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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2013
Applicant:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Inventors:
John Dolan, Centerville, DE (US);
Matthew Murphy, Newark, DE (US);
Raymond Minor, Elkton, MD (US);
Shekoufeh Shahkarami, Ontario, CA;
Joseph Krummel, Rising Sun, MD (US);
Assignee:
W. L. Gore & Associates, Inc., Newark, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 1/02 (2006.01); F41H 5/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F41H 1/02 (2013.01); F41H 5/0485 (2013.01); Y10T 428/249921 (2015.04);
Abstract
An insert for a protective garment, the insert having a fabric having at least 45 percent by weight of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene fibers, the fabric having a 2-Grain V-50 Fragmentation Resistance of at least 700 feet per second and a FAST-2 Bending Rigidity of less than 40 microNewtonmeters.