Inventors:
Moshe Rock - Brookline MA, US
Vincent Doyle, III - Pelham NH, US
Assignee:
MMI-IPCO, LLC - Lawrence MA
International Classification:
H05B 3/00
US Classification:
219212, 219211, 219528, 219544, 219549
Abstract:
Electric heating/warming composite fabric articles have at least a fabric layer having inner and outer surfaces, and an electric heating/warming element, e. g. , including a bus, formed, e. g. , of die cut metallized textile or plastic sheeting or metal foil, affixed at a surface of the fabric layer and adapted to generate heating/warming when connected to a power source. A air-and-water droplet resistant and water vapor permeable barrier layer may be positioned, for example, adjacent to the fabric layer; e. g. , with the electric heating/warming element formed thereupon or at least partially impregnated therein, e. g. in a fabric laminate or in a composite formed by application of heat and pressure to at least one layer of a barrier film disposed adjacent thereto, including to protect the electric circuit, e. g. against abrasion, moisture, and or against physical stress due, e. g. , to repeated crushing, bending or flexing.