Multilayered Textile Material for Containing Liquids and Associated Systems and Methods:

Cherie Hoeger, Meridian, ID; and Jonathan Hoeger, Meridian, ID.

Filed: 10/7/20
Issued: 5/6/25

A textile material for managing a bodily fluid, the textile material comprising: a first layer having an inner surface and an outer surface, wherein the first layer is configured to draw the bodily fluid through a thickness of the first layer from the inner surface to the outer surface while dispersing the bodily fluid laterally across the first layer, and wherein the first layer comprises: a hydrophobic inner material, the inner material including a first knit pattern having a plurality of horizontal channels and a plurality of vertical channels arranged along each of the plurality of horizontal channels, wherein the hydrophobic inner material is configured to move the bodily fluid vertically away from the inner surface; and a hydrophilic outer material, the outer material including a generally horizontal knitted grid of hydrophilic fibers configured to cause the bodily fluid to disperse laterally through the knitted grid and draw the bodily fluid towards the outer surface; and a second layer in contact with the outer surface of the first layer, wherein the second layer is configured to pull the bodily fluid away from the outer surface and hold the bodily fluid in the second layer; and a third layer opposite the second layer from the first layer, wherein the third layer is configured to confine the bodily fluid within the second layer.