A method for manufacturing long lasting phosphorescent fabrics and articles of clothing including fabric for use in fields such as security, domestic, sports, health, professional, etc., includes (i) preparing a composition for dyeing having a strontium aluminate pigment doped with europium and dysprosium; (ii) coating a starting fabric with the composition by air knife coating or cylinder; (iii) drying; and (iv) polymerizing. The fabrics thus obtained have long lasting phosphorescent properties and a high resistance to washing, maintaining the factory specifications of the starting fabric with respect to its mechanical properties, comfort, breathability and/or high visibility properties, if relevant.

A retroreflective article including a binder layer and a plurality of retroreflective elements. Each retroreflective element includes a transparent microsphere partially embedded in the binder layer. At least some of the retroreflective elements include a reflective layer that is a locally-laminated reflective layer that is embedded between the transparent microsphere and the binder layer. At least some of the locally-laminated reflective layers may be localized reflective layers.

A retroreflective article includes a mesh layer including a plurality of interconnected portions defining a plurality of enclosed openings therebetween, a bond layer, and a plurality of sets of optical elements. The bond layer includes a plurality of bond portions at least partially spaced apart from each other by the mesh layer. Each bond portion is at least partially disposed within a corresponding enclosed opening and fixedly bonded to one or more adjacent interconnected portions of the mesh layer. The plurality of sets of optical elements corresponds to the plurality of bond portions of the bond layer. Each of the sets of optical elements includes a plurality of optical elements partially embedded within a corresponding bond portion from the plurality of bond portions of the bond layer. The sets of optical elements are spaced apart from each other by the one or more interconnected portions of the mesh layer.

A breathable, high-visibility garment comprising an apertured fabric and a non-occlusive, unsupported, retroreflective laminate that is adhesively bonded to an outer major surface of at least one region of the apertured fabric.

The present invention is directed towards a high visibility safety apparel (HVSA) garment comprising a modular utility latching system that creates less stress points within specific areas of the garment that may cause premature garment failure (i.e., torn seams, broken stitching, etc.), as well as help alleviate worker fatigue by removing unnecessary pressure points created using unsupported garments.

The present invention is directed towards a high visibility safety apparel (HVSA) garment comprising a modular utility latching system that creates less stress points within specific areas of the garment that may cause premature garment failure (i.e., torn seams, broken stitching, etc.), as well as help alleviate worker fatigue by removing unnecessary pressure points created using unsupported garments.

A method of manufacturing a knit article having a reflective yarn. The method includes knitting an article using a first yarn, and knitting a reflective yarn into a first region of the article using a float plaiting stitch. The method further includes cutting the article incorporating the reflective yarn according to a predetermined pattern to form a cut knit article having a first edge and an opposing second edge, and joining the first edge of the cut knit article to the second edge of the cut knit article.

A method of manufacturing a knit article having a reflective yarn. The method includes knitting an article using a first yarn, and knitting a reflective yarn into a first region of the article using a float plaiting stitch. The method further includes cutting the article incorporating the reflective yarn according to a predetermined pattern to form a cut knit article having a first edge and an opposing second edge, and joining the first edge of the cut knit article to the second edge of the cut knit article.

An emergency alert apparatus for providing stimuli such as alarms, lights, and data transmission to alert others to an emergency includes a garment which locks onto a user via a lock mechanism. An alert assembly is mounted to the garment and may include speakers, light emitters, data transmission electronics, and the like. An actuator is provided which triggers the alert assembly to exhibit stimuli intended to draw attention to the user. The alert assembly continues to exhibit the stimuli when the actuator is returned to an initial state and terminates the stimuli when the lock mechanism is unlocked.

An emergency alert apparatus for providing stimuli such as alarms, lights, and data transmission to alert others to an emergency includes a garment which locks onto a user via a lock mechanism. An alert assembly is mounted to the garment and may include speakers, light emitters, data transmission electronics, and the like. An actuator is provided which triggers the alert assembly to exhibit stimuli intended to draw attention to the user. The alert assembly continues to exhibit the stimuli when the actuator is returned to an initial state and terminates the stimuli when the lock mechanism is unlocked.