Energy Harvesting, Heat Managing, Multi-effect Therapeutic Garment

摘要

An energy harvesting, heat managing, multi-effect therapeutic garment, defining an inner surface and an outer surface, seamlessly knitted using a predetermined number of yarns is provided. The yarns for constructing the therapeutic garment are selected from a yarn that absorbs, stores, and releases heat energy through a phase change, yarns that convert heat energy and ultra violet radiation energy into far infrared radiation energy and radiate the far infrared radiation energy to other yarns and to a wearer's body part, a yarn that adsorbs moisture from the wearer's body part and/or ambient environment and generates heat energy through an exothermic reaction, a heat insulting and hydrophobic yarn, and a heat conductive yarn that maintains a uniform temperature within the yarns. The yarns of the therapeutic garment are bundled and knitted to create a uniform surface area distribution of the yarns that contact each other and cover the wearer's body part.

主权项

1. An energy harvesting, heat managing, multi-effect therapeutic garment comprising:
an enclosure, the enclosure configured to conform to a body part of a wearer, the enclosure comprising an inner surface and an outer surface, the inner surface being proximal to the body part of the wearer and the outer surface being distal to the body part of the wearer when the wearer is wearing the enclosure; and a combination of a predetermined number of a plurality of yarns knitted to create the enclosure, the yarns comprising:
a first yarn for absorbing, storing, and releasing heat energy through a phase change;a second yarn for converting the heat energy into far infrared radiation energy and radiating the far infrared radiation energy to other of the yarns and to the body part of the wearer;a third yarn for adsorbing moisture from one or more of the body part of the wearer and ambient environment and generating heat energy through an exothermic reaction between the moisture and the third yarn;a fourth yarn for converting ultraviolet radiation energy from sunlight into far infrared radiation energy and radiating the far infrared radiation energy to other of the yarns and to the body part of the wearer;a fifth yarn for providing heat insulation and for repelling water; anda sixth yarn for conducting heat and maintaining a uniform temperature within the yarns; wherein a bundle of inner yarns selected from the predetermined number of the yarns is knitted with a bundle of outer yarns selected from the predetermined number of the yarns to define the inner surface and the outer surface of the enclosure respectively, and to create a uniform surface area distribution of the inner yarns and the outer yarns on the inner surface and the outer surface of the enclosure respectively, wherein the knitted bundle of inner yarns is exposed on the inner surface of the enclosure and the knitted bundle of outer yarns is exposed on the outer surface of the enclosure, and wherein the knitted bundle of inner yarns and the knitted bundle of outer yarns contact each other and cover the body part of the wearer when the energy harvesting, heat managing, multi-effect therapeutic garment is worn by the wearer.