Abstract:
The invention provides a garment having transducer capabilities and comprising an outer layer (1) of an elastically deformable and skin-friendly material, a first electrically conductive layer (3) being stretchable being attached to the outer layer, a layer of a deformable polymer film, and a second electrically conductive layer (4) attached to the polymer film. The invention provides a high strain sensing or actuating garment.
Abstract:
Footwear fabrication methods are disclosed, having reduced material consumption and/or waste requirements, compared to conventional methods, as well as the footwear articles made by such methods. The fabrication methods and articles are characterized by the selective use of a bonding agent, in the form of a powder or tackified (e.g., preheated) powder, to bond various material panels, such substrate, mesh, and/or skin panels in the formation of a composite panel (e.g., a bonded mesh composite panel), which may in turn be used to provide a footwear upper and ultimately an article of footwear. The bonding agent is particularly applicable to fabrication processes utilizing a combination of heat and pressure for bonding or fusing material panels, each having a suitable composition, size, shape, and thickness, into the particular configuration of the footwear upper.
Abstract:
Aspects of the present invention relate to systems and methods of integrating dynamic materials into articles for adjustable physical characteristics (e.g., aesthetic, functional). For example, in response to a human's body heat, a dynamic material may change shape to allow additional permeability in an article of clothing. Similarly, in response to the presence of moisture, an article of clothing may close a vent to prevent the introduction of rain into an internal portion of the article. The shape changing material may change shape that merely affects a feature formed by the shape changing material. Additionally, it is contemplated that the shape changing material may change shape that affects a geometric structure of the article as a whole (e.g., protrusions, dimples, vents, etc.).
Abstract:
The object of the invention to provide a garment for layering having better ventilation performance than conventional counterparts, and an outerwear and an inner-layer wear to be used in this garment for layering. The present invention provides a garment for layering including an outerwear, and one or more inner-layer wears worn inside the outerwear, the outerwear and at least one inner-layer wear having a vent that can be opened and closed.
Abstract:
A woven or knitted fabric, having a roughness which is manifested when wetted with water and disappears when dried, comprises crimped filaments A whose percentage of crimp decrease when wetted with water, and filaments B composed of non-crimped filaments and/or crimped filaments which undergo substantially no change in percentage of crimp when wetted with water, wherein the change of the roughness is 5% or more, determined in accordance with the following equation: Change in Roughness (%)=((TW-TD)/TD)x100 in which TD: a thickness upon drying and TW: a thickness upon wetting with water, of the woven or knitted fabric.