Zoned fabric systems and methods

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10480105-B2
Application number	US-201615198750-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 30, 2016
Priority date	Jun 30, 2016
Publication date	Nov 19, 2019
Grant date	Nov 19, 2019

Abstract

A garment may include a first woven component, a second woven component, a space between the first and second woven components defining a channel filled with a fill material, and a third woven component extending such that the first and second woven components are woven together where there is no channel. The channel may be filled with a filler material. Multiple channels may be provided such that they form a zoned pattern in the garment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A zoned garment, comprising:
a first woven component;
a second woven component;
a first space between the first and second woven components defining a first channel configured to be filled with a fill material, wherein along the first channel the first woven component is disposed above the second woven component;
a third woven component extending such that the first and second woven components are woven together where there is no channel; and
a second space between the first and second woven components opposite the first space, the second space defining a second channel configured to be filled with a fill material, wherein along the second channel the first woven component is disposed below the second woven component;
wherein the first and second woven components form a reversible pattern.

2. The garment of claim 1 , further comprising:
a plurality of channels configured to be filled with a fill material such that the channels form a pattern in the garment.

3. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the channel is a seamless channel.

4. The garment of claim 1 , wherein fill material is an insulative material.

5. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the fill material is padding material.

6. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the garment is an upper body garment.

7. The garment of claim 2 , wherein the garment is a headwear garment.

8. A zoned fabric, comprising:
a first woven component formed substantially parallel to a shuttle direction of a loom;
a second woven component formed substantially parallel to a shuttle direction of a loom;
a first space between the first and second woven components defining a first channel extending generally parallel to a shuttle direction of a loom and extending along a plane of the fabric, the channel configured to be filled with a fill material, wherein along the first channel the first woven component is disposed above the second woven component;
a third woven component extending such that the first and second woven components are woven together at edges of the channel; and
a second space between the first and second woven components opposite the first space, the second space defining a second channel configured to be filled with a fill material, wherein along the second channel the first woven component is disposed below the second woven component.

9. The fabric of claim 8 , further comprising:
a plurality of channels filled with a fill material such that the channels form a pattern in the garment.

10. The fabric of claim 8 , wherein the channel is a seamless channel.

11. The fabric of claim 8 , wherein fill material is an insulative material.

12. The fabric of claim 8 , wherein the fill material is padding material.

13. The fabric of claim 8 , wherein the garment is an upper body garment.

14. The fabric of claim 8 , wherein the garment is a headwear garment.

15. The garment of claim 1 , comprising a front portion of a jacket or a vest.

16. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the third component is longer than a transverse length of the first channel.

17. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the first channel is filled with a different amount, density, or type of filler material than the second channel.

18. The garment of claim 1 , wherein the second channel is not filled with a filler material.

19. The garment of claim 8 , wherein the first channel is filled with a different amount, density, or type of filler material than the second channel.

20. A zoned garment, comprising:
a first woven component;
a second woven component;
a first space between the first and second woven components defining a first channel configured to be filled with a fill material, wherein along the first channel the first woven component is disposed above the second woven component;
a third woven component extending such that the first and second woven components are woven together where there is no channel; and
a second space between the first and second woven components opposite the first space, the second space defining a second channel configured to be filled with a fill material, wherein along the second channel the first woven component is disposed below the second woven component, wherein the third component is longer than a transverse length of the first channel.

21. A zoned garment, comprising:
a first woven component;
a second woven component;
a first space between the first and second woven components defining a first channel configured to be filled with a fill material, wherein along the first channel the first woven component is disposed above the second woven component;
a third woven component extending such that the first and second woven components are woven together where there is no channel; and
a second space between the first and second woven components opposite the first space, the second space defining a second channel configured to be filled with a fill material, wherein along the second channel the first woven component is disposed below the second woven component, wherein the first channel is filled with a different amount, density, or type of filler material than the second channel.

22. A zoned garment, comprising:
a first woven component;
a second woven component;
a first space between the first and second woven components defining a first channel configured to be filled with a fill material, wherein along the first channel the first woven component is disposed above the second woven component;
a third woven component extending such that the first and second woven components are woven together where there is no channel; and
a second space between the first and second woven components opposite the first space, the second space defining a second channel configured to be filled with a fill material, wherein along the second channel the first woven component is disposed below the second woven component, wherein the second channel is not filled with a filler material.

Assignees

• Reebok Int Ltd

Inventors

• Steel David
• O'Sullivan Patrick

Classifications

• D03D11/02

  Fabrics formed with pockets, tubes, loops, folds, tucks or flaps (fabrics consisting of a single tube D03D3/02) · CPC title

• D03D13/004

  with weave pattern being non-standard or providing special effects · CPC title

• D10B2501/042

  Headwear · CPC title

• D10B2501/04

  Outerwear; Protective garments · CPC title

• A41D31/02

  Layered materials (characterised by special function or use A41D31/04) · CPC title