U.S. patent application number 10/199082 was filed with the patent office on 2003-12-04 for fabric suitable to provide a barrier effect against magnetic and electromagnetic fields and/or metallotherapy effects.
This patent application is currently assigned to GAFITEX S.R.L.. Invention is credited to Botturi, Luca.
Application Number | 20030224684 10/199082 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 11450028 |
Filed Date | 2003-12-04 |
United States Patent
Application |
20030224684 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Botturi, Luca |
December 4, 2003 |
Fabric suitable to provide a barrier effect against magnetic and
electromagnetic fields and/or metallotherapy effects
Abstract
A fabric for producing a barrier effect against magnetic and
electromagnetic fields and/or metallotherapy effects, having a
weft-and-warp structure that is formed at least partially by
threads that comprise copper, threads that comprise zinc, and
threads that comprise silicon. These materials produce a barrier
effect against magnetic and electromagnetic fields and also perform
a metallotherapy effect if the fabric is placed in direct contact
with the human body.
Inventors: |
Botturi, Luca; (Guidizzolo,
IT) |
Correspondence
Address: |
MODIANO & ASSOCIATI
Via Meravigil, 16
Milano
20123
IT
|
Assignee: |
GAFITEX S.R.L.
|
Family ID: |
11450028 |
Appl. No.: |
10/199082 |
Filed: |
July 22, 2002 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
442/187 ;
442/228; 442/229; 442/301 |
Current CPC
Class: |
D10B 2503/04 20130101;
D10B 2503/02 20130101; D10B 2505/08 20130101; Y10T 442/3049
20150401; Y10T 442/3976 20150401; D10B 2101/20 20130101; G21F 1/08
20130101; A61N 1/16 20130101; G21F 3/02 20130101; D10B 2501/043
20130101; Y10T 442/339 20150401; A41D 31/04 20190201; D10B 2501/00
20130101; D10B 2503/06 20130101; D10B 2501/02 20130101; D10B
2501/042 20130101; D10B 2501/04 20130101; D03D 15/25 20210101; Y10T
442/3382 20150401; D10B 2509/02 20130101; D10B 2501/06
20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
442/187 ;
442/228; 442/229; 442/301 |
International
Class: |
D03D 015/00 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jun 3, 2002 |
IT |
MI2002A001200 |
Claims
What is claimed is:
1. A fabric suitable to produce a barrier effect against magnetic
and electromagnetic fields and/or metallotherapy effects, having a
weft-and-warp structure that is formed at least partially by means
of threads that comprise copper, threads that comprise zinc, and
threads that comprise silicon.
2. The fabric according to claim 1, wherein said threads are warp
threads.
3. The fabric according to claim 1, wherein said threads are weft
threads.
4. The fabric according to claim 1, wherein said threads are
present both in the weft and in the warp.
5. The fabric according to claim 1, wherein said threads comprising
copper and/or said threads comprising zinc and/or said threads
comprising silicon are alternated with weft or warp threads made of
synthetic or natural yarns.
6. The fabric according to claim 1, comprising three sets of
threads: a first set of threads comprising copper, a second set of
threads comprising zinc, and a third set of threads comprising
silicon, said three sets of threads being warp threads and being
mutually alternated sequentially in the direction of the weft.
7. The fabric according to claim 1, comprising three sets of
threads: a first set of threads comprising copper, a second set of
threads comprising zinc, and a third set of threads comprising
silicon, said three sets of threads being weft threads and being
mutually alternated sequentially in the direction of the warp.
8. The fabric according to claim 6, wherein said three sets of
threads are mutually spaced by interposing threads made of
synthetic or natural yarns.
9. An item of clothing or a component of an item of clothing, being
made of a fabric according to claim 1.
10. An item of sanitary clothing, particularly of the kind of a
girdle, ankle bandage, knee bandage, shoulder bandage, gauze, wrist
band, being made of a fabric according to claim 1.
11. An item of footwear or footwear component, being made of a
fabric according to claim 1.
12. An item for interior decoration, comprising a fabric according
to claim 1.
13. A covering for interior decoration components, comprising a
fabric according to claim 1.
14. A bed linen item, comprising a fabric according to claim 1.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] The present invention relates to a fabric suitable to
provide a barrier effect against magnetic and electromagnetic
fields and/or metallotherapy effects.
[0002] The theory on which metallotherapy is based likens the human
body to a voltaic pile, starting from the observation that if a
plate of positive metal (for example copper) is applied to the
spinal region and a plate of negative metal (for example zinc) is
applied to the abdominal region and these two plates are connected
to the two poles of a microammeter, a flow of current is observed
between the two plates, i.e., through the human body.
[0003] Connecting the two plates with an electrically conducting
wire produces a short-circuit in the human body and an ionization
that causes the penetration of ions of the positive metal into the
body of the subject.
[0004] This penetration can still occur, albeit more slowly and to
a lesser extent, if the plates are mutually connected by silicon,
which acts as a conductor.
[0005] The metallic oligoelements that penetrate the body act on
the terminations of the sympathetic system, affected by a spasm,
which can be ascribed to clumps (flocculates) of leukocytes that
obstruct the capillaries, and are able to cause accordingly a
relaxation of the spasm, eliminating the white cells that are dead
or liquefied in the general circulation.
[0006] Essentially, according to this theory, the application of
positive and negative metals to the surface of the skin produces an
infinitesimal current that is capable of healing or improving
certain deficiencies or certain functional or nervous chronic
afflictions in which acidosis is the rule. The basic concept that
the human body, its tissues, its humors are used as the liquid or
compound of a dry cell and is converted, with the two metals (the
positive one and the negative one) and the silicon that acts as
their conductor, into a true voltaic pile.
[0007] It should be observed that the "human pile", whose living
electrolyte is more or less acid, therefore operates actively or
not depending on its individual acidity. Therefore, the resulting
intracellular current is able to self-regulate, since its intensity
depends on organic acidosis.
[0008] The effects that can be obtained by means of metallotherapy
are:
[0009] general stimulation of the body;
[0010] stimulation of the nutritional function;
[0011] natural and spontaneous elimination of organic residues and
flocculates;
[0012] improvement of blood circulation;
[0013] cessation of various pains;
[0014] recovery of nervous energy.
[0015] In particular, the use of the copper-zinc combination
prevents the onset of rheumatic pain and reduces emotional stress
states. The use of silicon eliminates excessive perspiration, yet
keeps the skin elastic and soft without making it dry.
[0016] It is also known that some metals, such as for example
copper, have a shielding effect on electromagnetic waves.
[0017] The widespread use of electric and/or electronic devices has
brought to the forefront the problem of protecting people from the
potentially harmful effects of electromagnetic waves. This problem
is felt increasingly, in view of the enormous growth experienced in
recent years by radios, computers, television sets and most of all
wireless telephones.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0018] The aim of the present invention is to provide a fabric,
intended for the most disparate applications, that can perform
effectively a shielding action against magnetic and electromagnetic
fields and/or, if placed in direct contact with the human body, can
also have metallotherapy effects.
[0019] Within this aim, an object of the present invention is to
provide a fabric that can be produced with currently commercially
available weaving machines.
[0020] Another object of the invention is to provide a fabric that
can be manufactured at competitive costs.
[0021] This aim and these and other objects that will become better
apparent hereinafter are achieved by a fabric suitable to produce a
barrier effect against magnetic and electromagnetic fields and/or
metallotherapy effects, characterized in that it has a
weft-and-warp structure that is formed at least partially by means
of threads that comprise copper, threads that comprise zinc, and
threads that comprise silicon.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0022] Further characteristics and advantages will become better
apparent from the following detailed description of a preferred but
not exclusive embodiment of the fabric according to the present
invention, illustrated only by way of non-limitative example in the
accompanying drawings, wherein:
[0023] FIG. 1 is a view of the fabric according to the
invention;
[0024] FIG. 2 is an enlarged-scale view of a portion of FIG. 1.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0025] With reference to the figures, the fabric according to the
invention, generally designated by the reference numeral 1,
comprises a weft-and-warp structure, in which at least some of the
warp and/or weft threads are constituted by threads 2 that comprise
copper, threads 3 that comprise zinc, and threads 4 that comprise
silicon.
[0026] The copper, zinc and silicon can be provided in filament
form, so that they can be processed directly by the weaving machine
to form the fabric, or can be embedded, in the form of powder or
fibers or particles, in the natural or synthetic fibers of threads
used to produce the fabric.
[0027] The threads 2, 3, 4 comprising copper, zinc and silicon
might be used exclusively in the warp or exclusively in the weft or
both in the weft and in the warp.
[0028] Depending on the requirements, the threads 2 comprising
copper and/or the threads 3 comprising zinc and/or the threads 4
comprising silicon are alternated with weft or warp threads 5 made
of synthetic or natural yarns.
[0029] Preferably, there are three sets of threads that are
mutually alternated and repeated sequentially, according to a
preset spacing, in the fabric, along the weft and/or the warp, and
respectively: a first set of threads 2 comprising copper, a second
set of threads 3 comprising zinc, and a third set of threads 4
comprising silicon. Threads 5 made of synthetic or natural yarns
may be inserted between the threads of a same set. Moreover, the
various sets of threads 2, 3 and 4 can be mutually joined or spaced
by interposing sets of threads 5 made of synthetic or natural
yarns.
[0030] The fabric according to the invention can be used in a wide
range of fields.
[0031] Merely by way of example, the fabric according to the
invention can be used in the production of items of clothing or
components of items of clothing such as socks, stockings,
underpants, undershirts, T-shirts, body suits, scarves, caps,
balaclavas, gloves, earmuffs, overalls, pajamas, gussets for
underwear, gussets for bathing costumes, collars, linings for
clothing or linings in general, or in the manufacture of sanitary
articles such as footlets, support belts, girdles, ankle bands,
knee bands, shoulder bandages, gauzes, headbands, wrist bands,
mouth masks, or in the production of footwear or components for
footwear such as shoes, slippers, sandals, boots, insole, footwear
linings, paddings for footwear, or in the production of interior
decoration items such as curtains, drapes, carpets, upholstery,
coverings of pieces of furniture such as chairs, sofas and
armchairs, or in the production of bed linen such as sheets, pillow
cases, mattress covers, and in the production of other
articles.
[0032] If the fabric is used in the production of articles that do
not make direct contact with the body of people, by way of the
presence of the copper, zinc and silicon threads it performs a
barrier action against magnetic and electromagnetic fields. The
effectiveness of this barrier effect depends on the position of the
fabric with respect to the position of the magnetic field and/or
with respect to the source of emission of the electromagnetic waves
and to the user. The user needs not be fully wrapped in the fabric,
since experimental tests have shown that the barrier effect reaches
as far as a few tens of centimeters from the fabric.
[0033] If the fabric according to the invention makes direct
contact with the skin of the person who uses it, in addition to
performing the mentioned barrier effect against magnetic and
electromagnetic fields, the combined action of copper, zinc and
silicon also has a metallotherapy effect, achieving beneficial
effects at the local level as regards blood circulation, prevention
or reduction of articular or rheumatic pains, regularization of
sweating, and, at the systemic level, as regards the reduction of
states of emotional stress.
[0034] In practice it has been observed that the fabric fully
achieves the intended aim, since by way of the presence of copper,
zinc and silicon it provides a barrier effect against magnetic
fields and electromagnetic waves and, if placed in direct contact
with the skin, also has metallotherapy effects.
[0035] Another advantage of the fabric according to the invention
is that it causes no discomfort to the user.
[0036] The present invention is susceptible of modifications and
variations, all of which are within the scope of the appended
claims.
[0037] The disclosures in Italian Patent Application No.
MI2002A001200 from which this application claims priority are
incorporated herein by reference.
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