Patent ID: 6649251
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: A41D,B29C,B29L,B32B,Y10T

Abstract:
A weather-protective outer garment comprising a laminated fabric of a polyolefin nonwoven fabric discontinuously bonded to a foraminous polyolefin film with an adhesive, said laminated fabric oriented such that the polyolefin film side of the fabric is the outward-facing surface of the garment, said garment having one or more discontinuously ultrasonically bonded seams which are not reinforced with an additional strip of material and in which the polyolefin film side of two laminated fabric edges are melted together, said seam(s) having a strength of about 2000 grams or greater per inch of seam width, and said laminated fabric having a basis weight of about 80 grams or less per square meter, a hydrohead of about 50 centimeters or greater, and a breathability of about 1000 grams or greater per square meter per 24 hours.