Padded protective garment

A method of making a padded protective garment, comprising the steps of:

• providing a sheet material having a hydrostatic head of at least about 25 centimeters and a particle holdout efficiency of at least about 40 percent for particles having a diameter greater than about 0.1 micron, and forming the sheet material into a protective garment having an exterior side and an interior side;
• providing a pad;
• and
• attaching the pad at a location on the interior side of the garment directly against the sheet material without penetrating the sheet material;
• wherein the pad is adapted to cushion an impact in a region proximate to the position of the pad with respect to the sheet material.

A disposable padded protective garment comprising:

• a body section, arm sections, and leg sections wherein these sections include a sheet material less than about 5.0 millimeter thick formed from a material having a hydrostatic head of at least about 25 centimeters and a particle holdout efficiency of at least about 40 percent for particles having a diameter greater than about 0.1 micron selected from the group including a polymer, an ethylene and vinyl monomer copolymer, an ethylene and n-butyl acrylate copolymer, a cellulosic material, or an acrylic resin;
• pads at locations corresponding to the elbows, knees, and tailbones of a wearer wherein each pad is coupled directly to a second side of the sheet material located in an interior of the garment;
• and
• wherein each pad further comprises a first member having a first substantially planar surface and a second surface forming a plurality of bubbles and a second member having a first substantially planar surface and a second surface forming a plurality of bubbles positioned with its plurality of bubbles in an offset and opposing relations with the plurality of bubbles of the first member,
• wherein the pads are adapted to cushion an impact in a region proximate to the position of the pad with respect to the sheet material.