US 12,324,467 B2
Apparatus, systems, and methods for preventing fluid from entering an interface
Prasad S. Potnis, Johns Creek, GA (US)
Assigned to O&M Halyard, Inc., Mechanicsville, VA (US)
Filed by O&M Halyard, Inc., Mechanicsville, VA (US)
Filed on May 11, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/871,383.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/848,635, filed on May 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0359719 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. A41D 19/00 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 19/0037 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A strap for preventing fluid from entering a glove worn by a user, the strap comprising:
a first layer comprising an elastic material;
a second layer comprising a superabsorbent material, wherein the superabsorbent material comprises a carded web comprising superabsorbent polymer fibers and different polymer fibers, the different polymer fibers comprising polypropylene or polyethylene terephthalate fibers; and
wherein the strap is adapted to extend about a gown worn by the user at a position at or near the glove,
wherein the first layer and the second layer are bonded together as a laminate.