Patent ID: 8918919

Claim:
A garment having an outer side and an inner side, said garment comprising: an infrared-reflecting material comprising a metalized porous fluoropolymer membrane having therein open pore walls, said metalized porous fluoropolymer membrane having a top surface and a bottom surface, and an air permeable, drapable and convective ply having a three-dimensionally transmissive structure, said convective ply comprising spacers disposed substantially vertically within said convective ply with respect to at least one of the top surface and the bottom surface of the metalized porous fluoropolymer membrane, wherein the convective ply is disposed on the top surface of the metalized porous fluoropolymer membrane, and wherein said spacers provide air exchange with the environment such that air flows through said convective ply in x, y, and z directions, said air exchange causing said outer side of said garment to be substantially equal to ambient temperature, wherein said metalized porous fluoropolymer membrane has a discontinuous metalized surface.