Patent · US Expired

Protective garments comprising an outer shell fabric of woven aramid fibers which elongate when exposed to a flame

US5468537A · kind A · utility

20Cited by

7References

8Claims

0Family size

Assignee

E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

Gary G. Brown · Wilmington, US
Hamid M. Ghorashi · Midlothian, US
Donald E. Shaffer · Newark, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 30, 1993
Grant date	Nov 21, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 30, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T442/159
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Heat flow through a protective garment is reduced if the shell is a woven fabric extends laterally and expands away from the wearer upon exposure to a high heat flux.

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