Systems and articles of manufacture employing long-term cooling material in woven and non-woven fabrics and processes to generate the long-term cooling material and articles of manufacture

Abstract

A cooling material is provided. The cooling material can include a yarn having a defined denier of less than or equal to approximately 90 denier, wherein the yarn can comprise a cooling additive disposed on or in a polymer. In some embodiments, the yarn can be at least one of a warp or a weft of a woven fabric. A method can comprise receiving a cooling material, wherein the cooling material comprises: a polymer and a cooling additive, wherein the cooling additive is disposed on or in the polymer; and processing the cooling material by employing a non-weaving technique to create a non-woven fabric. In some embodiments, the non-weaving technique is one of a meltblown process, a spunbond process, or a multi-denier process.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A cooling material, comprising:
 a yarn having a defined denier of less than or equal to approximately 90 denier, wherein the yarn comprises a polymer and a cooling additive, and wherein the cooling additive is disposed on or in the polymer.   
     
     
         2 . The cooling material of  claim 1 , wherein the cooling additive is disposed in the polymer. 
     
     
         3 . The cooling material of  claim 1 , wherein the polymer is one or more of a polyamide, a polyolefin, polyester, polypropylene, polyacrylonitrile, regenerated cellulosic and protein, spandex, a high molecular weight (UHMW) synthetic, cotton, or wool. 
     
     
         4 . The cooling material of  claim 3 , wherein the polymer is UHMW polyethylene. 
     
     
         5 . The cooling material of  claim 1 , wherein the cooling additive is one or more of jade, ceramics, bamboo, dolomite, corundum, magnesium oxide, tourmaline, aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, silicon dioxide, silicon carbide, silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, silver, copper, graphite, or graphene. 
     
     
         6 . The cooling material of  claim 5 , wherein the cooling additive has a particle size of approximately 20 to 90 nanometers. 
     
     
         7 . The cooling material of  claim 1 , wherein the cooling additive has a thermal diffusivity of at least 100 mm 2 /s. 
     
     
         8 . The cooling material of  claim 3 , wherein the polymer is a combination of at least two of polyamide, polyolefin, polyester, polypropylene, polyacrylonitrile, regenerated cellulosic and protein, spandex, high molecular weight (UHMW) synthetic, cotton, or wool. 
     
     
         9 . The cooling material of  claim 1 , wherein the yarn is at least one of a warp or a weft of a woven fabric. 
     
     
         10 . The cooling material of  claim 9 , wherein the woven fabric is a stretch woven fabric, and at least one of the warp or weft has mechanical stretch or the stretch woven fabric comprises spandex. 
     
     
         11 . The cooling material of  claim 1 , wherein the yarn has a denier less than or equal to 70 and is a monofilament yarn with a filament count greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 100. 
     
     
         12 . The cooling material of  claim 1 , wherein the yarn has a denier less than or equal to 70 and is a multifilament yarn with a filament count greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 100. 
     
     
         13 . The cooling material of  claim 1 , wherein the yarn is a monofilament yarn with a filament less than or equal to 100. 
     
     
         14 . A method of manufacturing a cooling material fabric, the method comprising:
 receiving a cooling material, wherein the cooling material comprises:
 a polymer and a cooling additive, wherein the cooling additive is disposed on or in the polymer; and 
   processing the cooling material by employing a non-weaving technique to create a non-woven fabric.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the receiving the cooling material comprises receiving the cooling material in at least one of chip form, pellet form, or fiber form. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein the non-weaving technique is one of a meltblown process, a spunbond process, or a multi-denier process. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , wherein the non-weaving technique comprises bonding one or more filaments of the cooling material using a bonding technique, and wherein the bonding technique comprises one or more of needle punch, spunlace, wet-lay fabrication, or dry-lay fabrication. 
     
     
         18 . An article of manufacture, comprising:
 a cooling fabric comprising one of:
 a yarn having a defined denier of less than or equal to approximately  90  denier, wherein the yarn comprises a polymer and a cooling additive disposed on or in the polymer; or 
 a fiber comprising the polymer and the cooling additive disposed on or in the polymer, wherein a first portion of the fiber is bonded to a second portion of the fiber or a second fiber by a non-weaving technique. 
   
     
     
         19 . The article of manufacture of  claim 18 , wherein the polymer comprises at least one of a polyamide, a polyolefin, polyester, polypropylene, polyacrylonitrile, regenerated cellulosic and protein, spandex, a high molecular weight (UHMW) synthetic, cotton, or wool. 
     
     
         20 . The article of manufacture of  claim 18 , wherein the cooling additive comprises at least one of jade, ceramics, bamboo, dolomite, corundum, magnesium oxide, tourmaline, aluminum oxide, silicon carbide, silicon dioxide, silicon carbide, silicon dioxide, titanium dioxide, silver, copper, graphite, or graphene. 
     
     
         21 . The article of manufacture of  claim 18 , further comprising a non-cooling fabric. 
     
     
         22 . The article of manufacture of  claim 18 , wherein the cooling fabric comprises the fiber. 
     
     
         23 . The article of manufacture of  claim 21 , wherein the cooling fabric comprises UHMW polyethylene (PE). 
     
     
         24 . The article of manufacture of  claim 23 , wherein the cooling fabric is configured to protect a wearer or user by inhibiting a disbursement of force to the wearer or the user from an impact on the cooling fabric. 
     
     
         25 . The article of manufacture of  claim 18 , wherein the cooling fabric comprises the yarn.