DE202022102599U1 - protective garment - Google Patents

Abstract

Protective clothing item (1) with a padding area (2), the padding area (2) being provided for protecting an exposed part of the body of a person wearing the protective clothing item (1) and having at least two layers, one of which
- an outer layer (3) of a first textile material and
- an inner layer (4) of a padding material (5) is formed from a knitted or knitted spacer fabric or a fleece or felt material, and wherein:
a) a blank (6) made from the first textile material, at least one dart (7) and/or one extending from an edge (8) of the blank (6) in the direction of its central region (9) and a dart extending from the edge (8 ) comprises a cut-out (10) pointing away from the pointed end,
b) a blank (6) made from the padding material (5) and having at least one edge (8) of the blank (6) extending in the direction of its central area (9) and having a pointed end pointing away from the edge (8). Section (10) includes,
c) the blank (6) of the first textile material and the blank (6) of the padding material are superimposed, wherein
- the pointed end of the cutout in the padding material (5) and
- a pointed end of the at least one dart (7) in the first textile material and/or the pointed end of the at least one cutout (10) made of the first textile material are arranged essentially one above the other
d) the cut (6) of the first textile material and the cut (6) of the upholstery material are sewn together in such a way that the inner layer (4) is formed by a three-dimensionally shaped upholstery part (11), in which the at least one cutout (10) in the padding material (5) is reduced, preferably closed, by approximating opposite edges (8) of the cutout (10), and the outer layer (3) forms a holding part holding the molded part in a state of tension.

Description

introduction

The invention relates to a piece of protective clothing with a padding area according to the preamble of claim 1.

State of the art

Protective clothing items are extremely important for protecting the life and limb of a person wearing the protective clothing item. Such protective clothing items are known, for example, for firefighters to protect against fire or for motorsport to protect against injuries, for example from falls or collisions. The person wearing the piece of protective clothing is not only protected against extraordinary influences, for example an accident, but also during everyday work. In this context, it is conceivable, for example, that the emergency services of the fire brigade must be able to walk or kneel with protective clothing on. Exposed areas in particular require good protection. These exposed areas include, for example, knees, shoulders or elbows and are moved a great deal by the person wearing the protective garments. It is therefore understandable that, in addition to protection, there are also demands for fit and wearing comfort. In particular, those exposed areas that are moved a lot, such as joints, place high demands on the upholstery area. On the one hand, the upholstered area should have a good fit and, on the other hand, should not impair the mobility of the person. In addition, the protection provided by the upholstery area should be as good as possible.

The protective clothing items often include at least one padding area by means of which forces acting on the protective clothing items or the padding areas can be at least partially absorbed and selectively acting forces can be transmitted over a larger area to the body part lying underneath. Such protective clothing items with at least one padding area are known from the general state of the art in a variety of configurations. These padding areas are often arranged on the protective garment in such a way that the exposed parts of the body of the person wearing the protective garment can be protected.

According to the state of the art, for example, upholstery areas with foam inserts or elements are known for this purpose. These foam parts can, for example, be placed in a pocket arranged on the protective garment. Furthermore, this foam can be divided into several parts, so that these can be better adapted to the movements of the person and the deformations of the item of clothing caused thereby by relative movements in joint or intermediate areas. Alternatively or additionally, the parts can be attached to the protective garment. The disadvantage here is that the upholstery area accordingly has interruptions, namely where the individual parts are arranged next to one another. In addition, the parts can slip if they are not attached to the protective garment. On the other hand, the parts are insufficiently flexible when attached to the protective garment. As a result, the person is not fully protected by such a protective garment. Furthermore, the use of foam is disadvantageous due to the low breathability.

There are also ready-made foam parts with a 3D shape, for example made of plastic, which are intended to reproduce the shape of the person's body at the corresponding exposed point, e.g. by means of a shell shape. In other words, there is a prefabricated foam part for individual exposed areas, for example for knees or shoulders, which is particularly well adapted to the corresponding exposed area and can be placed on it as a shell. The disadvantage here is that these foam parts are usually essentially hard materials that have hardly any flexibility. In other words, the foam parts cannot adapt to movements of the person. In addition, the foam parts are standardized sizes that have been created using sample people. As a result, the foam parts do not fit every person equally. The disadvantage of the aforementioned prior art is therefore that the upholstered areas are not safe and are uncomfortable.

task

For this reason, it is the object of the present invention to provide an item of protective clothing with a padding area, by means of which the aforementioned disadvantages can be eliminated.

solution

According to the invention, this object is achieved by a piece of protective clothing with a padded area having the features of the protection claim. Advantageous configurations emerge from the description

The method for producing a protective garment according to the invention with a Upholstery involves several steps, which are described below. The padding area is provided to protect an exposed part of the body of a person wearing the protective clothing item and has at least two layers. An outer layer is formed by a first textile material and an inner layer by a padding material, preferably a spacer knitted or knitted fabric or a fleece or felt material. It is also possible to use a plastic foam or rubber material, e.g. B. chloroprene rubber, as a cushioning material. As part of the production, a blank is made from the first textile material, on which at least one dart with a pointed end is made and/or from which a pointed end extends from one edge of the blank in the direction of its central area and a pointed end is directed away from the edge having section is removed. In addition, a blank is made from the padding material, from which at least one portion extending from one edge of the blank toward the central region thereof and having a pointed end directed away from the edge is removed. In addition, the blank of the first textile material and the blank of the upholstery material are placed one on top of the other. The pointed end of the section in the padding material and the pointed end of the at least one dart in the first textile material and/or the pointed end of the at least one section made of the first textile material are arranged essentially one above the other. Furthermore, the blank of the first textile material and the blank of the upholstery material are sewn together in such a way that the inner layer is formed by a three-dimensionally shaped upholstery part. In this case, the at least one cutout in the upholstery material is reduced in size, preferably closed, by sewing opposite edges of the cutout, and the outer layer forms a holding part that holds the upholstery part in a state of tension.

In other words, it is possible by means of the method according to the invention to produce a three-dimensional padding area, specifically from the layers that were originally essentially two-dimensional. In this case, shaping takes place not only through the padding material itself, but indirectly through interaction with the at least one other layer, in this case the outer layer. The upholstery material has a certain elasticity, which strives to reduce the tension built up during sewing with the first textile material by reshaping it into an essentially flat state. However, this is counteracted by the tensile strength of the flexible first textile material, so that the state of tension and thus the three-dimensional shape produced are retained, i. H. is "frozen" so to speak.

The padding material, which is preferably in the form of webs or plates, should have a certain thickness (material thickness) in order to achieve the necessary or desired padding effect when the protective clothing equipped with it is used. The thickness should preferably be at least 1 mm, more preferably at least 2 mm, even more preferably at least 3 mm.

A blank is thus created from the outer layer, which is to be kept permanently in the designated shape. For this purpose, the at least one dart is produced on the blank in such a way that the blank is essentially held in the designated shape by means of the darts. In other words, the cut of the first textile material is gathered along desired edges in such a way that the designated shape is essentially created and sewn by means of the darts. Since tensions can arise or be high along the darts, on which the blank naturally lies threefold, and also produce an accumulation of material in the form of three layers of the first textile material, it can alternatively or additionally be provided to produce a cutout on the blank. This makes more sense the stiffer and thicker the textile material in question is and the larger the section. For this purpose, the cut-out, which essentially assumes the shape of a wedge, is removed starting from the edge of the blank, with the pointed end of the wedge being directed in the direction of the central area of the blank. The adjacent edges of the cutout are then connected to one another. In other words, the cut-out can avoid that the cut (as is the case with the dart technique) lies threefold along the dart, which can reduce material accumulation and stress caused by the cut-out technique.

As an alternative or in addition to a cutout in the cut of the first textile material, this cut can also be composed of two parts, in which case the two parts then preferably have such a contour in a joint area in which they adjoin one another in a joined state that at least one wedge-shaped "free area" remains, which is not "cut out" in the narrower sense of the word, but when the two parts are connected at the joint (in particular by sewing) the result is also a wedge-shaped cut-out. Such when merging two correspondingly contoured parts created in the manner described above "section" is in the Technically also referred to as a "dart lying in the seam", in contrast to a "classic dart" which "ends in the cut", i.e. the tip of the wedge is not in a joint area, i.e. a contact line, but in the textile material . All of the aforementioned types of darts and cutouts are included in the definition for the purposes of this invention.

Correspondingly, after the afore-mentioned manufacturing step, the first layer is already essentially in the designated shape of the upholstered area. However, this is in the form of an essentially slack, ie not independently dimensionally stable, shell. In order to connect the upholstery material to the first layer in such a way that the permanently three-dimensional upholstery area is created, the blank is also made from the upholstery material, in a manner similar to that for the first layer. For this purpose, the at least one section is removed from the padding material (tarts can hardly be realized with the thick and inflexible padding material or would have unacceptable thickening in the area of darts), in such a way that they correspond to the at least one dart or section of the first layer .

In order to produce the upholstery part, the first layer and the blank of the upholstery material are placed one on top of the other in such a way that the respective cutouts or the cutout and the corresponding dart are arranged one above the other in the same orientation. In other words, the pointed ends of the respective cutouts or darts and cutouts point in the same direction. Here, the cut of the first - outer - layer is sewn to the padding material - here the inner layer - which was manually brought into the desired 3D shape during the sewing process, so that the padding material also essentially assumes the already manufactured and designated shape of the padding area. For this purpose, the edges of the cutout in the upholstery material, which are arranged next to one another or pointing towards one another, are brought together, preferably completely, ie without any spacing, and sewn to the blank of the first layer. In other words, the outer layer keeps the inner layer in the designated shape through the composite formed.

Advantageously, a particularly precisely fitting upholstery part can thus be produced, specifically solely by means of textile assembly techniques. In addition, production is possible in a particularly time-efficient and therefore cost-effective manner.

In a particularly advantageous embodiment, it is provided that the protective clothing item has at least three layers in the padding area, with a cover layer made of a second textile material covering the padding material on a side opposite the first textile material. This second textile material is attached in the same way to the three-dimensional unit made up of the first layer and the upholstery part. In other words, the second textile material forms the cover layer on the underside of the cushion part. This results in the advantage that the upholstery part is particularly protected on both sides. In addition, the stability of the upholstered part is particularly increased overall by the additional layer.

In a further advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the first textile material is a reinforcement material which is arranged on an outer side of the outer fabric and preferably only partially forms an outer surface of the item of clothing. Due to its reinforcing properties, the reinforcement material advantageously offers the person wearing the protective garment particularly comprehensive protection.

It is advantageously provided that the first textile material is an outer fabric, on the inside of which the padding material is arranged. Provision can furthermore advantageously be made for the outer fabric to be arranged so that it is visible. Since the outer fabric is naturally or preferably visually particularly attractive, this results in the advantage that the protective garment is visually particularly attractive.

In addition or as an alternative, it can be useful for the item of clothing to have a lining layer which is arranged on a side of the padding material or of the second textile material which faces the body of a person wearing the item of clothing. This lining layer can, for example, provide additional thermal or mechanical protection as well as protection against moisture. In other words, the lining layer can protect the person wearing the protective clothing item from, for example, exceptional thermal stresses, for example cold, and mechanical stresses, for example impacts, and from moisture, for example from water or sweat. In addition, the lining layer can adapt particularly well to the shape of the person's body and should have particularly pronounced properties in terms of wearing comfort. This advantageously results in a particularly safe and comfortable use of the protective clothing item for the person.

According to a particularly advantageous embodiment of the invention, it is provided that the item of clothing has a membrane layer which is arranged between the lining layer and the second textile material or the padding material. Especially with multi-layer structures, it is important to maintain breathability. The breathability of the protective garment can be improved by means of the membrane layer. This results in the advantage that the protective garment can be worn in a particularly health-friendly manner.

• 1: eine schematische Ansicht eines Polsterbereiches eines erfindungsgemäßen Schutzkleidungsstück;
• 2: eine schematische Schnittansicht von oben auf den Polsterbereich;
• 3: eine schematische Ansicht eines Zuschnittes einer äußeren Lage des Polsterbereiches;
• 4: eine schematische Ansicht von unten auf den Polsterbereich; und
• 5: eine weitere schematische Ansicht von unten auf den Polsterbereich.

The protective garment according to the invention is explained in more detail below using an exemplary embodiment which is illustrated in the figures. It shows:

• 1 1: a schematic view of a padding area of a protective garment according to the invention;
• 2 : a schematic sectional view from above of the upholstery area;
• 3 : a schematic view of a blank of an outer layer of the padding area;
• 4 : a schematic view from below of the upholstery area; and
• 5 : another schematic bottom view of the upholstery area.

The embodiment in the 1 until 5 is shown describes a piece of protective clothing according to the invention 1.

Here shows 1 in a schematic view, a padded area 2 of the protective clothing item 1 shown in part, for example in a knee area. In the present case, the upholstery area 2 is shown essentially in its fully manufactured state. Accordingly, the upholstered area 2 according to FIG 1 an outer layer 3 made of a first textile material and a third layer 12 made of a second textile material. An inner layer 4 arranged between the outer layer 3 and the third layer 12 and comprising a padding material 5 (or consisting of it) is in 1 not recognizable due to the fully manufactured condition, but clearly in 2 to see.

The outer layer 3 or the first textile material can be a robust textile material, for example a reinforcement material, since this outer layer 3 is particularly stressed. In the present case, the inner layer 4 or the padding material 5 can be a knitted or knitted spacer fabric or a fleece or felt material or a foam material, in particular neoprene. The third layer 12 or the second textile material can be made from a visually appealing outer fabric, for example. In addition, it can be provided that the padding area 2 also has a lining layer which is arranged on a side facing the body of a person wearing the protective clothing item 1 . Furthermore, it can be conceivable that the padding area 2 has a membrane layer which is arranged between the lining layer and the second textile material or the padding material 5 .

As 1 also clearly shows that darts 7 are made on the padding area 2 in order to be able to bring the padding area 2 into a desired shape and to keep it in this shape.

To produce the upholstered area 2, blanks 6 are produced from the respective layers 3, 4, 12. Here, the individual blanks 6 are arranged one above the other, such as 2 represents. The outer layer 3 forms the outermost layer. The inner layer 4 , which comprises a padding material 5 , is arranged under the outer layer 3 . The third layer 12 is in turn arranged under the inner layer 4 , it being possible for this layer to lie, for example, on a person wearing the protective clothing item 1 . In other words, the inner layer 4 comprising the padding material 5 is enclosed on both sides by the outer layer 3 and the third layer 12, which is why the inner layer 4 is not visible in the fully manufactured state.

3 shows a schematic view of the blank 6 of the outer layer 3 of the padding area 2. In order to be able to bring the padding area 2 into the desired shape, it is provided here that the individual layers 3, 4, 12 at least partially have a cutout 10. In the present case, the blank 6 of the outer layer 3 comprises two symmetrically arranged cutouts 10, such as 3 can be seen. Because of the cutouts 10, it is easier to bring the respective blank 6 into the desired shape, since stresses in the material are minimized and unacceptable accumulations of material in the area of the double-layered zones (darts) can be prevented. In other words, by removing material in place of the cutouts 10, it is possible to reduce stress in the material there and obtain a three-dimensional shape with high dimensional accuracy.

4 shows a schematic view from below of the padding area 2, how the inner layer 4 is arranged relative to the outer layer 3. In the present case, the padding material 5 of the inner layer 4 is attached to the outer layer 3 in a central region 9 by means of two seams 13 . As 4 shows, the cutouts 10 each include an edge 8.

the inside 5 State shown shows that the edges 8 of the cutouts 10 to each other were brought and were connected to each other by means of the seam 13, whereby a shaping of the padding material 5 could be brought about. In other words shows 5 the substantially completely manufactured state of the padding area 2 from below, the third layer 12 not being shown for reasons of clarity. This makes it clear that the padding material 5 of the inner layer 4 has been brought into the desired shape by means of darts produced on it. In other words, a three-dimensional padding part 11 was produced by sewing the individual layers 3, 4, 12, in particular the outer layer 3 to the inner layer 4. Due to its concave shape, the part of the third layer 12 absorbs little or no stress even when it is sewn to the other two layers 3, 4 (3D shape), but due to its flexibility lies in the concave shape created by the two outer layers.

Reference List

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protective garment

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upholstery area

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outer layer

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inner location

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upholstery material

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cutting

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edge

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upholstery part

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third layer

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seam

Claims (1)

Protective clothing item (1) with a padding area (2), the padding area (2) being provided for protecting an exposed part of the body of a person wearing the protective clothing item (1) and having at least two layers, one of which - an outer layer (3) of a first textile material and - an inner layer (4) of a padding material (5) is formed from a knitted or knitted spacer fabric or a fleece or felt material, and wherein: a) a blank (6) made from the first textile material, at least one dart (7) and/or one extending from an edge (8) of the blank (6) in the direction of its central region (9) and a dart extending from the edge (8 ) comprises a cut-out (10) pointing away from the pointed end, b) a blank (6) made from the padding material (5) and having at least one edge (8) of the blank (6) extending in the direction of its central area (9) and having a pointed end pointing away from the edge (8). Section (10) includes, c) the blank (6) of the first textile material and the blank (6) of the padding material are superimposed, wherein - the pointed end of the cutout in the padding material (5) and - a pointed end of the at least one dart (7) in the first textile material and/or the pointed end of the at least one cutout (10) made of the first textile material are arranged essentially one above the other d) the cut (6) of the first textile material and the cut (6) of the upholstery material are sewn together in such a way that the inner layer (4) is formed by a three-dimensionally shaped upholstery part (11), in which the at least one cutout (10) in the padding material (5) is reduced, preferably closed, by approximating opposite edges (8) of the cutout (10), and the outer layer (3) forms a holding part holding the molded part in a state of tension.

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