Protective garment
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1. A protective garment providing a barrier between a wearer and materials with which the wearer may come in contact, comprising:
- a body portion configured to wrap at least partially about the wearer'"'"'s body;
a pair of sleeves attached to the body portion for receiving the wearer'"'"'s arms;
the body portion and sleeves being constructed of a layer of porous, breathable material;
a sleeve outer layer of polymer material disposed on an outer surface of at least a portion of each sleeve for enhancing the liquid-imperviousness of the sleeve and for preventing direct contact between the porous, breathable material of the sleeve and objects external thereto; and
a body outer layer of polymer material disposed on an outer surface of the body portion for enhancing the liquid-imperviousness of the body portion and for preventing direct contact between the porous, breathable material of the body portion and objects external thereto, the body outer layer being configured so as to cover less than the entire surface of the body portion, wherein the body outer layer comprises a polymer film having a perimeter and the body outer layer is attached to the body portion only along at least a portion of the perimeter of the body outer layer.
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Abstract
A protective garment comprises a porous, breathable body portion and sleeves made of a nonwoven synthetic fabric. The sleeves and a front part of the body portion are covered at their outer surfaces by outer layers of plastic film. In one embodiment, a protective skirt of plastic film extends down below a lower edge of the body portion for covering parts of the wearer that extend below the body portion. The protective skirt can include perforations facilitating adjustment of a vertical extent of the skirt.
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1. A protective garment providing a barrier between a wearer and materials with which the wearer may come in contact, comprising:
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a body portion configured to wrap at least partially about the wearer'"'"'s body;
a pair of sleeves attached to the body portion for receiving the wearer'"'"'s arms;
the body portion and sleeves being constructed of a layer of porous, breathable material;
a sleeve outer layer of polymer material disposed on an outer surface of at least a portion of each sleeve for enhancing the liquid-imperviousness of the sleeve and for preventing direct contact between the porous, breathable material of the sleeve and objects external thereto; and
a body outer layer of polymer material disposed on an outer surface of the body portion for enhancing the liquid-imperviousness of the body portion and for preventing direct contact between the porous, breathable material of the body portion and objects external thereto, the body outer layer being configured so as to cover less than the entire surface of the body portion, wherein the body outer layer comprises a polymer film having a perimeter and the body outer layer is attached to the body portion only along at least a portion of the perimeter of the body outer layer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A protective garment providing a barrier between a wearer and materials with which the wearer may come in contact, comprising:
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a body portion configured to wrap at least partially about the wearer'"'"'s body;
a pair of sleeves attached to the body portion for receiving the wearer'"'"'s arms;
the body portion and sleeves being constructed of a layer of porous, breathable material;
a sleeve outer layer of polymer material disposed on an outer surface of at least a portion of each sleeve for enhancing the liquid-imperviousness of the sleeve and for preventing direct contact between the porous, breathable material of the sleeve and objects external thereto; and
a body outer layer of polymer material disposed on an outer surface of the body portion for enhancing the liquid-imperviousness of the body portion and for preventing direct contact between the porous, breathable material of the body portion and objects external thereto, the body outer layer being configured so as to cover less than the entire surface of the body portion; and
a protective skirt of polymer film extending down below a lower edge of the body portion for covering portions of the wearer'"'"'s body below the lower edge off the body portion. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A protective garment providing a barrier between a wearer and materials with which the wearer may come in contact, comprising:
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a body portion comprising a breathable nonwoven synthetic fabric configured to wrap at least partially about the body of the wearer;
a pair of sleeves comprising a breathable nonwoven synthetic fabric and attached to the body portion for receiving the wearer'"'"'s arms;
a sleeve outer layer of polymer film covering at least a portion of an outer surface of each sleeve, each sleeve outer layer being attached to the sleeve over less than the entire surface of the sleeve outer layer; and
a body outer layer of polymer film disposed on an outer surface of a front portion of the body portion so as to cover less than the entire surface of the body portion, the body outer layer having a top edge, a bottom edge, and opposite side edges. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A protective garment providing a barrier between a wearer and materials with which the wearer may come in contact, comprising:
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a body portion configured to wrap at least partially about the wearer'"'"'s body;
a pair of sleeves attached to the body portion for receiving the wearer'"'"'s arms;
the body portion and sleeves being constructed of a layer of synthetic non-woven fabric;
a sleeve outer layer covering at least a portion of an outer surface of each sleeve for enhancing the liquid-imperviousness of the sleeve and for preventing direct contact between the non-woven fabric of the sleeve and objects external thereto;
a body outer layer covering at least a portion of an outer surface of the body portion for enhancing the liquid-imperviousness of the body portion and for preventing direct contact between the non-woven fabric of the body portion and objects external thereto; and
a protective skirt of liquid-impervious material extending down below a lower edge of the body portion for covering portions of the wearer'"'"'s body below the lower edge of the body portion. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A protective garment providing a barrier between a wearer and materials with which the wearer may come in contact, comprising:
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a body portion configured to wrap at least partially about the wearer'"'"'s body;
a pair of sleeves attached to the body portion for receiving the wearer'"'"'s arms;
the body portion and sleeves being constructed of a layer of synthetic non-woven fabric; and
a protective skirt of liquid-impervious material extending down below a lower edge of the body portion for covering portions of the wearer'"'"'s body below the lower edge of the body portion. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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