Protective clothing for the lower part of the leg

A lower leg protective apparel for providing protection from at least one of chemical and biological noxiants, the lower leg protective apparel being a sock garment comprising:

• a toe section and a heel section, and
• the sock garment having a plurality of plies and comprising:
• an outersock (1), and
• a laminate (2), disposed on an inner side of the outersock (1), comprising:
• a single flexible, windproof and water-rejecting membrane (7), comprising a polytetrafluoroethylene membrane, which forms the outer surface of the laminate (2) and pores of the membrane (7) have a size such that the pores are pervious to water vapor but the pores are resistant to permeation of biological and chemical noxiants through the pores,
• a single carbon layer (8) which is disposed underneath the membrane (7) and which comprises carbon in a fibrous form, and
• an inner textile ply (9),
• wherein at least the laminate is produced by a cut for a shaft (4), a cut for an upper part of a foot (5) and a cut for a sole (6), and seams between the cuts (4, 5, 6) are sealed by a waterproof material;
• a thickness of carbon layer (8) is in a range from 0.2 to 1.0 mm;
• and
• an innersock (3) is hydrophilic.

A sock garment comprising:

• a toe section and a heel section for protecting at least a foot of a wearer from one of chemical and biological noxiants, the sock garment having a plurality of plies and comprising:
• an outersock (1),
• a laminate (2), disposed on an inner side of the outersock (1), comprising a single flexible, windproof and water-rejecting membrane (7) with the membrane (7) being one of a polyester, a polyether and a mixture of a polyester and a polyether and which forms the outer surface of the laminate (2) and which forms at least a barrier to biological noxiants and at least a partial barrier to liquid chemical noxiants,
• a single carbon layer (8) disposed underneath the membrane (7) and which comprises a fabric of one of a woven carbon fiber material and a loop-drawingly knit carbon fiber material, and
• an inner textile ply (9),
• wherein at least one of the outersock (1) and an innersock (3) is fabricated from a plurality of cuts (4, 5, 6), and seams between the cuts (4, 5, 6) are sealed by a waterproof material;
• a thickness of carbon layer (8) is in a range from 0.2 to 1.0 mm;
• the innersock (3), at an upper most portion of the sock garment, folds back over the laminate (2) and the outersock (1) and covers a portion of an outer side of the outersock (1) to expose the innersock (3) to an exterior of the sock garment and facilitate evaporation of moisture absorbed thereby and
• the innersock (3) is hydrophilic.

A sock garment for providing protection to at least a foot of a wearer from one of chemical and biological noxiants, the sock garment consisting of:

• a toe section and a heel section, and
• the sock garment having first, second and third plies;
• the first ply consisting of an outersock (1) comprising at least one of one of wool, cotton, silk, polyester, polypropylene, polyamide and polyacrylic;
• the second ply being a laminate (2) consisting of first, second and third layers, with the first layer being adjacent an inner side of the outersock (1),
• the first layer of the laminate (2) consisting of a single flexible, windproof, breathable and water-rejecting membrane (7) which forms an outer surface of the laminate (2) and which forms at least a barrier to biological noxiants and at least a partial barrier to liquid chemical noxiants,
• the second layer of the laminate (2) consisting of a single carbon layer (8) which is disposed underneath the membrane (7) and which comprises carbon in a fibrous form from one of a woven and a loop-drawingly knit fabric,
• the third layer of the laminate (2) consisting of an inner hydrophilic textile ply (9) that is one of a woven and a loop-formingly knit fabric, and
• the third ply consisting of an innersock (3) that is hydrophobic and disposed adjacent the third layer of the laminate (2) and comprises at least one of polypropylene, polyamide and polyester;
• wherein at least one of the outersock (1) and the innersock (3) is fabricated from a plurality of cuts (4, 5, 6), seams between the cuts (4, 5, 6) being sealed by a seam-sealing tape comprising a waterproof material,
• a thickness of carbon layer (8) is in a range from 0.2 to 1.0 mm;
• the innersock (3), at an upper most portion of the sock garment, folds back over the laminate (2) and the outersock (1) and covers a portion of an outer side of the outersock (1) to facilitate evaporation of moisture absorbed thereby;
• and
• the outersock (1), the laminate (2) and the innersock (3) are bonded to one another as a single unit.