US 12,409,639 B2
Laminate structure and wearable article
Sandy Chen, Balcombe (GB); and Stephen Devine, Hebburn (GB)
Assigned to GRAPHENE COMPOSITES LIMITED, Stockton-On-Tees (GB)
Appl. No. 16/971,885
Filed by Graphene Composites Limited, Stockton-on-Tees (GB)
PCT Filed Feb. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/GB2019/050488
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 21, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/162684, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 1802895 (GB), filed on Feb. 22, 2018; and application No. 1802899 (GB), filed on Feb. 22, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0018634 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. B32B 5/02 (2006.01); A41D 13/05 (2006.01); B32B 7/09 (2019.01); B32B 27/08 (2006.01); B32B 27/12 (2006.01); B32B 27/28 (2006.01); B32B 27/32 (2006.01); B32B 27/40 (2006.01); F41H 5/04 (2006.01)
CPC B32B 27/08 (2013.01) [A41D 13/0518 (2013.01); B32B 5/02 (2013.01); B32B 5/024 (2013.01); B32B 7/09 (2019.01); B32B 27/12 (2013.01); B32B 27/281 (2013.01); B32B 27/32 (2013.01); B32B 27/40 (2013.01); F41H 5/0478 (2013.01); F41H 5/0492 (2013.01); B32B 2250/05 (2013.01); B32B 2255/10 (2013.01); B32B 2255/20 (2013.01); B32B 2255/26 (2013.01); B32B 2262/0253 (2013.01); B32B 2266/126 (2016.11); B32B 2307/54 (2013.01); B32B 2307/558 (2013.01); B32B 2307/581 (2013.01); B32B 2307/732 (2013.01); B32B 2571/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A laminate structure, comprising:
a plurality of protective layers arranged as a stack, wherein a part of each protective layer is moveable relative to at least one other protective layer in the stack and wherein a part of each protective layer is connected to at least one other protective layer in the stack so as to restrict relative movement of a part of each of the protective layers; and
a backing structure comprising a first support layer comprising an aerogel and a second support layer comprising a polymer, wherein the backing structure is arranged so that the second support layer is provided between the plurality of protective layers and the first support layer,
wherein the second support layer further comprises graphene; and
wherein the plurality of the protective layers in the stack are formed from a single sheet of high-tensile material folded to form the plurality of protective layers, the folds providing the connection between the protective layers in the stack.