US Government As Represented by the Secretary of the Army

Stephanie M Tew

Michael A Lorenz, Jr

Corey M Grove

Douglas E Wilke

Oren Shai

Daniel J Barker

Natalie L Pomerantz

Chad Cook

A respirator cover or second-skin includes a support structure to cover a gas mask or respirator and is provided with cut-outs in the support structure to receive components of the respirator, the second-skin including an interior flexible gasket concentric and spaced from the outer perimeter of the second-skin which seals the cover to the outer surface of the respirator. The second skin serves to provide increased chemical protection to the user of a respirator, as an aid for garment interface, or to anchor a protective hood to the respirator.

Second-skin respirator cover

The disclosed subject matter relates to chemical and biological protective garments and ensembles (i.e., two-part garments that when worn together cover most of the human body) and composite fabrics used therein. The composite fabrics include embodiments having a fabric cover layer combined with a vapor protective layer.

Chemical and biological thermal ensemble and composite fabric

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Salem, VA, United States of America

Stephanie M Tew