Textiles and garments formed using yarns space-treated with functional finishes

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11060212-B2
Application number	US-201715720611-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2017
Priority date	Oct 4, 2016
Publication date	Jul 13, 2021
Grant date	Jul 13, 2021

Abstract

Aspects herein are directed to using a space-treating process to apply functional finishes to a yarn and incorporating the treated yarn into a textile and/or a garment to impart engineered functional properties to the textile and/or garment.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A textile comprising:
a knit construction formed using at least one yarn, wherein after forming the at least one yarn but prior to forming the knit construction, the at least one yarn undergoes a space-treating process such that the at least one yarn includes at least a first yarn segment having a durable water-repellant (DWR) finish applied thereto and a second yarn segment having a hydrophilic finish applied thereto, wherein the first yarn segment and the second yarn segment share a common border along a widthwise direction of the at least one yarn.

2. The textile of claim 1 , wherein the at least one yarn further comprises a third yarn segment having a third functional finish applied thereto, wherein the third functional finish is different from one or more of the DWR finish and the hydrophilic finish, and wherein the third yarn segment and the second yarn segment share a common border along the widthwise direction of the at least one yarn.

3. The textile of claim 2 , wherein the at least one yarn further comprises a fourth yarn segment having a fourth functional finish applied thereto, wherein the fourth functional finish is different from one or more of the DWR finish, the hydrophilic finish, and the third functional finish, and wherein the fourth yarn segment and the third yarn segment share a common border along the widthwise direction of the at least one yarn.

4. The textile of claim 1 , wherein between 25% and 75% of the at least one yarn comprises the DWR finish.

5. The textile of claim 4 , wherein between 25% and 75% of the textile comprises the DWR finish.

6. The textile of claim 1 , wherein a location of the first yarn segment comprising the DWR finish varies along a length and a width of the textile.

7. The textile of claim 6 , wherein a location of the second yarn segment comprising the hydrophilic finish varies along the length and the width of the textile.

8. A garment comprising:
a knit construction formed using at least one yarn, wherein after forming the at least one yarn but prior to forming the knit construction, the at least one yarn undergoes a space-treating process such that the at least one yarn comprises at least a first yarn segment having a durable water-repellant (DWR) finish applied thereto and a second yarn segment having a hydrophilic finish applied thereto, wherein the first yarn segment and the second yarn segment share a common border along a widthwise direction of the at least one yarn, and wherein a location of the first yarn segment and the second yarn segment is staggered across a length and a width of the garment.

9. The garment of claim 8 , wherein between 25% and 75% of the at least one yarn comprises the DWR finish.

10. The garment of claim 9 , wherein between 25% and 75% of the garment comprises the DWR finish.

11. The garment of claim 8 , wherein a length of the first yarn segment is different from a length of the second yarn segment.

12. The garment of claim 8 , wherein a length of the first yarn segment is the same as a length of the second yarn segment.

13. A method of forming a textile, the method comprising:
providing a yarn having a length;
applying a durable water-repellant finish to a first set of knit segments of the yarn along the length of the yarn using a space-treating process;
applying a hydrophilic finish to a second set of knit segments of the yarn along the length of the yarn using the space-treating process, wherein a first knit segment of the first set of knit segments shares a common border with a first knit segment of the second set of knit segments along a widthwise direction of the yarn; and
forming the textile using the treated yarn.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the space-treating processes comprises one of knit-de-knit, warp yarn printing, space-treating in package form, or space-treating in hank form.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein a placement of the first set of knit segments comprising the durable water-repellant finish is staggered across a length and a width of the formed textile.

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Turner David
• Zolman Carmen L

Classifications

• D06B11/0043

  of hanks of yarns · CPC title

• D06B11/0009 Primary

  of a yarn in wound form · CPC title

• D04B1/126 Primary

  with colour pattern, e.g. intarsia fabrics · CPC title

• D03D15/54

  coloured · CPC title

• D03D15/527

  waterproof or water-repellent · CPC title