Title: Wearing apparel and method of manufacture

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1. A method of manufacturing elastomer coated textile wearing apparel having an abrasion resistant, wrinkle finish, which comprises;

providing a base fabric which comprises a textile fabric substrate having one raised napped surface, the raised fibrous naps having a height of from 1/8 inch to 1 inch to create an uneven base;

fabricating a garment from said fabric; and

coating the outer surface of said garment with an elastomeric resin to encapsulate individual nap fibers, whereby the coating is reinforced and strengthened by the included encapsulated fibers and a wrinkle finish is obtained.

2. A method of manufacturing elastomer coated textile wearing apparel having an abrasion resistant wrinkle finish, which comprises;

providing a base fabric which comprises a textile fabric substrate to which there is attached a fibrous, non-woven textile web, said web having component fibers projecting outwardly to create an uneven base;

fabricating a garment from said base fabric; and

coating the outer surface of said garment with an elastomeric resin so as to encapsulate the outwardly projecting fibers, whereby the coating is reinforced and strengthened by the included fibers and a wrinkle finish is obtained.

3. A method of manufacturing an elastomer coated, abrasion resistant, wrinkle finish glove, which comprises;

providing a base fabric which comprises a textile fabric substrate to which there is attached a fibrous, non-woven textile web; said web having component fibers projecting outwardly to create an uneven base;

fabricating a glove from said base fabric; and

coating the outer surface of said glove with an elastomeric resin so as to encapsulate the outwardly projecting fibers, whereby the coating is reinforced and strengthened by the included fibers and a wrinkle finish is obtained.

4. A method of manufacturing an abrasion resistant, wrinkle finish glove, which comprises;

providing a base fabric which comprises a jersey knit to which there is needled on the flat side a non-woven, fibrous web, said web having component fibers projecting outwardly;

fabricating a glove from said base fabric with the needled surface as the outer glove surface;

applying a curable, elastomeric polymer resin to said outer glove surface so as to encapsulate the outwardly projecting gibers in the coating; and

curing the applied resin, whereby an abrasion resistant wrinkle finish textured outer glove surface is obtained with a reinforcement of the coating by the encapsulated fibers.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein said resin in natural rubber.
Other info:

Inventors: Vistins, Maris (Coshocton, OH, US)

Application Number: 957135
Filing Date: 1978-11-02
Publication_date: 1979-10-30
Assignee: Becton, Dickinson and Company (Rutherford, NJ)
Primary Class(es): 2/169 2/48, 2/161.8, 2/167, 36/98, 156/280, 427/401, 428/91, 428/152
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

2715074	Aug, 1955	Hirshberger	428/90.
3026531	Mar, 1962	Holaday	2/167.
3050738	Aug, 1962	Rytina	2/167.
3173150	Mar, 1965	Mohler	2/167.
3268355	Aug, 1966	Brodeur	2/167.
3363265	Jan, 1968	Dummire	2/167.
3945049	Mar, 1976	Barlow	2/169.
4089069	May, 1978	Vistins	2/161.

Other Refs:
Primary Examiner: Lawson, Patrick D.
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney: Kane, Dalsimer, Kane, Sullivan and Kurucz