Protective garment and glove construction and method for making same
AssigneeWarwick Mills, Inc.
InventorsCharles A. Howland, Mark A. Hannigan
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Abstract
A system of manufacturing to incorporate protective materials with high cut and puncture resistance into standard safety and apparel products including gloves, to create a highly effective and low cost system of producing safety garments while preserving the characteristics of the original garment. This includes attaching a cut and puncture resistant protective liner or multiple liners to the inside or outside of or within a garment such as a glove by means of adhesives or stitching. The liner may be a protective liner with cut resistance greater than 450 lbs per inch/thickness and/or puncture resistance greater than 50 lbs per inch/thickness depending on the application requirement for protection and dexterity.
Claims39
A puncture resistant glove comprising a basic glove with multiple layers including at least one textile based material protective layer having a normalized puncture resistance equal to or greater than 50 lbs per inch of thickness affixed to the basic glove where the composite puncture resistance of the glove in lbf is at least 15% greater than the sum of the puncture resistance of the individual layers.
An article of puncture and cut resistant apparel, said article comprising:
- at least one layer of a first fabric, said first fabric having a puncture resistance of greater than or equal to 50 pounds per inch of thickness and a circular knife resistance of greater than or equal to 450 pounds per inch of thickness;
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- at least one layer of a second fabric, said first fabric being affixed to said second fabric, said second fabric having exterior and interior surfaces.
A glove for the protection of a hand of a wearer from punctures or cuts, said glove comprising:
- at least one palmar panel, configured in a geometry approximating that of said hand and having five digits extending from a palm, a first said digit corresponding to a thumb, a second said digit corresponding to a forefinger, a third said digit corresponding to a middle finger, a fourth said digit corresponding to a ring finger, and a fifth said digit corresponding to a little finger;
- at least one dorsal panel, configured in a geometry approximating that of said hand and having five digits extending from a palm, a first said digit corresponding to a thumb, a second said digit corresponding to a forefinger, a third said digit corresponding to a middle finger, a fourth said digit corresponding to a ring finger, and a fifth said digit corresponding to a little finger;
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- at least one layer of a fabric affixed to said palmar panel, said fabric having a puncture resistance of greater than or equal to 50 pounds per inch of thickness and a circular knife resistance of greater than or equal to 400 pounds per inch of thickness;
- said palmar panel being 1.5 times as thick as said dorsal panel.
A puncture resistant finished article of apparel comprising one or more textile based material protective layers with normalized puncture resistance greater than or equal to 50 lbs per inch of thickness affixed as a separate layer to the outside or inside or intermediate layer of the article of apparel, where the composite puncture resistance in lbf is at least 15% greater than the sum of the puncture resistance of the individual layers.
A puncture resistant glove comprising at least two layers with at least one of the layers comprising a textile based material layer with normalized puncture resistance greater than or equal to 50 lbs per inch of thickness said at least two layers having a dexterity performance of 4 or better as tested by BS EN 420, where the composite puncture resistance in lbf is at least 15% greater than the sum of the puncture resistance of the individual layers.
A puncture resistant glove comprising at least two layers with at least one of the layers comprising a textile based material puncture resistant layer with normalized puncture resistance greater than or equal to 50 lbs ner inch of thickness said at least two layers having a dexterity performance of 4 or better as tested by BS EN 420, and where one or more said puncture resistant layers are inserted in between two or more layers of material and is held in place without directly affixing the surrounding layers to the puncture resistant layers.
A glove item comprising at least two layers with at least one of the layers comprising a textile based material layer(s) with normalized puncture resistance greater than or equal to 50 lbs per inch of thickness, said at least two layers having a total thickness of less than 0.070″.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.