Maternity pants and maternity leggings having an integral user-adjustable belly-support elastic fabric band or elastic fabric strap. The elastic fabric band remains connected to the rear side of the pants or leggings, and can be angularly pivoted or slanted upwardly, to cover an upper region of the pregnant belly of the wearer, while leaving an uncovered front-side aperture that enables a portion of the pregnant belly to remain uncovered. Optionally, a lower-back covering fabric-region of the pants or leggings provides lower-back support, by providing one or two generally-horizontal elastic bands that are generally parallel to the waistband.
A sock for covering at least a foot of a human wearer includes: a knitted toes-covering fabric- region, configured to cover toes of the foot; a knitted sole-covering fabric -region, configured to cover a sole of the foot; and a knitted toes-region stabilizing component, located between the knitted toes-covering fabric-region and the knitted sole-covering fabric-region. The knitted toes-region stabilizing component is configured to stabilize, and to prevent shifting or slippage of, the knitted toes-covering fabric-region in response to body movements. The knitted toes- region stabilizing component is a knitted band that is formed of a first yarn which is a High- Friction Low-Slippage yarn; the knitted toes-covering fabric -region and the knitted sole- covering fabric -region are knitted of a second, different, yarn. The first yam has a first friction coefficient relative to human body; the second yarn has a second friction coefficient relative to human body; the first friction coefficient is greater than the second friction coefficient by at least 25 percent.
Underwear for a human wearer, having adaptive leg openings and size-adjusting fabric -regions. A singular fabric -region of the undergarment is structured as a saddle, located beneath a crotch or gusset area, and extends downwardly along a portion of the upper inner right hip and the upper inner left hip. That fabric -region is formed of a fabric or yarns having a particular elasticity characteristic, that is different from the elasticity characteristics of other fabric¬ regions of that undergarment; and that provides an increased elasticity, and particularly an increased horizontal elasticity, to that saddle-structured fabric region.
Leak-proof maternity bra and a fabric-made leak-protection pad. A bra includes two fabric - based cups, configured to cover breast of a human wearer. At least one of the two fabric-based cups includes therein an internal fabric-based Passepartout framing element, integrally attached to an internal side or the fabric-based cup in which it is attached. The internal fabric-based Passepartout framing element is configured to hold in place a fabric-based leak-protection pad. The pad is formed of multiple layers, including: a first layer formed of high-wicking or quick- wicking fabric; a second layer which is a high-absorbency knit structure; a third layer which is a breathable membrane; and a fourth layer which is a pad-lining polyester element.
Leak-proof seamless underwear having a fabric-made leak-protection pad. An underwear for a female wearer includes: a rear-side fabric-region that is configured to cover at least some of buttocks of the female wearer; a front-side fabric-region that is generally opposite said rear-side fabric-region and that is configured to cover at least some of a pelvis of the female wearer; and a gusset (or crotch-covering) fabric-region that is configured to cover genitalia and/or crotch of the female wearer. A body-facing or inner side of the gusset fabric -region includes a fabric-based Passepartout frame element which holds in place therein a fabric-based leak-protection pad that absorbs fluids and prevents fluid leaks.
A61F 13/472 - Sanitary towels, incontinence pads or napkins specially adapted for female use
A61F 13/476 - Sanitary towels, incontinence pads or napkins characterised by encircling the crotch region of the undergarment, e.g. with flaps
A61F 13/496 - Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies in the form of pants or briefs
A61F 13/494 - Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers, nappies characterised by edge leakage prevention means
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FAST-DRYING FABRIC AND GARMENT, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING THEM
A garment includes: a first garment-region, that is formed of cotton and/or polyester, wherein the first garment -region has a first level of drying capability; and a second garment-region, that is formed of fast-drying yarns that include at least 75% cotton, wherein the second garment- region has a second level of drying capability. The second level of drying capability is greater than the first level of drying capability. A squared-centimeter of the first garment-region, being wet by absorbing N milliliters of water, becomes dry within T1 seconds; whereas, a squared- centimeter of the second garment-region, being wet by absorbing N milliliters of water, becomes dry within T2 seconds; wherein N is a pre-defined positive number; wherein T2 is smaller than T1.
A knitting system includes a seamless circular knitting machine. It has a circular set of needles having a particular number of needles (M), in the range of 500 to 2,500 needles, arranged in a circular pattern; and a knit controller to selectively operate each one of the needles on a needle- by-needle basis. The system includes a digital computational design tool, to receive a bitmap image, having a pixel width resolution that is identical to the particular number of needles; and based on analysis of the bitmap image, to generate and to send knitting instructions to the knit controller of the seamless circular knitting machine, based on direct correlation between (I) a particular Nth pixel in a particular Rth row of the bitmap image, and (II) needle activity of a corresponding particular Nth needle needles when said Nth needle knits the Rth row of a knitted product.
A garment includes: a first garment-region, that is formed of a knitted material, and that is knitted in accordance with a first knitting pattern, wherein the first garment region has a first value of horizontal stretching capacity; and a second garment-region, that is formed of the same knitted material, and that is knitted in accordance with a second, different, knitting pattern; wherein the second garment region has a second value of unidirectional stretching capacity that is smaller than the first value of unidirectional stretching capacity of the first garment-region. The second garment-region is immediately adjacent to and is bordering with the first garment-region, and together they are a continuous and seamless garment zone.
D04B 21/08 - Patterned fabrics or articles characterised by thread material
D04B 21/18 - Fabrics characterised by the incorporation by knitting, in one or more thread, fleece, or fabric layers, of reinforcing, binding, or decorative threads; Fabrics incorporating small auxiliary elements, e.g. for decorative purposes incorporating elastic threads
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GARMENT AND CLOTHES THAT ARE UNRAVEL-FREE AND ROLL-FREE
Garment and clothes that are unravel-free and roll-free. A garment includes a particular garment-region made of knitted fabric. A majority of threads of the knitted fabric are yarns other than a thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn, such as polyester, nylon, polypropylene, cellulose, polyurethane. At least one thread of the knitted fabric is a thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn that is knitted integrally in the knitted fabric and is located within N millimeters from an edge or an opening of the garment, wherein N is in the range of 0 to 10 millimeters. The edge or the opening of the garment-region is unravel free and is roll-free, due to inclusion of, or proximity to, the thermally-fused thermoplastic yarn in the knitted fabric.
D06M 23/18 - Processes for the non-uniform application of treating agents, e.g. one-sided treatment; Differential treatment for the thermal or chemical fixation of cuttings, seams or fibre ends
A garment for a human wearer includes: a terry garment-region having terry-knit cloth; and a non-terry garment-region having non-terry-knit cloth. The terry garment-region is directly bordering and adjacent to the non-terry garment-region. The terry garment-region and the non-terry garment-region are a seamless continuation of each other. Similarly, a continuous fabric for making clothes includes: a terry fabric-region having terry-knit cloth, and an adjacent and immediately bordering non- terry fabric-region having non-terry-knit cloth.
An underwear for men includes: a front-side pouch to accommodate therein genitalia of a human wearer; and a gusset element to cover at least an anus area of the human wearer; wherein the front-side pouch and the gusset element are implemented as a unified pouch-and-gusset member, which is a single, monolithic, seam-less, continuous fabric. The unified pouch-and- gusset member lacks any seams between the front-side pouch and the gusset element. The unified pouch-and-gusset member further includes an excess piece of fabric that holds together the front-side pouch and the gusset element; wherein (i) the excess piece of fabric and (ii) the front-side pouch and (iii) the gusset element are implemented as a unified, single, monolithic, seam-less, continuous fabric. The underwear conveniently prevents rubbing of a penis of the human wearer against the testicles or hips of the human wearer, or conveniently prevents other types of inter-organ rubbing.
Clothing articles having one or more pre-defined encapsulation zones, as well as systems and methods of producing such clothing articles. A clothing article is made of a fabric intended to cover a region of a human body of a wearer. The fabric includes at least one encapsulation zone which is surrounded by a surrounding region. The encapsulation zone includes at least a first encapsulation region, which is surrounded by a second encapsulation region, which is surrounded by a third encapsulation region. The first encapsulation region has a first level of elasticity; the second encapsulation region has a second level of elasticity that is smaller than the first level of elasticity of the first encapsulation region; the third encapsulation region has a third level of elasticity that is smaller than the second level of elasticity of the second encapsulation region.
Clothing articles formed of melting yarn and non-melting yarn, and system and method of producing such clothing articles. A clothing article includes: a first garment-region which consists of, exclusively, non-melting yarn, wherein the first garment-region has a first level of rigidity; and a second garment-region which comprises a mixture of both (i) non-melting yarn and (ii) stiffed melted-yarn, wherein the second garment-region has a second level of rigidity which is greater than the first level of rigidity. A garment includes multiple garment-regions having different levels of rigidity, wherein each garment-region consists of a different ratio of non-melting yarn to stiffed melted-yarn.
D03D 1/00 - Woven fabrics designed to make specified articles
D03D 15/02 - Woven fabrics characterised by the material or construction of the yarn or other warp or weft elements used the warp or weft elements being of stiff material, e.g. wire, cane, slat
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UNDERWEAR AND UNDERGARMENTS, AND METHOD AND SYSTEM OF PRODUCING THEM
Underwear, undergarments, articles of clothing, and method and system of producing them. Underwear includes a left-hip region to encircle at least a portion of a left-hip of a wearer; a right-hip region to encircle at least a portion of a right-hip of the wearer; a front-side region to cover at least a portion of a front-side genitalia of the wearer; a rear-side region to cover at least a portion of the buttocks of the wearer; and a waist region to encircle the waist of the wearer. The waist region lacks any elastic ribbon and lacks any elastic component, yet clings to the waist of the wearer. The waist region includes multiple layers of fabric, glued together in a seam-less stitch-less glue-based connection, optionally including a layer of elastane, TPU, adhesive film, or other materials. Optionally, a particular pattern of laser-cut holes in an external layer of the waist region, enables an observer to see there-through an internal layer of fabric of the waist region.
Fabric for articles of clothing, as well as garments made of such fabric, and method and system for manufacturing such fabric and garments. A fabric or garment includes active- cooling materials or substances or elements, or a formulation or composition that includes one or more active-cooling materials or mixture thereof. A garment comprises a first garment-region that contains active-cooling substance, and a second garment-region that does not contain any active-cooling substances. One suitable active-cooling substance can be a mixture of polymer emulsion, water, glycerin, and Potassium Nitrate. The active-cooling substance can be deposited on the fabric, or printed on the fabric, or sprayed or brushed on the fabric, or soaked into the fabric, or otherwise integrated into the fabric.
A41D 13/005 - Professional, industrial or sporting protective garments, e.g. surgeons' gowns or garments protecting against blows or punches with controlled internal environment with controlled temperature
A61F 7/00 - Heating or cooling appliances for medical or therapeutic treatment of the human body
A62B 17/00 - Protective clothing affording protection against heat or harmful chemical agents or for use at high altitudes
A41D 31/00 - Materials specially adapted for outerwear
B32B 3/00 - Layered products essentially comprising a layer with external or internal discontinuities or unevennesses, or a layer of non-planar form; Layered products essentially having particular features of form
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GARMENTS, SHIRTS, TIGHTS, LEGGINGS, PANTS, AND OTHER ARTICLES OF CLOTHING
A garment, shirt, short-sleeve shirt, long-sleeve shirt, sports shirt, tights, leggings, pants, sports pants, or other article of clothing, includes: a first garment-region; a second garment-region; and a decoupling garment-region that is connected between the first and second garment regions. The first and second garment regions are not directly connected to each other, and are not directly touching each other. The decoupling garment-region decouples between the movement of the first garment-region, from the movement of the second garment-region. The decoupling garment-region provides to the human wearer increased convenience and increased efficiency, particularly when the human wearer engages in sports activities.
A bra, a garment, an article of clothing, and a fastener for such items. A bra includes: two cups located at a front-side of the bra; and a fastener located at a back-side of the bra. The back-side of the bra has a first region and a second region. The fastener enables (A) attachment of the first region to the second region, and (B) detachment of the first region from the second region. The fastener includes: (I) a male member located in the first region of the back-side of the bra, and (II) a female member located in the second region of the back-side of the bra. The male member includes a single wide hook. The female member includes a set of multiple spaced-apart wide bridges, each bridge protruding outwardly and generally-perpendicularly relative to the second region of the back-side of the bra. Each bridge is generally perpendicular to the longest dimension of the back-side of the bra.
Garment having seam-less elastic band or synthetic band, and system and method for producing such garment. A method of producing a seam-less elastic band (105) comprises: providing an un-folded elongated elastic strip (101); folding at the elongated elastic strip (101) at a folding point (102) to create a first strip portion (102-103) overlapping on top of a second strip portion (103-104) of the elongated elastic strip (101), wherein the first strip portion (102-103) and the second strip portion (103-104) meet at a meeting point (104); performing an ultrasonic operation at the meeting point (104) on said first and second strip portion to create the seam-less elastic band (105) detached from a remainder of the elongated elastic band (101). The ultrasonic operations comprise one or more operations, ultrasonic cutting, ultrasonic welding, ultrasonic bonding, or other suitable ultrasonic operations.
The present invention includes a laundry-resistant fabric, as well as method and system for manufacturing such fabric. The method includes, for example, scorching short threads on a surface of a fabric; and treating the fabric in a mixture which comprises an anti-crease material. The scorching is performed, for example, by using a flames generator or other suitable unit. The treating may further include treating the fabric with a silicone-based hydrophilic material, mixed together with the anti-crease material.
The present invention includes a garment, such as a bra or a shaper, having regions of differential elasticity. For example, a bra includes: two cups located at a front side of the bra; and a backwing comprising a plurality of regions having differential elasticity. Optionally, the plurality of regions comprise at least five areas which comprise: a central area having reduced elasticity; a right-side area having increased elasticity; a left side area having increased elasticity; a first intermediary area, located between the central area and the right-side area, wherein the first intermediary area has intermediate elasticity; and a second intermediary area, located between the central area and the left-side area, wherein the second intermediary area has intermediate elasticity.
The present invention includes socks, as well as a method and a system for manufacturing socks. For example, a sock includes a first area and a second area, wherein the first area includes increased knitting relative to the second area. For example, a method intended for utilization in conjunction with a knitting machine comprising one or more needles, includes selectively controlling operation of said one or more needles by selectively modifying operation of at least one of said one or more needles.
The present invention includes socks, as well as a method and a system for manufacturing socks. For example, a sock includes: a toe area; a foot area; and a taped seam to connect the toe area with the foot area. For example, a method for manufacturing a sock includes: producing a toe area of the sock; producing a foot area of the sock; and applying a taped seam connecting the toe area with the foot area.
Laundry-resistant sock, and system and method for producing such sock. For example, a method of manufacturing a garment includes: knitting the garment from a non-colored raw cotton thread; washing the garment with a caustic material; treating the garment with a biopolishing enzyme; coloring the garment.
There is provided herein a sock, including a main area and a toe area, wherein the toe area comprises a front edge arranged in a multiple-step configuration and at least a first section and a second section, wherein the toe area is adapted to reduce textile material tension upon wearing the sock. There is further provided herein a garment, including a sock, the sock including a main area and a toe area, wherein the toe area comprises a front edge arranged in a multiple-step configuration and at least a first section and a second section, wherein the toe area is adapted to reduce textile material tension upon wearing the sock.
A nano technology process for the manufacture of a fabric that comprises fibers, such as man-made fibers, cotton fibers or cellulose fibers, which are essentially hydrophilic, with improved moisture-management performance, in which the fibers are individually encapsulated with a nano chemistry water-repellant surface.
D06M 23/08 - Processes in which the treating agent is applied in powder or granular form
D06M 15/643 - Macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds containing silicon in the main chain
D06M 11/79 - Treating fibres, threads, yarns, fabrics or fibrous goods made from such materials, with inorganic substances or complexes thereof; Such treatment combined with mechanical treatment, e.g. mercerising with silicon or compounds thereof with silicon dioxide, silicic acids or their salts
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