Patent ID: 11957196
Assignee: TRERE' INNOVATION S.R.L.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A  D | IPC A  D

Claim 0:
1. A temperature-regulating garment including an air exchange system, the garment comprising a fabric consisting of a ground yarn which is visible on a rear of the fabric, a base yarn which is visible on a front of the fabric, and a third yarn, the ground yarn and the base yarn forming a knitted structure of the garment, wherein the rear of the fabric faces toward a wearer's body when the garment is worn, and the front of the fabric faces away from the wearer's body when the garment is worn,
wherein the garment includes one or more performance areas in which specific performance characteristics are required, and the third yarn is provided in the one or more performance areas so as to provide the specific performance characteristics, the third yarn being hydrophobic,
wherein the one or more performance areas include a first performance area designed to absorb and expel perspiration and be breathable, the first performance area having a knitted fabric structure which has a looser knit relative to other areas of the garment in which the specific performance characteristics are not required, such that the first performance area is more breathable than the other areas of the garment in which the specific performance characteristics are not required,
wherein the third yarn is inserted into a plurality of rows of knitting within the first performance area so as to create a plurality of first performance rows, each of the first performance rows being a respective one of the plurality of rows of knitting within the first performance area into which the third yarn is inserted, the plurality of first performance rows being parallel to each other and extending in a width direction of the first performance area,
wherein in each of the first performance rows, the third yarn begins at one end of the first performance area in the width direction, extends along an entire width of the first performance area, and ends at an opposite end of the first performance area in the width direction,
wherein in each of the first performance rows, the third yarn is connected to the ground yarn and the base yarn, and is knitted such that
in a first section, the third yarn extends along an inner part of the fabric and is configured to contact skin of the wearer of the garment,
in a second section adjacent to the first section, the third yarn extends through the knitted structure of the ground yarn and the base yarn,
in a third section adjacent to the second section, the third yarn extends away from the first and second sections along an outer part of the fabric so as to be exposed to an external environment,
in a fourth section adjacent to the third section, the third yarn extends through the knitted structure of the ground yarn and the base yarn back to the inner part of the fabric,
and the knitting of the first through fourth sections is repeated for the entire width of the first performance area,

and wherein respective lengths of the first section and the third section may vary within a same row of knitting, as differences in lengths of the first and third sections correspond to different capacities of the fabric to absorb perspiration and wick the perspiration away towards the external environment.