US Patent Issued to DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION on Sept. 22 for "Fabric and articles having fire-resistance, cut-resistance, and elastic recovery and processes for making same" (American, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,267, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Fabric and articles having fire-resistance, cut-resistance, and elastic recovery and processes for making same" was invented by Jeffrey Alan Hanks (Midlothian, Va.), Eric Key (Richmond, Va.) and Olivier Beat Noth (Romont, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ply-twisted yarn, and fabric and article comprising the yarn, the yarn comprising: (a) at least one first yarn comprising at least 50 weight percent heat-resistant polymeric fiber, wherein at least 30 weight percent of the polymeric fiber present in said yarn is cut-resistant ...