SPORTS GARMENT

Abstract

A sports garment having a section covering the upper part of the body of a wearer during intended use of the garment, wherein a climate zone is arranged in the region covering each axillary area of the wearer during intended use. To improve the cooling of the axillary area efficiently, the climate zone has a plurality of fins which are arranged parallel to another and which are contacting the skin of the wearer during intended use of the garment, wherein the fins are extending along a defined height over a base material of the garment, wherein the fins are arranged in such a manner that the envelope of all fins has a kite-shape or rhomb-shape seen in the direction perpendicular onto the base material of the garment.

Claims

1-15. (canceled)

16. A sports garment having a section covering the upper part of the body of a wearer during intended use of the garment, wherein a climate zone is arranged in the region covering each axillary area of the wearer during intended use, wherein the climate zone comprises a plurality of fins which are arranged parallel to another and which are contacting the skin of the wearer during intended use of the garment, wherein the fins are extending along a defined height over a base material of the garment, wherein the fins are arranged in such a manner that the envelope of all fins has a kite-shape or rhomb-shape seen in the direction perpendicular onto the base material of the garment wherein at least one group of two fins or at least one group of three fins is arranged in the climate zone, wherein the group of two fins or the group of three fins is distanced from the next fin by a distance which is at least 7 mm.

17. The sports garment according to claim 16, wherein the kite-shaped or rhomb-shaped envelope has a height in vertical direction and a width in horizontal direction, wherein the height is between 120% and 160% of the width, preferably between 130% and 150%.

18. The sports garment according to claim 16, wherein the whole section covering the upper part of the body of a wearer including the climate zones is made by a knitting process.

19. The sports garment according to claim 16, wherein single fins are arranged in the climate zone, wherein the single fin is distanced from the next fin by a distance which is at least 7 mm.

20. The sports garment according to claim 19, wherein the length in horizontal direction of the fins of the group of two fins is between 50 mm and 90 mm.

21. The sports garment according to claim 20, wherein the length in horizontal direction of the fins of the group of three fins is between 80 mm and 120 mm.

22. The sports garment according to claim 19, wherein single fins are arranged in the upper region and/or bottom region of the envelope, wherein groups of two fins are following the single fins when moving forward to a center region of the envelope and wherein at least one group of three fins is arranged in the center region of the envelope.

23. The sports garment according to claim 20, wherein in the case of groups of two or three fins the fins of a group are arranged adjacently with a distance of a maximum of 2 mm, preferably of a maximum of 1 mm.

24. The sports garment according to claim 16, wherein the fins are running continuously at the side of the base material which is facing the skin of the user.

25. The sports garment according to claim 16, wherein connection webs are arranged at the side of the base material which is facing away from the skin of the user, wherein the connection webs are bridging the bottom side of the fins.

26. The sports garment according to claim 16, wherein the height of the envelope is between 140 mm and 200 mm.

27. The sports garment according to claim 16, wherein the width of the envelope is between 120 mm and 150 mm.

28. The sports garment according to claim 16, wherein the fins are made of Polyester and Polyamide yarns.

Description

[0028] In the drawings an embodiment of the invention is shown.

[0029] FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a sports garment for covering the upper part of the body of a wearer,

[0030] FIG. 2 shows the view of the region of the axillary area of the garment (see view Y in FIG. 1) with the sleeve being lifted upwards,

[0031] FIG. 3 shows a magnified view of detail X according to FIG. 2,

[0032] FIG. 4 shows the sectional view A-B according FIG. 3 and

[0033] FIG. 5 shows the sectional view C-D according FIG. 3.

[0034] In the figures a sports garment 1 and details of the same are shown. The sports garment 1 is presently at shirt which has a section 2 which is covering the upper part of the body of the wearer during intended use of the garment 1. Two sleeves 9 are provided; below the sleeves 9 the axillary area 4 is located. In each axillary area a single climate zone 3 is provided.

[0035] A vertical direction V as well as a horizontal direction H is denoted in FIG. 1 which has to be understood as the vertical and horizontal direction, when the garment 1 is worn by a wearer which stands upright on the ground.

[0036] A part of the outer side of the garment 1 and more specifically the section below the axillary area 4 is shown in FIG. 2, wherein the sleeve 9 is lifted upwards.

[0037] Thus, it can be seen in FIG. 2 that the climate zone 3 under the axillary area 4 has a plurality of fins 5 which are arranged parallel to another. The fins 5 have as certain extension in horizontal direction H; the length of the fins 5 is denoted with L. If the ends of the fins 5 are connected by an imaginary line an envelope 7 is created which has the shape of a kite or diamond. The fins 5 are arranged on a flat base material 6 from which the garment 1 is made. The fins 5 protrude from the base material 6 to the body (skin) of the wearer (see also FIGS. 4 and 5).

[0038] In FIG. 2 certain features of the envelope 7 and thus of the design of the fins 5 can be seen. The envelope 7 has a height H.sub.E in vertical direction V and a width W.sub.E in horizontal direction H. The vertical extension of the envelope 7 can be differentiated in an upper region U, a bottom region B and a centre region C. Each region U, C and B extends along about one third of the total height H.sub.E of the envelope 7.

[0039] FIGS. 3 to 5 show details of the design of the fins 5. FIG. 3 shows an enlarged view of FIG. 2, namely the part X and thus the outer side of the garment 1 facing away from the skin of the user of the garment 1.

[0040] Thus in the cross-sectional views according to FIGS. 4 and 5 the left side of the base material 6 is the side facing away from the skin of the wearer, while the right side of the base material 6 is facing the skin (body) of the wearer.

[0041] In FIG. 2 it can be seen, that single fins 5 can be arranged as well as a group 5 of two fins 5 and a group 5 of three fins 5. In FIGS. 3 to 5 such a group 5 of three fins 5 is shown in detail, wherein the design shown in those figures applies as well for the single fins and the group of two fins analog.

[0042] As can be seen in FIG. 2 in each case single fins 5, groups 5 of two fins 5 or groups 5 of three fins 5 are distanced from another by a distance a. A preferred value for this distance is at least 7 mm, preferably 10 mm.

[0043] In FIGS. 4 and 5 it can be seen, that each fin 5 projects from the base material 6 by a height h.sub.F which is preferably between 1 and 3 mm. In the case that groups 5, 5 of fins are concerned (as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5) the distance between two adjacent fins 5 is small and preferably below 1 mm.

[0044] While the fins 5 are running continuously along their horizontal extension at the side which is facing the skin of the wearer, this is not the case at the outer side of the garment 1. Here, connection webs 8 are knitted which have an extension in horizontal direction H of about 1 to 3 mm and which are arranged in a horizontal distance of about 2 to 5 mm.

[0045] The connection webs 8 are bridging the fins 5 of the group 5 of fins.

[0046] The section 2 covering the upper part of the body of the wearer and the whole climate zones 3 are produced integrally by an electronically controlled knitting process.

[0047] The proposed garment piece can be combined with other garment pieces which are worn one above the other as a tempering system.

[0048] A specific embodiment of the invention comes up with different materials for the fins 5 at the one hand side and the base material 6 on the other hand.

REFERENCE NUMERALS

[0049] 1 Sports garment [0050] 2 Section covering the upper part of the body [0051] 3 Climate zone [0052] 4 Axillary area (armpit) [0053] 5 Fin [0054] 5 Group of two fins [0055] 5 Group of three fins [0056] 6 Base material [0057] 7 Envelope of all fins [0058] 8 Connection web [0059] 9 Sleeve [0060] h.sub.F Height of the fin [0061] H.sub.E Height of the envelope [0062] W.sub.E Width of the envelope [0063] a Distance [0064] b Distance [0065] L Length of the fin [0066] Vertical direction [0067] H Horizontal direction [0068] U Upper region of the envelope [0069] B Bottom region of the envelope