CN102595944A - Aerodynamic garment with applied surface roughness and method of manufacture - Google Patents

Abstract

An aerodynamic garment may comprise zones with applied textures. Each zone may be associated with properties and characteristics based on the movement of the garment associated with each zone through air during an athletic activity. The texture in each zone may be applied using a variety of methods such as printing. The resulting aerodynamic garment improves the performance of an athlete wearing the aerodynamic garment by reducing the aerodynamic drag experienced during the performance of the athletic activity.

Description

Have application surface coarse aerodynamics clothes and manufacturing approach thereof

The cross reference of related application

The present invention requires to enjoy the rights and interests that the name of submitting on June 24th, 2009 is called 61/220, No. 184 temporary patent application of the U.S. of " having coarse aerodynamics clothes of application surface and manufacturing approach thereof (Aerodynamic Garment with Applied Surface Roughness and Method of Manufacture) ".

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of aerodynamics clothes (aerodynamic garment) that are used to improve sports achievement (athletic performance), like full body suit (full-body suit), and the manufacturing approach of this sportswear.More specifically, these aerodynamics clothes have the rough surface (surface roughness) that is applied to the clothes key position, flow so that optimize sportsman's ambient air of wearing these clothes more effectively, reduce this sportsman resistance on one's body thus.

Background technology

The aerodynamics clothes are like body shirt, trousers (pants) and full body suit, as a kind of positive gained popularity of mode of improving sports achievement.Generally speaking, these clothes improve sports achievement through reducing to act on sportsman's aerodynamic drag on one's body of wearing these clothes., the fluid as air produces resistance when forming whirlpool when flowing around the object.The problem that before attempt to solve resistance has focused on the material chosen that is used to form sportswear so that wearing the sportsman of these clothes when taking exercises on one's body resistance drop to minimum.These clothes play effect to reducing resistance generally both ways.At first, welt part (wind-facing portions) appears smoothly, the fabric face of corrugationless for close-fitting and facining the wind of being designed to athletic health with dress designing.The second, manufacture clothes with specific fabric, it is a kind of because of with the best known particular surface texture (surface texture) that contacts of conventional speeds and wind that this fabric provides, and when wearing the clothes that this fabric manufactures, the sportsman will be moved.In these two kinds of methods, the resistance on the clothes is based on the selection of the fabric of these clothes of design.

Engineer and designer are limited in the success that effort obtained of the quantification of the best surface texture of the aerodynamics clothes that are used for particular athletic activity and selection.For example; At disclosed exercise question is the doctorate paper of " air dynamic behaviour of sportswear (Aerodynamic Characteristics of Sports Apparel) " (author: Leonard W Blang sharp (Leonard W.Brownlie); Simonfraser University, on April 14th, 1993, human cinology system; Disclosed content is to be incorporated into this with reference to the mode of quoting) in; Doctor Leonard W Blang profit has write down the test of his completion to confirm that the resistance drop of various elastic fabrics (stretch fabric) is hanged down effect when in wind-tunnel, covering cylinder, and wherein each elastic fabric has different surface texture.

The conclusion that the sharp Mr. of Blang draws be " the rough surface characteristic of some elastic fabrics allow to these fabrics reduce to be formed at impose one's will on others on one's body the resistance of various motions in attempting (utilization " (the iii page or leaf of making a summary).Yet his test is confined to from commerce, ready-made (off-the-shelf) sportswear, and does not provide much more more in the guidance of confirming how to select to be used for aspect the best surface texture of particular athletic activity.

Recently, the inventor has attempted to quantize in particular athletic activity, to be used to select to have the system that the optimum air dynamics shaggy fabric that resistance reduces is provided.For example; MacDonald people's such as (MacDonald) the U.S. 6; 438, No. 755 patent documents, disclosed content is to be incorporated into this with reference to the mode of quoting; This inventor has instructed the Reynolds number (Reynolds number) of confirming and optimizing the position (section) of athletes ' body, and this is based upon the size of this position in the sports of expectation and on the basis of the speed of the air of this position.The Reynolds number through calculating based on each position has the coarse different fabrics (fabrics) of different surfaces for each health locational choice then.The result is the sportswear of producing with the different fabrics that link together, and wherein every kind of different fabric is placed in the optimum position of suit, thereby optimizes the athletic overall movement achievement of wearing these clothes.

Although people such as MacDonald are providing a kind of great improvement aspect the aerodynamics dress designing; But still need the multiple different fabrics that will be fixed on together; This has increased production cost and has depended on selected fabric, possibly reduce the comfortable or the like of wearer.In addition; Be based on the selection of fabric according to the method for people's such as MacDonald production aerodynamics clothes; Wherein the selection of fabric is mainly based on they distinctive resistance coefficients; And do not depend on that the fabric of whether selecting has other gratifying characteristic, for example tensile properties, elasticity, gas permeability etc.Therefore; Although the clothes according to people's such as MacDonald article production are that aerodynamics is good, that final clothes possibly not make is comfortable, other comfortable and/or optimize performance characteristics of thermodynamics, perspire management (perspiration management), weight and whole clothing.

Summary of the invention

Therefore; Although the improvement of known sportswear; Still there is demand to the good sportswear of cost benefit; When considering the additional features of the fabric that the sportsman wore, such clothes allow the shaggy aerodynamic drag of selection that will be optimised to reduce effect more effectively.A kind of relevant effective and economic method of making these clothes also is provided.Through being picked as the substrate fabric (base fabric) that comfortable and/or non-aerodynamic figure of merit is optimized, can be optionally with texture surface (textured surface) thus be applied to substrate fabric optimizes the aerodynamics clothes with the air dynamic behaviour that promotes expectation general effect athletic best result (top performance) when helping to wear the aerodynamics clothes.As in the specification of the present invention more all sidedly as described in, the present invention satisfy these with other needs.

Can form by one type fabric according to aerodynamics clothes of the present invention, perhaps even by single piece of fabric form, and have the coarse position of different surfaces through zone (areas) formation that texture is applied on the clothes.As a result, can be for functional, perhaps even fabric aesthetic, that the reason except rough surface is selected sportswear.For example, can be with having favourable moisture management characteristic but fabric with disadvantageous air dynamic behaviour is used for clothes, a kind of texture is applied to fabric to produce favourable air dynamic behaviour.Therefore, can have favourable air dynamic behaviour according to clothes of the present invention and also have other inaccessiable other gratifying functional and/or aesthetic performance simultaneously.

Can use like ink-jet or other printing, stencil (silk screening), heat transmission (heat transfer), plastic moulding (over-molding) and/or suchlike one or more traditional shifting process application surface coarse.For the possible air velocity that will experience of body position, thereby can select rough surface at each body position optimal texture to be provided for specific sports.If clothes according to the present invention are made up of the multi-disc fabric, wherein each sheet is identical or different type, allows the minimal air drag (air resistance) in this seam in the coarse application to fabric of the joint surface that connects piece of cloth.For example, can texture be placed on the seam and/or around the zone of seam, thereby reduce the impact of seam air-distribution (air profile).And, can use the ruffle (hems) of silicon or other material formation fabric and/or handle edge (treat edges), as running into silicon or other material near the ruffle place wrist joint, ankle-joint and/or the neck.Can increase weight and/or the volume (bulk) that elasticity reduces the ruffle of other type simultaneously at the silicon at such ruffle place or the use of other material, also prevent the wearing and tearing (fraying) of fabric simultaneously.According to the ruffle of clothes of the present invention use the another optional method of silicon or other material be can be with flocking (flocking) thus the part that is applied to whole ruffle or ruffle reduces the aerodynamic drag at ruffle place.

Can comprise whole union suit according to clothes of the present invention.Whole union suit can be made up of fabric or polytype fabric of single type.Can be provided for constituting whole such union suit any seam so that the resistance in one or more sports minimize.Opening can be set through the optional position at clothes to be put on according to whole union suit of the present invention.Can use like slide fastener, hook and looped pile hasp system (hook and loop system), button, snap fastener any securing members such as (snaps) through its opening of putting on whole union suit and selectively to close.If use closing organ (closure mechanism), the aerodynamic drag of closing organ minimized thereby can as described here, rough surface be applied to clothes.When thereby whole union suit permitted fabric that the sportsman puts on clothes through opening when forming by having enough elasticity, can be provided for the neck and the opening of the part at athletic back selectively according to an example of whole union suit of the present invention.In such example, through eliminating needs to closing organ, can reduce with opening forward welt move relevant aerodynamic drag.Thereby the elasticity through using fabric can avoid closing organ to keep acceptable fit, and in utilization (exertion) process, can circulation of air be offered the sportsman and be used for cooling and comfortable.

The application of the texture on clothes influences in the sports drag characteristic of these clothes when clothes are worn by the sportsman.State as preceding, when fluid as air produces resistance when flowing around the object.The position of flow air on object separately forms whirlpool around object.The shape and the speed of object is depended in position on object, is whirlpool at this position air flow point wherein, moves for object in this speed space-time gas phase.Such as, flow air can produce relatively little whirlpool around slowly moving cylinder.Yet, can produce big relatively whirlpool with flow air around the fast moving cylinder that slowly moves the cylinder same size.

An approach that reduces the resistance of the object as the fast moving cylinder is to promote the object smoothness (tripping) of moving air on every side.Thereby the texture that the smoothness that air flows relates on the outside that changes object causes laminar flow.Such as, can come smooth level and smooth cylinder flow air on every side through the surface that a kind of texture is increased to cylinder.Texture can keep near the air the drum surface, allows air when not increasing texture such as the fruit cylinder, to compare around regional greatly, flowing of cylinder.Through increasing the time quantum that the air in the laminar flow flows around the cylinder, the intensity of whirlpool with when the cylinder ambient air is mobile compare when breaking less.Like this, texture can influence the amount of resistance that is produced by flow air around object to the application of the surf zone of object.Object can be the aerodynamics clothes of being worn by the sportsman.Because the different piece of athletic health moves with different speed in sports, solves such difference thereby can different texture be applied on the aerodynamics clothes.Likewise, through texture being selectively used for the zone of aerodynamics clothes, can control the resistance on the clothes.In addition, can be with different texture should be used for controlling the resistance on the project except gym suit.Such as, the resistance that flows and produce by air around ball, athletic equipment, vehicle, the fabrication etc., can through use texture be used to reduce.

These chapters and sections provide brief overview of the present invention, are not the open comprehensively of its four corner or its all characteristics.Other zone according to the explanation applicability that provides here will be obvious.Explanation in this general introduction and concrete example only are not to be to attempt to limit scope of the present invention for purposes of illustration.

Description of drawings

Here described accompanying drawing only is used for the illustrative purposes to the embodiment that selects, not all possible enforcement, and be not intention restriction scope of the present invention.

Fig. 1 representes the front view according to example sportswear of the present invention;

Fig. 2-6 expression can be used in a plurality of example texture patterns of the selection area (regions) according to sportswear of the present invention;

Fig. 7 representes according to the present invention a plurality of positions that the sportsman possibly take with respect to ambient air in sports;

Fig. 8 A-8D representes according to the present invention another example of the scope of the position that in sports sportsman possibly take with respect to ambient air;

Fig. 9 representes the example of the texture portion (textured portion) according to clothes of the present invention;

Figure 10 representes the example of the flocking portion (flocked portion) according to clothes of the present invention;

Figure 11 A and 11B represent the example according to whole union suit of the present invention (unitary body suit);

Figure 12 representes can be used for combining the opening back according to clothes of the present invention;

Figure 13 A-13D representes the view according to another clothes of the present invention;

The texture that Figure 14 A-14L representes to use with clothes according to the present invention and/or another example of fabric; And

Figure 15 representes to be used to form the method according to clothes of the present invention.

Corresponding Reference numeral is represented the counterpart in several views of accompanying drawing.

The specific embodiment

With reference to Fig. 1, be depicted as the exemplary embodiment 100 of sportswear 110, this sportswear 110 has the position (sections) of using the rough surface 112 on it.Sportswear 110 is the suits with trunk 120, shank 122 and arm 124.Thereby as shown in the figure can to each one varying sized with carry out moulding each one that covers sportsman 130 snugly.On each body part that can cover in the portion 120,122,124 by spreading all over, provide optimum stretch, the fabric comfortable and/or impact of performance to constitute.Can the position of rough surface 112 be applied to the air dynamic behaviour of the base fabric (underlying fabric) of suit, reduce characteristic like the resistance of suit with further optimization suit.Likewise, each one 120,122,124 of clothes 110 can be by constituting for the material piece that its optimal air dynamics is selected.Or rather, those characteristics can be through optimizing in the optimum position application surface coarse 112 along clothes 110.For example, thus can texture be applied to clothes flows and to reduce the resistance on the clothes to pass air.Can be to the application of the sportswear application surface as clothes 110 so coarse 112, optimizing the air dynamic behaviour of these clothes, and do not depend on the air dynamic behaviour of clothes.Likewise, can also and/or optionally to having near the clothes of optimum air dynamics and apparel applications rough surface 112 with inferior air dynamic behaviour.

With reference to Fig. 2-6,, be depicted as a plurality of exemplary texture pattern 200-600 that is used on the sportswear selection area according to embodiments of the invention.Through these patterns of fabric applications not exclusively being relied on the rough surface of the particular web that is used for basic suit, can optimize shaggy size, density, layout (arrangement), flocking (flocking) and/or shape.For example, the shaggy aerodynamics advantage of increase can increase in higher air speed.Therefore, rough surface (being size, density, layout, flocking and/or the shape of texture pattern) can be maximum towards the end 140 of shank 122 and arm 124, and in a lot of sports processes, mobile like this is the fastest.And each zone that is exposed to the aerodynamics clothes in the air-distribution (air profile) can be enhanced with the texture that is applied on these clothes.In these examples, can be with each the regional texture optimization that is applied to the aerodynamics clothes to carry out under the situation in the performance that occurs in sports probably.Such as, can the aerodynamics clothes that design for the dash man be strengthened to optimizing the performance of the sports as the 100 meter dash, 400-Meter Dash etc.Alternatively, can be marathon race person's design aerodynamics clothes, use for the best texture of every mile running situation of about five minutes to strengthen.And, can be with using texture design clothes to optimize the running fan's who has had every mile five minutes, every mile eight minutes or the like running time performance.Being used for designing the placement that will be used in the clothes that the 100 meter dash runs and texture can be different fully with used placement and the texture of the clothes that design the marathon runner.

In addition, the rough surface pattern can conversion smoothly between each one of clothes.For example; As shown in Figure 1; Trunk 120 can have seldom or do not have more rough surface, and the rough surface on the arm of clothes and the shank 124,122 increases rough surface from being close to seldom or not transforming to smoothly towards arm and shank end separately of trunk respectively gradually.

Welt leading edge (leading edges) application surface of facining the wind of can court relevant with wearer's health aerodynamics clothes is coarse 112, and the welt leading edge of facining the wind usually also is called as " wet edge (wetedges) ".The athletic meeting of being undertaken by the sportsman who is wearing these clothes has the wet edge of athletic a plurality of positions in the sports of being based on.Athletic a plurality of positions in the sports further are discussed among Fig. 7.The rough surface of using 112 can intactly extend around athletic all fast moving portions, and for example at racer's forearm and shank (calves) on every side, it is mobile in sports that this athletic wet edge is tending towards.And, can application surface coarse 112 be connected to by any portion of the sportswear of the air-distribution impact relevant with motion.

Can limit the district (zones) of sportswear based on the body position that joins into sports.In addition and/or alternatively, the district on the sportswear can form (body composition) based on the athletic size of wearing this sportswear in the sports, area (proportion) and/or health.And type and the pattern of texture that is applied to each district of sportswear can be formed based on athletic different, shape, size and/or health.

Sportswear by wearer's dress in sports can have first district and second district.First district can have first and use texture, and first uses texture has first characteristic that causes first aerodynamic feature.And first district can cover wearer's part four limbs (extremity).Second district can have second and use texture, and second uses texture has second characteristic that causes second aerodynamic feature.Second district can cover wearer's trunk in fact.And the mesozone can be extended between first district and second district.The mesozone can have from first uses the texture that texture is changed into the second application texture gradually.

Can flow, come apparel applications texture from body position and the air that moves based on what ambient air produced in sports with respect to habilimented sportsman through the district that discerns clothes.The district of identification can be corresponding to wearer's at least one four limbs.Can confirm to have the texture of the characteristic that reduces to result from the resistance that at least one four limbs ambient air flows.An example using texture is the level and smooth thin silicon dish (silicon discs) that is applied to the part of clothes.Can be through at clothes and/or be used to form on the fabric of clothes printing silicon and use silicone disc or other shape.Can use any printing process to come surface applications silicon to clothes.Another example of using texture is a flocking joint knot (flocked nodules).Can use fiber to liquid adhesive then through the such liquid adhesive of the foregoing liquid-state silicon of apparel applications (liquid adhesive) being formed flocking joint knot.Can be at least a portion of clothes the using liquid adhesive.Adhesive become dry or with fiber bonding fully after, can through rock, mode such as blowing removes the unnecessary fiber that does not contact with adhesive.The fiber of joint knot can be orientated with any kind of mode that comprises unified orientation and random orientation.For example, nylon fiber can be by the static alignment to produce the unified orientation of fiber in the flocking joint knot.Can with as the variety of way of circle, square, ellipse, rhombus, various polygons or the like forms that the flocking joint is tied and not flocking save and tie shape.Can different shape be used on the part of identical clothes and/or clothes.And flocking joint knot is tied with flocking joint not and can be used on the part of identical clothes and/or clothes.

Fig. 7 representes the scope 700 when the athletic position that dress takes exercises during according to clothes of the present invention.Particularly, Fig. 7 is illustrated in the moving range 700 of athletic left arm and left leg in the running process.Can utilize texture to reduce the aerodynamic drag of whole or some positions that the sportsman will participate in the sports according to clothes of the present invention.The athletic arm of running and the moving range of leg usually from the position of sportsman 705 fronts to sportsman 705 position at the back.As shown in the figure, the ancon scope 710 that in the running process, is capped is significantly shorter than same activity and carries out the forearm extension 720 in the process.Likewise, sportsman 705 forearm can be to quicken greater than the intensity of sportsman 705 ancon or to slow down.Similarly, the thigh scope 730 that in the running process, is capped is significantly shorter than knee scope 740 and shank scope 750.Likewise, sportsman 705 thigh can experience with sportsman 705 knee and compare less acceleration and/or deceleration value with sportsman 705 shank.Therefore, the shape of the athletic air-distribution of value differentia influence between the acceleration of thigh and/or the deceleration.

And except the variation value of the acceleration of the difference on sportsman 705 the health and/or deceleration, scope 700 is illustrated in the difference of sportsman 705 orientation in the running process.Such as, on knee scope 740, sportsman 705 knee is spent (not drawn on scale) from about 90 degree flexings to about 180.Such flexing of sportsman 705 knee influences the length and the orientation of muscle of sportsman 705 thigh and shank, and the length of sportsman 705 the thigh and the muscle of shank influences these regional ambient airs according to this with orientation and flows.Likewise, the air-distribution of flow air not only receives the influence of difference of speed, acceleration and/or the deceleration of body part, the influence of carrying out the different orientation of sportsman 705 body part in the process of also being moved around sportsman 705 body part.

Fig. 8 A-8D representes the athletic a plurality of positions 800 relevant with motion according to embodiments of the invention.Particularly, Fig. 8 A-8D representes a plurality of positions of sportsman's 800 vaults.Shown in Fig. 8 A, the air that moves towards the sportsman who moves will impact the zones of different by the sportswear of sportsman's dress, and this sportsman is wearing this sportswear based on athletic body position with moving in a different manner during the carrying out of motion.The direction that air flows is by air-distribution indication 840 expressions.Particularly, body position 810,820 is impacted by the different air-distribution of the different portions of antagonism aerodynamics clothes with 830.Although Fig. 8 A-8D provides the body position relevant with the vault campaign to distribute, embodiments of the invention comprise the utilization of a plurality of body positions of the relevant any sports of combination as the air-distribution of the design basis in district.

Fig. 8 A-8D representes when wearing according to clothes of the present invention, to be in the sportsman 800 of each position relevant with motion.Although other motion can be benefited from clothes according to the present invention, sportsman 800 is just in vault in the example shown in Fig. 8 A-8D.Because sportsman 800 is running, air mobile 840 is with the zone of different angle ballistic motion persons' clothes.The direction that air flows is by air-distribution indication 840 expressions.Particularly, because sportsman 800 position changes with respect to air mobile 840, district 810,820 and 830 receives the impact of air-distribution indication 840 separately in a different manner.Be used in (as distinguishing 810,820 and 830) in the different portions of clothes of sportsman 800 dress thus texture can change the aerodynamic drag that makes at diverse location and minimize.For example, shown in Fig. 8 B, the district 810 that is arranged in athletic trunk does not move when the maximum of running process is waved.Same situation also appears at the district 820 at the top that is positioned at athletic thigh.Similarly, district 830 is positioned at sportsman 800 shank place and bigger the waving of experience.Likewise, district 830 is the least significant ends in the district discussed, and will be to quicken and/or deceleration with value that the top of athletic thigh is compared big when sportsman 800 runs.

The sportsman's 800 that Fig. 8 C representes to take exercises during according to clothes of the present invention when dress the second place.Shown in Fig. 8 C, sportsman's 800 beginnings are jumped towards the strut pogo stick.Because sportsman 800 is jumping, air flows with the zone of different angles ballistic motion person's clothes.The direction that air flows is by air-distribution indication 840 expressions.Concrete, each all receives the impact of air-distribution indication 840 in a different manner district 810,820 and 830.

The sportsman's 800 that Fig. 8 D representes to take exercises during according to clothes of the present invention when dress the 3rd position.The sportsman 800 of Fig. 8 D just rises towards the strut pogo stick, in order that obtain height to cross bar.Because sportsman 800 is near bar, air flows with the zone of more different angle ballistic motion persons' clothes.The direction that air flows is by air-distribution indication 840 expressions.Particularly, district 810,820 and 830 receives the impact of air-distribution indication 840 separately in a different manner.

District one or more in 810,820 and 830 can have texture, thereby in one or more stages of agonistic aerodynamic drag are minimized, in the exemplary position shown in Fig. 8 A-8D one.Alternatively, district one or more in 810,820 and 830 can be have texture to reduce the aerodynamic drag of agonistic in a plurality of stages.Equally, can optimize one or more districts for one or more stages of agonistic, be the other one or more districts of agonistic different phase optimization simultaneously.Certainly, vault only is example of agonistic; The agonistic sportsman who participates in any kind can be benefited from clothes according to the present invention.And, can utilize according to clothes of the present invention to be different from and/or except the district of the district shown in Fig. 8 A-8D 810,820 and 830.

Selection to the suitable texture in the zone that is applied to sportswear can be based on the characteristic in the sportswear zone that combines relevant air-distribution characteristic, like Reynolds number.Likewise, thus receive each zone of special air distribution influence can combine the texture of unique application to optimize resistance to combine sportswear.Can utilize aerodynamics analysis method as wind-tunnel analysis (wind tunnel analysis) to measure the air dynamic behaviour of other expectation of Reynolds number under the aerodynamics situation that possibly experience in the sports or texture.

Fig. 9 representes the texture portion (textured portion) 900 according to clothes of the present invention.For example, texture portion 900 can be the part with the district that uses texture.The application texture of portion 900 can have the smooth characteristic that causes the aerodynamic feature that reduces the resistance on the clothes.Can limit the boundary line in district based on the district described in the aforementioned figures to the exposure of the air-distribution of motion.The application texture of Fig. 9 comprises the annular joint knot 910 and rhombus joint knot 920 that is applied to clothes.As previously mentioned, the joint knot can form with any amount of shape like circle, hexagon, triangle, square or the like.Joint knot can maybe will form on the fabric of clothes through will the material as silicon being printed onto clothes like joint knot 910 and 920.

Flocking if desired, joint knot can be through liquid adhesive and/or liquid applique with the fiber that is applied to liquid form.The fiber of fabric can be unified orientation, but can also have other orientation.For example, nylon fiber can be aligned to unified direction by static.Alternatively, fiber can have alignment at random.The fiber except nylon can also be used, and fiber can be used simultaneously above one type.The length of employed fiber can be unified perhaps having nothing in common with each other; And can equal the length and/or the width of employed joint knot; Compare and to grow with the length and/or the width of employed joint knot, perhaps compare and to lack with the length and/or the width of employed joint knot.Can use the fiber of variation length simultaneously.

Use texture and can have smooth characteristic, this characteristic is through impelling mobile whirlpool formation the causing aerodynamic feature that reduces the resistance on the clothes of four limbs smooth air on every side based on the wearer of clothes.And, can the texture shown in texture portion 900 be applied to the Min. of seam with the resistance of permission seam.For example, can the texture shown in texture portion 900 be placed on the seam and/or around the zone of seam.In addition, thus can the project that texture portion 900 is applied to except gym suit be controlled the resistance on those projects.Such as, can reduce to result from athletic equipment and the mobile resistance of other device ambient air through using application texture.

Fig. 9 also representes the density range between zone 930 and the zone 940, makes that the joint knot in zone 930 is less than the joint knot in zone 940.And Fig. 9 representes the scope of the composite rate between annular joint knot and the rhombus joint knot.As previously mentioned, through the flocking of the density of change joint knot, the size that saves junction configuration, joint knot, joint knot and/or the composite rate of application texture, can revise the resistance on the clothes.For example, can with the dash process in the proportional density range of air-distribution that experiences on clothes, arrange a plurality of joints knots, can cause like this using more texture and using less texture at athletic trunk at athletic four limbs.

Figure 10 representes the flocking portion (flocked portion) 1000 according to the amplification of clothes of the present invention.Flocking portion 1000 has that 1020 such flocking save the application texture that roped parties become with rhombus flocking joint knot by the joint of annular flocking especially knot 1010.Shown in figure 10, joint knot 1010 and 1020 is by processing to unify the fiber 1005 that mode arranges on the basic jointing material that spreads all over as silicon.In the example depicted in fig. 10, thus fiber is oriented the surface that extends to almost with clothes to meet at right angles.All other fiber orientation, as be parallel to clothes the surface, with the surface angle orientation (angular orientation) of clothes, fiber orientation mixing or random fiber is orientated all within the scope of the invention.

Can be coarse to the expectation portion application surface of the clothes that utilize conventional operation and material as stencil, printing, heat-sealing, plastic moulding (over-molding) etc.The example of operation of fabric substrate being used transfer object is in the U.S. 5,544,581 and 5,939, and open in No. 004 patent document, the mode that disclosed content is quoted with reference is incorporated into this.These operations have been used for two-dimensional graphical image (two-dimensional graphical image) is transferred on the fabric.Transfer among the present invention has 3D shape (thickness), pattern and the density of expectation and arranges pattern so that on the outer surface of clothes, form the aerodynamics of the expectation of rib (riblets) that kind that is similar on the aircraft wing.

Referring now to Figure 11 A and 11B, be depicted as the example of the whole clothing 1100 that is used for wearing in the sports as dash.Whole clothing 1100 can comprise the first arm 1120, second arm 1122, first leg 1130 and second leg 1132.Clothes 1100 can further comprise trunk 1140.Can one or more texture be applied to the zones of different of clothes described here 1100.Using the coarse of texture at the four limbs place of clothes 1100 can be more, like the wrist joint near the first arm 1120 and second arm 1122.Texture can be more coarse towards the periphery (like the side of trunk 1140) of the mobile athletic health that appears of air in the dash process similarly.Simultaneously, rough surface can produce the position of less aerodynamic drag in the dash process less, like the centre of trunk 1140.Clothes 1100 can adopt high elastic fabric to cooperate with athletic health (not shown) is close-fitting guaranteeing.Clothes 1100 adopt the fabric with gratifying moisture management (moisture management), cooling or other characteristic in addition and/or alternatively.For the ease of closely cooperating, the first arm 1120 can end at the portion that comprises thumbhole (thumbhole) 1124, and second arm 1122 can end at the portion that comprises thumbhole 1126.And first leg 1130 and second leg 1132 can end at foot, stirrup (stirrups) thereby or the four limbs of the fixing athletic pin of wear clothes 1100 of other design (not shown) and/ankle-joint clothes 1100 on every side.Selectively, slide fastener 1190 or any other closing organ can be used for being convenient to the wearing of clothes 1100.Employed any closing organ can have a kind of texture, and this texture reduces by the aerodynamics traction (aerodynamic dray) of this closing organ generation relevant with it.In addition and/or alternatively, clothes 1100 can be fully stretchable, utilize eck (neck hole) 1150 to put on clothes to allow the sportsman.Although utilize eck 1150 to put on clothes the air dynamic behaviour that has improved is provided; Because it has eliminated other closing organ that slide fastener 1190 maybe can produce the additional aerodynamic resistance, a part of temporarily opening clothes 1100 in order to put on after, providing slide fastener 1190 or any other closing organ to seal clothes, to put on clothes through eck 1150 in this case also be very difficult concerning the sportsman.Slide fastener 1190 or other fastener (fastener) can be positioned at any position above the clothes 1100, and can be configured such that wearing the aerodynamic drag that is produced by fastener in the specific motion of clothes 1100 in plan minimizes.

Referring now to Figure 11 B, be depicted as the rearview of whole clothing 1100.Shown in Figure 11 B, circulation of air portion is the back mesh portion (back mesh portion) 1160 at clothes 1100 backs in this example, can circulation of air and cooling be provided to sportsman's (not shown) of wearing clothes 1100.Back mesh portion 1160 can adopt the mesh of any kind and can be the size with respect to the variation at the back of clothes 1100.Can be except use other mesh portion (not shown) according to the position the back of clothes of the present invention.And mesh portion 1160 and/or other circulation of air portion (extra example described as follows) can omit from clothes according to the present invention fully.

Referring now to Figure 12, be depicted as another example of circulation of air portion, be cutout circulation of air portion (cutout ventilation portion) 1200 in this example.Shown in figure 12, cutout circulation of air portion 1200 comprises the single piece of fabric 1210 of the cutout 1240 that has in fabric 1210.If needed, can be with the edge of silicon or each cutout 1240 of other material processed to prevent wearing and tearing (fraying).Use if desired, can one or more edge application printings, the heat of cutout 1240 be shifted, stick with glue or method for distinguishing.Cutout 1240 can be positioned at and make the sliver (thread) of fabric 1210 on fabric 1210, to extend on the fabric 1210 and need not be cut off at cutout 1240 places.For example, independent line can extend to fabric 1210 structural intergrity to be provided along route (lines) 1220 with along route 1230.Cutout circulation of air portion 1200 only is an example of the circulation of air portion that can be used for combining with clothes according to the present invention.About the discussion of Figure 11 B, also can mesh portion be used as circulation of air portion as before.Can also comprise according to circulation of air of the present invention portion, for example, the multi-disc fabric or tie up assembling (strapping assembled) thus one or more openings are provided for circulation of air.And, can omit circulation of air portion fully according to clothes of the present invention.And circulation of air portion can be positioned at the diverse location according to clothes of the present invention except the clothes back.

In conjunction with Figure 12 explanation with described the example of a cutout circulation of air portion, it also can be used for combining with clothes except described aerodynamics clothes here.For example, other clothes can be exposed to from the skin with the wearer in the cutout circulation of air portion the surrounding air and be benefited, and under the situation of additional weight that is not configured to multi-disc circulation of air portion and/or volume, also keep the intensity and the elasticity of fabric.Cutout circulation of air portion can comprise the fabric that a slice has the cutout of many lines and placement, makes that the subclass of many lines is not cut off at least.Can utilize die-cut (die cutting), cut or other cut-out technology to form cutout.The edge of cutout can receive like described edge treated here, can be applied to the cutout edge to prevent wearing and tearing.Can cutout circulation of air portion be attached on the fabric of essential site of the trunk that covers the wearer and/or four limbs, to form clothes.Thereby fabric can have sufficient elasticity to be cooperated for the wearer provides close-fitting.After this manner, cutout circulation of air portion can provide cooling for the user when keeping lightweight.

Referring now to Figure 13 A, be depicted as by sportsman 1310 dress according to clothes 1300 of the present invention.Clothes 1300 can comprise the preceding metastomium 1360 that has seldom or do not use texture.Preceding metastomium 1360 can be for example level and smooth relatively fabric.Clothes 1300 can further comprise texture zone, left side 1320.Texture zone, left side can reach athletic leg and at least partly extend the trunk that reaches sportsman 1310 from sportsman 1300 ankle or near extension.Similarly, right leg texture regional 1340 can be from a right ankle or a near part of extending the trunk side that reach sportsman 1310 at least of sportsman 1310.Left arm portion 1330 can be have texture and can from left wrist joint of the sportsman 1310 or near extend beyond ancon and even extend beyond sportsman 1310 shoulder.Similarly, right arm texture portion 1350 can from right ancon of the sportsman 1310 or near extend beyond ancon and even exceed sportsman 1310 shoulder.

Referring now to Figure 13 B, be depicted as rearview by the clothes 1300 of sportsman's 1310 dresses.As further specifying among Figure 13 B; Centre rear district 1370 can cover the part of sportsman 1310 back trunk; And can further extend the neck that reaches sportsman 1310; Extend downwardly into sportsman 1310 arm rear portion, and even can extend downwardly into the part of sportsman 1310 leg back.District 1370 can adopt the similar or different level and smooth relatively fabric that is adopted with center trunk district 1360.Shown in figure 12, circulation of air portion can be included in the back of the clothes 1300 shown in Figure 13 B.

Referring now to Figure 13 C, be depicted as the view of the sportsman's 1310 who wears clothes 1300 left arm.Shown in Figure 13 C, left arm texture district 1370 can comprise the different application texture that changes to sportsman 1310 shoulder 1314 from sportsman 1310 hand 1311.Clothes 1300 can spread all over close-fitting applying the on sportsman 1310 wrist joint 1312, ancon 1313 and the shoulder 1314.Thereby the backboard 1315 that can comprise the part of back porch 1370 can selectively adopt mesh material for sportsman 1310 circulation of air to be provided.

Referring now to Figure 13 D, be depicted as the others of exemplary clothes 1300.Figure 13 D is illustrated in sportsman 1310 the right hand place and near the part of clothes 1300.Shown in Figure 13 D, as previously mentioned, can a plurality of annular joint knots 1351 be printed also selectively flocking on clothes.Thereby clothes 1300 can comprise thumbhole permission clothes 1300 and be fixed on the hand 1380 and thumb 1381 that spreads all over sportsman 1310.And, can the ruffle (hem) of clothes 1,300 1390 be cut off and uses the silicon printing, be similar to the used that kind of printing joint knot 1351.Then can be to ruffle 1390 flocking to improve aerodynamic performance, as previously mentioned.Figure 13 D further representes the snap point (alignment dot) 1357 on the ruffle 1390, is allowed sportsman easily align clothes and thumb 1381 on the health thereby can be selectively snap point 1357 includes.And snap point 1355 can be included in the printing texture of clothes 1300 the vision indication with the alignment that the clothes 1300 on the sportsman 1310 are provided.Can on the arm of clothes 1300 and sportsman's 1300 leg, similar alignment mark be provided all, thereby be optimum air dynamic performance and the comfortable synkinesia person clothes 1300 that correctly align.

Referring now to Figure 14 A, be depicted as and be used for according to clothes according to the present invention neutralization through seam (seams) smooth connection to various texture and fabric according to clothes of the present invention.District 1410 comprises a plurality of flocking annular joint knots, and these joint knots can form as described here.District 1420 comprises the disc joint knot of a plurality of printings, these joint knots can as described here be not flocking.District 1430 can be the first level and smooth in fact fabric that for example uses in the back welt portion (rear-facing portion) of clothes.The district 1440 can be another level and smooth fabric portion, and it can utilize and distinguish 1430 identical or different fabrics.Center trunk in the clothes that district 1440 can for example comprise as 1300 shown in Figure 13 A-13D.

Referring now to Figure 14 B and Figure 14 C, be depicted as the extra texture that can be printed on according on the fabric of the present invention.Figure 14 B representes to have the district 1450 of a plurality of flocking annulus joint knots.Figure 14 C representes to save the three kinds of extra density and the size of knot, on clothes according to the present invention, texture is provided thereby can print these joint knots.District's 1460 expressions are a plurality of big relatively point of printing thick and fast.The sparse relatively texture of district's 1470 expressions, it has middle-sized point.Simultaneously, district 1480 representes the appropriate sparse pattern of relatively little point.Shown in Figure 14 B and 14C, provide according to texture of the present invention thereby can print any amount of pattern.And, can use circle and the shape the point except the symmetry shown in Figure 14 B and the 14C according to the present invention.

Referring now to Figure 15, be depicted as the method 1500 that is used to form according to clothes of the present invention.In the step 1510, confirm the boundary line in the district of clothes based on air-distribution.Be used in air-distribution in the step 1510 and can be the air-distribution that a part experienced of clothes when wearing by the sportsman in doing exercises.Air-distribution can depend on athletic body position and/or sportsman's moving with respect to ambient air.The air-distribution that is experienced can or or even be planned habilimented sportsman and changes based on motion.In the step 1520, make the possibility that texture has the characteristic of the aerodynamic feature that causes the resistance in the district that reduces to confirm and confirm.Step 1520 can be used the air-distribution of considering in the step 1510.The texture of confirming in the step 1520 can be described here any texture, like geometry, flocking joint knot, flocking joint knot or any other can not be applied to the texture of clothes.Step 1510 and/or step 1520 can be utilized the aerodynamics analysis of wind-tunnel and/or other type.In the step 1530, will be applied to the district that confirms by step 1520 from the texture that step 1520 is confirmed.Can utilize typography carry out step 1530, for example, texture is applied to the surface of clothes or merge to the texture in the clothes.In the step 1540, can make about on clothes, whether expecting confirming of extra district.If desired or expect that extra district, method 1500 can return the step 1510 and the step 1520 that is used for confirming another texture that is used for confirming another district.Should be understood that step 1540 can occur in before the step 1530, make and to use a plurality of districts in fact simultaneously with multiple texture.If the conclusion of step 1540 is not need or do not expect extra district, method 1500 can get into step 1550, and at this moment, the sportsman can wear this clothes in sports.One or more steps in the step 1510,1520,1530 and 1540 can be carried out before the structure of the clothes of in step 1550, being worn, and step 1530 for example can utilize the fabric portion that forms clothes subsequently to carry out.

For the description that aforesaid embodiment is provided with purpose of description is described.Not for detailed description or restriction the present invention like this.The single parts of specific embodiment or characteristic are not to limit this specific embodiment generally, and still, where applicable is embodiment interchangeable and that can be used to select, even without expression or description particularly.For example, rough surface 12 is described as extending outstanding pattern from fabric face.Yet hot calcination or other method can be used for forming depression (recesses) and/or depression and the outstanding pattern that combines at fabric under the situation of not damaging scope of the present invention.The mode that multiple variation likewise, also can be arranged.Such variation is not regarded as deviating from the present invention, and all such modifications should comprise within the scope of the invention.

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1. One kind in sports by the sportswear of wearer dress; Said clothes comprise: first district with first application texture; Wherein the first application texture has first characteristic that causes first aerodynamic feature, and first district covers the part of wearer's four limbs; And second district with second application texture, wherein the second application texture has second characteristic that causes second aerodynamic feature, and second district covers wearer's trunk in fact.
2. 2. sportswear according to claim 1; It is characterized in that; First characteristic of the first application texture comprises the joint knot of a plurality of 3D shapes, and said joint knot causes that first air dynamic behaviour that smooth wearer's four limbs ambient air flows forms to impel eddy current.
3. 3. sportswear according to claim 1 is characterized in that, first characteristic of first texture comprises a plurality of three-dimensional joint knot that is applied to clothes in first density range.
4. 4. sportswear according to claim 3 is characterized in that, a plurality of three-dimensional joint knots are flocking.
5. 5. sportswear according to claim 1 is characterized in that, first uses texture comprises a plurality of joint knots, and said a plurality of joint knots have first characteristic that has 3D shape.
6. 6. sportswear according to claim 5 is characterized in that, the 3D shape of a plurality of joint knots comprises the circle of elongation.
7. 7. sportswear according to claim 5 is characterized in that, the 3D shape of a plurality of joint knots comprises annular.
8. 8. sportswear according to claim 1 is characterized in that, second uses texture comprises a plurality of joint knots, and said a plurality of joints are tied to have and had discoidal second characteristic.
9. 9. sportswear according to claim 2 is characterized in that, the joint knot comprises the silicon that is printed on the sportswear.
10. 10. sportswear according to claim 9 is characterized in that, the joint knot is flocking.
11. 11. sportswear according to claim 1 is characterized in that, first uses texture comprises a plurality of joint knots, and said a plurality of joint knots have first characteristic that has density range.
12. 12. sportswear according to claim 11 is characterized in that, the density of a plurality of joint knots increases on wearer's four limbs.
13. 13. sportswear according to claim 12 is characterized in that, because the density of a plurality of joint knot increases on wearer's four limbs, first characteristic causes first aerodynamic feature of the smoothness of the increase that wearer's four limbs ambient air flows.
14. 14. sportswear according to claim 1 is characterized in that, first district and second district are positioned on the clothes the exposure of the air-distribution relevant with sports based on each district when wearing clothes.The mesozone of between first district and second district, extending, said mesozone have from first uses the texture that texture is gradually varied to the second application texture.
15. 15. sportswear according to claim 1 further comprises: the mesozone of between first district and second district, extending, said mesozone have from first uses the texture that texture is gradually varied to the second application texture.
16. 16. sportswear of in sports, wearing by the wearer; Said sportswear comprises: first district with first application texture; Wherein the first application texture has first characteristic that causes first aerodynamic feature, the exposure of first air-distribution of sports is limited the boundary line in first district based on first district; Have second district of the second application texture, wherein second district has second characteristic that causes second aerodynamic feature, the exposure of second air-distribution of sports is limited the boundary line in second district based on second district; And the mesozone with the 3rd application texture, said mesozone is included in the part of the clothes between first district and second district.
17. 17. sportswear according to claim 16 further comprises circulation of air portion.
18. 18. sportswear according to claim 16; It is characterized in that; First uses texture, the second application texture and the 3rd application texture comprises a plurality of joints knots that are printed on the sportswear, and the characteristic that the printing joint is tied changes between first district, second district and the 3rd district.
19. 19. sportswear according to claim 17 is characterized in that, a plurality of joint knots comprise flocking joint knot.
20. 20. sportswear according to claim 19 is characterized in that, the layout of a plurality of flocking joint knots is based on first air-distribution.
21. 21. sportswear according to claim 20 is characterized in that, to arrange a plurality of flocking joint knots with the proportional density range of first air-distribution.
22. 22. sportswear according to claim 16 is characterized in that, second uses texture comprises individual joint knot more than second, and said more than second joints are tied to have and had discoidal second characteristic.
23. 23. sportswear according to claim 22 is characterized in that, the size of each tubercle during more than second joint tied changes in second district.
24. 24. sportswear according to claim 23 is characterized in that, the size of each tubercle during more than second joint tied is based on second air-distribution.
25. 25. a method of in sports, improving the aerodynamic feature of the sportswear of being worn by the wearer, said method comprises: the boundary line of the exposure of the air-distribution of motion being confirmed the district of clothes based on clothes; Confirm to have and cause that the texture of reduction generation from the characteristic of the aerodynamic feature of the mobile resistance of wearer's at least one four limbs ambient air, said texture comprise a plurality of three-dimensional joints and ties; At least a portion to first district of clothes is used texture.
26. 26. method according to claim 25 is characterized in that, with the density range that the four limbs ambient air based on wearer in the sports flows a plurality of three-dimensional joints of apparel applications is tied.
27. 27. method according to claim 25 is characterized in that, a plurality of three-dimensional joint knots are flocking.
28. 28. a method of improving the aerodynamic feature of the sportswear of being worn by the wearer in the sports, said method comprises: the district that discerns clothes based on wearer's at least one four limbs; Confirm to have the texture that reduces the characteristic that produces the resistance that flows from least one four limbs ambient air, said texture Characteristics comprises the flocking shape; Using liquid adhesive at least a portion of clothes; And the fiber of at least a portion at the bottom of the liquid-based on the clothes, using fabric is to produce the flocking 3D shape.
29. 29. method according to claim 28 is characterized in that, the fiber of fabric is unified the orientation.
30. 30. method according to claim 28 is characterized in that, the fiber of fabric comprises nylon.
31. 31. method according to claim 28 is characterized in that liquid adhesive comprises silicon.
32. 32. method according to claim 28 is characterized in that, clothes comprise one type fabric.
33. 33. clothes comprise: flexible fabric with essential site of the trunk that covers the wearer and four limbs; And being attached to the circulation of air portion on the fabric, said circulation of air portion comprises: a slice has the fabric of many lines; And the cutout that removes at least a portion of this sheet fabric, said cutout is set makes the subclass of many lines not be cut off.
34. 34. clothes according to claim 33 further comprise the edge treated of edge to prevent to wear and tear that is applied to cutout.

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