Patent ID: 8677513

Claim:
A protective garment, comprising: a garment body, said garment body defining sleeves; each sleeve consisting of sleeve material, a cuff secured at the respective end of said sleeve; and a coating formed of a low-tack material with high frictional characteristics that is applied to said sleeve proximal to the cuff and extending away from the cuff for a distance of about 3 to about 9 inches, said coating providing a high friction surface such that an end of a glove pulled over said coating is inhibited from rolling or sliding back over said coating; wherein the reduction in breathability of the sleeve material having the coating is less than 10 percent when compared to the breathability of the sleeve material without the coating; each material being measured on the same automated air permeability machine using a 38 cm 2 head at a test pressure of 125 Pa, and wherein said sleeves are free of a circumferentially extending polymeric band having a raised profile.