Ventilation system for clothing
View Patent ↗The invention relates to a ventilation system for clothing, in particular preferably watertight sports clothing, consisting of preferably watertight fabric, in which ventilation openings are provided which are covered by shingle-like overlaps of the fabric. In accordance with the invention, the air openings are closed by a flexible, three-dimensionally cross-linked spacer material.
1. A ventilation system for clothing, preferably watertight and windproof sports clothing, composed preferably of watertight or windproof fabric,
said ventilation system comprising
ventilation openings,
shingle-like overlaps of the fabric structured and arranged to cover the ventilation openings, and
a flexible, three-dimensionally intertwined or cross-linked spacer material structured and arranged to close the ventilation openings, wherein
said spacer material is in the form of a strip having first and second outer edges,
with a first outer edge of said spacer material being sewn to an outer edge of said shingle-like overlap,
and a second outer edge of said spacer material being sewn to an outer edge of a fabric layer covered by said shingle-like overlap, and
said first lower edge of said spacer material is sewn to said lower outer edge of said shingle-like overlap and said second upper edge of said spacer material is sewn to said upper outer edge of said covered fabric.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the spacer material is constituted by mesh.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein said spacer material comprises two layers, a layer of said mesh and a layer of fabric connected to said mesh layer.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein said spacer material is composed of fabric.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein said spacer material comprises a foam layer.
6. The system of claim 5 , wherein said spacer material additionally comprises plastic fiber fleece.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein said spacer material is composed of a plastic fiber fleece.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein said spacer material has a pore diameter varying with layer thickness.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein said spacer material has a coarse pore diameter at an outer surface thereof and a fine pore diameter at an inner surface thereof.
10. The system of claim 1 wherein said spacer material comprises two layers, a layer of mesh and a layer of fabric connected to said mesh layer,
with said shingle-like overlap, mesh layer, connected fabric layer and covered fabric layer arranged in that order from outside to inside the clothing.
11. The system of claim 1 , additionally comprising a fabric layer covered by said shingle-like overlap,
with said shingle-like overlap being sewn at points along an outer edge thereof to said covered fabric layer disposed thereunder by locking seams.
12. The system of claim 11 , wherein said seams are taped over with watertight adhesive tape or welded from inside.
13. The system of claim 1 , wherein fabric covered by said shingle-like overlap is composed material permeable to water vapor.
14. The system of claim 1 , wherein two or more ventilation openings are arranged next to one another.
15. The system of claim 1 , wherein said spacer material is in the form of a strip.
16. The system of claim 1 , wherein said ventilation openings are provided through fabric of the clothing, said spacer material is positionable over said openings and upon said fabric, and said shingle-like overlap is separately positionable to cover said openings and overlap said fabric.