161 |
Apparatus for adjusting a layer of fabric |
US10747561 |
2003-12-29 |
US06907619B2 |
2005-06-21 |
Stephen A Gathings, Jr. |
An apparatus for adjusting a layer of fabric attaches to a garment to manage the body heat of the user. The apparatus includes a lining that may be extended to substantially the width of the garment worn by the user or retracted to reduce the area surrounding the user. The apparatus includes controllers for moving the lining between the extended position and the retracted position, which include extension cords and retraction cords connected to the lining. The extension cord is connected between a proximal end of the lining and an extension grip. The retraction cord is connected between the proximal end of the lining and a retraction grip. In the extended position, the lining surrounds a substantial portion of the user. When the retraction grips are drawn, the proximal end of the lining will be moved toward the distal end of the lining. To return the lining to the extended position, the user will pull the extension grips and the proximal end of the lining will move away from the distal end of the lining. |
162 |
Carbon nanotube fabrics |
US10696631 |
2003-10-29 |
US20050095938A1 |
2005-05-05 |
Brian Rosenberger; William Carra |
The present invention provides fabrics that have unique chemical, electrical, and thermal properties. The fabrics comprise layers of yarns woven together wherein the yarns further comprise carbon nanotube fibers. These carbon nanotube fibers may be either single-walled or multi-walled carbon nanotubes. The use of carbon nanotube fibers allows the fabrics to insulate, semi-conduct or super-conduct electrical charges. Additionally, the thermal properties of carbon nanotubes allow thermal energy to flow efficiently between the fabric and a heat sink or source. Additional yarns of materials other than carbon nanotubes can be integrated or woven into the fabric to provide other unique properties for the fabric. These fabrics can be layered to form unique garments or structures. |
163 |
Moisture absorbing/releasing and heat generating inner cloth and method of producing it and moisture absorbing/releasing, heat generating and heat-retaining articles |
US09485675 |
2000-02-24 |
US06802081B1 |
2004-10-12 |
Takeshi Ogino; Shigeru Aoyama |
The moisture-absorbent/releasable heat-generating intermediate material of the present invention is inserted between an outer material and a lining, both having a moisture-permeable/waterproof property, a windproof property and other desired properties, thereby constituting a heat-retaining article. It comprises a blend of a heat-retaining fiber including an air layer of not less than 50 ml per 1 gram and a moisture-absorbent/releasable heat-generating fiber. The moisture-absorbent/releasable heat-generating fiber generates heat by absorbing moisture in a vapor phase or in a liquid phase discharged from a human body and an immobile air layer formed by the heat-retaining fiber retains the heat. |
164 |
Non-porous, breathable membrane containing polyamide-4,6 |
US10114111 |
2002-04-03 |
US06706413B2 |
2004-03-16 |
Bertram R. Böhringer; Henricus Joannes Maria Van De Ven; Jozef Christiaan Wilhelmus Spijkers |
The present invention is a non-porous, breathable membrane of at least polyamide-4,6, with an elongation at rupture of about 250 to about 500% in the longitudinal direction and about 200 to about 500% in the transverse direction. The membrane has a higher heat resistance than a non-porous, breathable membrane made from polyether ester and, if it also contains an antioxidant, passes the oven/watertightness test. If the membrane is produced from a mixture of polyamide-4,6 and about 10 to about 30% by weight polyether amide, the membrane exhibits a surprisingly increased water-vapor permeability. The membrane is usable in the manufacture of thermally protective clothing. |
165 |
Double-face velour fabric articles having improved dynamic insulation performance |
US10639032 |
2003-08-11 |
US20040045143A1 |
2004-03-11 |
Moshe
Rock; Edward
P.
Dionne; Bhupesh
Dua; Charles
Haryslak; William
K.
Lie; Douglas
Lumb |
A double-face velour fabric article consists of a fabric body having a technical face formed by a filament stitch yarn and a technical back formed by a filament loop yarn. The filament stitch yarn includes a heat sensitive material, e.g. a hot melt material or a heat shrinkable material, and/or an elastomeric material, such as spandex. The fabric body has a velour surface formed at both the technical back and the technical face. Raised fibers of at least one of the technical face and the technical back may be entangled, including in and/or through interstices of the fabric body, toward the other of the technical face and the technical back, e.g., by a hydroentanglement process applied after finishing. The fabric body has permeability of about 80 ft3/ft2/min, or less, under a pressure difference of null inch of water across the fabric body. |
166 |
Temperature compensation warming fabric |
US10160624 |
2002-05-31 |
US06686561B2 |
2004-02-03 |
Leonard I. Horey; Armando Alvite; Gabriel S. Kohn |
Disclosed is a warming blanket system having a fabric comprising a heating element, a data temperature mechanism configured to provide ambient air temperature data, a user input configured to provide user heat output preference data for a given normal ambient temperature, and a control system configured to input said air temperature and user heat output preference data and adjust heat output to said heating element based upon a deviation of a measured ambient temperature from said normal ambient temperature. |
167 |
TEMPERATURE COMPENSATION WARMING FABRIC |
US10160624 |
2002-05-31 |
US20030222068A1 |
2003-12-04 |
Leonard
I.
Horey; Armando
Alvite; Gabriel
S.
Kohn |
A warming fabric having temperature compensation controls that vary the heat output of the warming fabric to adjust for changes in ambient temperature. A thermistor or another mechanism that is configured to generate information about the temperature of the location of the blanket is used to generate temperature data. A microcomputer uses the temperature data to determine how the heat output of the warming fabric should be modified due to ambient temperature. To do so, a look up table or an algorithm may be used to calculate the appropriate heat output. |
168 |
Blowable insulation clusters |
US09993125 |
2001-11-05 |
US06589652B2 |
2003-07-08 |
Zivile M. Groh; Victor P. Laskorski |
A blowable insulation material comprising batt shredded into blowable clusters. In preferred embodiments, the clusters comprise water-repellant or lubricant-finished fiber and/or dry fiber and/or binder fiber and may be mixed with opened fiber. A process to produce the blowable clusters is also disclosed. |
169 |
Non-porous, breathable membrane containing polyamide-4,6 |
US10114111 |
2002-04-03 |
US20020155307A1 |
2002-10-24 |
Bertram
R.
Bohringer; Henricus
Joannes Maria
Van De Ven; Jozef
Christiaan Wilhelmus
Spijkers |
The present invention is a non-porous, breathable membrane of at least polyamide-4,6, with an elongation at rupture of about 250 to about 500% in the longitudinal direction and about 200 to about 500% in the transverse direction. The membrane has a higher heat resistance than a non-porous, breathable membrane made from polyether ester and, if it also contains an antioxidant, passes the oven/watertightness test. If the membrane is produced from a mixture of polyamide-4,6 and about 10 to about 30% by weight polyether amide, the membrane exhibits a surprisingly increased water-vapor permeability. The membrane is usable in the manufacture of thermally protective clothing. |
170 |
Blowable insulation |
US09332219 |
1999-06-14 |
US06329052B1 |
2001-12-11 |
Zivile M Groh; Victor P. Laskorski |
A blowable insulation material includes batt shredded into blowable clusters. In the several embodiments, the clusters include water-repellant or lubricant-finished fiber and/or dry fiber and/or binder fiber, and may be a mixture of clusters and a natural material including down, silk, wool, cotton or any other natural material with insulating properties, or any combination thereof, and may also include synthetic open fibers. |
171 |
Water vapor permeable and waterproof polyester membrane pigmented with
carbon particles |
US148659 |
1998-09-04 |
US6028019A |
2000-02-22 |
Jozef Christiaan Wilhelmus Spijkers; Henricus Joannes Maria Van De Ven |
A water vapor permeable, waterproof polyether ester membrane contains 1 to 10% by weight of finely dispersed carbon particles, especially soot particles, having an average size of 5 to 40 nm. |
172 |
Inflatable products |
US424287 |
1989-10-26 |
US5005236A |
1991-04-09 |
Peter M. Hutchinson |
A sleeping mat (4), preferably forming part of a sleeping bag (2), comprises an inflatable enclosure (10) containing a fibrous bat (12) which is attached to the opposite sides of the enclosure so that on inflation thereof the bat is non-resiliently expanded. |
173 |
Insulated clothing and other like fabric products |
US310639 |
1981-10-13 |
US4479270A |
1984-10-30 |
William Novinger |
An insulated article comprising a plurality of tubular members juxtaposed to each other and insulating material retained in said tubular members. Examples of such insulated products include outerwear formed of a woven fabric made from insulated tubular members. |
174 |
Process for making a thermal-insulating nonwoven bulky product |
US305377 |
1981-09-25 |
US4392903A |
1983-07-12 |
Tadakazu Endo; Hirotsugu Suzuki; Masanori Takahashi |
A process for producing thermal-insulating nonwoven bulky product characterized by its structural make up of substantially continuous single filaments of from about 0.01 to 2 denier which are stabilized on themselves in the product by a surface binder on the filaments. |
175 |
Thermal-insulating nonwoven bulky product |
US146078 |
1980-05-02 |
US4320166A |
1982-03-16 |
Tadakazu Endo; Hirotsugu Suzuki; Masanori Takahashi |
A thermal-insulating nonwoven bulky product characterized by its structural make up of substantially continuous single filaments of from about 0.01 to 2 denier which are stabilized on themselves in the product by a surface binder on the filaments and process for making the same. |
176 |
Temperature adaptable fabrics |
US8153070 |
1970-10-06 |
US3857753A |
1974-12-31 |
HANSEN R |
This invention relates to novel fabrics characterized by thermal insulation properties which change in response to changes in environmental temperature. The fabrics contain hollow inflatable elements having entrapped therein a gas and a solvent material which can be converted from liquid to solid phase by temperature changes within the environment of usage, said solvent material dissolving more of the gas when in the liquid phase than in the solvent phase. The elements contain more gas than can be dissolved by the solvent material within the elements when this material is in the solid phase and thus lowering the environmental temperature, so as to convert said material from the liquid to the solid phase, results in the expulsion of gas formerly dissolved in the liquid phase. The expelled gas inflates the inflatable elements within the fabric and increase the thermal insulating properties of the fabric.
|
177 |
Thermal fabrics and garments |
US3608091D |
1968-04-26 |
US3608091A |
1971-09-28 |
OLSON MARK W; TRUSLOW NEAL A |
A FABRIC CONSTRUCTION SUITED FOR USE IN MAKING THERMAL GARMENT TO SUPPLY HEAT TO OR REMOVE HEAT FROM THE BODY OF THE WEARER. THE FABRIC INCLUDES WOVEN YARN SECTIONS SEPARATED BY PARALLEL, FLEXIBLE, PLASTIC FLUID-CONDUCTING TUBES EXTENDING IN THE WARP DIRECTION, THE WARP YARNS BEING NON-STRETCHABLE AND THE WEFT OR FILLING YARNS PREFERABLY BEING STRETCHABLE AND PASSING OVER AND UNDER EACH LENGTH OF TUBING IN AN ALTERNATING SEQUENCE. WHEN EMBODIED IN A GARMENT, THE FABRIC IS ARRANGED WITH THE WARP YARNS AND THE TUBES EXTENDING ALONG, AND WITH THE FILLING YARNS ENCIRCLING, THE RESPECTIVE BODY PORTIONS WHICH THEY COVER, THE USE OF STRETCHABLE FILLING YARNS THERBY MAKING THE GARMENT ADAPTABLE TO BEING WORN BY PERSONS OF DIFFERENT GIRTHS. SUITABLE HEADERS ARE PROVIDED IN THE GARMENT STRUCTURE TO ENABLE A PUMP CARRIED BY THE WEARER TO CIRCULATE THE THERMAL (HEATING OR COOLING) FLUID THROUGH THE TUBING AND AN ASSOCIATED THERMAL CONDITIONING DEVICE.
|
178 |
Temperature adaptable fabrics |
US3607591D |
1969-04-22 |
US3607591A |
1971-09-21 |
HANSEN RALPH H |
This invention relates to novel fabrics characterized by thermal insulation properties which change in response to changes in environmental temperature. The fabrics contain hollow inflatable elements having entrapped therein a gas and a solvent material which can be converted from liquid to solid phase by temperature changes within the environment of usage, said solvent material dissolving more of the gas when in the liquid phase than in the solvent phase. The elements contain more gas than can be dissolved by the solvent material within the elements when this material is in the solid phase and thus lowering the environmental temperature, so as to convert said material from the liquid to the solid phase, results in the expulsion of gas formerly dissolved in the liquid phase. The expelled gas inflates the inflatable elements within the fabric and increases the thermal-insulating properties of the fabric.
|
179 |
Cold weather insulation garment and fabric |
US22924351 |
1951-05-31 |
US2642571A |
1953-06-23 |
BROWN WALTER L |
|
180 |
Back and chest protector |
US31581928 |
1928-10-29 |
US1755533A |
1930-04-22 |
JOSEPH BLACK |
|