Patent ID: 8088698
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: A41D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A fabric particularly for items of clothing and shoes, comprising: a first inner layer, to be directed toward the body of the user, which is substantially hydrophobic and breathable and is suitable to direct liquid-phase and vapor-phase perspiration away from the user of an item of clothing or the like produced with said fabric; and a second intermediate spacing layer, which is substantially hydrophobic and transfers the liquid-phase perspiration from said first inner layer toward a third outer layer and defines preferential passages for vapor-phase perspiration from said first layer outwardly, wherein the third outer layer is substantially hydrophilic and is suitable for permeation of vapor-phase perspiration, for absorbing liquid phase perspiration that arrives from the first layer, and for distributing said liquid-phase perspiration over a large surface thereof so that it can evaporate outwardly, wherein said layers are joined so as to form a single body, wherein said preferential passages formed in said second intermediate layer are provided by a plurality of channels, said channels are arranged substantially vertically and are configured to facilitate the rise of vapor-phase perspiration from the lower region of the item of clothing upwardly, wherein the preferential passages are formed by parallel substantially tubular elements, between which said channels are formed, which are suitable to provide for the vapor-phase perspiration from said first layer outwardly and facilitate the rise of the vapor-phase perspiration from the lower region of the item of clothing upwardly, and wherein a total surface of said first layer which is designed for contact between said fabric and the body of a user which can be equal to, or smaller than, 50% of the total area of the fabric which is directed toward the user.