US Patent Issued to General Recycled on June 3 for "Protective fabric and process of manufacturing same" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,039, issued on June 3, was assigned to General Recycled (Vancouver, Canada).

"Protective fabric and process of manufacturing same" was invented by Edward (Ted) Parker (Vancouver, Canada) and David Kasper (Langley, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fabric for use in arc and flame protection, is made up of: more than 15% weight percent (wt %) aramids; less than 50% wt % modacrylic; less than 50% wt % cellulose; and less than 15% wt % nylon. A process for producing the fire-resistant fabric involves shredding recycled fire-resistant garments into fibers; creating yarn from the shredded fibers; weaving the yarn into fabric; and knit...