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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2007
Applicants:
Reiyao Zhu, Moseley, VA (US);
Vlodek Gabara, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Reiyao Zhu, Moseley, VA (US);
Vlodek Gabara, Richmond, VA (US);
Assignee:
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D02G 3/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to a flame-resistant spun staple yarns and fabrics and garments comprising these yarns and methods of making the same. The yarns have 20 to 50 parts by weight of a polymeric staple fiber containing a structure derived from a monomer selected from the group consisting of 4,4'diaminodiphenyl sulfone, 3,3′diaminodiphenyl sulfone, and mixtures thereof; and 50 to 80 parts by weight of a rigid-rod staple fiber, based on 100 parts by weight of the polymeric fiber and the rigid-rod fiber in the yarn.