Fabric (woven – knitted – or nonwoven textile or cloth – etc.) – Woven fabric – Including strand which is stated to have specific attributes
Reexamination Certificate
2003-01-21
2011-12-06
Ortiz, Angela (Department: 1798)
Fabric (woven, knitted, or nonwoven textile or cloth, etc.)
Woven fabric
Including strand which is stated to have specific attributes
C442S181000, C442S203000, C442S217000, C428S920000, C428S921000, C057S252000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08071492
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.
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Hess Diane B.
Perry Clifton A.
Thomas Charles A.
Tucker Richard O.
Hammer & Associates, P.C.
Ortiz Angela
PBI Performance Products, Inc.
Steele Jennifer
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