Thermal Moderating Donnable Elastic Articles

Abstract

Disclosed herein are thermal moderating donnable elastic articles suitable for a variety of uses. The thermal moderating donnable elastic articles include at least one thermal moderating elastic laminate material, the laminate including at least one polymeric elastic layer and at least one extensible fibrous layer, and the extensible fibrous layer including at least one thermal regulating additive. Such thermal moderating donnable elastic articles are useful for use in protective wear products, health care and medical care products, gloves, compressive bandages and comfort-providing wraps, and the like, and are capable of moderating temperature or providing temperature change sensation to the wearer's body part enveloped by the thermal moderating donnable elastic article. Also disclosed herein are thermal moderating elastic laminate materials having one or more thermally conductive additive materials.

1 . A thermal moderating donnable elastic article for enveloping a body part of a wearer, said thermal moderating donnable elastic article comprising a thermal moderating elastic laminate material, said thermal moderating elastic laminate material comprising at least one polymeric elastic layer and at least one extensible fibrous layer laminated thereto, said at least one extensible fibrous layer comprising at least one thermal regulating additive. 
   
   
       2 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said thermal regulating additive is a phase change material. 
   
   
       3 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said extensible fibrous layer is a necked nonwoven material layer. 
   
   
       4 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article as set forth in  claim 1 , wherein said extensible fibrous layer is a gathered nonwoven material layer. 
   
   
       5 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article as set forth in  claim 4 , wherein said extensible fibrous layer is a necked and gathered nonwoven material layer. 
   
   
       6 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article as set forth in  claim 4 , said thermal moderating elastic laminate material further comprising a second extensible fibrous layer laminated to the side of said polymeric elastic layer opposite said gathered nonwoven material layer. 
   
   
       7 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article as set forth in  claim 6 , wherein said second extensible fibrous layer is a gathered nonwoven material layer. 
   
   
       8 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article of  claim 7  wherein said second extensible fibrous layer comprises a thermal regulating additive. 
   
   
       9 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article of  claim 1  wherein said extensible fibrous layer is a carded web. 
   
   
       10 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article of  claim 1  wherein said polymeric elastic layer comprises an elastic film layer. 
   
   
       11 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article of  claim 1  wherein said polymeric elastic layer comprises elastic strands. 
   
   
       12 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article of  claim 11  wherein said polymeric elastic layer comprises elastic meltblown. 
   
   
       13 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article of  claim 11  wherein said extensible fibrous layer is a gathered nonwoven material layer. 
   
   
       14 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article of  claim 13 , said thermal moderating elastic laminate material further comprising a second extensible fibrous layer laminated to the side of said polymeric elastic layer opposite said gathered nonwoven material layer. 
   
   
       15 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article of  claim 1 , said thermal moderating donnable elastic article further comprising at least one thermochromic pigment. 
   
   
       16 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article of  claim 7 , said thermal moderating donnable elastic article further comprising at least one thermochromic pigment. 
   
   
       17 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article of  claim 13  said thermal moderating donnable elastic article further comprising at least one thermochromic pigment. 
   
   
       18 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article of  claim 1  provided in the form of a glove, a headband, a body wrap, or a limb sleeve. 
   
   
       19 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article of  claim 12  provided in the form of a glove, a headband, a body wrap, or a limb sleeve. 
   
   
       20 . The thermal moderating donnable elastic article of  claim 15  provided in the form of a glove, a headband, a body wrap, or a limb sleeve. 
   
   
       21 . A thermal moderating elastic laminate material, said thermal moderating elastic laminate material comprising at least one polymeric elastic layer and at least one extensible fibrous layer laminated thereto, said at least one extensible fibrous layer comprising at least one thermal regulating additive, and said thermal moderating elastic laminate material further comprising a thermally conductive additive material. 
   
   
       22 . The thermal moderating elastic laminate material of  claim 21 , wherein said at least one polymeric elastic layer comprises said thermally conductive additive material. 
   
   
       23 . The thermal moderating elastic laminate material of  claim 21 , wherein said at least one extensible fibrous layer comprises said thermally conductive additive material. 
   
   
       24 . The thermal moderating elastic laminate material of  claim 21 , wherein said thermally conductive additive material is selected from thermally conductive polymeric material additives, metal additives, carbon additives and ceramic additives. 
   
   
       25 . A skin contact thermal moderating elastic article, said thermal moderating elastic article comprising a thermal moderating elastic laminate material, said thermal moderating elastic laminate material comprising at least one polymeric elastic layer and at least one extensible fibrous layer laminated thereto, said at least one extensible fibrous layer comprising at least one thermal regulating additive.