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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2003
Diane B. Hess, Gastonia, NC (US);
Charles A. Thomas, Pearesbury, VA (US);
Clifton A. Perry, Charlotte, NC (US);
Richard O. Tucker, Oakboro, NC (US);
Diane B. Hess, Gastonia, NC (US);
Charles A. Thomas, Pearesbury, VA (US);
Clifton A. Perry, Charlotte, NC (US);
Richard O. Tucker, Oakboro, NC (US);
PBI Performance Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a textile fabric. This fabric is particularly well suited for use as the outer shell fabric of a firefighter's garment. The fabric is a woven or knitted fabric of spun yarns and multi-filament yarns. The spun yarn includes a first staple being a polymer selected from the group consisting of aramid, PBI or PBO or melamine formaldehyde, and a second staple being an aramid polymer. The multi-filament yarn includes an aramid filament.