Patents by Inventor George Malcolm Fingland

George Malcolm Fingland has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6044498
    Abstract: A slash and cut resistant garment for protecting a person from injury by slashing or cutting with a blade, knife or other sharp edged device, which garment is shaped to fit and be removably secured to at least a portion of the person's body that requires protection from injury, the garment comprising in its body protection areas, a major portion of a slash and cut resistant fiber knitted with a minor portion of a stretch fiber, the weight, knit and layers of fabric being selected according to the degree of slash and cut resistance required for the garment. In its most particular form, the invention is a neck protector and the slash and cut resistant fabric covers the neck of the person and extends downwardly to cover a portion of the collarbones and upwardly around the neck to a position that is just below the chin and has the shape of a turtleneck garment or dickey.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2000
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Erhardt Friedrich Schumann, Randall D. Templeton, George Malcolm Fingland