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US 6,548,430 B1Granted
Protective fabric having high penetration resistance
AssigneeWarwick Mills, Inc.
InventorCharles A. Howland
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Abstract
A protective fabric includes a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of fill yarns. The denier of each of the warp and fill yarns is less than 500. The yarns are made from at least one of liquid crystal polyesters, para-aramids, and high density polyethylenes.
Claims15
A protective fabric substrate for protection against puncture penetration and/or ballistics comprising:
- a plurality of warp yarns densely interwoven with a plurality of fill yarns in at least a 70×70 structure;
- said warp yarns having interlocking sidewall contact between adjacent said warp yarns at points of shed crossing;
- a denier of each of the warp and fill yarns being less than 500;
- wherein the yarns are made from at least one of liquid crystal polyesters, para-aramids, and high density polyethylenes.
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A fabric substrate comprising:
- a plurality of warp yarns densely interwoven with a plurality of fill yarns in at least 70×70 structure;
- said warp yarns having interlocking sidewall contact between adjacent said warp yarns at points of shed crossing.
A protective fabric substrate for protection against puncture penetration and/or ballistics comprising:
- a plurality of warp yarns densely interwoven with a plurality of fill yarns in at least a 70×70 structure;
- said warp yarns having interlocking sidewall contact between adjacent said warp and fill yarns at points of fill crossing;
- a denier of each of the warp and fill yarns being less than 500;
- wherein the yarns are made from at least one of liquid crystal polyesters, para-aramids, and high density polyethylenes.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.