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US 10,441,025 B2Granted
Protective garment having a thermally reflective layer
AssigneeGlobe Holding Company LLC
InventorsMark Mordecai, Roland F. Landry, Neil S. Hanley
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Abstract
Protective garment for environments having high radiant heat loads and/or high conductive heat loads is described. A protective footwear article and method of making includes an upper with an opaque outer layer; an inner layer; and a thermally reflective layer positioned between the outer layer and the inner layer, the thermally reflective layer having a reflective surface facing the outer layer.
Claims15
A protective footwear article including an upper, the upper comprising:
- an opaque outer layer;
- an insulative inner layer;
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- a thermally reflective layer positioned between the outer layer and the inner layer, the thermally reflective layer comprising an infrared reflective material laminated to a fabric substrate, the infrared reflective material facing the outer layer and the fabric substrate facing the insulative inner layer, wherein the infrared reflective layer comprises an aluminized surface that is flexible and conforms to movements of the footwear upper without cracking or restricting movement of the footwear.
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A method of making a protective footwear article comprising:
- positioning a thermally reflective layer between an outer layer and an inner layer, the thermally reflective layer comprising an aluminized layer laminated to a fabric substrate, the aluminized layer is flexible and conformable to movements of the footwear upper without cracking or restricting movement of the footwear;
- forming the thermally reflective layer, the outer layer, and the inner layer into a shape of an upper of the protective footwear article;
- and attaching a sole to the upper.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.