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Insect Protective Garment

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-09-12
CORZATT PAUL
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The invention is an upper garment that protects against insects. It has a hood and is made of a loose non-woven mesh fabric that allows air to flow through it. The fabric is made of synthetic materials that are ventilated and resilient enough to resist compression. This garment can be worn over regular clothing or by itself and is comfortable to wear in hot and insect-infested areas. Its unique design allows for ventilation while still protecting against insects.

Problems solved by technology

Not only does the double layer construction involve undesirable complexity and expense, this garment is also less than optimally effective in protecting the wearer against mosquito bites.
In such cases, the wearer is apt to be bitten or stung.
However, Schilling does not disclose a construction that prevents the stinger of the mosquito or other insect from extending completely through the garment and penetrating the skin of the wearer.
Indeed, virtually any purportedly insect proof garment employing a regular (i.e. woven or knitted) mesh fabric is susceptible to this problem.

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[0017]FIG. 1 shows a garment 1 that covers the upper torso of a wearer in the form of a jacket. The upper torso garment 1 has a hood 2 attached thereto and the hood connects to the jacket 1 at a neck line 3. The jacket has a front closing portion by way of zipper 4 that may be attached to the jacket 1 by way of fabric strips (now shown), which is a common practice in the construction of jackets. The jacket 1 also has sleeves 5 and 6 attached thereto.

[0018]The most important aspect of the invention is the fabric material forming the garment, which is illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 2A. FIG. 2 is taken along the arrows 2-2 on the sleeve of FIG. 1. The fabric 10, shown in FIG. 2, consists of a non-woven material that exhibits enough of a thickness 9 to prevent any insect stinger bite from fully penetrating and impaling into the skin of the wearer. Such thickness should be a, at a minimum, 3 mm thick an preferably at least ¼ inch thick.

[0019]As further shown in FIG. 2A, fabric 10 includes ir...

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Abstract

The inventive concept is directed to an insect protective garment that is manufacture of synthetic fibers to produce a non-woven fabric to result in a predetermined thickness that will not allow the stinger of an insect to reach the skin of a wearer. The resulting non-woven fabric exhibits a multitude of convoluted interstices that allow a ventilation of the skin of wearer to be ventilated in certain climates. The non-woven fabric cannon collapse on itself to reduce its thickness. The garment may consist of an upper torso covering jacket including a hood and lower torso covering pair of pants. The protective garment may include an insect repellent substance that may be instrumental in keeping insects away from the garment from the beginning in certain climates.

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RELATED APPLICATION[0001]This application is a continuation in part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12 / 803,748 filed Jul. 6, 2010.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention related to an insect protective garment composed of non-woven fabric and constructed to frustrate penetration of the garment by the stinger of a mosquito or other insect.[0003]There are many insect protective garments known in the prior art. They are mainly constructed of several layers of fabric that are close to the skin of the wearer. The closest layer to the skin of the wearer is designed to be comfortable to the skin of the wearer and act as an air pervious so that the wearer feels the ventilated air. Then there is another layer that is maintained at some distance from the bottom layer so that insect bites cannot penetrate to the skin of the wearer.[0004]U.S. Pat. No. 4,395,781 discloses an insect protection garment that comprises a light weight garment that is sufficiently loose to keep insects away fro...

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IPC IPC(8): A41D13/00
CPCA41D13/0002A41D13/001
Inventor CORZATT, PAUL
Owner CORZATT PAUL
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