Wearable light weight protective apparel
AssigneeArvind Limited
InventorsSatyapriya Dash, Varun Bhat, Rahul Devmal, Vijendra Labade
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Abstract
The present invention relates to fabrics and/or garments/apparel that confer protection to a wearer by resisting break open, and/or by absorbing at least a portion of any incident energy. The fabrics/garments/apparel described herein comprise yarns prepared from blends of polymers and woven in stellar weave. The blend of fibers comprises flame retardant viscose fibers, meta aramid fibers, para aramid fibers, Nylon 66 fibers, and antistatic fibers in a predefined proportion. A process of manufacturing the fabric for wearable light weight protective apparel comprises processes of spinning, weaving, wet processing and garmenting carried out in a predefined manner.
Claims12
A light weight fabric for flame retardant protective wear, comprising:
- flame retardant viscose fibers from about 40% to about 60% by weight of total weight of the fabric;
- meta aramid fibers from about 25% to about 40% by weight of total weight of the fabric;
- para aramid fibers from about 5% to about 10% by weight of total weight of the fabric;
- nylon 66 fibers from about 5% to about 10% by weight of total weight of the fabric;
- antistatic fibers from about 0.4% to about 3% by weight of total weight of the fabric;
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- less than 5% by weight of naturally occurring fibers.
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