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US 4,382,301 AGranted
Snake proof chaps
AssigneeThomaston Mills, Inc.
InventorGeorge H. Hightower, Jr.
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Abstract
A protective garment for shielding a wearer from snake bites is disclosed. The garment is a legging made of basket weave with two ends drawn as one and two picks per shed. A coating of polyurethane is included on the inside of the basket weave fabric.
Claims10
A protective article of clothing adapted to prevent snake fangs from biting into the leg of a wearer, said protective article comprising:
- (a) a generally tubular leg enclosing portion made of a woven fabric of nylon resistant to snake bites and having an upper part and a lower part, said lower part including a fastener for connecting two side edges of the lower part, and
- (b) a securing piece attached to said upper part for holding the leg enclosing portion up on a wearer's leg, and
- wherein said leg enclosing portion comprises a basket weave fabric, said basket weave fabric comprises nylon fiber in the form of continuous filament yarn, said basket weave fabric is made of threads between 900 and 1100 denier and weighs between 8.0 and 12.0 ounces per square yard.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.