WO2007143980A1

WO2007143980A1 - Item of clothing

Info

Publication number: WO2007143980A1
Application number: PCT/DE2007/001043
Authority: WO
Inventors: Bodo W. Lambertz
Original assignee: X-Technology Swiss Gmbh
Priority date: 2006-06-12
Filing date: 2007-06-12
Publication date: 2007-12-21

Abstract

The invention relates to an item of clothing (1), in particular for use in sports activities, which is characterized by webs (5) arranged on the side facing the skin. The item of clothing (1) is also characterized by tubes (16).

Description

garment

The invention relates to a garment, in particular for use in sports such as walking, jogging, skating, skiing or the like.

Clothing is used to protect humans, especially for protection against the weather. In addition, under certain conditions, such as sporting activities, the garment protects against injury. Except for high outside temperatures, the clothing consists mainly of several different garments, which are worn in several layers one above the other. The outermost layer of clothing has essentially the task of being wind and water repellent, to avoid cooling of the people by wind and to protect him from precipitation against the ingress of water in clothing.

An essential criterion for the quality of clothing in sporting activities is the flexibility of the garment to allow it to adapt well to the body.

to achieve. At the same time, the movements of the athlete should not be hindered. For this reason, flowing materials are used in the manufacture of clothing for sports activities. These offer a high wearing comfort.

During sports activities under the clothing increased sweat accumulation may occur. In particular, when it comes to waterproof and / or windproof clothing, the sweating is reinforced. In sports activity of humans, this sweat attack is above average. The formation of perspiration significantly reduces the wearing comfort of the clothing.

In order to avoid excessive perspiration it is known to provide ventilation in suitable zones of the clothing in order to prevent increased perspiration or to allow circulation and supply of fresh air (see GB 361 815 A). These measures are only partially successful; In addition, the ventilation, which are predominantly formed in the form of holes in clothing, lead to an unpleasant feeling in wind or drafts.

Furthermore, it is known to provide on the skin-facing side of the clothing a mesh that absorbs sweat on the one hand, on the other hand should allow circulation of air. The disadvantage of this proposal is that the network rests continuously on the skin. If the mesh has become soaked with sweat, the moisture will remain in direct contact with the skin, causing an uncomfortable wearing sensation. The unpleasant sensation is exacerbated in particular by the fact that, following exercise, both the human and the clothing cool down and thus the cold moisture in the clothing comes into contact with the skin.

In addition, it was proposed to improve air circulation (cf.

DE 32 37713 A1), to arrange on the skin to be worn on the skin (sub) clothing ribs, on the one hand, are able to dissipate moisture, and between On the other hand see which air circulation between upper and outer clothing can be done, which can result in a reduction of moisture. However, as the underwear, which is provided with the ribs, is worn directly on the skin, in the case of heavy perspiration, it can not be ruled out that it will become fully saturated with moisture and that this will also result in an unpleasant wearing sensation.

Moreover, in order to improve the air conditioning, it is known to use membranes which, on the one hand, provide protection against wind and water from the outside and, on the other hand, allow moisture, which is generated by the body, to diffuse outward through the membranes (see DE 29 25 318 A1). Although the use of membranes in garments basically offers the possibility of allowing the removal of perspiration; however, for the diffusion of moisture through the membrane, a certain vapor pressure is required. Only in the presence of this pressure level, diffusion is possible, since otherwise a passage of the sweat is prevented by the membrane, so that an improvement of the climate is not possible. This required vapor pressure is usually not reached under the clothing, so that an exchange of air can not take place.

By using very thin and flowing materials, the athlete also has a problem in transporting items in the clothing. Although the garments are usually equipped with pockets that are suitable for receiving objects. However, the use of the pockets leads due to the very thin materials and the resulting low structural strength of the garments to a significant impairment of wear comfort. But since almost every athlete usually has to transport any objects, such as keys, heart rate monitors, MP3 players or the like, which are carried in the sport, the known garments with respect to the transport of such items do not meet the desired requirements, since during transport the items the passport Inaccuracy of the garment suffers, which also adversely affects the functionality of the garment.

The known measures are therefore insufficiently suited to adapt the climate of the respective item of clothing to the level expected by the athlete. Also, the wearing feel of the garment is negatively affected either by cold drafts or the moisture absorbed by the garment as well as loss of fit when transporting items.

The invention aims to remedy this situation. The invention has for its object to improve garments, especially for use in sports activities. According to the invention, this object is solved by the features of claims 1.

With the invention, a garment, especially for sports activities is created, which is improved compared to known clothing pieces; The garment does not lose its shape even when transporting items. It is therefore possible to continue to use flowing materials, which are also adapted to the requirements of the weather conditions. Through the use of webs a structure is incorporated into the garment, which ensures the maintenance of the fit, even if in the bags items such as a heart rate monitor or an MP3 player are transported.

In addition, the webs offer the possibility to create a certain distance between the garment and the body of the respective athlete, in which moist air collects through the sweat of the athlete. As a result, a humid climate is created, which contributes to the improvement of the heat regulation of the body, namely the so-called evaporative cooling. By the webs is also possible to dissipate the air between them along the webs to the openings of the garment, for example, at the neck or on the sleeve cuffs, so that also an improvement of the air conditioning is created. In a further development of the invention a plurality of webs are arranged adjacent to each other. The adjacent arrangement of several webs a kind of framework is created, which runs through the entire garment. The frame construction allows increased stability over the entire garment.

Advantageously, the webs are arranged fan-shaped. The fan-shaped arrangement of the webs causes a distribution over the entire garment. The fan-shaped arrangement has its smallest distance in the region of an opening, that is, for example, in the region of the neck opening, and its widest region in the opening facing away from the end, that is, for example, in the region of the hip. This makes it possible, on the one hand, to provide the pockets arranged on the item of clothing between the individual webs, so that the pockets for accommodating the items are arranged in the region of a greater distance of the webs. As a result, the size of the pockets is not adversely affected by the arrangement of the webs.

In another embodiment of the invention, the webs are formed by loops. Advantageously, the loops are formed from the tissue. As a result, a very simple creation of the webs is possible. Namely, it only needs the respective fabric to be gathered to form the webs.

In an embodiment of the invention, the loops are sewn to the fabric. This type of production of the webs offers the advantage of being able to use them on already existing clothing items, since the structure of the already existing clothing items can likewise be strengthened by simply sewing on.

In an advantageous embodiment, rods are inserted into the loops. By using the bars, the stability of the bars can be increased, which leads to an improvement in the stability of the entire garment. Preferably, tubes are inserted into the loops. The tubes also contribute to increasing the stability of the webs; However, due to their hollow cross-section, they have a low weight, so that in comparison to seamless garments only a very small increase in weight is noted.

The object is also achieved by the features of claim 13. This also creates a garment, especially for sports activities, which is improved to known clothing pieces; in particular, the wearing comfort is improved. On the one hand an uncomfortable wearing feeling is avoided even with a high amount of sweat, on the other hand at the same time an improved air circulation enables a targeted and draft-free cooling and thus prevents the development of sweat.

In a further development of the invention, the hoses are glued to the garment. This offers the possibility of a simple yet reliable arrangement of the hoses on the garment.

Other developments and refinements of the invention are specified in the remaining subclaims. An embodiment of the invention is illustrated in the drawing and will be described in detail below. Show it:

Figure 1 is a three-dimensional representation of a garment in the form of a jacket; Figure 2 shows the detail "X" in Figure 1 in an enlarged view;

Figure 3 is a front view of a garment in the form of a jacket in another embodiment;

Figure 4 is the rear view of the garment shown in Figure 3; Figure 5 a) to d) the representation of different webs in cross section;

Figure 6 is the view of the inside of the back of a garment in the form of a long sleeve tops; FIG. 7 shows the view of the inside of the front part of the long sleeve shirt shown in FIG. 6; 8 shows a detail of the representation of the section along the line

IM - III in Figure 6 in an enlarged view.

The selected as an embodiment of Figures 1 to 5 garment 1 consists of a jacket. The garment 1 has sleeves 2 and is provided with a collar 3. The garment 1 is made of wind and water-repellent material. The material used is light and has pleasant wearing properties, resulting in a high wearing comfort. The jacket can be closed on the front. The locking mechanism can be effected by a zipper, Velcro or buttons.

On the side facing the skin - inside - webs 5 are arranged on the jacket. In the embodiment, a plurality of webs 5 are adjacent to each other and arranged in a fan shape. The webs 5 extend from the collar 3 to the lower end of the jacket and into the region of the zipper 4. In addition, the webs 5 extend from the collar 3 along the inside of the sleeve 2 to the cuffs 21st

In the embodiment of Figures 3 and 4, the webs 5 are provided with breaks 13. The interruptions 13 have a different length. In addition, they are arranged at adjacent webs 5 offset from one another. With the help of the interruptions 13, the mobility of the garment 1 in relation to non-interrupted webs 5 is increased. Due to the staggered arrangement, it is avoided that, for example, along a horizontal line during transport of objects, a kink fold can form.

The webs 5 are formed in the embodiment of Figures 1 to 4 and 5 a), b) and d) of loops 6. The loops 6 can be formed in different ways. In the embodiment of Figures 5 a) and 5 b) the loops 6 are formed from the fabric of the jacket itself. For this purpose, the loop 6 is formed by shirring the fabric and is closed at one end, for example, sewn, as can be seen in Figures 5 a) and 5 b). The loop 6 is thereby closed by a seam 7. In the embodiments according to Figures 1, 2 and 5 d), however, the loops 6 are applied to the fabric of the jacket. In these embodiments, the loop 6 is either glued to the fabric (Figures 1 and 2) or sewn onto the fabric (Figure 5 d)), whereby seams 8 are formed. Regardless of the type of application of the loops 6, these may be circular or semicircular.

In the embodiments of Figures 5 b) and d) 6 rods 9 are inserted into the loops. The rods 9 are preferably made of plastic, in particular foam, so that they have a low weight and have a certain stability. The rods 9 cause stabilization of the webs 5, so that the proper shaping of the jacket is additionally supported. Due to the low weight of the rods 9, the wearing comfort of the jacket is not adversely affected by an increased weight. In a modification of the embodiment can be used in the loops 6 instead of the rods tubes. As a result, the weight of the jacket according to the invention is even less increased compared to a jacket without the stabilization measures.

In the exemplary embodiment according to FIG. 5 c), the webs 5 are formed by bars 10. In this case, no loop is provided, but the rods 10 are applied directly to the fabric. In the exemplary embodiment, this is done by gluing the rods 10 to the fabric. To simplify the production, a pad 11 is arranged in the embodiment between the rod 10 and the tissue. It is thus possible first to stick the rods 10 on the pad 11 outside of the jacket, and then apply both together on the fabric. Also in this case, the bars 10 are preferably made of foam, for example polyethylene, polystyrene, polypropylene or the like. The arrangement of the webs 5 in the jacket whose stability is increased. This makes it possible to stabilize even very light and thus flowing materials without negatively affecting their wearing properties. This is particularly advantageous in running jackets that serve only wind or water protection.

The mode of action of the stabilization can be seen by way of example in FIG. There is a pocket 12 can be seen between two webs 5 in the hip, which is located exactly between the adjacent webs 5. If an object such as a key, an MP3 player, a heart rate monitor or the like is inserted into the pocket 12, this does not lead to a change in the shape of the jacket, since the pocket 12 is held between the webs 5. Due to the curved shape of the webs 5, which in sections have an orientation in both the horizontal and in the vertical direction, the design of the jacket is supported in the horizontal and vertical directions.

Furthermore, the adjacently arranged webs cause a channel-like formation, which serves the better air conditioning of the jacket. The air entering through the openings of the jacket is transported along the channels formed between the webs 5 and led to the opening on the collar 3, where it leaves the jacket. This creates a circulation of air that causes improved air conditioning. The advantageous effect of the so-called evaporation cold is used.

The item of clothing 1 in the exemplary embodiment according to FIGS. 6 to 8 is a long-sleeved shirt. The long-sleeved shirt consists of a main body 15 covering the upper body and two sleeves 2. It has hoses 16 on its side facing the body. The tubes 16 are glued in the embodiment with the garment 1. Other types of connection of garment 1 and tube 16, such as interweaving, are possible. The tubes 16 come in contact with the skin worn directly on the skin long-sleeved shirt. They run fan-shaped in the embodiment of the back part (Figure 6). They extend from the heavily sweaty area of the kidneys to the neckline of the shirt. In addition, hoses 16 are provided, which extend from the marked by heavy sweat arm axles to the neck opening.

In the front part of the long-sleeved shirt (FIG. 7), the hoses 16 on the one hand also extend from the armpits marked by heavy perspiration to the neck opening. In addition, 2 tubes 16 are arranged along the sleeve, which also have their origin in the region of the arm axis, but extend in the direction of the openings of the sleeve 2 in the region of the wrists.

The hoses 16 have the effect of a chimney that absorbs evaporating sweat and removes the resulting moist air to less heavily humidified areas at the neck or the sleeve openings. In these areas of the garment the moisture can then emerge from it and evaporate. The effect is supported by the effect that, due to the density difference between warm and cold water, the warm (lighter) water experiences a buoyancy and rises (so-called thermosiphon effect). For this reason, the alignment of the tubes 16 in the direction of the neck opening of the garment 1 is particularly advantageous.

In addition, the tubes 16 act as a spacer between garment and skin. This has the advantage that not the entire garment, which can absorb moisture in the event of a sweat, is in contact with the skin, but only the tubes, which increases wearing comfort. This comfort is particularly high if the distance between two adjacent hoses is not too low.

In the exemplary embodiment, the hoses 16 have a diameter of about 5 mm. This size has in terms of the ability, on the one hand a sufficient Aching distance between garment and body as well as to remove moisture and on the other hand to include a high level of comfort has proven to be particularly advantageous. But even with a diameter of 10 mm, the properties of the garment are very good.

The hoses 16 are made of deformable material. As a result, a high flexibility is caused, which does not adversely affect the wearing comfort of the garment. In addition, this increases the cooling capacity, for the following reason:

Under the garment 1, there is no constant air pressure during wear and simultaneous sporting activities. This results from the movements of the wearer and the consequent movements of the garment. This leads to relative movements of the garment to the body. Because of the high flexibility of the hoses 16, there is no impediment to the mobility of the item of clothing; rather, the hoses 16 are continuously deformed. At the points where the garment moves toward the body, pressure is applied to the tubes 16, which are thereby deformed. It creates a kind of pumping effect of the air. There is an acceleration of the air in the areas where the distance between garment and body decreases. Due to the hoses 16 evasion of the air is prevented to the side; the air is forced to escape 16 spaces between the hoses. These measures increase the cooling effect and at the same time cause an accelerated removal of the moist air from the most heavily loaded areas, whereby the efficiency is increased.

In a modification of the embodiment, the tubes 16 may be provided with slots or holes provided on the skin facing side. This design offers the further advantage that the holes / slots can absorb additional moist air from the skin and thus the cooling capacity is further increased, since moist air can penetrate through the holes / slots in the hoses and thus also the removal of the air from the strongest serves contaminated areas. The formation of the tubes 16 with interruptions, comparable to the interruptions shown in Figures 3 and 4 is possible. Also, the tubes 16 may extend in a manner comparable to the webs 5 from the abdominal region on the back to the opening in the region of the neck.

The invention is not limited to the garment 1 described in the embodiment in the form of a shirt or jacket. Rather, the invention is also in other garments, such as pants, overalls, headgear u. Like. Usable. There is also no limitation on the arrangement of the invention in the manner shown in the embodiment. The webs 5 or hose 16 according to the invention can of course also be arranged at other locations of the item of clothing 1.

Claims

claims

1. garment, in particular for use in sports activities, characterized by on the skin-facing side arranged webs (5).

2. Garment according to claim 1, characterized in that a plurality of webs (5) are arranged adjacent to each other.

3. Garment according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the webs (5) are arranged in a fan shape.

4. Garment according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the webs (5) of loops (6) are formed.

5. Garment according to claim 4, characterized in that the loops (6) are formed from the fabric.

6. Garment according to claim 4, characterized in that the loops (6) are applied to the fabric.

7. Garment according to one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that in the loops (6) rods (9) are used.

8. Garment according to one of claims 4 to 6, characterized in that in the loops (6) tubes are used.

9. Garment according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the webs (5) are formed by rods.

10. Garment according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized marked, that the webs (5) are formed by tubes.

11. Garment according to one of claims 1 to 10, characterized in that the webs (5) sections have a horizontal and vertical orientation.

12. Garment according to one of claims 1 to 11, characterized marked, that the webs (5) with breaks (13) are provided.

13. Garment, in particular for use in sports activities, characterized by arranged on the side facing the skin tubes (16).

14. Garment according to claim 13, characterized in that the hoses (16) are made of deformable material.

15. Garment according to claim 13 or 14, characterized in that a plurality of tubes (16) are arranged adjacent to each other.

16. Garment according to one of claims 13 to 15, characterized in that the hoses (16) are arranged in a fan shape.

17. Garment according to one of claims 13 to 16, characterized in that the hoses (16) are provided with slots or holes.

18. Garment according to one of claims 13 to 17, characterized in that the hoses (16) are glued.

19. Garment according to one of claims 13 to 17, characterized in that the hoses (16) are woven.