Active garment materials
US7976924B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 3, 2007 |
| Grant date | Jul 12, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2029 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T442/3114
- WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An adaptable garment material and method of producing such a material. The material may have a substrate and a plurality of shape memory polymer elements integrated therewith, or may be a mat of interwoven shape memory polymer elements. The shape memory elements adapt in the presence of an actuation trigger and exhibit different properties upon actuation.
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