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US 2008/0076312 A1Published application
High performance fire resistant fabrics and the garments made therewith
OwnerGeorge GEHRINGinventor
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Abstract
A fire retardant fabric for safety garments useful for dangerous activities, e.g. firemen, policemen, armed forces, etc., is knit from a first yarn system of fire retardant modacrylic fibers, a second yarn system of flexible fibers and, optionally a third yarn system of aramid fire retardant fibers. One of the yarn systems also includes fibers formed of a conductive material, such as silver.
Claims20
A high performance fabric comprising:
- a first yarn system consisting of a plurality of fire resistant modacrylic fibers blended with a plurality of conductive fibers;
- and
- a second yarn system including a plurality of flexible fibers;
- wherein said yarn systems are knit together to form said high performance fabric.
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A fire resistant fabric for a garment comprising:
- a fabric knit from:
- a first yarn system including a plurality of aramid fibers;
- a second yarn system including a plurality of modacrylic fibers;
- and
- a plurality of flexible fibers.
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A method of making a fire retardant fabric comprising:
- providing a first yarn system made of fire retardant modacrylic fibers;
- providing a second yarn system made of flexible, stretchable fibers;
- wherein the fibers of at least one of said first and second yarn systems are blended with electrically conductive fibers;
- and
- knitting said fabric from said first and second yarn systems.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.