Patent ID: 8450222

Claim:
A coated multi-threat fabric, comprising: at least one layer of fabric, each layer having a plurality of high performance fibers; and at least one coating of polymeric material bonded to the at least one layer of fabric, the polymeric material comprising an ethylene acrylic acid copolymer; wherein the ethylene acrylic acid copolymer has a melt flow index of between about 250 g/10min and 1400 g/10 min, a Shore D hardness of between about 40 and 55, an ultimate tensile strength of between about 5.0 and 12.0 MPa, and a molecular weight of between about 15,000 and 33,000; and wherein the ethylene acrylic acid copolymer is applied to the at least one layer of fabric as a liquid and then heated so as to flow into and to bond with the at least one layer of fabric.