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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11655567-B2
Application number	US-202117340898-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 7, 2021
Priority date	Oct 4, 2016
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

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 knit garment including a yarn that has been treated with a functional finish prior to the yarn being incorporated into the knit garment, the knit garment comprising:
a first zone formed from the yarn, wherein yarn segments of the yarn in the first zone have a high level of penetration of the functional finish;
a second zone integrally extending from the first zone, wherein yarn segments of the yarn in the second zone have a medium level of penetration of the functional finish; and
a third zone integrally extending from the second zone, wherein yarn segments of the yarn in the third zone have a low level of penetration of the functional finish.

2. The knit garment of claim 1 , wherein the functional finish is a durable water repellant (DWR) finish.

3. The knit garment of claim 2 , wherein the knit garment is a shirt.

4. The knit garment of claim 3 , wherein the first zone is positioned over an upper part of the shirt adjacent a neck opening of the shirt.

5. The knit garment of claim 4 , wherein the third zone is positioned near a bottom of the shirt adjacent to a waist opening of the shirt.

6. The knit garment of claim 1 , wherein the functional finish comprises a hydrophilic finish.

7. The knit garment of claim 1 , wherein the second zone is positioned between the first zone and the third zone.

8. A knit textile including a yarn that has been treated with a functional finish prior to the yarn being incorporated into the knit textile, the knit textile comprising:
a first zone formed from the yarn, wherein yarn segments of the yarn in the first zone have a high level of penetration of the functional finish;
a second zone integrally extending from the first zone, wherein yarn segments of the yarn in the second zone have a medium level of penetration of the functional finish; and
a third zone integrally extending from the second zone, wherein yarn segments of the yarn in the third zone have a low level of penetration of the functional finish.

9. The knit textile of claim 8 , wherein the functional finish is a durable water repellant (DWR) finish.

10. The knit textile of claim 8 , wherein the second zone is positioned between the first zone and the third zone.

11. The knit textile of claim 8 , wherein the functional finish comprises a hydrophilic finish.

Assignees

• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Turner David
• Zolman Carmen L

Classifications

• D03D15/00

  Woven fabrics characterised by the material, structure or properties of the fibres, filaments, yarns, threads or other warp or weft elements used · CPC title

• D02G3/346

  with coloured effects, i.e. by differential dyeing process · CPC title

• D02J1/18 Primary

  Separating or spreading · CPC title

• D06B11/0043

  of hanks of yarns · CPC title

• D06M2200/01

  Stain or soil resistance · CPC title