Water Resistant Patents (Class 2/82)
  • Patent number: 4190905
    Abstract: The present invention is an improvement of the inventor's French patent No. 2,323,343.The present invention comprises three improvements of which the first provides that the sleeves are adjoined by an oblique folding line which extends from the armpit to the neck; the second provides that the sleeves are adjoined horizontally to form a "T" with the rest of the garment and the folding lines extend transversely to the sleeves; the third improvement provides a strip enveloping the garment partly or completely as soon as the garment is folded to a strip.These improvements increase the comfort in use of folding waterproof garments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1977
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1980
    Inventor: Leo Reverberi
  • Patent number: 4147829
    Abstract: Clothing material made from a layer of polyurethane foam having heat reflective material flame bonded to one face and weatherproof fabric flame bonded to the other face. The invention also includes clothing made from the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 3, 1979
    Assignee: Strentex Fabrics Limited
    Inventor: Brian C. Holland
  • Patent number: 4136402
    Abstract: A protective suit -- for diving, gas protection and rescue work-- has a body of flexible elastically yieldable material and a head gear in the form of a flexible elastically yieldable hood having an inner and an outer wall which define therebetween a clearance for a layer of thermally insulating air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 30, 1979
    Assignee: Viking-Askim A/S
    Inventors: Stig G. E. Insulan, Jorn Stubdal
  • Patent number: 4124903
    Abstract: A one-peice garment adapted to cover the clothing of a wearer during emergency automobile repairs on the highway, and in other situations where a high degree of wearer visibility is desirable. The fabric of the garment is impregnated with a luminescent orange dye and is thin enough to permit compact storage of the garment in a tool chest prior to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1978
    Inventor: Ted G. Shaw
  • Patent number: 4117552
    Abstract: An inter-inner-and-outer-clothing overall garment comprising a layer of air permeable cloth treated with oleophobic compound to render a designated outer surface thereof liquid repellant and having activated charcoal approximate a designated inner surface thereof, the garment being the product of a manufacturing process in which only a small number of sizes of said garment are made, the garment having limb members long enough to cover the limbs of the longest limbed subject for that size of garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 1977
    Date of Patent: October 3, 1978
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventor: Robert Emmerson Simpson
  • Patent number: 4076881
    Abstract: An apparel interlining structure having a plurality of areas, on one surface of an interlining base, to which a hot-melt sealant synthetic resin has been applied, the interlining base being impregnated entirely, except for at least a part of the surfaces of the sealant-applied areas, with a water-repellent composition having poor co-meltability with the above synthetic resin, and a method for its production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1978
    Assignee: Sanyo Shokai Ltd.
    Inventor: Koichi Sato
  • Patent number: 4038698
    Abstract: A one-piece rainsuit having mask removably attached thereto. Exhaled air is directed through the mask to the interior of the rainsuit to warm the interior of the rainsuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1977
    Inventor: Leroy Smith
  • Patent number: 4034417
    Abstract: A protective garment, jacket and/or pants, made of a fabric unit which includes an outer shell and an inner shell with a liner therebetween, these being secured together at edges thereof. The outer and inner shells are formed of light, non-moisture-absorbent fabric capable of withstanding high temperatures, and said liner is formed of relatively soft and heat resistant fabric and is thick enough to give the fabric unit a predetermined thickness and to act as a spacer to allow for air insulation and circulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1977
    Assignee: Can-Gard Protective Wear Ltd.
    Inventor: William G. Ellis
  • Patent number: 4023223
    Abstract: An emergency overall suit, for protection of a person against exposure in water comprises a single garment with inner and outer layers, water-excluding seals at the ankle, wrist and neck portions and small vents at the extremities of the legs and arms of the suit to admit air and water to the space between the layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1977
    Assignee: Cosalt Limited
    Inventors: Alexander Adam Anderson, Douglas Martin Gallacher
  • Patent number: 3981026
    Abstract: This invention concerns a waterproof garment for protection against rain made from a waterproof sheet material which garment consists of an assembly of preformed, permanent, parallel folds which when gathered give the garment the appearance of a band the final width of which is substantially the same as the width of a belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1976
    Inventor: Leo Reverberi
  • Patent number: 3946443
    Abstract: A disposable rain garment, adaptable to be dispensed from a continuous sheet which is storable on a roller, prior to use.The garment is formed of a double layer of waterproof material such as plastic sheeting, and pre-cut to form leg sections and arm sections, with a hood section which encloses the wearer's shoulders and head. Each leg section is fitted with straps at the bottom ends so as to tie about the undersoles of the shoes of the wearer.The garment may be dispensed from rollers hung in stores immediately prior to and during a rainstorm, and the garment is readily disposed of after the need has passed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1973
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1976
    Assignee: Raymond Lee Organization, Inc.
    Inventor: Hoye Knight