Whizard Protective Wear Corp.

Kalidas Chakravarti

A knittable, cut-resistant yarn for use in protective wear, such as gloves, arm protectors, aprons, or the like, including a core with at least one strand of flexible, stainless steel wire having a diameter of about 0.002 inches and at least one strand of an anti-microbial treated fiber. A first wrap is wound in one direction about the core and is a polyester fiber having a denier in the range of 40-600 and a second wrap is wound in a second direction about the core which includes at least one strand of a polyester fiber having a denier in the range of 40-600. The anti-microbial treated fiber may be acetate-based, acryl-based or olefinic. The anti-microbial treated fiber contains an anti-microbial agent, such as Microban-B, where the active ingredient is 5 chlor-2-(2,4 dichlorophenoxy) phenol.

Cut resistant yarn and apparel

A knittable cut resistant yarn for use in protective wear, such as gloves, arm protectors, aprons, or the like, including a core with at least one strand of flexible material selected from the group consisting of stainless steel wire and poly-paraphenylene terephthalamide. The core is wrapped with at least one strand of an antimicrobial treated acrylic fiber. A first wrap is wound in one direction about the core having a denier in the range of about 75 to about 600. Each additional wrap is wound about the core in a different direction. The antimicrobial treated acrylic fiber contains the antimicrobial agent 5-chloro-2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)phenol.

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Vermilion, OH, United States of America

Kalidas Chakravarti