Insect Protective Garment

Abstract

The inventive concept is directed to an insect protective garment that is manufacture of synthetic fibers to produce a non-woven fabric to result in a predetermined thickness that will not allow the stinger of an insect to reach the skin of a wearer. The resulting non-woven fabric exhibits a multitude of convoluted interstices that allow a ventilation of the skin of wearer to be ventilated in certain climates. The non-woven fabric cannon collapse on itself to reduce its thickness. The garment may consist of an upper torso covering jacket including a hood and lower torso covering pair of pants. The protective garment may include an insect repellent substance that may be instrumental in keeping insects away from the garment from the beginning in certain climates.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An insect protective garment for covering the skin of a wearer, said garment comprising a single layer of non-woven torso covering material, said material including fibers bonded together in a random, irregular mesh pattern with randomly oriented and arranged open interstices forming convoluted pathways that extend completely through the single layer of non-woven material, said material exhibiting a thickness sufficient to prevent a stinger of an insect from passing through and beyond said material and reaching the skin of a wearer, said open interstices allowing ventilation to reach the skin of the wearer. 
     
     
         2 . The insect protective garment of  claim 1 , wherein said torso covering material is a jacket including a head covering hood attached to a collar of said jacket and long sleeves. 
     
     
         3 . The insect protective garment of  claim 1  wherein said torso covering material is a pair of long pants. 
     
     
         4 . The insect protective garment of  claim 1 , wherein said material is manufactured from the fibers selected from group of synthetic fibers consisting of polyamides, polyethylenes or polytetrafluoroethylenes. 
     
     
         5 . The insect protective garment of  claim 1 , wherein material is further treated by an insect repellent substance. 
     
     
         6 . The insect protective garment of  claim 1 , wherein the thickness of said material cannot collapse to reduce its thickness. 
     
     
         7 . The insect protective garment of  claim 1  in which said thickness is at least 4 mm. 
     
     
         8 . The insect protective garment of  claim 1  in which said thickness is at least ¼ inch. 
     
     
         9 . The insect protective garment of  claim 1  in which said material includes at least one of an air conditioning filter mesh material and a furnace filter mesh material. 
     
     
         10 . A method for manufacturing and using an insect protective garment, said method comprising:
 manufacturing a single layer of non-woven fabric material by bonding a plurality of fibers together in a random, irregular mesh pattern with randomly oriented and arranged open interstices forming convoluted pathways that extend completely through the single layer of non-woven fabric;   providing the fabric with a thickness that is sufficient to prevent the stinger of an insect from fully penetrating said open interstices of said fabric to reach the skin of a wearer;   forming a torso covering garment from said single layer of non-woven fabric and providing a said garment to a wearer for being worn over the skin of the wearer whereby said fabric prevents a stinger of an insect from passing through and beyond said non-woven material and reaching the skin of the wearer and said open interstices allow ventilation to reach the skin of the wearer.