Personal protective equipment

Abstract

Personal protective equipment configured to reduce the discomfort of the protruding joint of the conventional personal protective equipment includes a sleeve, at least one adhesive membrane, and at least one thin film. The sleeve is formed by curving an elastic fabric and joining two opposite joining edges of the elastic fabric in a butting manner. The adhesive membrane has an adhesive side adhesively attached to a surface of the sleeve over an area where the two opposite joining edges of the sleeve extend. The thin film covers and is adhesively attached to another adhesive side of the adhesive membrane. The personal protective equipment, therefore, has a flat joint and is spared those prior art drawbacks attributable to the protuberance of a hemmed border or overlap seam, such as an uncomfortable sensation and a lack of conformity to the contour of the body part being protected.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . Personal protective equipment, comprising:
 a sleeve formed by curving an elastic fabric and joining two opposite joining edges of the elastic fabric in a butting manner;   at least one adhesive membrane having an adhesive side adhesively attached to a surface of the sleeve over an area where the two opposite joining edges extend; and   at least one thin film covering and adhesively attached to another adhesive side of the adhesive membrane.   
     
     
         2 . The personal protective equipment of  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve has an inner surface and an outer surface, a said adhesive membrane and a said thin film are adhesively attached to the inner surface of the sleeve over an area where the two opposite joining edges extend, and another said adhesive membrane and another said thin film are adhesively attached to the outer surface of the sleeve over an area where the two opposite joining edges extend. 
     
     
         3 . The personal protective equipment of  claim 1 , further comprising a pad provided on an outer surface of the sleeve. 
     
     
         4 . The personal protective equipment of  claim 3 , wherein the pad covers the two opposite joining edges of the sleeve completely. 
     
     
         5 . The personal protective equipment of  claim 3 , wherein the pad has a surface provided with a plurality of protruding blocks. 
     
     
         6 . The personal protective equipment of  claim 5 , wherein some of the protruding blocks are higher than the other protruding blocks. 
     
     
         7 . The personal protective equipment of  claim 3 , wherein the pad forms a pattern or design configured for supporting or protecting a human body part to which the personal protective equipment is applied. 
     
     
         8 . The personal protective equipment of  claim 3 , wherein the pad comprises a main body and a strip-like pad extending from an edge of the main body. 
     
     
         9 . The personal protective equipment of  claim 8 , wherein the main body of the pad and the strip-like pad extending therefrom are each provided with a plurality of protruding blocks. 
     
     
         10 . The personal protective equipment of  claim 1 , wherein the sleeve has an inner surface provided with an anti-slip or massaging feature, and the anti-slip or massaging feature is strip-like, mesh-like, or dot-shaped projections.