Sports garments with enhanced visual and/or moisture management properties

摘要

A garment, such as a sports uniform, may provide visibility zones and/or flicker zones to enhance the ability of teammates to perceive the wearer. Different zones on a garment may have different sets of visual properties that may contrast with one another and/or a visual background. A denier differential between layers of a garment may facilitate moisture transport across the layers of the garment. Flicker zones may be discrete from or combined with visibility zones. One or more zones of a garment may also be substantially non-reflective at wavelengths associated with the visual background encountered while wearing the garment.

主权项

1. A garment comprising:
an outer fabric layer, the outer fabric layer comprising a first visibility zone at a first location on the garment, the first visibility zone having a first set of visual properties and being substantially non-reflective in a given spectral window, the outer fabric layer further comprising a plurality of apertures and a first denier per filament; and an inner fabric layer adjacent the outer fabric layer, the inner fabric layer having a second set of visual properties and being substantially non-reflective in a given spectral window, the second set of visual properties contrasting with the first set of visual properties, and the inner fabric being viewable through the plurality of apertures of the outer fabric layer, the inner fabric layer further comprising a second denier per filament, wherein the first denier per filament is smaller than the second denier per filament.