| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 002081000 | Heat resistant | 16 |
| 20080263744 | PROTECTIVE GARMENT INCLUDING A MESH LINER LAYER - A protective garment comprising an outer shell having an interior surface and an exterior surface. The protective garment further comprising a moisture barrier layer, a thermal insulating layer and a mesh liner layer. The thermal insulating layer comprises at least one of a facecloth material, a batting material, a spunlace material and a felt material, and the mesh liner layer is unattached to the thermal insulating layer. | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080282443 | PROTECTIVE GARMENT WITH HYBRID SLEEVE SEAM - A protective garment including a body portion having a front and a back, and a sleeve. The sleeve is coupled to the front of the body portion by a raglan seam and coupled to the back of the body portion by an inset seam. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080289077 | SAFETY GARMENT - A safety garment ( | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090049579 | - A flame-resistant, camouflage knit fabric is disclosed. The fabric can include a first yarn having a first color, and a second yarn having a second color different than the first color. The fabric may optionally include a third yarn having a third color and/or an elastomeric yarn. These yarns can be knitted together to form a flame-resistant fabric having a multi-colored camouflage pattern. A method for making a flame-resistant, camouflage fabric also is disclosed. The method can include providing a first yarn having a first color and a second yarn having a second color different than the first color and knitting the first and second yarns to form a multi-colored camouflage pattern. The yarns can be knitted using a computer-controlled machine, such as a jacquard knitting machine. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090094726 | Composite structure for protective garment - A protective garment ( | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090100567 | Firefighter's coat with liner in tail pocket - A firefighter's coat including an outer shell and a liner. The outer shell has an inner surface, an outer surface, a front opening with a closure, and a downwardly extending rear tail. The liner has an outer surface facing the inner surface of the shell providing a barrier against the environment. The liner outer surface has a bottom edge loose from the outer shell inner surface to facilitate air circulation for drying when the coat is not in use, and a pocket is defined along the bottom of the outer shell tail and adapted to receive the rear of the liner bottom edge when the coat is in use. A releasable fastener is adapted to releasably secure the liner in the pocket. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090188017 | SENSOR EQUIPPED FLAME RETARDANT CLOTHING - A fire-fighter turnout coat having an outer flame retardant shell with exterior and interior sides, the shell layer having a dual layer of first and second materials woven together in a manner which allows the formation of void spaces between the first and second materials when the turnout coat is exposed to increasing heat, the first material generally having a polyparaphenylene isophthalamide meta-aramid polymer and the second material generally having a para-aramid polymer; a second inner thermal insulating layer having an interior side and comprising a woven or nonwoven material; a moisture barrier layer positioned between the outer shell and the inner insulating layer; and a thermal detector system having a first heat sensor positioned on the shell exterior side, the first sensor having a thermistor and a thermocouple, a second heat sensor positioned on the thermal layer interior side and having a thermistor, a first display positioned adjacent the first sensor on the shell layer exterior side, a second display positioned remotely from the first sensor on the shell layer exterior side, and a power supply, wherein the first and second sensors and the first and second displays are electrically interconnected with the power supply to communicate temperature change by light emission from the first and second displays, wherein the electrical interconnection is conductive textile ribbon. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090205101 | Shirt with Reinforced Front - A shirt is described that uses a double layer of fabric, strategically located across its front to protect the torso of the wearer. | 08-20-2009 |
| 20090255029 | PROTECTIVE GARMENT WITH REMOVABLE PORTIONS - A protective garment including a first portion which is generally impermeable to gases and a second portion which is generally impermeable to gases. The second portion is releasably coupled to the first portion at a joint which is generally impermeable to gases. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090282601 | Garments Comprising a Flexible High Thermal Performance Outer Shell Fabric of Polybenzimidazole and Polypyridobisimidazole Fibers - This invention concerns a flame-resistant garment having an outer shell fabric comprising 5 to 50 parts by weight of a polypyridobisimidazole fiber having an inherent viscosity of greater than 20 dl/g and 50 to 95 parts by weight of polybenzimidazole fiber. | 11-19-2009 |
| 20090320176 | PROTECTIVE GARMENT WITH THERMAL LINER HAVING VARYING MOISTURE ATTRACTION - A protective garment including an outer shell, a thermal barrier having a thermal protection performance of at least about twenty, and a moisture barrier positioned between the outer shell and the thermal barrier. The thermal barrier includes an outer layer, an inner layer, and an intermediate layer positioned between the outer and inner layers. The outer layer is positioned adjacent to the moisture barrier, and moisture is more attracted to the intermediate layer than to the outer layer. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100043116 | Breathable, Vented, Flame-Resistant Shirt - A flame-resistant shirt is described that has vents to facilitate heat release and air circulation while preserving flame-resistant qualities. The shirt has a standard front half, but a back half which includes a cape portion with openings to provide ventilation across the wearer's back. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100186136 | HIGH-VISIBILITY TURNOUT COAT ASSEMBLAGE - A high-visibility covering is removably attached to a firefighter turnout coat at the shoulders and front closure by easily separable fasteners so that the assemblage can be donned as a single coat and the high-visibility covering can be easily ripped off. In one embodiment, the covering is a single panel that wraps around the coat, extending from the shoulders to the waist or hips. In another embodiment, the covering is composed of three panels, two front panels and a back panel. Front shoulder straps on the covering are removably attached to the front of the turnout coat at the shoulders. Back shoulder straps on the panel overlap and are removably attached to the corresponding front shoulder straps. In the three panel embodiment, the back panel has a pair of lappets that overlap and are removably attached to the corresponding front panel. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100269242 | Material Structure Made of Flame-Retardant Material, Especially for Reflective Clothing - A material structure ( | 10-28-2010 |
| 20110030118 | WRAP-AROUND HARNESS ASSEMBLY - A protective garment including an outer shell and a harness assembly configured to be generally positioned between the outer shell and a wearer of the garment when the garment is worn. The harness assembly includes a wrap-around portion and a shoulder portion configured to fit about the shoulders of a wearer. The wrap-around portion is movable between a retracted position wherein the wrap-around portion is generally positioned adjacent to a back of the garment and an extended position wherein the wrap-around portion is generally spaced away from the back and passable around or over the crotch of a wearer. The harness assembly includes an attachment portion configured to be attached, at a position on a front of the wearer, to the harness assembly, or to the outer shell, or to a component. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110214218 | GARMENT WITH AN INSPECTION PORT - A garment includes a moisture barrier layer and a thermal barrier layer connected to the moisture barrier layer by at least one seam extending along a perimeter portion of the thermal barrier layer and enclosing a space between the moisture barrier layer and the thermal barrier layer. The garment also has an inspection port in the thermal barrier layer, the inspection port spaced apart from the perimeter portion of the thermal barrier layer, wherein the space between the moisture barrier layer and the thermal barrier layer is accessible through the inspection port. | 09-08-2011 |
