# US 2014/0196506 A1 · Seamless Protective Apparel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0196506 A1 - Document ID: US20140196506A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/214,776 - Filed: 2014-03-15 - Published: 2014-07-17 - Earliest claimed: 2012-08-02 - Assignees: Medline Industries, Inc. - Applicants: Medline Industries, Inc. - Inventors: Megan Walsh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140196506A1 ## CPC - A41D 13/1227: {with liquid-proof sleeves} - A41D 13/1209: {Surgeons' gowns or dresses} - A41D 27/10: Sleeves; Armholes - A41D 31/102: Waterproof and breathable - A41D 31/305: {using layered materials} - B29C 65/48: using adhesives {, i.e. using supplementary joining material; solvent bonding} - B29C 66/5221: {for forming coaxial connections, i.e. the tubular articles to be joined forming a zero angle relative to each other} - B29C 66/612: {Making circumferential joints} - B29C 66/7294: {Non woven mats, e.g. felt} - B32B 5/022: {Non-woven fabric} - B32B 27/12: next to a fibrous or filamentary layer - B32B 2307/7265: Non-permeable - B32B 2437/00: Clothing - A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES - B29C: SHAPING OR JOINING OF PLASTICS; SHAPING OF MATERIAL IN A PLASTIC STATE, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; AFTER-TREATMENT OF THE SHAPED PRODUCTS, e.g. REPAIRING (making preforms B29B11/00; making laminated products by combining previously unconnected layers which become one product whose layers will remain together B32B37/00 - B32B41/00) - B32B: LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT OR NON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The multilayer, seamless garment portion of claim 1, further comprising another circular knit layer coupled to the seamless barrier layer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The multilayer, seamless garment portion of claim 2, wherein the another circular knit layer is coupled to the seamless barrier layer on a side opposite the circular knit layer with the seamless barrier layer being disposed between the circular knit layer and the another circular knit layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The multilayer, seamless garment portion of claim 2, wherein the circular knit layer, the another circular knit layer, and the seamless barrier layer are concentrically aligned with each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The multilayer, seamless garment portion of claim 2, wherein the circular knit layer, the another circular knit layer, and the seamless barrier layer are coextensive. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The multilayer, seamless garment portion of claim 2, further comprising another seamless barrier layer coupled to one of the circular knit layer or the another circular knit layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The multilayer, seamless garment portion of claim 1, wherein the circular knit layer and the seamless barrier layer are adhesively coupled together. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The multilayer, seamless garment portion of claim 1, wherein the circular knit layer and the seamless barrier layer are thermally coupled together. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The multilayer, seamless garment portion of claim 1, wherein the tubular garment portion tapers along a length extending from a first end to a second end. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The multilayer, seamless garment portion of claim 1, wherein the circular knit layer comprises a non-woven material. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The multilayer, seamless garment portion of claim 1, wherein the seamless barrier layer comprises one of a fluid impervious or fluid resistant material. ### Claim 12 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. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The medical gown of claim 12, wherein the body covering portion defines a body opening running a length of the body covering portion and terminating at a neck opening. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The medical gown of claim 13, wherein the body opening is bounded by a first side of the body covering portion and a second side of the body covering portion, and is further configured to permit a wearer to don the medical gown. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The medical gown of claim 12, further comprising another knit layer coupled to the seamless barrier layer. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The medical gown of claim 15, wherein the another knit layer is coupled to the seamless barrier layer on a side opposite the knit layer with the seamless barrier layer being disposed between the knit layer and the another knit layer. ### Claim 17 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. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising attaching the sleeve to a body covering portion to form the protective apparel. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising attaching another circular knit layer to the seamless barrier layer on a side opposite the circularly knit layer. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, wherein the attaching comprises adhesively attaching the seamless barrier layer to the circularly knit layer.