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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:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Joseph Hummel, Amherst, OH (US);
Assignee:
Whizard Protective Wear Corp., Birmingham, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G / ; D04C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
57230 ; 87-6 ; 87-7 ; 87-8 ; 87-9 ; 87-5 ;
Abstract
A cut-resistant braided yarn and apparel knit from the yarn; the braided yarn may be constructed as a simple hollow braid, but preferably comprises a core and a covering braided on the core; the braid or the braided covering on the core of the yarn comprises three or more strands of fiber selected from high and normal-strength fibers; the core comprises a high-strength fiber core-strand and may include a stainless steel wire core-strand; the denier and number of braiding strands is such that the final diameter of the yarn does not exceed about 0.035' (thirty five thousandths of an inch).