cm 3 to 50 cm 3 .
  • the high-visibility garment according to the invention is therefore much smaller in the folded-up state than conventional high-visibility nests which have, for example, a pack volume of 360 cm 3 . It is thereby possible to stow the high-visibility garment in a particularly space-saving manner. It can be accommodated, in particular in the vehicle interior, at locations which are easily accessible from the seat positions of the motor vehicle without significantly restricting the available stowage space in the vehicle interior.
  • the high-visibility garment can be designed as a classic high-visibility vest with two lateral arm openings and with or without a front-side fastener.
  • An essential feature of the high-visibility garment is that a sufficiently large back and chest surface is provided so as to make it easy to see a person provided with the high-visibility garment. Open sides of the high-visibility garment, i.e.
  • the front side in the case of a vest and the side flanks in the case of a poncho can be closed by at least one rubber band, by a touch-and-close fastener, by straps or ties or the like. It is possible to provide a peripheral cord or belt arrangement of a width sufficient to enable the high-visibility garment to be thrown over or pulled over. After the garment has been thrown over or pulled over, the cord or belt arrangement is pulled tight in the hip or chest region.
  • the high-visibility garment is joined together from a plurality of blank parts.
  • the high-visibility garment consists of at least two blank parts.
  • the joining-together of the blank parts advantageously takes place via an integrally bonded connection, such as welding or adhesive bonding.
  • the joining-together preferably takes place by an integrally bonded connection taking place in an abutting manner, in particular by welding. It is also possible to connect the blank parts to one another in an overlapping manner instead of in an abutting manner.
  • the at least one light-reflecting pattern is applied in an integrally bonded manner to the high-visibility garment as a thin coating.
  • the application can preferably be undertaken by printing.
  • the pattern can be applied by spreading or flocking or else adhesive bonding in the form of thin adhesive strips.
  • the light-reflecting pattern is of retro-reflecting design. This means that reflection takes place substantially independently of an orientation of the reflector at least substantially in the direction of the radiation source. In an advantageous manner, the retro-reflection takes place in accordance with German industry standard DIN EN471.
  • the single-layer textile web or plastics sheet material is of at least substantially crumple-free design, and/or the textile web or plastics sheet material has a melting point >60° C.
  • the heat resistance ensures protection in the event of fire, and if the engine compartment is hot or in an environment which is hot for other reasons.
  • the low-crumple design ensures that the high-visibility vest at least substantially opens from the folded-up state when spreading out into the functional state in order to be able to be tightened in a simple manner and in order to be able to fulfill the desired protective function.
  • At least one blank part from the textile web or plastics sheet material is provided with three-dimensional texturing, in particular an arrangement of impressions, the texturing in particular having a pattern of pyramid-shaped impressions distributed over the surface of the blank part.
  • the three-dimensional texturing ensures that layers of the high-visibility garment which lie on one another in the folded-up state do not adhesively bond to one another or stick together in another manner. Texturing by means of pyramid-like depressions which are calendered in is particularly advantageous. Texturing of this type permits space-saving folding-up of the high-visibility garment, since pyramid peaks and pyramid depressions of the different layers when lying one above another can each be found in one another.
  • the high-visibility vest can be folded up by rolling and/or folding. These are particularly simple ways of ensuring that the high-visibility vest is rapidly folded up to the compact pack volume, and in order to permit the high-visibility vest to be rapidly and reliably spread out into the functional state.
  • the object on which the invention is based is also achieved by a packaging for a high-visibility garment, in which the packaging has a holding volume of less than 60 cm 3 .
  • the packaging is provided to hold the high-visibility garment in the folded-up state and to secure the garment in said folded-up position.
  • the packaging is preferably designed in the form of a bag or box. It may be produced from a plastics sheet material or from cardboard or from a flexible textile fabric or a textile knitted or mesh product.
  • the packaging preferably constitutes a thin, flexible external packaging which fits directly on the outside of the outer contour of the folded-up high-visibility garment.
  • a compactly folded-up high-visibility garment is preferably welded into a corresponding plastics sheet which serves as the packaging. In the closed state, the packaging is advantageously sealed in an airtight manner.
  • a holding space of the packaging in the closed state has a triangular cross section.
  • a pack arrangement is advantageously equipped with at least two packagings provided with high-visibility garments according to the invention, wherein the packagings are connected to one another via predetermined tearing lines.
  • the pack arrangement according to the invention comprises a plurality of packagings and a plurality of high-visibility garments, wherein, when required, a high-visibility garment in the form of a high-visibility vest or the like together with the corresponding packaging thereof can be torn off from the pack arrangement in a simple manner.
  • a plurality of packagings which are filled with high-visibility garments and have a triangular cross section lie one on another in a block-shaped manner in two parallel planes. This can result in a cross-sectionally trapezoidal pack arrangement which permits a particular compact stowing of a plurality of high-visibility vests or similar high-visibility garments.
  • the invention also relates to a method for producing a high-visibility garment for a user of a motor vehicle, in which a single- or multi-part blank is produced from a single-layer textile web or plastics sheet material, said blank being provided with at least one light-reflecting pattern, wherein the thickness of the textile web or plastics sheet material is of such small dimensions that the high-visibility garment can be folded up to a pack volume within a range of from 20 cm 3 to 50 cm 3 .
  • the method also comprises further method steps illustrated in the description.
  • FIG. 1 shows, in various steps, an embodiment of a high-visibility vest according to the invention between an unfolded functional state and a folded-up transport state
  • FIG. 2 shows schematically difference packagings for a high-visibility vest according to FIG. 1 ,
  • FIG. 3 shows a pack arrangement consisting of a plurality of cylindrical packagings according to FIG. 2 ,
  • FIG. 4 shows a further pack arrangement consisting of a plurality of packagings having a triangular cross section according to FIG. 2 .
  • FIGS. 5 a and 5 b and 6 a and 6 b show, in an enlarged illustration, perspective details of a high-visibility garment according to FIG. 1 .
  • a high-visibility vest 1 according to FIG. 1 is produced from a single-layer, thin and flexible plastics sheet material and is provided with a classic high-visibility vest blank.
  • the high-visibility vest has two light-reflecting strips 2 which encircle the stomach and back regions and are imprinted onto the plastics sheet material.
  • the plastics sheet material of the high-visibility vest 1 is of such thin design that the high-visibility vest can be folded up and, in the folded-up state (the final illustration in the direction of the arrow), has a pack volume of a height of 1 cm, width of 4 cm and length of 9 cm. This results in a pack volume of 36 cm 3 .
  • the high-visibility vest 1 can also be folded up in a different geometrical form. Finally, it is also possible to fold up the high-visibility vest 1 initially to half of the height thereof and subsequently to roll up the folded-over high-visibility vest 1 , thus producing a cylindrically rolled-up state.
  • the packaging 4 a constitutes a cuboid shape with a small width and large height.
  • the packaging 4 b likewise has a cuboid shape with a small height and larger width.
  • the packaging 4 c constitutes a cylinder shape.
  • the packaging 4 d has a triangular cross section.
  • all of the packagings are produced from a dimensionally stable cardboard or plastics material in the manner of a box. Said packagings are designed in such a manner that the high-visibility vest can be introduced into the packaging in an appropriately folded-up or rolled-up state. The packaging can subsequently be closed.
  • Each of the packagings 4 a to 4 d illustrated is designed for single use. This means that the packaging 4 a to 4 d is torn open, cut open or destroyed in another manner for corresponding use of the high-visibility vest 1 and is subsequently disposed of.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 Two embodiments for pack arrangements having in each case a total of five packagings 4 c and 4 d are shown with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4 , respectively.
  • five cylindrical packagings 4 c are welded consecutively in a row into a plastics sheet material.
  • the pack arrangement 5 has predetermined separating lines 6 which, in the exemplary embodiment illustrated, are designed as perforations. This makes it possible, when required, to tear off and to use one or more packagings from the pack arrangement 5 .
  • five packagings 4 d having a triangular cross section are arranged parallel to one another in two different planes, wherein the packagings 4 d are joined together in a block-shaped manner. This results in a trapezoidal cross section having a width I and a height h. In the described holding volume of 36 cm 3 for a packaging, a width I of 90 mm and a height h of 30 mm arises.
  • the packagings 4 d can be connected to one another in the compactly joined-together pack arrangement according to FIG. 4 by means of a strap or a similar wrapping.
  • packagings 4 d releasably to one another via adhesively bonding points or similar connecting points such that, when required, one or more packagings can be separated from the remaining packagings 4 d without damaging the remaining packagings 4 d.
  • a high-visibility garment according to the invention is produced as a multi-part blank from a plastics sheet material.
  • the blank parts are connected to one another at the borders thereof by sheetlike overlapping and adhesive bonding or welding.
  • joining together takes place substantially in an abutting manner, wherein the border edges of the blank parts are bent over slightly at right angles in order to permit better welding or adhesive bonding of the border edges to one another.
  • the joining alternative according to FIG. 5 b permits a particularly simple and rapid unfolding of a high-visibility garment from the folded-up state.
  • a textile web or plastics sheet material of the high-visibility garment is provided with three-dimensional texturing which, in the exemplary embodiment illustrated, is formed by pyramid-like depressions which are calendered in.
  • the dimensioning of said depressions in comparison to the thickness of the textile web or plastics sheet material can be seen with reference to the sectional illustration according to FIG. 6 b.
  • a depression corresponds in the depth thereof approximately to one to three times the thickness of the textile web or plastics sheet material.
  • a width of each pyramid-like depression corresponds preferably to three to five times the thickness of the textile web or plastics sheet material.
  • the pyramid-like depressions are distributed in a plurality of rows and at uniform distances over a surface of the blank of the high-visibility garment.

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