Electric heating/warming composite fabric articles have at least a fabric
layer having inner and outer surfaces, and an electric heating/warming
element, 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.
Methods of forming electric heating/warming composite fabric articles are
also described and claimed.