Fabric (woven – knitted – or nonwoven textile or cloth – etc.) – Coated or impregnated woven – knit – or nonwoven fabric which... – Coating or impregnation is resistant to penetration by solid...
Patent
1997-01-30
2000-03-07
Pezzuto, Helen L.
Fabric (woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.)
Coated or impregnated woven, knit, or nonwoven fabric which...
Coating or impregnation is resistant to penetration by solid...
442134, 442288, 428911, B32B 0512
Patent
active
060340045
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The invention relates to protective clothing, especially antiballistic protective clothing for women, consisting of cover layers and/or one or more protective layers superimposed on and possibly joined to one another, said protective layers consisting of textile flat structures made from antiballistically acting fibers.
2. Discussion of Related Art
Protective clothing providing protection against the impact of projectiles and splinters, in particular vests providing such protection, have in the recent past become standard equipment in many countries for the military, police, and other security forces. Since women are increasingly being employed in these capacities, it is necessary for this protective clothing to fit the female body shape. The conventional protective clothing designed to be worn by men poses problems for women, and its use is possible only with considerable sacrifice in wearing comfort. Particularly in a duty situation involving high physical demands, this reduced wearing comfort of protective vests developed for men becomes an extreme hindrance.
Solutions to this problem in the prior art are in part very expensive and also often do not offer the required wearing comfort. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,183,097 and GB-A 2 231 481 describe special cutout techniques for antiballistic women's clothing. Aside from the increased cost of producing the protective clothing and an often reduced antiballistic action, these techniques have the disadvantage that the protective vests cited are not sufficiently fitted to the female body.
Another method known in the art is to cut the bust out of antiballistic layers and sew in an appropriately prefabricated bust. Aside from the extremely high cost, this method too does not provide a satisfactory solution, since the seams protrude to some extent and moreover the antiballistic action at the seams is impaired.
Furthermore, a special breast protector has been developed for wear under a vest and is described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,020,157. Although additional breast protection is provided, wearing comfort remains unsatisfactory, since this breast protector normally is worn under a conventional vest, i.e., one containing no antiballistic layers conforming to the female body.
Finally, protective clothing is described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,578,821 in which a special breast contour for women can be placed onto a carrier material. The carrier material can be a conventional vest, for example. This solution as well does not offer sufficient wearing comfort, because the protective clothing does not sufficiently conform overall to the female body shape.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The objective therefore arose to develop protective clothing, especially antiballistic protective clothing for women, that conforms to the female body shape and therefore offers a high degree of wearing comfort without sacrificing protective action, and that moreover can be produced very cost-effectively.
Surprisingly, it has been found this objective can be met in a particularly advantageous manner when the contouring required for fitting to body shapes, such as the contour of the bust in women's protective clothing, is performed by a molding process. Aside from the possibility of manufacturing protective clothing, in particular protective clothing for women, without sacrificing protective action, the objective of providing increased wearing comfort is satisfied in a particularly advantageous manner through good-fitting protective clothing, primarily a good-fitting bust for women.
DETAILED
Thermal contouring of antiballistic packages has been described in the prior art. For example, DE-A 3 426 458 mentions this possibility for a laminate constructed from aramide-fiber woven fabrics and having a high content of polymeric binders such as polyethylene and polyvinyl resins, among others. The temperatures proposed in this case are adjusted to the resins used. Although the possibility is mentioned of contouring the resin-bonded laminates for fitting
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Fels Achim
Holzhauer Dieter
Mohr Michael
Palzer Franz
Wintersieg Jorg
Akzo Nobel Faser AG
Pezzuto Helen L.
Triumph International AG
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