Insect protective garment

Abstract

The inventive concept is directed to an insect protective garment that is manufactured of synthetic fibers to produce a non-woven fabric to result in a predetermined thickness that will not allow the stinger of an insect to reach the skin of a wearer. The resulting non-woven fabric exhibit's a multitude of interstices that allow a ventilation of the skin of wearer to be ventilated in certain climates. The non-woven fabric cannot collapse on itself to reduce its thickness. The garment my consist of an upper torso covering jacket including a hood and a lower torso covering pair of pants. The protective garment may include an insect repellent substance that may be instrumental of keeping insects away from the garment from the beginning in certain climates.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

[0001] There are many insect protective garments known in the prior art. They are mainly constructed of several layers of fabric that are close to the skin of the wearer. The closest layer to the skin of the wearer is designed to be comfortable to the skin of the wearer and act as an air pervious so that the wearer feels the ventilated air. Then there is another layer that is maintained at some distance from the bottom layer so that insect bites cannot penetrate to the skin of the wearer.

[0002] U.S. Pat. No. 4,395,781 discloses an insect protection garment that comprises a light weight garment that is sufficiently loose to keep insects away from the skin of a wearer. The coverall garment has portions of the garment removed and then is covered with an insect excluding mesh to provide ventilation and maximum flexibility at the elbows and joints of the garment.

[0003] U.S. Pat. No. 4,979,236 illustrates an insect protecting garment which comprises an upper body portion of light weight semi-rigid insect excluding mesh, such as fiberglass screening commonly sold for use in campers or tents. The garment is deliberately made of a loose fitting to enable the user to comfortably wear the garment over regular clothes, and to produce a blousing effect necessary for maximum insect protection properties.

[0004] U.S. Pat. No. 5,091,993 discloses an insect proof garment for protection against mosquitoes, black flies and other insects The garment is made entirely from a light weight mesh and is comprised of a one piece fully enclosable head net attached to an upper body portion, with the upper body portion extending from the neck to approximately the hips of the wearer and has sleeves connected thereto. The upper portion, the sleeves, and the lower portion are formed of a single layer of see-through semi-rigid insect excluding mesh net constituting a head net.

[0005] U.S. Pat. No. 5,19,510 teaches the use of an improved mesh outfit including a complete mesh body suit which minimizes the ability of insects such as mosquitoes, chiggers, no-see-urns, black flies, gnats and deer ticks from penetrating the suit. The mesh material is said to be of such characteristics that the brave insects cannot penetrate through the material. U.S. Pat. No. 5,794,263 is discloses an insect protective garment covering the head, arms, torso and legs of a wearer. The entire garment is made of a mesh material of sufficiently fine mesh to exclude small insects from penetrating through the material.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0006] The inventive concept provides an insect protection upper garment including a hood that is attached to an upper torso encircling garment including sleeves and a lower torso and leg covering garment. The material is made of a non-woven material mesh fabric that is loose enough to provide ventilation to the body of the wearer. The non-woven material is made of a synthetic material such as polyvinyl chloride or polyethylene and a non-woven process leaves the material at a certain thickness so that insect bites or their stingers cannot penetrate through the material and reach the wearer's skin. The garment does not have to be extremely loose fitting. It can be worn over regular clothing or it can be worn by itself as a garment. Since it is a very ventilated garment, it can be worn in hot and insect infested areas and climates which will not inhibit the wearers from doing certain chores.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0007] FIG. 1 shows an upper torso covering garment;

[0008] FIG. 2 illustrates a cross section through a non-woven fabric;

[0009] FIG. 3 illustrates a lower body covering garment shown as a pair of pants.

[0010] FIG. 1 shows a garment 1 that covers the upper torso of a wearer in the form of a jacket. The upper torso garment 1 has a hood 2 attached thereto and the hood connects to the jacket 1 at a neck line 3. The jacket has a front closing portion by way of zipper 4 that may be attached to the jacket 1 by way of fabric strips (not shown), which is a common practice in the construction of jackets. The jacket 1 has further attached thereto the sleeves 5 and 6. The most important aspect of the invention is the material itself which is illustrated to some extent in FIG. 2. FIG. 2 is taken along the arrows 2--2 on the sleeve of FIG. 1. The fabric 10, shown in FIG. 2, consists of a non-woven material that exhibits enough of a thickness 9 so that any insect bite with its stinger may penetrate the fabric but the stinger is never long enough to appear on the other side of the fabric and to farther penetrate there through to impale into the skin of the wearer. Such thickness should be at least 1/4 inch thick. The non-woven fabric may be constructed to include various materials such as polyvinyl chloride,

Dacron which is a condensation polymer obtained from ethylene glycol and terephthalic acid, which is commonly known as PET or PETE. The fibers may be a combination of several fibers such as plastics and cotton. The cotton may be included to improve the feel of the material against the skin of the user as long as the fabric remains at the predetermined thickness, that is, that is does not collapse and allows the stinger of an insect to reach the skin of the wearer. In certain climates it may also be advisable to add an insect repellent fluid to the basic material to avoid any insects from even reaching the outer surface of the material. FIG. 3 is a simple representation of a lower garment made of the non-woven material enumerated above. The lower garment is manufactured as a pair of trousers 7 having a waistband 8.

Claims

1. An insect protective garment consisting of an upper and a lower torso covering material, said material is manufactured by a non-woven process to exhibit a thickness to prevent a stinger of an insect to reach the skin of a wearer, said non-woven material has open interstices that allows ventilation air to reach the skin of the wearer.

2. The insect protective garment of claim 1, wherein said upper torso covering material is a jacket including a head covering hood attached to a collar of said jacket and long sleeves.

3. The insect protective garment of claim 1, wherein said lower torso covering material is a pair of long pants.

4. The insect protective garment of claim 1, wherein said material is manufactured from fibers selected from the group of synthetic fibers consisting of Nylon, Dacron or Teflon.

5. The insect protective garment of claim 1, wherein said material is further treated by an insect repellent substance.

6. The insect protective garment of claim 1, wherein the thickness of said material cannot collapse to reduce its thickness.

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