Moisture control garment

摘要

A moisture control garment formed of a material that has moisture wicking (hydrophobic) properties joined to another material that has moisture absorbing (hydrophilic) properties. In certain embodiments, the moisture wicking and moisture absorbing materials are of similar thickness, have the same estimated shrinkage percentage, and the fibers of such materials are positioned in the same direction.

主权项

1. An athletic garment for covering portions of a wearer's body formed from a first material having moisture wicking properties, one side of said first material is positioned toward the wearer to wick moisture away from the body parts of the wearer in the portions covered by the first material and another side of said first material faces the outside of the garment to release such moisture to the environment, and sections of a second material having moisture absorbing properties which second material is secured at only limited selective locations on the garment leaving the substantial majority of the garment having only the first material, said selective locations being strategically accessible to other parts of the wearer's body not being covered by the garment, such second material providing a surface area to absorb moisture from such other parts of the wearer's body when such other parts are wiped onto said sections of the second material, said first and second materials having structural characteristics including thickness, size and fabric weight to be compatible with each other to maximize the effectiveness of the first and second materials whereby the first material can efficiently wick moisture from the body parts of the wearer covered by the first material and the second material can efficiently absorb moisture from the body parts not covered by the garment; wherein the difference in thickness between the thickness of the sections of the second material and the thickness of the first material is 0.25 inches or less.