US 12,408,715 B2
Protective fabric and garments made therefrom
KyoungRock Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); HoMyung Yang, Gyeonggi-do (KR); YoonJae Park, Gyeonggi-do (KR); J. David Tucker, Canton, GA (US); Shawn Jenkins, Suwanee, GA (US); Fang Wang, Alpharetta, GA (US); and Patricia H. Calhoun, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
Appl. No. 17/911,225
Filed by Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/027930
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 13, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/211086, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 21, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0094829 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. A41D 31/12 (2019.01); A41D 13/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/02 (2006.01); B32B 5/26 (2006.01); B32B 23/10 (2006.01)
CPC A41D 31/125 (2019.02) [A41D 13/02 (2013.01); B32B 5/022 (2013.01); B32B 5/26 (2013.01); B32B 23/10 (2013.01); A41D 2500/30 (2013.01); B32B 2250/03 (2013.01); B32B 2250/04 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0253 (2013.01); B32B 2307/718 (2013.01); B32B 2307/73 (2013.01); B32B 2571/00 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wettable barrier fabric comprising:
an inner first spunbond layer
a meltblown layer, and
an outer second spunbond layer;
wherein the inner first spunbond layer and/or the meltblown layer is are comprised of fibers including a polymer and about 0.1 wt. % to about 20 wt. % of a wetting agent;
wherein the wettable barrier fabric prevents at least 40% of dry particles having a size of about 0.1 microns or greater from passing through the fabric; and
wherein the outer second spunbond layer is hydrophobic.