Protective item for firefighter or emergency rescue worker and opaque to hazardous radiation

Abstract

A protective item for a firefighter or for an emergency rescue worker has an outer shell and an inner liner, wherein at least one of the outer shell and the inner liner is opaque to hazardous radiation. The inner liner may have plural layers, one being opaque to hazardous radiation, another providing a moisture and chemical barrier, and another providing thermal insulation.

1 . For a firefighter or for an emergency rescue worker, a protective garment having an outer shell and an inner liner, wherein the inner liner has plural layers, one of which is opaque to hazardous radiation.  
   
   
       2 . The protective garment of  claim 1 , wherein the inner liner has an outer layer and an inner layer, which is opaque to hazardous radiation.  
   
   
       3 . The protective garment of  claim 1 , wherein the inner liner has an outer layer, an intermediate layer, and an inner layer, which is opaque to hazardous radiation.  
   
   
       4 . The protective garment of  claim 1 , wherein the inner liner has an outer layer, which provides a moisture and chemical barrier, an intermediate layer, which provides thermal insulation, and an inner layer, which is opaque to hazardous radiation.  
   
   
       5 . For a firefighter or for an emergency rescue worker, a protective glove having an outer shell and an inner liner, wherein the inner liner has plural layers, one of which is opaque to hazardous radiation.  
   
   
       6 . The protective glove of  claim 5 , wherein the inner liner has an outer layer and an inner layer, which is opaque to hazardous radiation.  
   
   
       7 . The protective glove of  claim 5 , wherein the inner liner has an outer layer, an intermediate layer, and an inner layer, which is opaque to hazardous radiation.  
   
   
       8 . The protective glove of  claim 5 , wherein the inner liner has an outer layer, which provides a moisture and chemical barrier, an intermediate layer, which provides thermal insulation, and an inner layer, which is opaque to hazardous radiation.