Protective clothing unit having preferably textile fragment protection equipment

A fragment-protective apparel unit having a protective function against fragments caused or released by detonation or explosion, the fragment-protective apparel unit comprising at least one of outerwear and underwear and, optionally, also one of separate head protection, face protection, neck protection, shoulder protection, arm protection, hand protection, trunk protection, torso protection, genital protection, anal protection and leg protection;

• wherein the protective apparel unit includes different textile fragment protection elements, which textile fragment protection elements have a protective function against fragments caused or released by detonation or explosion and, in the state of use, are assigned to or cover different body regions, and
• wherein the fragment protection elements each, independently from each other, include or consist of at least one ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) and are each, independently from each other, configured as a knitted textile fabric, wherein the knitted textile fabric has a basis weight in the range from 125 g/m2 to 500 g/m2,
• wherein the knitted textile fabric includes a multiplicity of needle loops and a multiplicity of at least one other structural element different from needle loops,
• wherein the at least one other structural element is a tuck loop or a float;
• wherein the ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) is present as a filament yarn to form or as constituent part of the knitted textile fabric of the fragment protection elements;
• wherein the filament yarn has a linear density in the range of from 50 to 500 dtex, a tenacity in the range of from 2 N/tex to 8 N/tex, and a breaking extension in the range of from 0.5% to 10%;
• wherein the filament yarn consists of at least four and up to 800 individual filaments, and
• wherein the filament yarn has a diameter in the range from 4 μm to 250 μm,
• wherein the fragment protection elements each, independently from each other, have a fragment or ballistic protection value V50, determined as per the method of STANAG 2920, of at least 180 m/s;
• and
• wherein the fragment-protective apparel unit includes at least one further textile sheet material,
• wherein the further textile sheet material combines with the fragment protection elements to form a single-plied or single layered area of the protective apparel unit,
• wherein the further textile sheet material is bonded or attached to the fragment protection elements,
• wherein the further textile sheet material is elastic, and
• wherein the further textile sheet material includes at least one elastic yarn or fiber or at least one elastic thread or strand.

A fragment-protective apparel unit having a protective function against fragments caused or released by detonation or explosion, the fragment-protective apparel unit comprising at least one of outerwear and underwear and, optionally, also one of separate head protection, face protection, neck protection, shoulder protection, arm protection, hand protection, trunk protection, torso protection, genital protection, anal protection and leg protection;

• wherein the protective apparel unit includes different textile fragment protection elements, which textile fragment protection elements have a protective function against fragments caused or released by detonation or explosion and, in the state of use, are assigned to or cover different body regions, and
• wherein the fragment protection elements each, independently from each other, include or consist of at least one ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) and are each, independently from each other, configured as a knitted textile fabric,
• wherein the fragment protection elements each, independently from each other, include or consist of at least one ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) and are each, independently from each other, configured as a knitted textile fabric,
• wherein the knitted textile fabric includes a multiplicity of needle loops and a multiplicity of at least one other structural element different from needle loops,
• wherein the at least one other structural element is selected from the group consisting of tuck loop, float, inlay, partial insertion and filler thread;
• wherein the ultrahigh molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) is present as a filament yarn to form or as a constituent part of the knitted fabric of the fragment protection elements,
• wherein the filament yarn has a diameter in the range from 4 μm to 250 μm, and
• wherein the fragment protection elements each, independently from each other, have a fragment or ballistic protection value V50, determined as per the method of STANAG 2920, of at least 180 m/S.

A fragment-protective apparel unit having a protective function against fragments caused or released by detonation or explosion, the fragment-protective apparel unit comprising at least one of outerwear and underwear and, optionally, also one of separate head protection, face protection, neck protection, shoulder protection, arm protection, hand protection, trunk protection, torso protection, genital protection, anal protection and leg protection;

• wherein the protective apparel unit includes different textile fragment protection elements, which textile fragment protection elements have a protective function against fragments caused or released by detonation or explosion and, in the state of use, are assigned to or cover different body regions, and
• wherein the fragment protection elements each, independently from each other, include or consist of at least one ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) and are each, independently from each other, configured as a knitted textile fabric, wherein the knitted textile fabric has a basis weight in the range from 125 g/m2 to 500 g/m2,
• wherein the knitted textile fabric includes a multiplicity of needle loops and a multiplicity of at least one other structural element different from needle loops,
• wherein the at least one other structural element is a tuck loop or a float;
• wherein the ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW-PE) is present as a filament yarn to form or as constituent part of the knitted textile fabric of the fragment protection elements;
• wherein the filament yarn has a breaking extension in the range of from 0.5% to 10%;
• wherein the filament yarn consists of at least four and up to 800 individual filaments, and
• wherein the filament yarn has a diameter in the range from 4 μm to 250 μm;
• wherein the fragment protection elements each, independently from each other, have a fragment or ballistic protection value V50, determined as per the method of STANAG 2920, of at least 180 m/s.