Stretchable flame resistant garment
AssigneeSouthern Mills, Inc.
InventorsMichael T. Stanhope, Denise N. Statham
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Abstract
Firefighter's turn-out garment (19) has an outer layer of stretchable flame resistant fabric (10) formed from a series of flame resistant warp yarns (11) interwoven with a series of filling yarns (12). The filling yarns (12) comprise core yarns (15) formed from an elastic material, wrapped with a series of wrap yarns (16) formed from a flame resistant material. The stretchable flame resistant fabric (10) thus provides a desired degree of flame resistance protection, while at the same time is stretchable in one direction to provide the fabric with greater flexibility without sacrificing flame resistance protection.
Claims11
A firefighter's turn-out garment comprising:
- an inner layer of thermal insulation fabric for positioning interiorly of the garment;
- an outer layer of flame resistant stretchable woven fabric for facing outwardly of the garment, substantially the entirety of said outer layer of fabric comprising:
- a series of flame resistant warp yarns, and stretchable filling yarns interwoven with said warp yarns and consisting of core spun yarns each having an elastic core yarn and a substantially non-stretchable time resistant yarn surrounding said elastic core yarn for shielding said core yarn from radiant heat;
- whereby as tension is applied to said garment parallel to substantially any portion of said outer layer of flame resistant stretchable woven fabric said portion of said fabric stretches in at least one length direction and said wrap yarns shield said core yarns of said filling yarns from flame.
A firefighter's turn-out garment comprising:
- an inner layer of thermal insulation fabric for positioning interiorly of the garment;
- an outer layer of flame resistant stretchable woven fabric for facing outwardly of the garment, substantially the entirety of said outer layer comprising:
- a plurality of warp yarns of a heat resistant material;
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- a plurality of filling yarns interwoven with said warp yarns, said filling yarns comprising core yarns of an elastic material of about 40 to 70 denier, having wrap fibers of a heat resistant material wrapped thereabout to protect said core yarns from exposure to heat;
- whereby substantially the entirety of said outer layer of flame resistant stretchable woven fabric is stretchable across at least one direction while also providing heat resistance protection to the wearer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.