Patent ID: 8327469

Claim:
A protective garment comprising: an outer shell; and an inner liner coupled to said outer shell and positioned such that said inner liner is positioned between a wearer and said outer shell when said garment is worn, the inner liner including a base material and a high lubricity material which has a lubricity that is higher than the base material by at least about 50%, wherein the high lubricity material is woven into the base material to form a plurality of discrete contact areas in which a plurality of filaments of the high lubricity material are positioned immediately adjacent to each other; wherein said inner liner includes a plurality of strips formed by the high lubricity material woven into the base material, and wherein each contact area is positioned at the intersection of at least two of said strips; wherein the contact area comprises at least two separate warp fibers or yarns of high lubricity material each being individually woven with at least two separate weft fibers or yarns of high lubricity material.