Disposable garment with reduced particulate shedding

Abstract

A nonwoven disposable safety garment made by cutting at least one sheet of nonwoven material into a safety garment pattern, stitching the at least one to defining a garment, and hemming the garment. All cut edges are twice folded and hemmed under to prevent exposure of any cut edges. All stitching is characterized by a stitch density in the range of 10 to 12 stitches per inch.

1 . A nonwoven safety garment, comprising: 
 a piece of cut spunbond/melt blown/melt blown/spunbond material having at least one cut edge;    a plurality of hems stitched into the material and defining a garment;    wherein the hems are characterized by between 10 and 12 stitches per inch;    wherein the at least one cut edge is double-folded under; and    wherein the at least one double-folded edge is hemmed into place.    
   
   
       2 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein the garment further includes a plurality of snap-fasteners and wherein the garment is shaped to form a smock.  
   
   
       3 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein the garment further includes a plurality of snap-fasteners and wherein the garment is shaped to form a jumpsuit.  
   
   
       4 . The garment of  claim 1  wherein the garment further includes an elastic band disposed under a hem and wherein the garment is shaped to form a shoe covering.  
   
   
       5 . A disposable clean room safety garment, comprising: 
 at least one sheet of nonwoven fabric defining at least one cut edge;    a plurality of stitches formed in the at least one sheet of nonwoven fabric to define a garment; and    hems formed at the at least one cut edge;    said nonwoven fabric being formed from spunbond/meltblown material;    said plurality of stitches characterized by respective stitch densities of between ten and twelve stitches per inch; and    said hems characterized by respective stitch densities of between ten and twelve stitches per inch.    
   
   
       6 . The garment of  claim 5  wherein the garment further includes a plurality of snap-fasteners and wherein the garment is shaped to form a smock.  
   
   
       7 . The garment of  claim 5  wherein the garment further includes a plurality of snap-fasteners and wherein the garment is shaped to form a jumpsuit.  
   
   
       8 . The garment of  claim 5  wherein the garment further includes an elastic band disposed under a hem and wherein the garment is shaped to form a shoe covering.  
   
   
       9 . The garment of  claim 5  wherein the at least one sheet of nonwoven fabric is a plurality of sheets of nonwoven fabric.  
   
   
       10 . The garment of  claim 5  wherein the hems are folded twice to encapsulate the at least one cut edge.  
   
   
       11 . A method of making a safety garment, comprising the steps of: 
 a) cutting at least one sheet of nonwoven material into a safety garment pattern;    b) stitching the at least one to defining a garment;    c) hemming the garment;    wherein all cut edges are twice folded and hemmed under to prevent exposure of any cut edges;    wherein all stitching is characterized by a stitch density in the range of 10 to 12 stitches per inch.