Multi-layered garments and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. Such multi-layered garments comprise at least an outer layer that forms a front portion and a back portion and defines an interior, and at least one inner layer positioned within the interior defined by the outer layer. The inner layer(s) are coupled with the outer layer via an exterior seam or using other adhering methods such that the inner-most inner layer does not have an abrasive surface. The front portion of the outer layer may be coupled with more inner layers as compared to the back portion of the outer layer. The methods for manufacturing the multi-layered garments include the steps of providing an outer layer and coupling at least one inner layer thereto. The methods may be designed to retrofit previously manufactured outer layers with at least one inner layer positioned within an interior defined by the outer layer.

An article including one or more moisture wicking layers and one or more fibrous layers. The fibrous layers may have generally vertically oriented fibers, which may be oriented generally perpendicularly to a surface having or producing moisture. The article may be adapted to remove moisture form the surface having or producing moisture. The article may be breathable. The article may be quick drying. The article may provide cushioning. The article may be a wearable item.

An article including one or more moisture wicking layers and one or more fibrous layers. The fibrous layers may have generally vertically oriented fibers, which may be oriented generally perpendicularly to a surface having or producing moisture. The article may be adapted to remove moisture form the surface having or producing moisture. The article may be breathable. The article may be quick drying. The article may provide cushioning. The article may be a wearable item.

A garment having one or more wipe zones for transferring away perspiration from a wearer's skin upon contact with the wearer's skin is provided herein. The wipe zones may be comprised of hydrophobic material formed from yarns having a smaller denier per filament (DPF) than adjacent non-wipe zones on the garment. In some aspects, the DPF of the wipe-zone material is within a range of 0.025 to 0.0025. The wipe zones may be positioned on an outer-facing surface of the garment or an inner-facing surface of the garment in areas that are readily accessible to remove perspiration from the wearer's hands and/or head. Methods of manufacturing a garment having wipe zones are also provided herein.

A lower torso garment has a genital portion or gusset having a single layer panel or a double layer panel including inner and outer layers. The genital portion includes at least one pair of darts extending from a crotch region to at least a lower front part of the pelvic portion to provide comfort and/or support to the wearer. In a double layer panel, may have a single dart on an inner layer and a single dart on an outer layer.

A method is provided to accelerate transfer of released body fluids from a body through a treated textile fabric to promote dryness of a skin of the body, the method comprising providing a treated textile fabric facing the body fluids to be transferred, wherein the treated textile fabric includes a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is positioned facing towards the body fluids and the second surface is positioned facing away from the body fluids, wherein the treated textile fabric is structured with a plurality of pores so to allow a passage of a liquid from the first surface to the second surface, and wherein the first surface is coated with a graphene material such that a permeation flux of the first surface is greater than a permeation flux of the second surface.

The present invention is related to a pair of underpants for patients with bedsores. The underpants include an underpants body and a patch. The underpants body includes a front half portion, a rear half portion opposite to the front half portion, and a crotch portion corresponding to the genital of the patient with bedsores and connected to the front half portion and the rear half portion to form a lumbar opening and two leg openings. The patch includes a fabric layer, an absorbent layer and a waterproof layer. The absorbent layer attaches to the fabric layer, while the waterproof layer attaches to the absorbent layer. The waterproof layer is adapted to attach to an inside surface of the underpants body so that the fabric layer may contact with the bedsore parts of the patient and thus absorb the moisture of the bedsores.

An enhancer for simulating breast tissue includes a first layer of material and a second layer of material coupled to the first layer of material, where the second layer of material includes a wicking material. The enhancer also includes an third layer of material and a fourth layer of material both disposed generally between the first layer of material and the second layer of material. The third layer of material includes a plurality of monprene beads, and the fourth layer of material includes a plurality of open cell poly foam pieces. The enhancer further includes a fifth layer of material disposed at least partly between the third layer of material and the fourth layer of material, where the fifth layer of material is configured to inhibit mixing of the monprene beads of the third layer and the open cell poly foam pieces of the fourth layer.

A moisture management fabric using denier differential to facilitate the movement of sweat away from the wearer's body is presented. An exemplary moisture management support garment constructed from an exemplary moisture management fabric is presented. An exemplary moisture management support garment is a moisture transporting sport bra. A denier differential is employed to provide superior moisture transporting and evaporation of perspiration from a wearer during exertion. The denier differential relies upon a facing layer and a back layer with substantially different yarn thickness and fabric porosity to achieve fluid transport.

An athletic garment includes sensors at different locations of the garment. The sensors are electrically coupled to a processing unit and/or a power source via one or more conduits that are printed onto the garment. The conduits are designed for improved flexibility to accommodate stretching in the garment that occurs as a user wearing the garment performs an exercise and for improved durability to resist corrosion due to friction, sweat, or washing of the garment. In one embodiment, the conduits are designed for decreased stress concentrations at seams of the garment. In one embodiment, the conduits are designed to create a conductive pathway between different surfaces of the garment to electrically couple sensors on a first side (skin side) of the garment and a processing unit and/or a power source on a second side (outer side) of the garment.