Patent ID: 7730555

Claim:
A lower leg protective apparel for providing protection from one of chemical and biological noxiants, the lower leg protective apparel comprising: a sock having a toe section and a heel section, and the sock having a plurality of plies and comprising: an outersock ( 1 ), a laminate ( 2 ), disposed on an inner side of the outersock ( 1 ), consisting of first, second and third layers, the first layer being a single flexible, windproof, breathable and water-rejecting membrane ( 7 ) which forms the outer surface of the laminate ( 2 ) and which forms at least a barrier to biological noxiants and at least a partial barrier to liquid chemical noxiants, the second layer being a single carbon layer ( 8 ) which is disposed underneath the membrane ( 7 ) and which comprises carbon in one of a fibrous form and as active spherules of carbon, the third layer being an inner textile ply ( 9 ), and an innersock ( 3 ) disposed as a second textile ply on an inner side of the laminate ( 2 ), wherein at least one of the outersock ( 1 ) and the innersock ( 3 ) is fabricated from a plurality of cuts ( 4 , 5 , 6 ), seams between the cuts ( 4 , 5 , 6 ) being sealed by a seam-sealing tape comprising a waterproof material, and the outersock ( 1 ), the laminate ( 2 ) and the innersock ( 3 ) are assembled to one another as a single unit by at least one of bonding and stitching.