Protective garment
AssigneePrecise Systems LLC
InventorRogers Drake
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Abstract
A protective garment comprises a porous, breathable body portion and sleeves made of a nonwoven synthetic fabric. The sleeves and a front part of the body portion are covered at their outer surfaces by outer layers of plastic film. In one embodiment, a protective skirt of plastic film extends down below a lower edge of the body portion for covering parts of the wearer that extend below the body portion. The protective skirt can include perforations facilitating adjustment of a vertical extent of the skirt.
Claims11
A protective garment providing a barrier between a wearer and materials with which the wearer may come in contact, comprising:
- a body portion comprising a layer of nonwoven fabric configured to wrap at least partially about the body of the wearer;
- a pair of sleeves each constructed of a layer of nonwoven fabric and attached to the body portion for receiving the wearer's arms;
- a sleeve outer layer of polymer film covering at least a portion of an outer surface of each sleeve and attached to the sleeve;
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- a body outer layer of liquid-impervious material disposed on an outer surface of a front portion of the body portion and attached to the body portion.
A protective garment providing a barrier between a wearer and materials with which the wearer may come in contact, comprising:
- a body portion configured to wrap at least partially about the wearer's body, the body portion having a lower edge;
- a pair of sleeves attached to the body portion for receiving the wearer's arms;
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- a protective skirt formed separately from the body portion and attached to the body portion, the protective skirt extending down below the lower edge of the body portion for covering portions of the wearer's body below the lower edge of the body portion, the protective skirt having at least one line of weakness extending horizontally therealong to enable a lower portion of the skirt to be torn off for adjusting a vertical extent of the skirt.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.