FIRE-RETARDANT FABRIC WITH IMPROVED TEAR, CUT, AND ABRASION RESISTANCE

摘要

A woven fabric useful in protective apparel made from yarn components comprising a body fabric yarn component and a cut resistant ripstop yarn component having at least 50% greater tensile strength than the body fabric yarn component and comprising a yarn having a synthetic staple-fiber sheath and inorganic core, the body fabric yarn component and the cut resistant ripstop yarn component both being comprised of at least one yarn and each yarn component distinguished from the adjacent yarn component by interweaving orthogonal yarn components.