The invention provides a knitted functional fabric for wicking moisture away from the body of a user. The fabric comprises a technical face formed from a yarn; a technical back formed from a yarn; and a spacer formed from a yarn that connects the technical face to the technical back. The technical face and the technical back comprise a hydrophilic yarn.

A protective leg device and method designed to keep a user's legs clean while kneeling or standing on the ground or floor when engaging in activities such as gardening, grouting, landscaping, construction, and the like and which provides comfort while salvaging a user's pair of pants.

A protective sock that integrates a protective padding to provide a unitary garment is disclosed. As such, a wearer's need to frequently adjust the position of the protective equipment is likely reduced. An integrated and flexible protective padding also limits the amount of equipment required by the wearer. The padding also conforms to the wearer's body, and thus likely increases the athlete's wearer's comfort. A protective sock that integrates a high friction surface to restrict the movement of any secondary equipment is also disclosed. Such a restriction prevents the exposure of a wearer's body to potential injury. Movement of the secondary equipment may also be distracting to the wearer. As such, the integrated high friction surface likely provides the athlete wearer with a performance advantage. The sock may integrate the protective padding and/or the high friction surface.

A protective sock that integrates a protective padding to provide a unitary garment is disclosed. As such, a wearer's need to frequently adjust the position of the protective equipment is likely reduced. An integrated and flexible protective padding also limits the amount of equipment required by the wearer. The padding also conforms to the wearer's body, and thus likely increases the athlete's wearer's comfort. A protective sock that integrates a high friction surface to restrict the movement of any secondary equipment is also disclosed. Such a restriction prevents the exposure of a wearer's body to potential injury. Movement of the secondary equipment may also be distracting to the wearer. As such, the integrated high friction surface likely provides the athlete wearer with a performance advantage. The sock may integrate the protective padding and/or the high friction surface.

Provided is a heat generator for knees capable of effectively warming a knee joint. A heat generator for knees 1 includes a heat-generating material and a pouch that is formed from a pair of sheets and that accommodates the heat-generating material inside. The pouch includes a peripheral joint portion that is formed from the pair of sheets that are joined, and that has a heat generation area inside, and a partition portion that divides the heat generation area into sections in the left-and-right direction by the pair of sheets joined in the up-and-down direction on the inner side of the peripheral joint portion.

Provided is a heat generator for knees capable of effectively warming a knee joint. A heat generator for knees 1 includes a heat-generating material and a pouch that is formed from a pair of sheets and that accommodates the heat-generating material inside. The pouch includes a peripheral joint portion that is formed from the pair of sheets that are joined, and that has a heat generation area inside, and a partition portion that divides the heat generation area into sections in the left-and-right direction by the pair of sheets joined in the up-and-down direction on the inner side of the peripheral joint portion.

A brace may include a knit portion with an ankle strap, a rigid shank on a bottom portion of the brace configured to cover at least an arch portion of the foot, a pad positioned below a heel of the foot, a webbing support system extending from the lateral extensor digitorum longus tendon around the peroneus longus retinaculum tendon, under the bottom of the foot to support the plantar tendon and up the arch and medial side of the foot to the extensor hallucis longus tendon, a lacing system threaded through a portion of the webbing support system at the top medial portion of the foot, and a tightening system that applies a pulling force on the lacing system to cinch the webbing support system.

Protective combat clothing (PCC) may include a shirt and trousers, wherein the shirt and the trousers are at least partially made of woven fabric made of a composition of the materials comprising flame-resistant fiber, flame-resistant meta-aramid fiber, heat-resistant fiber, polyimide and anti-static fiber.

A comfort article that resembles a sock and can be worn over a foot for enhanced comfort and preventing foot sores. The comfort article includes a sleeve, a heel cushion pad, and a toe cushion pad. The sleeve, the heel cushion pad, and the toe cushion pad are integral to each other.

A cured liquid silicone rubber (“LSR”) body having an outer surface, an inner surface opposing the outer surface, a first end, a second end opposing the first end, a non-biased body length separating the first and second ends of the cured silicone body, a pre-formed pleated portion disposed circumferentially along the body length and operably configured to enable selective and elastically biased adjustment of the non-biased body length, non-pleated portions of the LSR body forming a smooth surface of the outer surface of the LSR body and flanking the pleated portion, forming a sleeve shape with at least one enclosed opening and a sleeve channel for receiving a user's limb and defined by the inner surface of the LSR body, and defining a plurality of perforations thereon, disposed on the non-pleated portions of the LSR body that span through the LSR body.