Hazardous environment protective suit

Abstract

A hazardous environment protective garment has a first layer of fluid barrier material; and, in an exemplary embodiment, the torso section, sleeves and/or pant legs include a second layer of material bonded thereto to form a fluid seal therebetween, where the second layer of material includes integrated fasteners sewn thereto to provide lengthwise adjustability of the respective torso section, sleeves and/or pant legs

1 . A hazardous environment protective jumpsuit comprising: 
 a jumpsuit having sleeves, pant legs and a torso section and comprising a first layer of fluid barrier material;    at least one of the torso section, sleeves and pant legs including a second layer of material attached thereto, the second layer of material including integrated fasteners sewn thereto to provide lengthwise adjustability of the at least one of the torso section, sleeves and pant legs.    
     
     
         2 . The hazardous environment protective jumpsuit of  claim 1 , wherein the fasteners are mounted in predetermined longitudinal locations to provide predetermined degrees of adjustability that simulate variances between standard sizes of jumpsuits.  
     
     
         3 . The hazardous environment protective jumpsuit of  claim 1 , wherein adjusting the length of at least one of the torso section, sleeves and pant legs is accomplished by folding over a section thereof including the separate layer of material onto itself and fastening at least two of the integrated fasteners mounted thereto.  
     
     
         4 . The hazardous environment protective jumpsuit of  claim 3 , wherein the fasteners include at least one of hook and pile fasteners, zippers, and snaps.  
     
     
         5 . The hazardous environment protective jumpsuit of  claim 3 , wherein: 
 the fasteners include individual strips of hook and pile fasteners; and    the strips of hook and pile fasteners are sewn to the separate layer of material.    
     
     
         6 . The hazardous environment protective jumpsuit of  claim 1 , wherein the second layer of material is a fluid barrier material.  
     
     
         7 . The hazardous environment protective jumpsuit of  claim 6 , wherein edges of the second layer of material are bonded to the first layer of material to form a fluid seal between the first and second layers of material.  
     
     
         8 . The hazardous environment protective jumpsuit of  claim 7 , wherein the edges of the second layer of material are bonded to the first layer of material by heat seal tape.  
     
     
         9 . The hazardous environment protective jumpsuit of  claim 7 , wherein the second layer of material is a continuous tube of fluid barrier material having opposing longitudinal edges.  
     
     
         10 . The hazardous environment protective jumpsuit of  claim 1 , edges of the second layer of material are bonded to the first layer of material to form a fluid seal between the first and second layers of material.  
     
     
         11 . The hazardous environment protective jumpsuit of  claim 10 , wherein the edges of the second layer of material are bonded to the first layer of material by heat seal tape.  
     
     
         12 . The hazardous environment protective jumpsuit of  claim 10 , wherein the second layer of material is a continuous tube of fluid barrier material having opposing longitudinal edges.  
     
     
         13 . The hazardous environment protective jumpsuit of  claim 1 , wherein all of the torso section, sleeves and pant legs including a second layer of material attached thereto, the second layer of material including integrated fasteners sewn thereto to provide lengthwise adjustability of the torso section, sleeves and pant legs.  
     
     
         14 . A hazardous environment protective garment comprising: 
 a first inner layer of moisture barrier material;    a second outer layer of material bonded over the first inner layer of moisture barrier material; and    at least one fastener sewn onto the second outer layer of material, wherein holes formed by stitching through the second outer layer of material do not penetrate the first inner layer of moisture barrier material.    
     
     
         15 . The hazardous environment protective garment of  claim 14 , wherein the second outer layer of material is bonded to the first inner layer of moisture barrier material.  
     
     
         16 . The hazardous environment protective garment of  claim 14 , wherein the second outer layer of material is a moisture barrier material.  
     
     
         17 . The hazardous environment protective garment of  claim 14 , wherein the second outer layer of material is bonded around its edges over the first inner layer of moisture barrier material to form a fluid seal therebetween.  
     
     
         18 . The hazardous environment protective garment of  claim 17 , wherein the second outer layer of material is bonded over the first inner layer of moisture barrier material by heat seal tape.  
     
     
         19 . The hazardous environment protective garment of  claim 17 , wherein the second outer layer of material is a continuous tube of material and the opposed longitudinal edges of the tube are bonded to the first inner layer of moisture barrier material.  
     
     
         20 . The hazardous environment protective garment of  claim 14 , further comprising at least one strip of hook material sewn to the second outer layer of material and at least one strip of pile material sewn to the second outer layer of material, whereby the at least one fastener comprises the strips of hook and pile material.