Apparel inventions 03/07

20070067885 - Reconfigurable garment definition and production method: Computer-aided design and manufacture software and hardware automate garment and fashion definition and production. Configurable garment includes ornamental element, pattern display, and personal identifier and wireless sensor electronics.... Agent: Fernandez & Associates LLP

20070067886 - Neck closure system for a wetsuit: A flexible neck closure that is coupled to specific anchor points on the exterior back and front of a wetsuit by releasable fasteners such that a tensile force is generated in the closure when the wetsuit is worn. The back-to-front tensile forces produce a compressive seal between the flexible neck... Agent: Mehlin Dean Matthews

20070067887 - Safety hat with adjustable visor: A safety hat with an adjustable visor has a crown and a visor mounted in front of the crown. Two positioning holes are defined in two sides of the crown and multiple first teeth are formed around each positioning hole. A plurality of rods is mounted in an inner wall... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070067888 - Perspiration absorption device: An armpit perspiration absorption device is provided having at least one pad of which each pad has at least two layers of material. A first layer employs a moisture-absorbent material and a second layer employs a moisture-proof material. In one embodiment, an adhesive is also employed allowing said absorption device... Agent: Larson And Larson

20070067889 - Duty uniform for law enforcement and other uniformed personnel: For uniformed personnel a shirt and pants Class A dress uniform having one or more Class B work uniform type of structural features which render it more functional, more comfortable and more attractive. More specifically, this new uniform includes a shirttail retainer, a microphone sling and an internal hidden and... Agent: Abelman, Frayne & Schwab

20070067890 - Glove with insect proofing: The inventive subject matter is directed toward a glove having a hand receiving opening and a sealing mechanism that substantially seals the hand receiving opening.... Agent: Rutan & Tucker, LLP Robert D. Fish

20070067891 - Golf glove closure attachment and manufacturing method: An improved manufacturing method for golf gloves is presented that includes an improved process for manufacturing plastic latch connectors. The improved method uses less material and delays attachment of the golf glove closing latch until the last step of the process, improving flexibility for custom logo glove production.... Agent: Steven W. Webb Law Offices Of Steven W. Webb

20070067892 - Crotch-possessing garment: A long girdle substantially comprises a main body part 1 covering from a lumbar to an upper part of a thigh, and a support line part 2 stitched on a part of the main body part 1. The support line part 2 has a lower end 2U at a part... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070067893 - Neck protector for use with a crash helmet: A restraint system is disclosed which limits the range of motion of a driver's helmet, and consequently the flexure of an individual's neck. In particular, the proposed system is laterally symmetric and comprises an arrangement of straps including a first strap extending from the “chin” of the helmet downwardly over... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20070067894 - Mount for digitally enhanced night vision device: A system (M) for removably mounting a device (D) that is viewable by a user (U) to an essentially rigid headgear (H) includes a removable strap assembly (10) extending about the headgear (H). The strap assembly (10) includes a strap (18) with a first end (20) having a first securing... Agent: Marsteller & Associates, P. C.

20070067895 - Device for protecting of the hips: The present invention relates to a device (1) for protection of the hips of the human body comprising a belt part (10) arranged to surround the human body at least in the area of the hips, which at least partly is made of an elastic material having an inner surface... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070067896 - Head and neck restraint system and device: A head and neck restraint device controls the motion of the head and forces exerted upon the neck of a seated occupant in a decelerating vehicle. A body defines a collar, right and left legs and right and left wings. The collar is tethered to the helmet. Each leg has... Agent: Bowman & Associates

20070061937 - Method and apparatus for aerodynamic hat brim and hat: An aerodynamic cap brim includes a first and a second outer portion, a first and a second inner portion. The inner portion including a cut-out portion and an airfoil portion. The aerodynamic cap further including a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion. The first coupling portion and the... Agent: Dennis Wood Curle

20070061938 - Apron: An apron having a body panel with removable fabric sheets attached thereto along first and second lines of perforation. The removable sheets may be formed of cloth or paper material and can be disposable or configured for laundering and reuse. Attachment members attach the sheets to the body panel in... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070061939 - Reconfigurable mealtime accessory tote for organizing and transporting mealtime accessories to remote meal locations, and protecting the clothing of young children during mealtime when using the same: A reconfigurable mealtime accessory tote, wherein the reconfigurable tote comprises a thin, pliant bib-shaped structure that has a horizontally-disposed pocket on the bib-shaped structure to receive a drinking cup and other mealtime utensils (e.g. fork and spoon). When arranged in the transport configuration, the bib-shaped structure is adapted to wrap... Agent: Thomas J. Perkowski, Esq., PC

20070061940 - Hooded changing garment: The changing garment protects the privacy of a wearer while removing or donning attire. The garment provides privacy by covering the wearer's body from view while the wearer changes his or her clothes underneath the garment. The garment includes a torso-covering portion, a lower portion covering the portion of the... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070061941 - Wearable air bag device: A wearable air bag device formed by defining air inflating chambers in a jacket of a rider of a vehicle. An ECU, a battery, a rider separation detecting part, a main switch and a warning device are incorporated into the jacket. A wire is connected to a vehicle via a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070061942 - Glove or pair of gloves: A glove, such as a work glove, an examining glove, or an operating glove, has a homogeneous body with a hand part and a cuff that is adjacent to the hand part. At least one gripping aid is provided on the outer surface of the cuff and at a distance... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070061943 - Golf glove: A golf glove is provided with a plurality of finger stalls having an upper portion and a lower portion wherein the lower portion includes a protective covering with a moisture absorbing material for location below the center axis of rotation of the proximal interphalangeal joint and above the center axis... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20070061944 - Cap with opening for passage of hair: A cap for accommodating a wearer with long hair. The cap is sized so as to snuggly fit the head of a female wearer, thereby keeping the opening in the rear of the cap at a consistent, predictable height in relation to the head of the wearer. The opening in... Agent: Dubois, Bryant, Campbell & Schwartz, LLP

20070061945 - Phone sock; a carrying devise worn on the forearm or ankle for cellular telephones: A phone sock for carrying a cellular phone on a person's arm or leg including a generally cylindrical tube body constructed of a flexible elastic fabric material and having opposite ends and a pair of generally cylindrical cuff-bands, one mounted on each of the opposite ends of the sock body... Agent: Margaret Yoder Davis

20070061946 - Fan-based cooler for head-protection gear: A cooler accessory for use with a hard hat or other head-protecting gear having a protective shell with a rim, the accessory including a housing that is attachable to the protective shell, flexible and pliable tubing that extends from the rigid housing in a manner that allows for user control... Agent: Gordon & Jacobson, P.C.

20070061947 - Adjuster for facemask: An adjuster for facemask comprising a lamellar structure and a plurality of stabilizing pillars on the lamellar structure, which each stabilizing pillar is comprised of a stabilizing piece installed in a stabilizing groove. When users wear facemasks, they insert ear-loops extending from one side of the facemask into the stabilizing... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20070061948 - Oilskin-type water-tight and air-tight protective garment: A protective garment made of water-tight and air-tight outer cloth formed by superimposing an external layer of a film of polyvinyl chloride and an internal layer of woven cloth, the film and the woven cloth being bonded together. At least one section of the garment is lined internally by a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070061949 - Fitted protective hip brief: A brief for padding a wearer's hips to reduce the risk of hip fracture. The brief comprises a front panel having first and second side edges and a rear panel having first and second side edges. The first side edge of the rear panel is connected to the first side... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070061950 - Lipowear: Contemplated padded undergarments are form-fitted to have a higher than normal ratio of waist circumference to leg circumference and include a padded area that covers substantially the entire contact area of buttocks and legs with a chair when a person wearing such undergarment is sitting on the chair. Such undergarments... Agent: Robert D. Fish Rutan & Tucker LLP

20070056071 - Protective helmet: A firefighter's helmet comprising an inner protective shell configured to be worn on its own as a helmet and an outer protective shell configured to be fitted over the inner shell and realizably retained thereon, a retaining mechanism for retaining the inner shell in the outer shell, wherein the retaining... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP

20070056072 - Anti-glare protection device: An anti-glare protection device for a welding mask includes a transmission control circuit for determining a darkening signal from a control signal, a welding activity detection circuit (6) for detecting a welding activity, based on the output of a first sensor circuit. The welding activity detection circuit is arranged to... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070056073 - Modular auto-darkening welding filter: A welding helmet having an auto-darkening welding filter comprises a viewing module and a control module attached to the helmet separate from the viewing module. In a first embodiment a control module is attached to a side of the welding helmet having a pair of variable resistor shafts extending through... Agent: Pearson & Pearson, LLP

20070056075 - El lighted articles: 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... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg, Woessner & Kluth, P.A.

20070056076 - Expandable garment for children: A one-piece garment with elastic bands threaded through the binding at the leg openings that allows for custom fitting of the garment. The contraction of the elastic bands through the cord-lock fastener creates a drawstring effect and provides a gathering force upon the garment, which is held securely in place... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates

20070056074 - Motion-responsive illuminated garment: A garment is illuminated with flashing lights in response to movement by a wearer and is protected against water damage.... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070056077 - Vapor permeable retroreflective garment: The disclosure describes vapor permeable retroreflective material for use on protective garments. The material may be formed in a non-continuous pattern that provides a high-level of retroreflective brightness, yet also provides adequate permeability to prevent exposure to trapped thermal energy and heated moisture. The non-continuous retroreflective pattern may include retroreflective... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070056078 - Adjustable cap seamed with silicon tape(s): An adjustable cap seamed with silicon tape(s) is formed of a peak, a crown portion and a sweatband which is provided on the inner side of the crown portion sewn integrally with a silicon tape inside of the lower peripheral edge portion of the crown portion, so that the lower... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070056079 - Easy-donning cap which is used to protect and dry the hair: The invention relates to a long cap (1) which is designed to protect the hair. The inventive cap comprises two essentially-parallelepiped side walls which are fixed to one another along one of the long sides (2) and shorts sides (3) thereof, such as to define: a first pouch (4) which... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070056080 - Plastic sunshade for a hat or a sun visor cap: Problem: the conventional plastic sunshades of hats or sun visor caps are disadvantageous for various designs and easily return to a straightened shape even after being bent into a shape of curved surface. Solution: to solve the problems, an improved sunshade for a hat or a sun visor cap is... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070056081 - Safety helmet: A safety helmet is described which includes means to allow the impact status or history of the helmet to be determined. The means may comprise an electrical sensor or alternatively may be arranged to provide a visible indication in the event of an impact.... Agent: Joel D. Skinner, Jr. Skinner And Associates

20070050875 - Face shield for helmet and method for making same: A face shield for a helmet comprises a face shield body including end portions and a central portion extending between the end portions. Each one of the end portions is configured for enabling attachment of the face shield to a respective attachment portion of a helmet. The central portion is... Agent: David O. Simmons Galasso & Associates Lp

20070050876 - Masonry leg guard: An apparatus for protecting a mason or a stone worker's leg and clothing while working. The apparatus comprises a leg guard having a predetermined configuration. Such leg guard includes at least one layer having a predetermined shape and being formed from a first predetermined material, a first side of the... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070050877 - Clothing adherable knee pads: A clothing adherable knee pad for a pair of shorts includes a bendable flexible arcuate pad which bends over the knee of a kneeling person. The knee pad is cantilevered downward from at least two linearly extending elastic, stretchable straps which are connected at distal ends thereof each to a... Agent: Alfred M. Walker

20070050882 - Convertible outerwear garment with thermal insulation: A garment for use by outdoors persons permits mobility and includes an integral foot and leg warming tubular bag section that is readily deployed without requiring removal of the garment. The garment including integral foot and leg warming tubular bag section may be carried initially in a bundle at the... Agent: Mcquaide Blasko

20070050878 - Cooling suit: The present invention aims at providing a cooling suit having a simple structure and capable of assuredly vaporizing a large amount of perspiration. To this end, there is provided a cooling suit to be worn on a wearer, comprising: an air inlet 2a configured to introduce outside air; parallel airstream... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070050883 - Face mask with seal and neutralizer: A sealed face mask. The face mask may be a common paper face mask or a more technically complex gas mask. The face mask includes a periphery. The periphery includes a seal that surrounds the nostrils and the mouth and that sticks to the skin of the face. The adhesive... Agent: Robert J Jacobson Pa

20070050881 - Post-abdominal-surgery garment: A post-abdominal-surgery garment comprising a body having an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion including at least one compression region capable of providing a pressure level to an item contained beneath said compression region and a selectively sealable division capable of transitioning from a first configuration and... Agent: West & Associates, A Pc

20070050879 - Sports clothing: The invention relates to sports clothing (1) for team sports which use a ball, especially football, rugby, handball or basketball, said clothing comprising an upper part (2) and a lower part (3). According to the invention, the upper part (2) and the lower part (3) of the sports clothing are... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20070050880 - System and method for interpretive garments: An interpretive garment marking system and method allows for one or more garments to be used to convey messages or information, or otherwise provide forms of interaction with a first group of humans. Conveyance and interaction with the first group is done without conveyance and interaction with a second different... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP

20070050884 - Shoulder pads: Shoulder pads for protecting a sports player having a thorax with left and right front regions and left and right rear regions. The shoulder pads comprising first and second left front separate protective panels and first and second right front separate protective panels for covering at least partially the respective... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20070050885 - Multi-use blanket with attached fastening device: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a blanket that can be used as a nursing shield, as well as a baby blanket. In one embodiment of the present invention, two corners of the blanket contain reversible corner flaps with two sides: a covering side, and an attaching... Agent: Olympic Patent Works Pllc

20070050886 - Protective garment for use under an exoskeletal pad system: A protective garment is provided for use in conjunction with an exoskeletal upper body pad system for a sport, such as American football. The protective garment includes a shirt formed of air-permeable, moisture-wicking fabric that stretches in all directions. A number of independent protective pad segments are integrated within the... Agent: Terry Mchugh Law Offices Of Terry Mchugh

20070050888 - Cap assembly with eyeglasses: A cap assembly includes an eyeglasses unit connected pivotally to an eyeglass-mounting unit that includes first and second magnet units mounted on a mounting frame that is mounted on a bottom side surface of a visor. A third magnet unit is mounted on one of a lens member, and a... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070050887 - Protective headgear: Headwear that tightly fits the head of the user to protect the head and the hair of the user. The headwear is composed of two parts: a body and a band. The body is made from three panels and a back flap. The body has a hem to conceal and... Agent: Greenberg & Lieberman, Llc

20070050889 - Shade curtain freely attachable to and detachable from a hat: Disclosed is a shade curtain for screening a user's face from the sunlight or the insect, which gives a considerable reduction in costs and a considerable improvement in value of commodities. The shade curtain is freely attachable to and detachable from a hat or a safety helmet. Pluralities of supporting... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070050890 - Drawstring cover for clothing: The present invention relates to a garment in which the width of an opening is adjustable by means of a cord or drawstring having free ends accessible by the wearer which ends are usually tied together to maintain the desired adjustment and to a cover comprising means to retain the... Agent: Sherman & Associates

20070050891 - Wearable gripping device: A gripping device attached to the shirt tail of a wearer which can be used for gripping objects. The gripping device is preferably constructed of leather, canvas, thick cotton or some other durable material. The gripping device can be used to open bottles and jars or it can be used... Agent: John Wiley Horton, Attorney Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.a.

20070050892 - Welder's helmet with respirator: A welder's helmet is provided including a welder's mask having a sight window and at least one opening in the mask for accommodating a filter cartridge of a respirator mask. The respirator mask is independently strapped to the user's head to assure proper airtight fit to the user's face. A... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070050894 - Helmet: A helmet which can ventilate the interior of a head protecting body well by a ventilator mechanism and can decrease the degree of injury or the like of a wearer that may increase by the presence of the ventilator mechanism. At least one of a plurality of attaching mechanisms that... Agent: Jones Day

20070050893 - Protective helmet: A protective helmet has a main helmet part configured to cover a significant part of a user's head to protect the user's head in the case of accidents; and an additional inflatable element attached to the main helmet body and inflatable in the event of an accident so as to... Agent: Ilya Zborovsky

20070050895 - Monolithic paintball mask: A combination wrap-around mask and goggle is made from a single transparent and flexible plastic material monolithically formed in a single cavity mold. The structure is devoid of any cavities or protrusions that could interfere with the easy withdrawal of the device from the mold. Front to back oriented ribs,... Agent: Keisling Pieper & Scott Plc Bank Of America Plaza

20070050896 - Face mask and goggle system: A protective face mask system according to the present invention comprises a flexible mask body including an opening for receiving a lens, nose portion, a central portion positioned to the rear of and extending at least partially above the nose portion, a central receiving slot located between the nose portion... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.c.

20070050897 - Protective suit: A protective suit with a suit part with suit material (4) and provided with a foot part (2). The foot part is formed of an elastomer with ergonomic fit and is connected to the suit material (4) in one piece. The foot part (2) may be manufactured according to a... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, Pc

20070050898 - Surgical protective system and assembly having a head gear assembly supporting a surgical garment and air delivery system: A surgical protective system and assembly for use in a sterile environment includes an air movement assembly, a surgical garment and a head gear assembly. The head gear assembly includes an air movement assembly and a face shield mount. The face shield mount removably attaches a face shield to the... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Llc

20070044193 - Face guard for a sports helmet: A face guard for a sports helmet, comprising a plurality of wires arranged as a grid and wherein at least one of the wires has a cross-section with a periphery having a first maximal dimension in a first direction and a second maximal dimension in a second direction intersecting the... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar

20070044194 - Catching tool for baseball or softball: A web part comprises a lower-side web part provided on a pocket-part side of a glove and an upper-side web part provided on an opposite side relative to the pocket-part side. An extended part resulting from extension of a ball-receiving leather of a main body of the glove into between... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20070044196 - Joint protector: A joint protector includes an elastic sleeve, which has a first opening and a second opening through which the sleeve is mountable on a limb of a person, and a lighting unit fastened to an outside wall of the sleeve for giving off light to show the presence of the... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070044195 - Knee protective device: A knee protective device for garments comprising of at least one pocket in the vicinity of the knees having an opening for receiving an insert for protecting the wearer's knees.... Agent: Miller Thompson, LLP

20070044198 - Blouse front closer: A blouse front closer includes a strip connected by adhesive to the overlapping facing surfaces of the panels of the blouse preferably at and between the buttons of the blouse to hold the blouse closed. The intermediate segment of the strip may have no adhesive applied thereto for surrounding the... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070044197 - Protective garment having a drag and rescue device accessible from the collar: The present invention provides a protective garment that comprises a torso portion for being positioned around a wearer's torso, a collar portion extending from the torso portion, and a security device. The collar portion includes an opening through which the security device extends. The security device comprises a harness portion... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070044199 - Non-rollover apparatus and methods: In some embodiments, apparatus for assisting in preventing a subject from rolling over from a lying position includes a garment portion capable of being worn by the subject and at least one bumper member engageable with the garment portion. The at least one bumper, when engaged with the garment, is... Agent: E. Randall Smith

20070044201 - Glove having flocked inner surface and manufacturing method thereof: The present invention provides a glove used for household chores such as cooking and washing or other types of work, in which short fibers are flocked on a substrate surface at a vertical or approximately same angle so that the glove is comfortable, highly flexible, easy to put on and... Agent: Armstrong, Kratz, Quintos, Hanson & Brooks, LLP

20070044200 - Thermal-conductive insulated glove: An insulated glove having means of thermal insulation and conductivity by material encased between the outer shell and inner liner. In combination, the said material providing an excellent source of insulation and means of low-conductivity from radiation of heat from wearer's hand.... Agent: Dkr Adm Y'srael

20070044202 - Golf glove: A golf glove has four separate finer receiving portions and a separate thumb receiving portion. Counting from the thumb receiving portion, the second and third finger portions and/or the third and fourth finger portion are secured to each other over a substantial part of their length.... Agent: Gowling, Lafleur Henderson LLP

20070044203 - Convertible cap: A cap includes a visor and a removably attached crown that extends downward to outwardly cover zipper teeth attaching the crown to the visor and to cover a rear strap, which is variable in length, extending between rear ends of a band within the visor.... Agent: Ronald V. Davidge

20070044204 - Sweatband: A flexible, non-absorbent sweatband includes a seal band sized to wrap around a wearer's head and a clip into which the free ends of the seal band are secured at the back of the wearer's head. An upwardly opening channel is integrally molded with the seal band to carry sweat... Agent: Keith Frantz

20070044205 - Hearing protective device that includes cellular earmuffs: A hearing protective device that includes a headpiece, a first earmuff affixed to the headband, and a second earmuff affixed to the headband, each earmuff including an ear cup that includes a cellular material and that has a distal exterior surface that includes exposed cellular material, and a proximal exterior... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070044206 - Hearing protective earmuff device having frictionally engageable ear cups: A hearing protective device that includes a first ear cup, a second ear cup, and a headpiece. The first ear cup is maintained in a fixed position in the first end of the headpiece through a frictional engagement, and the second ear cup is maintained in a fixed position in... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070044207 - Clothing for hood ornament: Clothing for a hood ornament such as a dog hood ornament. The clothing may be dimensioned and configured to physically engage the hood ornament, and further, the hood ornament clothing may provide the hood ornament so dressed with specific personality. In addition, the clothing may be seasonal in nature, such... Agent: Barber Legal

20070044208 - Knee and elbow protector with three-dimensional design: A knee and elbow protector with three-dimensional design, comprising a main body and at least a size-adjustable fastener. The main body is filled with elastic and air-permeable material for protecting a knee or an elbow, and forms the three-dimensional design according to various cartoon or animal images for aesthetic consideration.... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Berner, LLP

20070044209 - Genital support device: The genital support device is a device for comfortably supporting male genitalia. The device may be incorporated in briefs or may be worn as a separate piece. The device includes a hammock-like structure having pouches to house the testicles therein. A front wall of the structure is V-shaped to allow... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd

20070044210 - Integrated fit and retention system: In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, an integrated fit and retention system is provided. In a particular embodiment of the present invention, the integrated fit and retention system includes a first rigid strap and a second rigid strap, each having a first end and a second end.... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070044211 - Post surgical abnominal splint; non-latex: Disclosed is a securable torso wrap. The wrap includes a front laminated panel comprised of a cotton duck cloth interior and a Velcro type loop exterior panel. The rear panel is comprised of cotton duck cloth with a plurality of hook and loop straps, which attach to the front panel... Agent: Edwin V. Conkle

20070044212 - Hockey pants: Hockey pants for protecting a wearer having a lower spine region, lower ribs, a waist region, left and right hip regions, a crotch region, and left and right thighs, said pant comprising an inner protective unit comprising first, second and third left separate protective pads and first, second and third... Agent: Fetherstonhaugh - Smart & Biggar