Patent Application 20120185997 - GLOVE HAVING BARRIER PROPERTIES > Summary

Patent Application No. US 20120185997

Published on Jul 26, 2012

Application No. 13/341571

Field on Dec 30, 2011

Kirk, II, Peter A. - Manchester, NH US

Saint Gobain Performance Plastics Corp (US) - Aurora, OH US

A glove includes an inner layer having the 3-dimensional shape of a hand and including a fibrous absorbent material, and the glove includes a fluoropolymer barrier layer thermoformed around the inner layer to have the 3-dimensional shape of the hand. The fluoropolymer barrier layer maintains the 3-dimensional shape when not in use. The glove has a breakthrough time of not greater than 1 hour when exposed to NFPA 1991 industrial chemicals and has a detectable permeation rate is not more than 0.10 micrograms/cm²/min.