| abstract |
Products made of conventional insect-repellent fibers, typically mosquito nets, have suffered from the following disadvantage: when the mosquito nets, folded up for their storage, are used, there are clearances between the bottoms of the mosquito nets and floors, to permit mosquitoes to enter the mosquito nets. The present invention provides an insect-repellent fiber which is hard to crease when folded up, and an insect-repellent net made of the same. The invention relates to an insect-repellent fiber comprising a high density polyethylene, a linear low density polyethylene, an insect-repellent compound and porous particles, and showing an elongation percentage of 25 to 40%, measured according to JIS L 1013; and an insect-repellent net obtained by raschel-knitting the same insect-repellent fiber. |