Men: Ping Rain Gear

Tuesday, 17 July 2012

Ping Rain Gear

Ping Rain Gear is a waterproof/breathable fabric, and a registered trademark of W. L. Gore and Associates. It was co-invented by Wilbert L. Gore, Rowena Taylor, and Gore's son, Robert W. Gore. Robert Gore was granted U.S. Patent 3,953,566 on April 27, 1976, for a porous form of polytopes fluorine ethylene (the chemical constituent of Teflon) with a micro-structure characterized by nodes interconnected by fibrils. Robert Gore, Rowena Taylor, and Samuel Allen were granted U.S. Patent 4,194,041 on March 18, 1980 for a "waterproof laminate." For its invention, Robert W. Gore was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2006, Gore requires that all garments made from their material have taping over the seams, to eliminate leaks. Gore's sister product, Wind stopper, is similar to Gore-Tex in being windproof and breathable, but has ability to stretch and is not waterproof