Anti-static protective garment
AssigneeLakeland Industries, Inc.
InventorW. Novis Smith
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Abstract
Disposable chemical and biological protective garments have an internal film or coating of conductive and water absorbing inorganic salts which are antistatic agents activated by the internal humidity generated by the wearer.
Claims18
In a biological and chemical protective garment having an exterior and interior polymeric film surface, the improvement which comprises that the interior of said garment has coating of an antistatic effective amount of a conductive inorganic salt selected from the group consisting of a water-absorbing salt and a hygroscopic salt, said garment comprising about 0.1 to 10% by weight of said garment.
A chemical and biologically protective garment comprising:
- a) and outer-polymeric film, and
- b) a non-woven scrim adhesively attached on the interior of said outer film, said scrim comprising an antistatic effective amount of a water absorbing and conductive inorganic salt or hydrates thereof, which antistatic effect is further activated by the humidity within said garment generated by a wearer.
A method for providing a protective garment with antistatic properties which comprise including on the internal portion of said garment an antistatic effective amount of a water absorbing and conductive inorganic salt or its hydrate which is further activated by the humidity generated by a wearer to provide an antistatic and fire resistant effect.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.