Patent Publication Number: US-2006009101-A1

Title: Cloth member to guard against mosquito

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
      1. Field of the Invention  
      The present invention relates to a cloth member, and more particularly to an anti-mosquito cloth member to guard against or to repel mosquitoes, and to prevent users from being bitten by mosquitoes.  
      2. Description of the Prior Art  
      Typical cloth members comprise one or more woven or non-woven fibers or layers secured together, for making hats, clothes, sockets, gloves, etc., or other cloth articles. Normally, the typical cloth members are simply provided for making the cloth articles only, and may not be used to absorb odors, or may not be used to guard against or to repel mosquitoes, and also may not be used to prevent users from being bitten by mosquitoes.  
      U.S. Pat. No. 5,678,247 to Vickers discloses one of the typical cloth members including an odor absorbent layer engaged therein, to absorb odors. The odor absorbent layer comprises a sheet of non-woven synthetic fibers impregnated with powdered activated charcoal using a binder which provide a satisfactory degree of pliability to the resulting sheet layer and yet aptly bonds the carbon particles within the sheet of fibers.  
      However, the typical cloth members simply includes the odor absorbent layer engaged therein, to absorb odors, but may not be used to guard against or to repel mosquitoes, and also may not be used to prevent users from being bitten by mosquitoes.  
      The present invention has arisen to mitigate and/or obviate the afore-described disadvantages of the conventional cloth members.  
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
      The primary objective of the present invention is to provide an anti-mosquito cloth member for guarding against or for repelling mosquitoes, and for preventing users from being bitten by mosquitoes.  
      In accordance with one aspect of the invention, there is provided a cloth member comprising a base layer, and a cover layer secured onto the base layer by such as stitches or the like. The cover layer has been treated with or dipped with an anti-mosquito solution, or may include the anti-mosquito solution engaged therein, to guard against mosquitoes, and to prevent mosquitoes from flying close to the cover layer, and the cover layer includes a plurality of hair members provided on top thereof, to form a hairy structure, and to prevent the mosquito from biting through the hairy cover layer, and thus to prevent the users from being bitten by mosquitoes.  
      Further objectives and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from a careful reading of the detailed description provided hereinbelow, with appropriate reference to the accompanying drawings. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS  
       FIG. 1  is a perspective view of an anti-mosquito cloth member in accordance with the present invention;  
       FIG. 2  is an exploded view of the anti-mosquito cloth member;  
       FIG. 3  is an enlarged partial perspective view illustrating a base fabric layer of the anti-mosquito cloth member;  
       FIG. 4  is an enlarged partial perspective view illustrating an anti-mosquito layer of the anti-mosquito cloth member;  
       FIG. 5  is an enlarged partial perspective view illustrating a stitching or coupling operation for coupling the base fabric layer and the anti-mosquito layer of the anti-mosquito cloth member together;  
       FIG. 6  is a front view illustrating an attachment of the anti-mosquito cloth member to a user;  
       FIG. 7  is a front view similar to  FIG. 6 , illustrating the operation of the anti-mosquito cloth member; and  
       FIGS. 8, 9 ,  10 ,  11  are perspective views illustrating the articles to be made with the anti-mosquito cloth member. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT  
      Referring to the drawings, and initially to  FIGS. 1-6 , an anti-mosquito cloth member  1  in accordance with the present invention comprises a base layer  10 , such as a base cloth or fabric layer  10 , which may be formed or made by woven or non-woven fibers or layers, or which may be formed by warp knitting or stitching operations.  
      The cloth member  1  further includes a cover layer  30  or an anti-mosquito cover layer  30  which may also be formed or made by woven or non-woven fibers or layers, or which may also be formed by warp knitting or stitching operations. The cover layer  30  is treated with or has been dipped in anti-mosquito solutions, or has anti-mosquito solutions engaged therein, to guard against or to repel mosquitoes, and to prevent mosquitoes from flying close to the anti-mosquito cover layer  30 .  
      The anti-mosquito cover layer  30  and the base layer  10  are then secured together by such as stitching operations ( FIG. 5 ), to solidly secure the anti-mosquito cover layer  30  and the base layer  10  together. The base layer  10  is provided for engaging onto the users  9  ( FIGS. 6, 7 ), and preferably for allowing the users  9  to feel comfortable, and to prevent the anti-mosquito cover layer  30  from directly contacting with the users. The base layer  10  may also be provided for absorbing sweat or odors from the users  9 , for example.  
      As shown in  FIGS. 6 and 7 , the cover layer  30  further includes a number of fine hair members  31  formed or provided thereon, such as provided on top thereof, to form a hairy structure, and to prevent the needle mouth  41  of the mosquito  40  from engaging into or biting into or through the hairy cover layer  30 .  
      In operation, as shown in  FIG. 7 , in addition to the fine hair members  31  of the hairy cover layer  30 , the anti-mosquito cover layer  30  that have been treated with or dipped with anti-mosquito solutions may further be used to guard against or to repel mosquitoes, and to prevent mosquitoes from flying close to the anti-mosquito cover layer  30 , and thus to prevent the users from being bitten by mosquitoes.  
      As shown in  FIGS. 8-11 , the cloth member  1  may be used for making various articles, such as clothes ( FIG. 8 ), hats ( FIG. 9 ), gloves ( FIG. 10 ), sockets ( FIG. 11 ), etc., or other cloth articles.  
      Accordingly, the anti-mosquito cloth member in accordance with the present invention may be used for guarding against or for repelling mosquitoes, and for preventing users from being bitten by mosquitoes.  
      Although this invention has been described with a certain degree of particularity, it is to be understood that the present disclosure has been made by way of example only and that numerous changes in the detailed construction and the combination and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as hereinafter claimed.