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US 2014/0196506 A1Published application
Seamless Protective Apparel
AssigneeMedline Industries, Inc.
InventorMegan Walsh
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Abstract
A sleeve for a protective garment, such as a medical gown, includes a knit, woven, or non-woven layer and a seamless layer that are laminated together. The knit, woven, or non-woven layer can be a circularly knit seamless layer, or alternatively can have seams. The seamless layer can be water or vapor impermeable or resistant so as to prevent microorganisms, pathogens, liquids, or other substances from passing through the sleeve.
Claims20
A multilayer, seamless garment portion, comprising:
- a circular knit layer having a inner side and an outer side;
- and
- a seamless barrier layer coupled to one of the inner side or the outer side of the circular knit layer to form a laminated tubular layer;
- wherein the laminated tubular layer is configured to form a tubular garment portion.
1 more element
A medical gown, comprising:
- a body covering portion;
- sleeves extending distally from the body covering portion, wherein one or both of the sleeves comprise:
- a knit layer having a inner side and an outer side;
- and
- a seamless barrier layer coupled to one of the inner side or the outer side of the knit layer to form a sleeve.
2 more elements
A method of making a sleeve for protective apparel, comprising:
- attaching a seamless barrier layer to a circularly knit layer having an inner side and an outer side to form the sleeve;
- wherein the seamless barrier layer is attached to one of the inner side or the outer side of the circularly knit layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.