Architecturally reinforced denim

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9624608-B2
Application number	US-201313767505-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 14, 2013
Priority date	Feb 17, 2012
Publication date	Apr 18, 2017
Grant date	Apr 18, 2017

Abstract

A denim fabric with high tenacity and/or moisture management and/or stretch materials is provided. Proportions of materials in the denim fabric may vary during the weave of the fabric to create different performance zones in the resulting garment with or without assembling different fabric pieces.

First claim

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. An architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric comprising:
a first face and an opposite second face, wherein the first face is different from the opposite second face;
at least a first woven performance zone comprising a first ratio of synthetic fiber to natural fiber, wherein the first woven performance zone is positioned at a first location on the architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric, wherein the first woven performance zone comprises:
(1) up to a 63 weight percent cotton fiber;
(2) at least a 35 weight percent combination of moisture management polymer fiber and high tenacity polymer fiber, wherein the high tenacity polymer fiber is in one or more warp yarns, and wherein the moisture management polymer fiber is in one or more fill yarns of the architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric and wherein the one or more warp yarns are exposed on the second face and the one or more fill yarns are exposed on the first face; and
(3) at least a 2 weight percent elastic polymer fiber; and
at least a second woven performance zone comprising a second ratio of synthetic fiber to natural fiber, wherein the first ratio of synthetic fiber to natural fiber is different than the second ratio of synthetic fiber to natural fiber, and wherein the second woven performance zone is positioned at a second location on the architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric such that it is integrally woven and seamlessly adjacent to the first woven performance zone.

2. The architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric of claim 1 , wherein the second woven performance zone comprises:
up to a 63 weight percent of the cotton fiber;
at least a 35 weight percent of the high tenacity polymer fiber; and
at least a 2 weight percent of the elastic polymer fiber.

3. The architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric of claim 2 , wherein the architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric further comprises a third woven performance zone, the third woven performance zone comprising a 100 weight percent cotton fiber.

4. The architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric of claim 1 , wherein the first face of the architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric is configured to be an internal face of a manufactured garment and the opposite second face of the architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric is configured to be an external face of the manufactured garment.

5. The architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric of claim 4 , wherein the warp yarns are visually distinct from other portions of the architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric.

6. An architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric comprising:
at least a first woven performance zone comprising a first ratio of synthetic fiber to natural fiber, wherein the first woven performance zone is positioned at a first location on the architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric, wherein the first woven performance zone comprises:
(1) up to a 63 weight percent cotton fiber;
(2) at least a 35 weight percent high tenacity polymer fiber, wherein the high tenacity polymer fiber is incorporated into one or more warp yarns of the architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric; and
(3) at least a 2 weight percent elastic polymer fiber; and

at least a different second woven performance zone comprising a second ratio of synthetic fiber to natural fiber, wherein the first ratio of synthetic fiber to natural fiber is different from the second ratio of synthetic fiber to natural fiber, and wherein the second woven performance zone is positioned at a second location on the architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric, wherein the first location is different from the second location, and wherein the first woven performance zone and the second woven performance zone are integrally woven and are seamlessly adjacent to each other.

7. The architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric of claim 6 , wherein the first woven performance zone comprises between 45 and 60 weight percent cotton fiber.

8. The architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric of claim 6 , wherein the high tenacity polymer fiber comprises liquid crystal polymer materials.

9. The architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric of claim 6 , wherein the second woven performance zone comprises a 100 weight percent cotton fiber.

10. The architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric of claim 6 , wherein the warp yarns comprising the high tenacity polymer fiber form one or more protrusions on an external surface of the architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric that are visually distinct from other portions of the architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric.

11. A garment manufactured from an architecturally reinforced denim woven fabric, the garment comprising seamlessly adjacent and integrally woven performance zones, wherein:
a first woven performance zone comprising a first ratio of synthetic fibers to natural fibers, wherein the synthetic fibers comprise high tenacity polymer fibers forming one or more warp yarns;
a second woven performance zone comprising a second ratio of synthetic fibers to natural fibers that is different from the first ratio of synthetic fibers to natural fibers, wherein the synthetic fibers comprise moisture management polymer fibers and high tenacity polymer fibers, wherein the moisture management polymer fibers form one or more fill yarns and the high tenacity polymer fibers form one or more warp yarns; and
a third woven performance zone comprising a third ratio of synthetic fibers to natural fibers that is different from the first ratio and the second ratio of synthetic fibers to natural fibers.

12. The garment of claim 11 , wherein the first woven performance zone of the garment is configured to form a thigh and knee performance zone configured to align with the thighs and knees of a wearer when the garment is worn; wherein the second woven performance zone of the garment is configured to form a buttocks performance zone configured to align with the buttocks of the wearer when the garment is worn; and wherein the third woven performance zone of the garment is configured to form a calf performance zone configured to align with the calves of the wearer when the garment is worn.

13. The garment of claim 12 , wherein the buttocks performance zone and the knee performance zone further comprise padding for shock absorption.

14. The garment of claim 11 , wherein the first woven performance zone and the second woven performance zone comprise up to a 63 weight percent of cotton fiber, and the third woven performance zone comprises 100 weight percent of the cotton fiber.

15. The garment of claim 11 , wherein the garment comprises an internal face and an external face, wherein the high tenacity polymer fiber in the first performance zone and the second performance zone is mainly located on the external face of the garment.

16. The garment of claim 15 , wherein a portion of the warp yarns comprising the high tenacity polymer fiber form one or more protrusions on the external face of the garment, wherein the one or more protrusions are visually distinct from other portions of the external face of the garment.

Assignees

• Martin John F
• Wise Lashurya M
• Nike Inc

Inventors

• Martin John F
• Wise Lashurya M

Classifications

• B32B5/06

  characterised by a fibrous {or filamentary} layer {mechanically connected, e.g. by needling} to another layer, e.g. of fibres, of paper · CPC title

• Y10T442/3179

  Woven fabric is characterized by a particular or differential weave other than fabric in which the strand denier or warp/weft pick count is specified · CPC title

• D03D13/004 Primary

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

• A41D31/0055

  Human Necessities · mapped topic

• D10B2401/02

  Moisture-responsive characteristics · CPC title