Apparel inventions 10/06

20060236438 - Drop-down eye protection for safety helmets: Hinged receivers are provided in the space above the wearer's ears on either side of a helmet, and protective eyewear received within the receivers is accommodated for stowage in a space toward or at the front of the helmet....

20060236439 - Dress shield: An improved dress shield comprising a laminar structure in a simple elliptical shape, having a centrally located transverse elliptical central panel in the facing layer, said panel comprising an ultra limp, drapable fabric which gives unrestricted movement and good fit along the underarm seam of a garment, and increases the...

20060236440 - Chef suit garment: A uniform-type chef suit garment that appears to have physically separate jacket and pants but that includes an upper torso jacket and liner which is attached to the pants to optimize comfort by eliminating a fitted waist, while improving serviceability during cleaning of the garment. The garment includes various means...

20060236441 - Sleeper bag garment: A garment having a layer of predetermined clothing having a first section and second section connected to a middle section. A portion of the top edge of the first section connects to a portion of the top edge of the middle section, and a portion of the side edge of...

20060236442 - Protective garment with tapered pockets: A firefighter jacket that comprises a torso-covering portion and a pair of sleeves, wherein at least one pocket is positioned on the torso-covering portion. The pockets comprise an interior chamber and an opening to the interior chamber. The interior chamber has a width and a depth that varies along the...

20060236443 - Garment: A garment including in combination a crutch panel defined by a top edge and bottom edge, said top and bottom edges joined by side edges, said top and bottom edges and side edges defining top and bottom corners, respectively on either side of the panel, a pair of leg encircling...

20060230484 - Energy weapon protection device: An energy weapon protection device to be worn by a live potential target includes a generally flexible main panel having three main elements, a generally flexible, generally planar electrically non-conductive outer insulator panel, an electrically conductive inner conductive panel and an electrically non-conductive insulating backing panel. The inner conductive panel...

20060230485 - See-through mask: A see-through mask for preventing infection of disease-causing bacteria and inhalation of dusts while providing view of the mask-covered facial area comprises a transparent mask body adapted to cover the nose and the mouth of the user, a wearing instrument for keeping the mask worn on the face of the...

20060230486 - Multi-purpose ball mitt: A ball mitt for catching a ball is disclosed. The ball mitt comprises a first ball glove having an attaching fastener; and a second ball glove having a receiving fastener that is detachably connected to the attaching fastener, wherein the second ball glove has a receiving portion adapted to receive...

20060230487 - Finger protecting device and method for protecting at least one finger: A finger protecting device (1) for protecting at least one finger of a hand of a user of the device (1) against the occurrence of chafing resulting from rubbing of the at least one finger against the shaft (3) when practicing a sport with the shaft (3), such as golfing...

20060230489 - Cuff closure system: A pair of motorcycle riding pants having a lightweight cuff closure system. According to a preferred embodiment, the cuff closure system comprises adjustable straps, one per cuff, encircling the pant leg and passing through belt loops sewn into trouser cuffs. One end of the strap is anchored in a metallic...

20060230488 - Equestrian riding breeches garment and method for its manufacture: An equestrian riding garment includes a pair of pants of elastic material having inner leg expanses and a butt expanse of durable material affixed to corresponding regions thereof, the inner leg and butt expanses being made of real or faux leather that is perforated to increase air permeability and to...

20060230490 - Bicycle riding apparel: A cycling jersey is described that includes a front panel, a back panel, symmetrical sleeve panels and a pair of non-stretching portions. The back panel is coupled to portions of the front panel. The symmetrical sleeve panels are coupled to respective portions of the front and back panels. Each sleeve...

20060230491 - Sports garment: A sports garment including a pullover shirt having inner and outer lower layers. The inner lower layer is almost always worn tucked into pants to provide comfort and support to the wearer. The outer lower layer may be worn outside of the pants to provide the wearer with a neat...

20060230492 - Three-dimensional neck ties: Three-dimensional neckties have an outer layer with decorative ensembles attached to the outer layer, the decorative ensembles including additional decorative fabric pieces and other articles or trim pieces, and border stitching or embroidery stitching. The decorative fabric pieces of the decorative ensemble are attached to the outer layer only at...

20060230493 - Golf gloves: A pair of gloves is provided for right and left hands. Each glove is a shaped covering with individual sheaths for each finger and a thumb. Each glove is formed with a front and a back in which one glove has two narrow bands delineated across its front. The front...

20060230494 - Self-sterilizing gloves: A self-sterilizing glove and the method of making same. The glove is uniquely constructed so that a multiplicity of strands of silver-plated yarn are concentrated proximate the outside surface of the patient contact portions of the gloves so as to effectively sterilize microbial assault resulting from contact of the gloves...

20060230495 - Radiation protection material: A lead-free radiation protection material for use in radiation protection gloves to protect the wearer from scattered secondary radiation comprises at least one layer of a polymeric latex having lead-free radiation absorbing particles and a water soluble polymeric thickener distributed therein. The radiation absorbing particles are lead-free and have a...

20060230496 - Protection attachment for a safety helmet: A safety construction helmet is provided with an attachment which extends over the top of the helmet and provides sun protection....

20060230497 - Hat accessory with indicia: Disclosed herein is a hat accessory for engaging the visor or bill of a baseball cap or other hat with a forward extending visor or bill, the hat accessory comprising an indicia that may bear information, images, messages or the like related to sports teams, advertising, or any communication or...

20060230498 - Cap having expansible back: A cap comprises a crown being conjoined at a front end with a visor and at a back end with an expansible portion. The expansible portion extends substantially along the entire rear cap periphery and is attached to the crown substantially between opposite ends of the visor. The expansible portion...

20060230500 - Anti-creep waist-clothing stay device and method of reinforcing crotch-adjacent inner-seam areas: A pre-assembled anti-creep waist-clothing stay device including a patch having front and back surfaces and sized for application to a crotch-adjacent inner-seam area of the waist-clothing and a stay strip affixed to the back surface of the patch, the stay strip being positioned and sized such that the patch extends...

20060230499 - Garment support member with foam support layer and method of using same: A garment support member for supporting a garment on a user's body in which a support layer has first and second opposing surfaces and first and second adhesive layers disposed on the first and second opposing surfaces, and wherein the support layer is formed of a foam material able to...

20060230501 - Festive garment with fasteners: A festive garment for wearing at celebrations including a garment for covering the upper body of the wearer, the garment having a front side and a back side, the garment having a plurality of fasteners on the front side and the back side of the garment adapted to receive paper...

20060230502 - Darning width adjusting device for sewing machine: A darning width adjusting device for a sewing machine includes a lower knife holder supported by a sewing machine frame such that a moving position of the lower knife holder is adjustable in a direction orthogonal to a cloth feeding direction, a thread-sliding piece which sets a darning width by...

20060230503 - Convertible closure for garments and garment utilizing the same: A convertible closure capable of adjusting and/or converting to accommodate the expansion and/or contraction of the waist and/or abdominal region of the wearer is provided. The convertible closure includes a droppable flap having a second waist band portion configured to be capable of operably engaging a first waist band portion...

20060230504 - Suspenders: A suspenders assembly including a pair of suspenders having a pair of front strap portions configured to be coupled to a front portion of a pair of trousers and a pair of rear strap portions configured to be coupled to a rear portion of the pair of trousers. The assembly...

20060230505 - Liquid penetration shields for outer garments: A shield protects an outer garment, such as a pair of pants, against visible staining caused by a small amount of liquid, such as urine or lactating milk. The shield includes a multiple layer laminate constructed of an absorptive layer, a soft plastic barrier layer adjoined on one side to...

20060230507 - Crash helmet that is assembled easily and rapidly: A crash helmet includes a helmet body, a face mask, and a binding device for attaching the face mask to the helmet body. Thus, the face mask is mounted on and removed from the helmet body easily and rapidly by operation of the binding device, so that the crash helmet...

20060230506 - Protective cap: A safety hat has overwhelming light weight and marvelous air permeability as well as measures for water protection against rainy weather and the like. A front air hole 13 is provided in a visor portion 12 in front of a hat body 10 in a horizontal direction, the visor portion...

20060225180 - Reactive armor for a trooper - helmet vest and protective plate: Reactive protective armors for diverting hitting bullets, shrapnel and small shells away from a trooper's helmet, vest and/or away from the skin of vehicles, planes, helicopters or marine vessels are described. The protective armor consists of multiplicity of reactive units, which cover the protected object like tiles. Each reactive unit...

20060225181 - Napkin holder: Disclosed is a napkin holder for easy use and easy carrying. A napkin holder comprises a neck band and the fixing holes are positioned at both end portions of the neck band to hold a napkin, a bib or a towel. The fixing holes may be formed in assorted sizes...

20060225182 - Removable sanitary covering: A sanitary covering designed to be releasably secured to a portion of a child's clothing during mealtime to protect the child's clothing from food and drink spillage. The sanitary covering includes a first and second layer. The first layer is configured to retain and absorb the food and drink spillage...

20060225183 - Male undergarment: neck opening enhancement for men's upperbody underwear: The present invention is a novel pattern of men's undergarment (underwear, undergarment t-shirt) intended for an ability of the wearer to have an upper wear article of clothing to be worn without the underwear being exposed from underneath the upper wear garment when the two are worn together. The present...

20060225184 - Flashlight gloves: The flashlight glove is a hand glove having at least a glove back portion and fingers having an LED flashlight held in a pocket of elastic web material located on the glove back portion. The LED flashlight is substantially contained within the pocket with the face facing toward said glove...

20060225185 - Headwear piece with adjustable head receiving diameter: A headwear piece has a crown defining a surface for engaging a wearer's head and a rim projecting away from the crown. The crown surface has a variable effective diameter. The crown has a rope defined by a plurality of elongate elements each having an actual length and interconnected with...

20060225186 - Ergonomic bed/slipper-sock: An Ergonomic Bed/Slipper-Sock (EBSS) combines a sock component with a sole component that may be shock-absorbing, integrated medium-density, highly flexible and slip-resistant. The sock component can be integrated (pre-vulcanized) with inserts to prevent the twisting or turning of the EBSS when worn on a foot of a user. The sole...

20060225187 - Sports helmet: A safe protective sports helmet is provided which includes a hat body, the hat body is provided therein with a circle of head encircling means, and is provided rotatably thereon with a rotatable adjusting button. The head encircling means and the rotatable adjusting button are movably connected with each other....

20060225188 - Ski goggles with digital music player: A ski goggle with a digital sound playing system, a ski theme park and a ski slope having specially designed music transmitted over each slope....

20060225189 - Draggin' rescue device: The Draggin' Rescue Device (DRD) is designed to assist in the removal of injured Law Enforcement, Military or Tactical personnel from a hostile environment. The DRD greatly improves upon traditional methods. The DRD reduces the number of people required to carry out a rescue while speeding up the process at...

20060218688 - Eyeshade knitted structure made of bamboo charcoal fibers: An eyeshade knitted structure made of bamboo charcoal fibers includes a multi-layer eyeshade made up of an intermediate breathable layer, a fine textural layer of resilient yarns and bamboo charcoal fibers knitted at one side of the breathable layer, and a decorative layer of resilient yarns and fibers knitted at...

20060218689 - Baseball glove: The present invention is directed to a new and improved baseball glove. The glove includes an outer shell that contains a finger portion, a thumb portion, and a palm portion. The finger portion comprises two or three finger holsters, the outermost holster accommodates two or three fingers, the remaining finger...

20060218690 - Waist-fastening, hip-encompassing apparel with at least one concealed storage compartment: A valuables security-enhancing wrap-around apparel, comprising a wrap-around garment body made of flexible clothing material and having fastening means for releasably attaching the apparel securely around a wearer's waist, having a size and shape which when fastened to a wearer's waist substantially conceals and aesthetically covers portions of the wearer's...

20060218691 - Amphibious self-bailing backpack: A backpack includes a tight fitting wetsuit style vest with a low profile pack attached to the back. The backpack is configured with closures and compartments that are accessible when the backpack is worn. The backpack has a slight positive buoyancy enabling it to float with contents, but not enough...

20060218692 - Therapeutic garment: A garment is provided that positions and maintains therapeutic materials relative to a selected body part. A first version holds an icepack or optionally a heat emitting material proximate to a body part of a wearer, while minimally restricting the wearer's mobility. As one example, the wearer might be able...

20060218693 - Shirt: A shirt has a first panel and a second panel, each having a first surface, a second surface, and bounded by a top edge, a pair of side edges, and a bottom edge. First and second flat felt seams connect the top edges of the first and second panels to...

20060218694 - Surgical sleeve for glove retention: A protective garment, such as a surgical gown, includes a garment body defining sleeves. A cuff may be secured at respective ends of the sleeves. A circumferentially extending coating is disposed on the sleeves beginning at the sleeve or cuff. The coating has a high friction surface such that an...

20060218695 - Method and apparatus for keeping a shirt collar aligned and fastened, magnetically: A method and apparatus for holding a shirt collar in a desired position and orientation, magnetically, against a shirt front. The apparatus includes a collar stay insertable into a conventional collar stay pocket or attachable to an inside surface of a collar, and a magnet magnetically attachable or couplable to...

20060218696 - Selectively adjustable and removable glove and pad: A hand covering with a removably attached attachment is described herein. A glove has a base portion attached to it, with a zipper pad attached to the base portion. An attachment, which can be a hair brush, is removably attached to the zipper pad....

20060218697 - Gloves with enhanced anti-cuff-slip surface: An elastomeric article encompassing an enclosure with an interior surface having at least two regions or zones is described. The first region has a higher coefficient of friction than the second region, in which an average coefficient of friction (COF) ratio between the first and second regions of the wearer-contact...

20060218698 - Pant leg stabilizer: The invention is directed to a pant stabilizer which provides stability, rigidity, and weight to the cuff of a pant and a method of using the pant stabilizer. The pant stabilizer may include a malleable boning device formed of tubular stays or a malleable strip. The pant stabilizer may be...

20060218699 - Pre-assembled anti-creep waist-clothing stay device and method of reinforcing crotch-adjacent inner-seam areas: A pre-assembled anti-creep waist-clothing stay device including a patch having front and back surfaces and sized for application to a crotch-adjacent inner-seam area of the waist-clothing and a stay strip affixed to the back surface of the patch, the stay strip being positioned and sized such that the patch extends...

20060218700 - Folding structure of disposable underpants and disposable underpants: There is provided a folding structure of disposable pants which includes an outer wear sheet of pants shape and an absorbent main body adhered to a skin-contacting surface side in the outer wear sheet, wherein elastic members are added at least to circumferences of a waist opening and a leg...

20060218701 - Ski sock: A sock has a leg portion, a heel portion, an instep portion, a toe portion, and a pair of lateral metatarsal joint portions where the instep portion meets the toe portion. The sock has a first material thickness at the instep portion and the toe portion, and a second material...

20060218702 - Head harness for supporting an interface device: An adjustable head harness for supporting an interface device near a face of a head includes a headband section, an adjustable crown support section, an upper support section and a lower support section. The headband section is adapted to fit over a portion of the head and configured to secure...

20060218703 - Helmet mounting assembly with break away connection: An assembly for mounting a night vision device to a helmet is provided that includes a helmet with a mounting device attached to the helmet, and a mounting assembly carrying a night vision device and having a helmet mounting surface for connection to the mounting device, wherein a break away...

20060218704 - Swimming goggles: A pair of swimming goggles includes two reticulate clipping frames which are connected through a bridge and have an assembling opening respectively, two glass frames which are assembled in the clipping frames respectively and are made of soft material for receiving an eyeglass respectively, and two fasteners for closing the...

20060218705 - Swimming goggles: Swimming goggles comprise a frame, eyeglasses, a pad and compressing devices. The eyeglasses are received in the pad, and the compressing devices are mounted on opposite outer sides of the frame for compressing the eyeglasses and the pad, wherein each compressing device includes a first cover and a second cover...

20060218706 - Garment associated to protective inflatable devices: Garment (10) comprising means (20, 30) for active protection of the upper part of the body against falls and/or impacts with obstacles, in which a single active protection means (20, 30) extends from one side to the other of the chest above the sternum....

20060218707 - Method for manufacturing a protective product and said product: A method for manufacturing a protective flexible product for a skater especially hockey player and a protective product wherein said product having fabric or textiles as a base material and a net has been moulded of plastic material and said base material is covered by said plastic net material by...