Apparel inventions 08/06

20060191049 - Wearable personal cooling and hydration system: A heat transfer fluid pathway is provided driven by a pump which feeds the heat transfer fluid through a vest and cap or other heat transfer garment, where the heat transfer fluid draws heat away from the body of the wearer. A drinkable heat sink material is located within a...

20060191050 - Visor for glasses: A sun visor for attachment to a pair of eyeglasses temples. The visor is a flat surface with an inner concave and a convex outer edge. The visor itself resembles the bill of a baseball cap. The visor is added to a pair of glasses by slipping the temples through...

20060191051 - Thigh protector for use with a pneumatic tool: A thigh protector is provided that includes a reinforcement material; a vibration resistant material attached to a first side of the reinforcement material; and a impact resistant material attached to a second side of the reinforcing member....

20060191052 - Protection for cycling pants: Anatomical protection for cycling pants avoids the occurrence of an unbalanced abutment on the saddle. The protection leaves a sufficient surface free of padding, for good perspiration. The protection has a pair of paddings, each having a peripheral region with a greater thickness than a central region, the peripheral region...

20060191053 - Garment for identifying location on body of the garment wearer: The present invention discloses a garment having printed thereon a figure comprising uniquely identifiable regions that when worn permit the wearer to identify for a third party a particular location on the wearer's body....

20060191054 - Hazardous environment protective suit: A hazardous environment protective garment has a first layer of fluid barrier material; and, in an exemplary embodiment, the torso section, sleeves and/or pant legs include a second layer of material bonded thereto to form a fluid seal therebetween, where the second layer of material includes integrated fasteners sewn thereto...

20060191055 - Necktie with three or more parts in sight and knot with two or more fabric films: A multilayer necktie (1) consisting of a first portion of fabric (P) defined by three sections (2, 3, 4) joined together without continuity solution to define: a so-called blade of the necktie (2), standing, when used, in sight of the user; the part around the user's neck (3); another blade...

20060191056 - Disposable gloves and methods of making same: A disposable glove and a method for making the disposable glove that reduces or eliminates glove cuff roll-down. The disposable glove includes a coating on the interior surface of the glove that extends from the hand area to a portion of the wrist-forearm area of the glove but does not...

20060191057 - Hat/beret with opening for wearer's hair or synthetic hair: A hat comprising dome shaped elastic material sized to fit over a user's head and one or more holes in the dome shaped material to allow a user's hair to pass through. An elastic band is included around the lower edge of the dome shaped elastic material, the elastic band...

20060191058 - Odor control nether garment, method of making same and method of controlling odor: A nether garment for adsorbing odor to be worn close to at least one body part of a user having at least one outer fabric material layer and an inner layer of fiber fabric material for adsorbing odor, such that the nether garment conforms to a shape of the at...

20060191059 - Unisex active wear garment with modified fly-flap and storage pockets: The unisex active wear garment with modified fly-flap and storage pockets is a pair of shorts or pants for the lower body having a crotch opening covered by a completely removable or partially openable pocketed fly-flap. The crotch opening is designed to expose both the male anatomy and female anatomy....

20060191060 - Protective helmet cap with improved ventilation: A protective helmet cap having improved ventilation. The helmet cap includes a cap piece, a cap bill, and a plurality of apertures designed to increase ventilation of the wearer's head under the cap piece. The helmet cap offers impact protection to the wearer's head while also being more comfortable to...

20060191061 - Protective helmet cap with improved ventilation: A protective helmet cap having improved ventilation and a method of using the cap, wherein the cap includes a cap piece, a cap bill, and a plurality of apertures designed to increase ventilation of the wearer's head under the cap piece. The helmet cap offers impact protection to the wearer's...

20060191062 - Goggle lens interchange system: In a goggle lens interchange system, a goggle frame has a ledge on which a lens is removably placed, wherein the ledge is able to be exposed so that a lens of the goggles is able to be removed from the ledge, and another or replacement lens is able to...

20060191063 - Garment for a cooling and hydration system: A garment is provided which is worn by a wearer and which actively cools the wearer. A heat transfer fluid pathway is provided which feeds the heat transfer fluid through a vest and cap or other heat transfer garment, where the heat transfer fluid draws heat away from the body...

20060185051 - Spectacles for a helmet and helmet fitted with said spectacles: The invention relates to a device for fixing spectacles to a helmet (1). The spectacles comprise at least one screen or glass element (2,3). The device comprises two sides (7, 8, 20, 21) both of which are fitted with a fitting means for attachment to the helmet (1). Each side...

20060185052 - Welding helmet having cartridge coupling structure: Disclosed herein is a welding helmet having a cartridge coupling structure. The welding helmet comprises a helmet body configured to cover and protect the welder's head, an opening being formed at a front surface of the helmet body, a rectangular protective cover provided along a periphery thereof with a rubber...

20060185053 - Apparel with enhanced breathability: The breathability of garments, for example, jackets, trousers, and the like, is enhanced by a novel ventilation device. This ventilation device is composed of one or more openings in the outer material over which a closable cover having a closure tab is located, which ensures a clearance from the opening....

20060185054 - Carotid comfort control jacket: A carotid comfort control jacket keeps the wearer cool or warm during outside sporting events, for example. The jacket also can be used to enhance patient comfort during surgery or recovery. Treatment of various medical conditions can be carried out using the jacket. The jacket preferably is reusable and constructed...

20060185055 - Wearable body-positioning devices and methods: A device for positioning a body of a wearer includes a garment adapted to be worn on a body of a wearer, and an elongate member coupled to the garment and having a longitudinal axis oriented generally parallel to a spine of the wearer when the garment is being worn...

20060185056 - Shirt and suspenders combination wherein suspenders are hidden in use: A shirt, suspenders and pants combination includes common suspenders having two front distal ends, each with means for being attached to the waistline of the pants, and two back distal ends, each with means for being attached to the waistline of the pants. The shirt conceals a majority of the...

20060185057 - Magnetic finger glove: A magnetic finger glove helps persons hold, install, and retrieve small metallic objects, such as nuts or screws, in hard-to-reach places. The finger glove is sized and shaped to sheathe and conform to an adult human index finger. A small round disc neodymium magnet is affixed to a fabric assembly...

20060185058 - Football glove: This invention is a glove designed for football quarterbacks. The glove protects his fingers against injury, and enhances his ability to grip and throw a football with accuracy and distance in inclement weather. It has three principal features: (1) It is made of a thin, supple, tacky, water-resistant leather-like material...

20060185059 - Surgical glove and method of securing surgical glove: A surgical glove and a method of securing a surgical glove are presented to provide an improved surgical glove. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a self-adherent wrap is used to secure the surgical glove to the surgical gown of the user by encircling the self-adherent wrap...

20060185060 - Cap having dual-structured crown: The present invention relates to a cap having dual-structured crown, and in particular to a cap having dual-structured crown capable of receiving head with various sizes in wearing person without size adjusting means, and enhancing the feeling of wearing and the sweat absorptiveness. The cap has dual-structured crown comprising a...

20060185061 - Sporting caps: A method for constructing headwear improves upon the design and therefore the marketability of current headwear by fabricating components of headwear from materials which are the same as or substantially similar to those materials used in the manufacture of the outer surfaces of sporting goods and equipment....

20060185062 - Head-mounted mp3 player: A head-mounted MP3 player usable during sports has a head-mounted sports device, an MP3 module, a fixing device, and at least an earphone. The MP3 module is fixed by the fixing device on the head-mounted sports device such as a hat, a sun-hat, a hard helmet, a soft helmet, a...

20060185063 - Roller hockey pants: Roller hockey pants include a pair of pant legs. Each pant leg has a knee portion and a distal end. A shin portion extends between the knee portion and the distal end. A length of the shin portion is configured so that, when the knee portion is arranged generally adjacent...

20060185064 - Protective trousers having gusseted fly: In a pair of protective trousers having a fly, in which a flap extending from a first edge of a torso-covering portion covers a second edge thereof in a closed condition of the fly but not in an opened condition of the fly and in which the first and second...

20060185065 - Adjustable leg width trousers: Variable leg width trousers, offering the wearer the ability to change the diameter of the lower leg sections of the trousers near the foot end while keeping the diameter of the upper leg sections constant. Each lower leg section is formed to have a width adjustment slot. The trousers may...

20060185066 - Spectrally balanced protective facemasks: Protective face masks and shields are configured so that interior surfaces are associated with visual characteristics based on a use environment. A face shield for a catcher's helmet includes an interior surface having three horizontal zones that are assigned colors, gray levels, color coordinates, or other characteristics based on playing...

20060179537 - Headset-accommodating, load-balancing, helmet strap system: A self load-balancing, headset-wearing accommodating helmet strap system useable with a helmet shell having front, rear and opposite lateral sides, and including (a) a chin-strap cinching subsystem having (1) a pair of opposite-side, elongate, flexible, lateral strap elements intended for use on opposite lateral sides of such a helmet shell,...

20060179538 - Protective shin guard: A protective guard for reducing injury to a shin of a person is provided. The protective guard includes an elastomeric substrate having a pocket disposed therein. A central core is carried by the pocket of the elastomeric substrate. The central core includes a plurality of rigid plates, a first of...

20060179539 - Articles of apparel utilizing targeted venting or heat retention zones that may be defined based on thermal profiles: Garments may include targeted vent or heat retention zones including openings or heat insulation areas in the fabric of various different sizes. The locations and sizes of these openings or heat insulation areas, at least in part, may be determined based on a thermal profile of a body from which...

20060179540 - Breast binder gown: A breast binder gown has an elasticized breast binder top worn about the torso for support and application of pressure to the breasts of a wearer, and a skirt dependent from the binder top. The skirt in conjunction with the binder top provide a practical and comfortable one piece outer...

20060179541 - Production of gloves and other articles of flexible polymer material: A process for producing an article in a flexible foamed polymer material, including treating a former with a coagulant; dipping the treated former in a latex foam mixture to form a layer of the mixture on the former that includes air cells; curing the layer to gel the foam mixture...

20060179542 - Breastfeeding indicator bracelet with time indicator and method of use: A flexible nursing reminder bracelet fabricated from an elastomeric compound is reversible to indicate right and left and includes at least one movable time marker to indicate either total daily nursing time, finish time of the last nursing session, or start time of the next nursing session. One side of...

20060179543 - Hat part made of synthetic material: A hat part made of a plastic material, which maintains its form below a first temperature and is deformable above the first temperature, characterised in that the plastic material has a softening temperature of from 60° C. to 140° C., the material being formable above the softening temperature and remaining...

20060179544 - Tube hat: A tube hat is described which is constructed from at least one collapsible, generally tubular member having two open ends, one end thereof being adapted to fit over the head of a person. The other open end may be gathered to form a smaller opening through which a ponytail or...

20060179545 - Athletic protective padding: An athletic protective pad having first and second layers of breathable fabric and a foam body having a layer of perforated foam. The layer of foam is preferably closed cell foam with spaced apart perforations therethrough. The foam body is sandwiched between the first and second layers of fabric, thereby...

20060179549 - Adjustable formfitting protective footwear: The present invention is generally directed to improved formfitting protective footwear generally comprising a protective sheath that envelops all or a portion of the foot from the ankle forward, and which includes fasteners which allow the user to adjust the footwear to comfortably fit his or her foot. In all...

20060179547 - Device and method for foot hygiene and the prevention and treatment of infected feet: A novel “open toes” garment or ribbon which “snakes” from toe cleft to toe cleft each optionally impregnated with a suitable medicament for example a deodorant or an antifungal agent to treat infected feet such as athlete's foot and a non-medicated open foot garment for prevention and non-reoccurrence of said...

20060179548 - Foot-covering component of a stocking foot wader including gravel guard and method for manufacturing: Methods for easily manufacturing a foot-covering component of a stocking foot wader including an effective gravel guard, and a foot-covering component including a gravel guard manufactured by such methods are disclosed. Preferably, the gravel guard is connected to the exterior surface of the leg-covering member and below the interior connection...

20060179546 - Stockings of no wearing mark: The present invention provides stockings of no wearing mark wherein a wearing portion is provided on an upper portion of the stockings and formed in the shape of lace, and spandex is selectively blended with the lace, thereby leaving no wearing mark in case of taking off the stockings; and...

20060179550 - Poem image design for female apparel: A new design image in the form of a poem for articles of clothing that varies in positioning on the garments but holds the overall design. The poems structure and wording make the image for the clothing design....

20060179551 - Device for protecting a lleg: The invention relates to a device for protecting a leg, comprising: a body with an underside and an upper side for placing around at least a part of a leg above the foot as seen in vertical direction; wherein the body comprises material with elastic properties, and wherein said body...

20060179552 - Security underwear device for sexual organs: Security underwear device for human sexual organs is designed to protectively cover the genital and anal opening against illicit sex, hence sexually transmitted diseases. It is also a protection against rape. The devise is made up of one cover for the genital and another cover for anal opening and they...

20060179553 - Helmet with integrated head light: A helmet is provided herein for protection of the head of a user. A shell, chin bar, breath deflector, and head light are provided. The chin bar is fixed between the right and left sides of the shell. A face shield system is pivotally secured to the shell to pivot...

20060179554 - Goggle with removable foam lining: Provided is a goggle comprising a face shield attached to a first subframe and a foam assembly having a foam element and second subframe. The foam assembly is removably attachable to the first subframe such that variously configured foam assemblies are interchangeable with the first subframe and face shield. More...

20060179555 - Spear shield: The aqua sport shield is used while spear fishing. The shield distributes the force of loading a spear gun over a body area such as a chest area or the thigh area of a person's leg, greater than the butt end of the spear gun. The shield is comprised of...

20060174389 - Revolving slide: The present invention related to a device for maintaining one's pant leg in the proper position in relation to one's shoes, to conceal the shoe, and retaining the trouser legs away from the ground. This invention includes a shoe with integrated fastener such as a hook, and a trouser leg...

20060174390 - Object wrapper and wearable protective cover apparatus and method: One or more embodiments of the invention are directed to an apparatus and method for utilizing an object wrapper and wearable protective cover. An object wrapper and wearable protective cover an object to be wrapped inside of the apparatus wherein the apparatus may be later used as a wearable protective...

20060174391 - Cold weather outerwear: An outerwear system for use in cold weather includes a vest to which external components may be attached. These components include sleeves, a cape, a hood, and a vest extension. The components may be individually attachable to the vest by slide fasteners....

20060174392 - Gas distribution garment having a spacer element: A garment for cooling the body of a wearer is described which comprises a substantially gas impermeable first substrate and a gas-permeable second substrate attached to form a cavity. At least one spacer element is provided between the first and second substrates to maintain gas flow in regions likely to...

20060174393 - Item of apparel: An article of upper-body clothing (100) including shell fabric defining a body to which are attached sleeves (102) along body-sleeve seams, and another instrument, preferably stretchable or stretchable ventilating bands (104) underlying the fabric in regions of the body-sleeve seams....

20060174394 - Post surgical pant system: This invention relates to a post surgical pant system for individuals who have had foot surgery and need to protect the surgical area on the foot and their adjoining let so as to enable normal walking with a pant like system which adapts to the leg and and foot while...

20060174395 - Athletic apparatus having glove and locking handle: The present invention relates to an athletic apparatus for providing comfortability and protection. The athletic apparatus includes a glove having a first cushion covering substantially the entire inner surface of the glove, and a first locking means disposed on the surface of or between the first cushion means. Also included...

20060174396 - Hard hat sun shade: A sun shade for a hard hat includes a piece of flexible material removably and adjustably attached to a hard hat that is stretched to a substantially consistent shape by a piece of springing material. The flexible material may be attached to the hard hat using an elastic band, drawstring,...

20060174397 - Headwear visor: The invention is an article of headwear that incorporates a two piece composite visor. The visor includes a deformable portion and a non-deformable portion. The deformable portion contacts a wearer's head to provide a superior comfort and fit....

20060174398 - Modular headwear system: The present invention relates to a modular system for creating customizable headwear. One embodiment of the present invention includes a crown with a base portion. The outer surface of the crown includes at least one releasable attachment system to allow various accessories to be releasably attached thereby creating unique headwear...

20060174399 - Customizable jeans garment: A pants-type garment consisting of two completely independent and complimentary parts, which are releasably joinable but are nowhere permanently attached. The parts are joined in an area extending from the top of the front waistband to the top of the rear waistband. After joining, the parts remain separatable and, once...

20060174400 - Wearing article and method of manufacturing the same: A wearing article (4 to 4D) includes a main body (5 to 5D) having a front part (P), a back part (Q) and a crotch part (R) coupling the front part (P) and the back part (Q). The main body (5A to 5D) includes a pair of waist edges (T)...

20060174401 - Vertical adjustment mechanism for helmet mount for night vision device: A helmet mount includes a helmet block, a chassis attached to the helmet block, the chassis adapted to receive the night vision device, and a vertical adjustment assembly for vertically adjusting a night vision device relative to a user's eyes while the helmet mount is secured to the helmet and...

20060168704 - Garment with two improved underarm shields: A garment with two improved, underarm perspiration shields each including an inner comfort layer, at least one middle absorbent layer, and an outer water-proof barrier layer. The inner comfort layer is placed against the user's skin and designed to readily absorb perspiration from the skin and immediately transfer it to...

20060168705 - El power unit: A safety vest is sized to be worn by a human, wherein the vest has a front and back and left and right sides each having a shoulder portion. An EL strip is provided on each side of the vest extending from the bottom of the vest upwards toward the...

20060168706 - Vibration damping device for glove: A vibration damping device for use in a work glove includes a planar plastic body having palm, thumb and finger areas, and a plurality of resilient, compressible projections extending outwardly from at least one surface of the body. Planar areas or webs in the knuckle and finger joint areas of...

20060168707 - Glove and method for manufacturing the same: It is an object of the present invention to provide a glove in which palm-side and back-side fiber materials are formed as materials that have different tensile elongation percentage or drying shrinkage percentages, a stitched liner is manufactured by stitching these fiber materials together, in a state in which this...

20060168708 - Shade cap: Embodiments of a shade cap are disclosed herein. In general, the cap may include a crown with a pair of side regions and a bill extending from a front region of the crown. The cap may further include a pair of ear shades with each ear shade having an inner...

20060168709 - Drawstring hat: A collapsible drawstring hat including a head engaging portion and a brim extending outwardly from the head engaging portion. A band is located about a periphery of the hat. The band defines a closed channel. A drawstring is located within the closed channel, opposed ends of the drawstring extending outwardly...

20060168710 - Vibration dampening material and method of making same: The present invention is directed to a material adapted to reduce vibration and, more specifically, to a material adapted to dissipate and evenly distribute transmitted vibrations. The material is particularly suited for impact and/or heavy load vibration resistance....

20060168711 - Strap for connection to collar for pet: There is disclosed a strap. The strap can be connection to a collar that is put around the neck of a pet. The strap includes a cover, a reinforcement layer and a lining. The cover is made of polyurethane. The lining is sandwiched between the cover and the reinforcement layer....

20060168712 - Universal safety cap: A safety cap comprising a plurality of rigid plates, a foam insert, and an outer covering. The rigid plates are embedded within the foam insert, and the foam insert comprises foam joints. A safety cap comprising a plurality of cushions, a rigid shell, and an outer covering. The cushions are...