US 12,295,433 B1
Fluid management system, apparatus for making fluid management system and method of manufacturing fluid management system
Lee L. Thibodeau, Cumberland Foreside, ME (US); William R. Kimball, Stratham, NH (US); Kenneth A. Pelley, Hopewell, NJ (US); and John F. Poccia, III, Monmouth Beach, NJ (US)
Assigned to MAINE-LEE TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC, Portland, ME (US)
Filed by MAINE-LEE TECHNOLOGY GROUP LLC, Portland, ME (US)
Filed on Dec. 12, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/979,209.
Application 18/979,209 is a division of application No. 18/762,518, filed on Jul. 2, 2024.
Int. Cl. A41D 13/12 (2006.01); A41D 27/24 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); B29C 65/02 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 13/1227 (2013.01) [A41D 27/245 (2013.01); B29C 65/02 (2013.01); B29C 66/00 (2013.01); B29C 66/80 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for manufacturing a protective garment, comprising:
a mandrel assembly configured to receive a sleeve of the protective garment thereon;
a multi-prong assembly configured to hold a tubular elastic cuff member in an expanded state;
a cuff clamping assembly configured to clamp the tubular elastic cuff member, when in the expanded state, onto the sleeve and the mandrel assembly; and
a heating assembly configured to apply heat to a predetermined first bonding zone of the tubular elastic cuff member and a predetermined second bonding zone of the sleeve, thereby heating an adhesive disposed between the first and second bonding zones to create a liquid impermeable seal between the tubular elastic cuff member and the sleeve at the first and second bonding zones.