Textile material for inner lining of firefighter protective garment
AssigneeMarcanada Inc.
InventorsClaude Barbeau, Ross Cochran
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Abstract
The textile material is a woven fabric made of multifilament aramid yarns. When used in conjunction with a firefighter protective garment, the lining increases wearer comfort, reduces metabolic energy requirements, decreases metabolic heat build-up, and the weight of a fire-protective garment including this textile material.
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In combination a firefighter garment and a textile material used as an inner lining therefor, said textile material consisting of a weave including warp and weft yarns, said warp and weft yarns being multifilamentary aramid, polyimide, or polybenzimidazole yarns, said yarns providing a slippery inner surface thereby reducing restiction to movement by a wearer and permitting easier and quicker donning and doffing of said garment, said inner lining having a weight which is less than 3.0 ounce per square yard.
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