Apparel with enhanced breathability

Title: Apparel with enhanced breathability

Related Patent Categories: Apparel, Body Garments

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The Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060185053, Apparel with enhanced breathability.

1. A garment with enhanced breathability which has at least one ventilation device, comprising a ventilation opening in an outer material of the garment and a cover having a border, wherein the cover extends on the outer material of the garment over the ventilation opening and forms with the outer material a further opening in at least one region; the border of the cover is attached in the remaining regions of the border to the outer material, the cover between the regions in which the cover is attached to the outer material having a clearance relative to the outer material, and having a closure tab in at least one region in which the cover forms the further opening with the outer material, by which closure tab the further opening is closable; and the closure tab in an opened state is movable inward into the cover such that the cover forms an arch stabilized by the closure tab.

2. A garment according to claim 1, wherein the garment is equipped with a waterproof, windproof and water-vapor-permeable membrane.

3. A garment according to claim 1, wherein the border of the cover of the ventilation device has four sides and is attached on at least two opposing said sides to the outer material, and at least one side forms the region which with the outer material forms the further opening.

4. A garment according to claim 3, wherein the cover is attached to the outer material on three sides, and on a fourth side forms the further opening-with the outer material.

5. A garment according to claim 3, wherein the cover is attached to the outer material at lateral and top borders, and forms with the outer material said further opening facing downward.

6. A garment according to claim 1, wherein the ventilation device has a longitudinal axis that is roughly parallel to a longitudinal axis of a body of a wearer of the garment.

7. A garment according to claim 1, wherein the ventilation device has a ratio length.sub.ventilation device/width.sub.ventilation device that is greater than 1.

8. A garment according to claim 1, wherein the ventilation device is located in a region of the garment corresponding to a region of greater perspiration of a wearer of the garment.

9. A garment according to claim 1, wherein the ventilation opening of the ventilation device is located only in the outer material.

10. A garment according to claim 1, wherein the ventilation opening of the ventilation device is located in the outer material and in a lining of the garment.

11. A garment according to claim 2, wherein the ventilation opening of the ventilation device is located in the outer material, in a lining of the garment, and in the membrane.

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