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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
B Dean Lassiter, Greensboro, NC (US);
George B Jordan, Greensboro, NC (US);
Assignee:
Burlington Industries, Inc., Greensboro, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A41D / ; A41D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2 69 ; 2 93 ; 2 97 ; 2 81 ; 2227 ; 2 79 ; 2243 / ; 2272 ;
Abstract
A cold weather buoyant garment has inner and outer layers with an intermediate layer therebetween. The intermediate layer is formed of a major portion of open cell foam material, such as polyurethane, with a minor portion of a closed cell material, such as polystyrene beads, uniformly dispersed in the open cell material. This composite intermediate layer exhibits good vapor transmission characteristics while simultaneously providing buoyancy characteristics sufficient to assist an individual immersed in cold water and wearing the garment to remain afloat.