Athletic garment with perspiration absorption towel

Abstract

A jersey for management of perspiration having a perspiration absorption towel. The perspiration absorption towel is removably or permanently affixed along the front interior of the collar of the jersey. The perspiration absorption towel has a collar-region width less than the collar width by an amount which optimizes access to and removability of the perspiration absorption towel. The perspiration absorption towel has a length which relative to the collar-region width which balances usefulness and ease of return to the non-use position of the perspiration absorption towel. Alternatively, the perspiration absorption towel is removably or permanently affixed along the front exterior of the collar of the jersey at its top end and near the bottom hem of the jersey at its bottom end. The perspiration absorption towel has either side indents or a bottom indent to facilitate grasping of the bottom of the perspiration absorption towel for the purpose of detaching its bottom end from the jersey.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A perspiration management jersey for use in athletics, comprising:
 a jersey portion adapted to be worn as a shirt on a player and having a collar, said collar having a side-to-side collar width, and   a perspiration absorption towel attached at said collar to an inside surface of said jersey portion, said perspiration absorption towel having a towel collar-region width in a region near said collar, said towel collar-region width being a maximum width of said perspiration absorption towel in said region near said collar and said towel collar-region width being less than said collar width.   
     
     
         2 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 1  wherein said towel collar-region width is less than said collar width by twice an inset width where said inset width is between 3 cm and 7 cm. 
     
     
         3 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 1  wherein said towel collar-region width is less than said collar width by twice an inset width where said inset width is between 3.5 cm and 6.5 cm. 
     
     
         4 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 1  wherein said towel collar-region width is less than said collar width by twice an inset width where said inset width is between 4 cm and 6 cm. 
     
     
         5 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 1  wherein said perspiration absorption towel has unattached side edges from a top point in said towel collar-region to a bottom point, a length of said unattached side edges being between 2.5 and 3.5 times said towel collar-region width. 
     
     
         6 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 1  wherein said perspiration absorption towel has unattached side edges from a top point in said towel collar-region to a bottom point, a length of said unattached side edges being between 2.75 and 3.25 times said towel collar-region width. 
     
     
         7 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 1  wherein said perspiration absorption towel has an inset notch on each side in said region near said collar to facilitate removal of said perspiration absorption towel by hooking a finger of said player in said inset notch, a width from a first inside point of a first one of said inset notches to a second inside point of a second one of said inset notches being less than said towel collar-region width, said inset notch having a width between 1.5 cm and 4 cm. 
     
     
         8 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 7  wherein each of said inset notches in said region near said collar has a depth of roughly 2.5 cm and is located 2 cm below a bottom of said collar. 
     
     
         9 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 1  wherein α*W C <W T1 <β*W C , where α=0.25, β=1.0, and W T2 <1.5*W C . 
     
     
         10 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 9  where α=0.33, β=0.75, and W T2 <1.25*W C . 
     
     
         11 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 9  where α=0.33, β=0.66, and W T2 <W C . 
     
     
         12 . A perspiration management jersey for use in athletics, comprising:
 a jersey portion adapted to be worn as a shirt on a player and having a collar, said collar having a side-to-side collar width W C , and   a perspiration absorption towel attached at said collar of said jersey portion with an effectively non-removable collar-region attachment, said perspiration absorption towel being attached at a bottom edge with a removable attachment near a waist region of said jersey portion to an outside surface of said jersey portion, said perspiration absorption towel having a towel collar-region width W T1  at said effectively non-removable collar-region attachment, said towel collar-region width W T1  being less than said collar width W C , and having a bottom-region width W T2 .   
     
     
         13 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 12  wherein said effectively non-removable collar-region attachment requires between 44 and 88 Newtons of force to dislodge said perspiration absorption towel from said jersey portion, and said removable attachment requires between 11 and 44 Newtons of force to dislodge said perspiration absorption towel from said jersey portion. 
     
     
         14 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 12  wherein said effectively non-removable collar-region attachment requires between 50 and 70 Newtons of force to dislodge said perspiration absorption towel from said jersey portion, and said removable attachment requires between 16 and 33 Newtons of force to dislodge said perspiration absorption towel from said jersey portion. 
     
     
         15 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 12  wherein said effectively non-removable collar-region attachment requires between 55 and 65 Newtons of force to dislodge said perspiration absorption towel from said jersey portion, and said removable attachment requires between 20 and 26 Newtons of force to dislodge said perspiration absorption towel from said jersey portion. 
     
     
         16 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 12  wherein α*W C <W T1 <β*W C , where α=0.25, β=1.0, and 0.9*W C <W T2 <1.5*W C . 
     
     
         17 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 12  where α=0.33, β=0.75, and 0.9*W C <W T2 <1.3*W C . 
     
     
         18 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 12  where α=0.33, β=0.66, and 1.1*W C <W T2 <1.2*W C . 
     
     
         19 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 12  wherein said perspiration absorption towel has an inset notch on each side near said waist region to facilitate removal of said perspiration absorption towel by hooking a finger of said player in one of said inset notches, each of said inset notches having a depth W X  from a side edge of said perspiration absorption towel of between 1 cm and 5 cm, and each of said inset notches having a width of between 1.5 cm and 4 cm. 
     
     
         20 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 19  wherein said depth W X  is between 2 cm and 4 cm. 
     
     
         21 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 19  wherein said depth W X  is between 2.5 cm and 3.5 cm. 
     
     
         22 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 12  wherein said perspiration absorption towel has an inset notch on said bottom edge of said perspiration absorption towel to facilitate removal of said perspiration absorption towel by hooking a finger of said player in said inset notch, said inset notch having a depth W X  from a side edge of said perspiration absorption towel of between 1 cm and 5 cm, and each of said inset notches having a width of between 1.5 cm and 4 cm. 
     
     
         23 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 22  wherein said depth W X  is between 2 cm and 4 cm. 
     
     
         24 . The perspiration management jersey of  claim 22  wherein said depth W X  is between 2.5 cm and 3.5 cm. 
     
     
         25 . A magnetic attachment mechanism for textiles comprising:
 a first textile;   a first row of elongated first magnets mounted with first longitudinal axes aligned on said first textile with north poles of said first row of magnets being alternately oriented left and right so as to produce repulsive forces between neighboring first magnets, said first magnets being evenly spaced by a separation distance, said first magnets having a first length along said first longitudinal axes, said first magnets have a first width in a first plane of said first textile, and said first magnets having a first thickness transverse to said plane of said first textile, said first length being greater than said first width, said first width being greater than said first thickness;   a second textile; and   a second row of elongated second magnets mounted with second longitudinal axes aligned on said second textile with north poles of said second row of magnets being alternately oriented left and right so as to produce repulsive forces between neighboring second magnets, said second magnets being evenly spaced by said separation distance, said second magnets having said first length along said second longitudinal axes, said second magnets have said first width in a second plane of said second textile, and said second magnets having said first thickness transverse to said second plane of said second textile.   
     
     
         26 . A magnetic attachment mechanism comprising:
 a first textile;   a first row of first magnets mounted on said first textile, said first magnets are mounted to said first textile by first stitching and second stitching of a sandwiching of said first magnets between said first textile and a first securing layer, said first stitching coming from the left over the top of a first of said first magnets, passing around the right side and then under said first of said first magnets, and then passing around the left side and again over the top of said first of said first magnets and continuing rightwards, and said second stitching coming from the left under the bottom of said first of said first magnets, passing around the right side and over said first of said first magnets, and then passing around the left side and under the bottom of said first of said first magnets and continuing rightwards.   
     
     
         27 . The magnetic attachment mechanism of  claim 26  wherein said second magnets are mounted to said second textile by third stitching and fourth stitching of a sandwiching of said second magnets between said second textile and a second securing layer, said third stitching coming from the left over the top of a first of said second magnets, passing around the right side and then under said first of said second magnets, and then passing around the left side and again over the top of said first of said second magnets and continuing rightwards, and said fourth stitching coming from the left under the bottom of said first of said second magnets, passing around the right side and over said first of said second magnets, and then passing around the left side and under the bottom of said first of said second magnets and continuing rightwards. 
     
     
         28 . A magnetic attachment mechanism for textiles comprising:
 a first textile;   a first row of elongated first magnets mounted on said first textile, a first central pair of said first magnets being separated by a distance X, a first surrounding pair of magnets directly surrounding said first central pair and being separated from each other by X+2τX with said first central pair of said first magnets being centered between said first surrounding pair, a second surrounding pair of magnets directly surrounding said first surrounding pair being separated from each other by X+2τX+2τ 2 X with said first surrounding pair of said first magnets being centered between said second surrounding pair;   a second textile; and   a second row of elongated second magnets mounted on said second textile, a second central pair of said second magnets being separated by said distance X, a third surrounding pair of magnets directly surrounding said second central pair and being separated from each other by X+2τX with said second central pair of said second magnets being centered between said third surrounding pair, a fourth surrounding pair of magnets directly surrounding said third surrounding pair being separated from each other by X+2τX+2τ 2 X with said third surrounding pair of said second magnets being centered between said fourth surrounding pair.   
     
     
         29 . The magnetic attachment mechanism of  claim 28  wherein said first row of first magnets have first longitudinal axes aligned on said first textile with north poles of said first row of said first magnets being alternately oriented left and right so as to produce repulsive forces between neighboring first magnets, and said second row of second magnets have second longitudinal axes aligned on said second textile with north poles of said second row of said second magnets being alternately oriented right and left so as to produce repulsive forces between neighboring second magnets. 
     
     
         30 . The magnetic attachment mechanism of  claim 28  wherein τ has a value between 1.2 and 2. 
     
     
         31 . The magnetic attachment mechanism of  claim 28  wherein τ has a value between 1.4 and 1.8. 
     
     
         32 . The magnetic attachment mechanism of  claim 28  wherein τ has a value between 1.55 and 1.65. 
     
     
         33 . A magnetic attachment mechanism comprising:
 a first mating part incorporating a first magnet at a first location, said first magnet having a first pole facing outwards, said first magnet having a thickness L;   a second mating part incorporating a second magnet at a second location, said second magnet having a second pole facing outwards, said second magnet having said thickness L, said second pole being an attractor of said first pole, said first and second locations abutting when said first mating part is mated with said second mating part and said first magnet being separated from said second magnet by a contact separation distance x min  where L/3<x min <8*L.   
     
     
         34 . The magnetic attachment mechanism of  claim 33  wherein L/2<x min <5*L. 
     
     
         35 . The magnetic attachment mechanism of  claim 33  wherein L<x min <3*L. 
     
     
         35 . The magnetic attachment mechanism of  claim 33  wherein 1.5*L<x min <2.5*L.