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AssigneeMorning Pride Manufacturing, L.L.C.
InventorsWilliam L. Grilliot, Mary I. Grilliot
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A fluid-impervious sheet has two expansive surfaces, to one of which an elastomeric grommet adheres. The elastomeric grommet, which is annular when unstressed, outlines a region on the fluid-impervious sheet. The elastic grommet is adapted to provide a fluid-impervious seal around an object penetrating the region outlined by the elastomeric grommet and fitting tightly through the elastomeric grommet. A protective garment for a hazardous environment is made from the fluid-impervious sheet and has a breathing apparatus, which comprises elements inside the protective garment, elements outside the protective garment, and a tube connecting the inside and outside elements. The tube penetrates the region outlined by the elastomeric grommet and fits tightly through the elastomeric grommet, which provides a fluid-impervious seal around the tube.
A sheet having two expansive surfaces and being fluid-impervious where not penetrated, a elastomeric grommet adhering to one of the expansive surfaces of the sheet but not penetrating the sheet, the elastomeric grommet outlining a region on the sheet, wherein the region outlined by the elastomeric grommet is fluid-impervious before being penetrated and wherein the elastomeric grommet is adapted, if an object penetrates the sheet and fits tightly through the elastomeric grommet, to provide a fluid-impervious seal around the object.
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