Abstract: A process of treating a woven fabric by applying to the fabric a viscous polymer in a 5 to 40 wt % solution with a solvent, wherein the polymer has a Tg in the range of about minus 40 to about 0° C. and a zero shear melt viscosity of about 2×106 to about 1013 poise when measured at 20° C. and then evaporating the solvent such that the polymer only partially penetrates the fabric and penetrates to in and between fiber bundles before the polymer solidifies.

Abstract: The present invention relates to penetration resistant life protection articles, including spike penetration resistant life protection articles, and preferably spike and ballistic projectile penetration resistant life protection articles.

Abstract: A penetration resistant article with an area density less than 1.5 lb/ft2 made of a plurality of fibrous fabric layers that have applied thereto about 1 to 8 percent by weight of a polymer having a glass transition temperature in the range of minus 40 to about 0° C. and a zero shear melt viscosity 2×106 to about 1013 poise at 20° C.

Abstract: An article is disclosed to protect a wearer from spike and ballistic threats that is made from a spike resistant panel and a ballistic resistant panel. Each panel is made from flexible fabric layers. The fabrics in the spike resistant panel are made from first yarns having a linear density of from 50 to 600, with a plurality of filaments. There are 40 to 100 first yarns per inch in both the warp and fill directions. The fabrics in the ballistic resistant panel are made from second yarns having a linear density of from 100 to no more than 840 denier with a plurality of filaments, which provide from 20,000,000 to no more than 90,000,000 filament crossovers per square inch.