Embodiments of the invention provide a garment liner that couples to the interior of a clothing article. The garment liner can replace typical underwear. The garment liner can shield clothing from a person's body, and can improve comfort by conforming to the shape of the clothing instead of to the body.

Embodiments of the invention provide a garment liner that couples to the interior of a clothing article. The garment liner can replace typical underwear. The garment liner can shield clothing from a person's body, and can improve comfort by conforming to the shape of the clothing instead of to the body.

Embodiments described herein related generally to a multi-layer garment liner including an inner layer and an adjacent layer joined together around a periphery with a heat trapping space between the inner and adjacent layers. A plurality of inlet vents in the inner layer are configured to direct air from outside of the liner/garment into the heat trapping space. The inlet vents can be located in a lower part of the liner/garment. A plurality of outlet vents in the inner layer are configured to direct air from the heat trapping space to outside of the liner/garment. The outlet vents can be located in an upper part of the garment liner. The multi-layer garment liner can further include a plurality of elongate spacer strips located in the heat trapping space, the spacer strips arranged to direct an airflow from the inlet vents toward the outlet vents.

The technology described herein relates to vented and insulating garments having an interior garment assembly comprising an interior panel and a middle panel attached at one or more seams defining chambers for retaining thermally-insulating fill material. The seams have a first plurality of openings extending through the interior and middle panels. An exterior garment assembly has a second plurality of openings positioned on the exterior garment assembly such that the second plurality of openings are offset from the first plurality of openings when the exterior garment assembly is worn with the interior garment assembly. The offsetting of the openings may achieve moisture vapor or air transfer from the inside the garment to the outside environment. The exterior garment assembly and the interior garment assembly may be discrete garment pieces or may be attached at one or more locations.

The technology described herein relates to vented and insulating garments having an interior garment assembly comprising an interior panel and a middle panel attached at one or more seams defining chambers for retaining thermally-insulating fill material. The seams have a first plurality of openings extending through the interior and middle panels. An exterior garment assembly has a second plurality of openings positioned on the exterior garment assembly such that the second plurality of openings are offset from the first plurality of openings when the exterior garment assembly is worn with the interior garment assembly. The offsetting of the openings may achieve moisture vapor or air transfer from the inside the garment to the outside environment. The exterior garment assembly and the interior garment assembly may be discrete garment pieces or may be attached at one or more locations.

A garment is provided which includes a flat-knitted fabric laminate made of at least one flat-knitted fabric. The flat-knitted fabric includes a polyurethane film which is stretchable in substantially all directions. A knit fabric made of fleecy thread may be adhesively bonded to the film and be positioned between the film and the inner lining. The garment can be made up of five tailored flat-knitted laminate pieces: three flat-knitted laminate pieces for the two front sides and the rear side of the torso, and two flat-knitted laminate pieces for the two sleeves. The seams form the two sleeve cuffs, and the seams are sewn onto the flat-knitted laminate pieces for the torso. The front pieces are sewn together, and the rear side of the torso piece is positioned along the side of the torso by a respective seam. The seams are used to connect these parts along the shoulders.

An article of clothing for at least partly covering a human torso, the article including a hand wear storage pocket extending from a front opening disposed along a front edge to a rear edge, the hand wear storage pocket including a top edge and a bottom edge, a rear portion of the hand wear storage pocket being disposed in a side area of the jacket below an armhole and above a waist band, the front opening and a height between the top and bottom edges adapted for insertion of a wearer's hand into the side area wherein the hand and an arm crosses the wearer's front torso, the hand being covered in a hand wear item, and wherein the side area is adapted to be compressed by an opposing arm of the wearer.

An article of clothing for at least partly covering a human torso, the article including a hand wear storage pocket extending from a front opening disposed along a front edge to a rear edge, the hand wear storage pocket including a top edge and a bottom edge, a rear portion of the hand wear storage pocket being disposed in a side area of the jacket below an armhole and above a waist band, the front opening and a height between the top and bottom edges adapted for insertion of a wearer's hand into the side area wherein the hand and an arm crosses the wearer's front torso, the hand being covered in a hand wear item, and wherein the side area is adapted to be compressed by an opposing arm of the wearer.

A firefighter's protective garment including an outer shell, moisture barrier and thermal barrier in which the thermal barrier is constructed with spacers on its inner surface such that air can circulate between the garment and the firefighter wearing it. The garment redistributes metabolic heat over a larger surface area, and increases metabolic cooling and firefighter comfort. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the spacers are strategically attached to those areas of the thermal barrier which find themselves opposite those parts of the human body having the highest rates of perspiration and metabolic heat transfer.

A firefighter's protective garment including an outer shell, moisture barrier and thermal barrier in which the thermal barrier is constructed with spacers on its inner surface such that air can circulate between the garment and the firefighter wearing it. The garment redistributes metabolic heat over a larger surface area, and increases metabolic cooling and firefighter comfort. In the preferred embodiment of the invention, the spacers are strategically attached to those areas of the thermal barrier which find themselves opposite those parts of the human body having the highest rates of perspiration and metabolic heat transfer.