Patent Publication Number: US-2005136768-A1

Title: Woven product with luminescent yarns

Description:
RELATED U.S. APPLICATIONS  
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     STATEMENT REGARDING FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH OR DEVELOPMENT  
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     REFERENCE TO MICROFICHE APPENDIX  
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     FIELD OF THE INVENTION  
      The present invention relates generally to a woven product, and more particularly to an innovative woven product that contains luminescent yarns in its weaving structure.  
     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION  
      Conventionally, knitting or sticking fluorescent or luminous flakes on a garment is the most typical practice to make the garment luminous at night. However, the surfaces of ordinary fluorescent or luminous flakes appear rough upon knitting, affecting their elegant appearance. On the other hand, if they are stuck on the surface, they will easily break or flake due to bumping. Therefore, garments with such flakes are unpopular among customers. Additionally, a structure with an electrical luminous device is also available on the market. Nevertheless, it is damageable, expensive and inconvenient for washing in spite of its better luminous effect.  
      Accordingly, in order to solve the problem of unpleasant appearance due to easy braking and flaking in the conventional practice, it would be desirable for the industry to provide a new woven product with a better and more practical luminous structure.  
      Above all, to solve the problems of conventional products in use, the applicant elaborately designed and cautiously assessed the structure on the basis of his rich developing and designing experience relating to the product, to thereby present the invention finally.  
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION  
      The enhanced efficacy of the invention is as follows:  
      1. The innovative woven product  10  is made by luminescent yarns  21   22  formed by fluorescent or luminous threads. It is the first design among similar products in the industry and is in line with the innovative requirement of a patent.  
      2. With the improved design, the portions formed by the luminescent yarns  21   22  on the woven product  10  can be luminous at night or under dark circumstances. Therefore, it can both present the beauty of a preset luminous pattern and serve as a warning signal.  
      3. The luminescent yarns  21   22  are knitted into the woven product to achieve luminous effect and keep its surface flat and smooth without sewing luminescent flakes. The present invention features a more elegant appearance as well as a more stable and durable structure. Therefore, comparing to the conventional product stuck with luminescent flakes featuring easy breaking and flaking, the invention has been improved.  
      The detailed description of the preferred embodiment is set forth in the foregoing description. However, the disclosure is illustrative only and does not limit the present invention, and changes may be made in detail within the principles of the invention to the full extent indicated by the broad general meaning of the terms in which the appended claims are expressed. 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS  
       FIGS. 1-10  show the preferred embodiment of the present invention. 
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION  
      The features and the advantages of the present invention will be more readily understood upon a thoughtful deliberation of the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the present invention with reference to the accompanying drawings.  
      As shown in  FIGS. 1-9 , a woven product  10  with luminescent yarns  20  embodied in the present invention comprises: 
          first luminescent yarns  21  formed by fluorescent threads giving off luminescence upon receiving light, and second luminescent yarns  22  formed by luminous threads giving off luminescence at night by themselves. In this way, the portions with the first and second luminescent yarns  21   22  on the woven product will be luminous at night.        

      Wherein said woven products with luminescent yarns  20   21   22  can be garments (refer to  FIG. 1 ), caps (refer to  FIG. 2 ), gloves (refer to  FIG. 3 ), socks (refer to  FIGS. 7 and 8 ), scarves and shoes (refer to  FIG. 9 ), textile, canvas or curtains (refer to  FIG. 10 ), etc.  
      Referring to  FIGS. 4 and 5 , first luminescent yarns  21  and second luminescent yarns  22  can be woven on ordinary yarns  30  to knit a woven product, so as to reduce the volume of luminescent yarns  20  used. Or the woven product can be knitted with the luminescent yarns locally or in a spaced manner so that it can present local or spaced luminous beauty at night.  
      Wherein, the pattern models of the said luminescent yarns  20  on the woven product can be spaced (refer to  FIGS. 4, 5 ,  7 ,  8 ), blocked, local, checked, figured or interwoven by first and second luminescent yarns  21 ,  22  (refer to  FIG. 6 ).  
      Wherein, referring to  FIG. 9 , if the luminescent yarns  20  are woven in common textile or canvas, such textile or canvas can be made into cloth shoes that feel smooth and flat. With the luminescent shoes surface, it is unnecessary to sew other luminescent objects, thus avoiding the problem of flaking.