A garment providing sun protection comprising one or more sleeve panels covering the top of the wearer's arm, but with straps under the arm, allowing for ventilation to the underside of the arm for the wearer, and optionally an undersleeve, that may be optionally worn to provide full surround coverage on the arm. A garment system with sleeves as described above, and an adjustable collar that can be adjusted to cover the wearer's neck and ears, or adjusted to not cover such areas, which may comprise multiple separable elements, which may include a right sleeve, a left sleeve, a torso piece, a collar, a cap or hat, and various other components. Such garment system may alternately be in the form of a jumpsuit with optional leg panels that cover either the exterior of the leg or the interior of the leg of the wearer, and straps.

The apparatuses and methods according to the various embodiments of the present invention provide a thermal regulating infant safety undergarment. The garment is preferably lightweight but insulating and is essentially a one piece garment. A hood, which may be detachable, is sized to allow for conformance to the infant's head and to provide a snug fit to enhance the insulating aspect of the undergarment. The hood is attached with tape, velcro, or other fasteners which would minimize the choking hazard for infants. The hood may be interchangeably used with other one piece garments which are configured to detachably receive the hood, the hood being adjustable to accommodate different head/neck sizes.

A sun blocking assembly includes a sleeve that is selectively worn on an arm. The sleeve is elongated to extend between a crown of a shoulder and a wrist. The sleeve is comprised of an opaque material to block sunlight thereby inhibiting the sunlight from burning the arm. A drawstring is slidably coupled to the sleeve to tighten the sleeve on the arm. A first elastic member is coupled to the sleeve to tighten the sleeve on the arm. A glove is provided and the glove is selectively worn on a hand. The glove is comprised of an opaque material to block sunlight thereby inhibiting the sunlight from burning the hand.

The present invention is directed toward an article of apparel effective to regulate the temperature of the wearer. In an embodiment, the article of apparel includes a base textile with a thermal regulation membrane. The thermal regulation membrane contains a plurality of system-reactive components selectively engaged heat and/or moisture. In an embodiment, the printed coating includes a cooling agent, a phase change material, and a heat dissipation material. In operation, the article of apparel is effective to delay/diminish the rise in skin temperature (compared to a garment lacking the membrane), increasing wearer comfort.

Apparatus and associated methods relate to a pop-up vest, illustratively implemented as a flotation apparel item comprising a water sport apparel item, an inflatable Personal Flotation Device (PFD) configured in the water sport apparel item, and an inflation trigger configured to inflate the PFD. The water sport apparel item may comprise a shirt, t-shirt, wetsuit or rash guard. The water sport apparel item may be adapted to retain the PFD between an outer apparel item layer and a base apparel item layer sewn together. The inflation trigger may be a pull tab configured to inflate the PFD when desired. The inflation trigger may be a sensor configured to automatically inflate the PFD when the sensor is wet. An exemplary pop-up vest implementation may be configured with a water activated light to improve visibility. Some pop-up vest designs may comprise a whistle permitting the user to raise awareness of their location.

A textile includes: (1) a matrix; and (2) particulate fillers dispersed within the matrix. The textile has a transmittance of infrared radiation at a wavelength of 9.5 m of at least about 40%, and the textile has a weighted average reflectivity of radiation over a wavelength range of 0.3 m to 2 m of at least about 40%.

A garment includes yarns including an elastic component and a coating including an acrylic polymer or copolymer thereof. The coating is located on at least one discrete region of the garment. A method for applying a coating to at least one discrete region of a garment with a spray apparatus includes placing the garment on a conveyance system, advancing the garment proximate to at least one spray nozzle, and operating the controller to activate the at least one spray nozzle and apply the coating to the at least one discrete region of the garment.

The present invention discloses a substrate for a sanitary mask, wherein the substrate is formed by Roll to Roll process and has anti-UV function. The process includes a step of mixing photochromic dye and resin.

An apparatus including a fine-array porous material with a specific surface area higher than 10/mm, the specific surface area depending on different pore sizes, wherein the porous material comprises a plurality of pores having a substantially uniform size with a variation of less than about 20%, wherein the size is larger than about 100 nm and smaller than about 10 cm. The high-buoyancy apparatus can be part of a water vehicle such as a boat or a submarine, and the fine-array porous material is configured to reduce friction and/or control buoyancy. A conduit is also provided employing a fine-array porous material to reduce friction and/or control buoyancy. A garment is provided taking advantage of water repellant and/or UV/IR reflection properties of the fine-array porous material.

A medical, in particular orthopaedic, aid (1, 1, 1), such as for example an orthosis (1), bandage (1) or compressive item of clothing (1), consisting of at least one base body (2, 2, 2) of at least one elastic and/or non-elastic textile material (3, 3, 3), which is designed for the supporting of tissue and/or parts of the body of a patient, wherein the at least one textile material (3, 3, 3) of the base body (2, 2, 2) is designed at least partially to be substantially transmissible with respect to UV radiation.