Apparel inventions 05/07

20070118943 - Method and apparatus for preventing the spread of germs while coughing or sneezing: A wearable tissue/handkerchief, cough/sneeze absorbent pad according to the invention comprises a washable, reusable armband or alternately, a completely disposable unit consisting of an adhesive strip, either to which is attached one or more disposable absorbent pads/tissues. These pads can be peeled off and used while held in the hand... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20070118944 - Face shield: A face shield for preventing an irritant from entering a person's eyes includes a shield member having front and back surfaces and a barrier member attached to the shield member which is engagable with a person's face. The face shield can also include a hand contact on the front surface... Agent: Gretchen Platt Stubenvoll

20070118946 - Forearm guard: A forearm guard is disclosed wherein the components thereof provides both effective impact protection to the forearm and perspiration absorbing capability to prevent moisture from effecting the user's grip. In the preferred embodiments of the invention, the forearm guard comprises a sleeve of stretchable material and a flexible impact absorbing... Agent: Keith D. Nowak Carter Ledyard & Milburn LLP

20070118945 - Protective glove with electrical signal interrupt feature: A medical device treats diseases of the hand, wrist, and arm, including osteoarthritis and osteoarthrosis of the joints of the human hand. The medical device includes a multi-layer glove system, an arm wrap, a signal generator, lead wires, and a garment. The multi-layer glove system serves as the treatment electrode... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070118947 - Ventilated and swing away finger cot for handling paper documents: A rubber finger cot for handling paper sheets. The cot has an elastic hinge means for swinging the working tip away from the finger tip to a parked position on the top of the finger. Thereby, permitting the finger to be used for tasks requiring tactile feel or the natural... Agent: Philip C. Lorenzo

20070118948 - Knee pad construction: A knee pad construction includes a shaped cushion element with a concave interior with a recess having a flowable gel insert therein. The recess and insert are shaped to accommodate the left knee or the right knee of an individual.... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070118949 - Shoeing apron: An apron for use in shoeing horses or in other activities in which there is a likelihood that a tool might puncture the thigh portion of a person's clothing has detachable thigh pads. The apron is washable, air permeable and lightweight in comparison to the pads. The pads, preferably leather,... Agent: Gable & Gotwals

20070118952 - inflating and separating device of body protection airbags: An inflating and separating device of body protection airbags primarily adds a hole groove in an inflating device for allowing gas to flow and connecting to a position between an inflating device and a riding object by a pulling string, and the pulling force of a separating device can be... Agent: Mu-shu Lee

20070118957 - Clothing system having pants and interchangeable cuffs: A clothing system includes a set of first pants having a corresponding set of first cuffs and includes a second of second pants having a corresponding set of second cuffs. The sets of pants have different size ranges, but each set has the same outside circumference on the legs of... Agent: Sean Mcdermott

20070118953 - Costume with flexure element: A costume may include a flexible garment and a flexure mechanism that is actuatable to expand the form of the garment, such as when a muscle is flexed. The flexible garment may be configured to cover at least a portion of a limb of a humanoid figure, such as a... Agent: Edward B. Anderson Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070118951 - Massaging clothing: A massaging garment worn in close proximity to a wearer's skin is made from a stretchable fabric having a plurality of fibers. Pushing elements for pushing the wearer's skin away from the stretchable fabric and pulling elements for pulling the wearer's skin toward the stretchable fabric are secured thereto. The... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070118954 - Pants having body-shaping function: Provided is pants having a body-shaping function including; an elastic fabric included in the pants, and having a boundary that is partially fixed on the pants to elastically support hips of a wearer; and a hip-up band fixed on the elastic fabric to push the hips up so as to... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20070118956 - Personal ventilating garment apparatus: A personal ventilating garment apparatus includes a ventilation unit connected to an air distribution garment, either directly or using a hose extension, and is operable to generate a flow of air from the ambient to the air distribution garment. The air distribution garment includes a spacer material that allows substantially... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070118950 - Split sports jacket: A split sports jacket includes a pair of mating right and left jacket halves with dependent sleeves that cover a person's upper torso and arms. The jacket halves include respective halves of a collar around a neck opening and halves of an elasticized waist band around a waist opening thereof.... Agent: Brian R. Rayve

20070118955 - Stain resistant interlining for clothing: Garments and garment parts having soil and stain resistant and/or release properties, and methods for producing the same. An interlining of a garment is treated with a stain-resistant and/or stain-release coating and is located between two layers of the garment fabric. The interlining effectively repels soil and stains so that... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070118958 - Three-piece panty garment and methods of making: A three-piece panty garment can include three panels formed from separate tubular blanks knit on a small-circumference circular knitting machine designed for making pantyhose. As a result, such a panty garment can comprise an unstretched girth that is substantially three times the circumference of a small-circumference circular knitting machine knitting... Agent: Kilpatrick Stockton LLP

20070118959 - Single strap overalls: The present invention relates generally to an improved single strap overall. More particularly, the invention relates to an overall garment with a single strap design that remains fastened better than previous double strap overalls. The invention improvements also include a novel portable electronic device, such as a cell phone, holder... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20070118960 - Hoody hood sweatshirt: A Sweatshirt made with two hoods, one in the back and the other in the front. The front hood is made out of a 100% fleece polyester material which covers the majority of your face leaving an opening only for the eyes, nose, mouth and part of the jaw. It... Agent: Tymond B. Goodwin

20070118961 - Laminated collar and a garment having such laminated collar: A garment and a collar for such garment, the collar having a lower zone and an upper zone, the lower zone having a greater rigidity than the upper zone.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070118962 - Maternity garment with information concerning the unborn child: A garment for a pregnant woman sized to fit a pregnant woman and displaying indicia on the front of the garment that states the expected month of the unborn child's birth, gender of the unborn child, if known, and even, perhaps, the name of the unborn child.... Agent: Malin Haley And Dimaggio, Pa

20070118963 - Body mitt and apparatus for molding the same: A body mitt has top and bottom surfaces adapted for skin care applications, a cuff portion, and two oppositely disposed lateral thumb openings defined between the top and bottom surfaces proximate to the cuff portion. The body mitt also has an interior pocket integrally formed on the inside of its... Agent: Bruce A. Jnyder

20070118966 - Exposed palm glove and method of use: The present invention provides a glove with an opening or aperture allowing exposure of the palm of a human hand. The disclosed glove and method of use allows the wearer's palms to be exposed through the open area situated approximately over the palm area which provides numerous advantages, including increased... Agent: Jennings, Strouss & Salmon, P.L.C

20070118964 - Glove having an attached item of jewelry: A glove having a hand portion defining a top side opposite a wearer's palm and a bottom side covering a wearer's palm and a plurality of fingers defining a top side covering the surface opposite the gripping surface of a wearer's fingers and bottom side covering the gripping surface of... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070118965 - Medical electrode glove with partially insulating layer: A medical device treats diseases of the hand, wrist, and arm, including osteoarthritis and osteoarthrosis of the joints of the human hand. The medical device includes a multi-layer glove system, an arm wrap, a signal generator, lead wires, and a garment. The multi-layer glove system serves as the treatment electrode.... Agent: Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale And Dorr LLP

20070118967 - Textured surface coating for gloves and method of making: There is provided, in accordance with the principles of the present invention, a glove having a textured surface or textured foam coating produced by embedding a layer of discrete particles, such as a salt, into a previously formed liquid layer, gelling or curing the layer and dissolving the discrete particles... Agent: Diehl Servilla LLC Suite 110

20070118968 - Scratching device: Embodiments of a scratching device are provided herein. In one embodiment, a scratching device includes a hand cover and a means for scratching disposed proximate a terminal end of the hand cover. The hand cover may be configured as a glove, a mitten, or the like and may further be... Agent: Raymond R. Moser Jr., Esq. MoserIPLaw Group

20070118969 - Headwear capable of making all kinds of shapes: The present invention relates to a headwear being capable of creating the various shapes, more particular, to a headwear which can create various shapes having a three-dimensional effect without employing additional materials for a visor to provide the user with an aesthetic feeling and enhance remarkably a value of commoditiy... Agent: Do Hyun Park Apt. #2h

20070118970 - Adjustable headwear with integrated hair band: Adjustable headwear with an integrated flexible cord coupled to the lower crown portion of the headwear. The flexible cord is used to adjust the size of the headwear, and is also used to secure a wearer's hair when the wearer forms their hair into a ponytail. A fastening device clamped... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP.

20070118971 - Bandana headwear with flexible headband, having options of reversibility, attachable visor, attached cap and 3-way visor: Bandana Headwear, for all ages, is attractive, versatile, easily produced, having numerous uses and advantages. First, the flexible plastic headband, conforming comfortably to head, is removable for washing. Second, there are two ways to wear Bandana. Third, the optional, attached Visor may be worn three ways: extended outward, over top... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze, Jr.

20070118972 - Cap structure: A cap structure including a cap body, a glass and a connecting unit for connecting the cap body with the glass. The cap body has a peak section outward extending from a part of the periphery of the cap body. At least one magnetic member is movably inlaid in the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070118975 - Fold-over thermal laminate for footwear: Protective footwear, such as a motorcycle or motocross boot, having a molded top gasket and/or a fold-over thermal laminate. The molded top gasket may be a substantially annular unitary piece or multi-piece construction of an elastomeric material, such as rubber, that snugly wraps around the wearer's lower leg or ankle... Agent: Ganz Law, P.C.

20070118974 - Protective clothing for the lower part of the leg: Lower leg protective apparel, in particular protective socks, against chemical and/or biological noxiants composed of a plurality of plies, comprising an outside leg part (1) and, disposed in the interior of the outside leg part (1), a laminate (2) which comprises a flexible, windproof and water-rejecting membrane (7) which forms... Agent: Davis & Bujold

20070118973 - Sock: The invention relates to a sock, especially for sport, that is padded in certain areas. The arrangement of the padding (2) on the sock (1) corresponds to the arrangement of the padding (4) on the shoe (3).... Agent: Olson & Hierl, Ltd.

20070118976 - Reinforcement for garments: A flexible reinforcement for garments includes a filament that is made of a spring material shaped to have a plurality of turns so as to form an elongated helical spring coil, caps located over the ends of the spring coil; and a cloth channel which receives the elongated coil. The... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070118977 - Interchangeable systems and methods for displaying designs on clothing accessories: A method for interchangeably displaying a design on clothing accessories is provided. The method includes generating at least one design depicting an image. Next, a selection of at least one design for display is allowed. Thereafter, the design may be affixed to an identified clothing accessory. A system for interchangeably... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070118978 - Swimming goggles: Swimming goggles have a lens frame, lens received in the lens frame, and a strap adjusting means for adjusting a head strap. The lens frame includes a soft first frame enveloping a hard second frame. The second frame forms enhanced structure on a center of an upper portion thereof. The... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070118979 - Football shoulder pads: Breathable, lightweight football shoulder pads include left and right torso pads which present a foam body. The foam body includes a hard inner layer, and first and second layers of breathable, lightweight foam secured to opposing surfaces of the hard, inner layer. The layers present a sandwich configuration. A breathable,... Agent: Chase Law Firm L.c

20070113313 - Disposable dribble bib: A disposable dribble bib for babies comprises a shaped panel of non-woven cotton material. The bib has an outer face and an inner face each of which has a hairy surface formed by cotton fibres which when the bib is placed on a garment will attach and hold the bib... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070113315 - Body form-fitting rainwear: A body form-fitting rainwear is provided. In the rainwear, a first waterproof layer comprises a polymer material treated with an oleophobic composition to form an air permeable polymer material. The first waterproof layer couples to a first fabric layer. The first fabric layer faces the body and couples to a... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070113314 - System and method for forming untanned skin portions on the body of a person during a sun tan process: A system and method is disclosed for forming untanned skin portions on the body of a person during a sun tan process. In one advantageous embodiment of the method of the invention, a person wears a sun tan garment that forms the untanned skin portions and suntan lines on the... Agent: Docket Clerk

20070113316 - Medical support assembly garment: A medical support assembly garment dimensionally adapted to receive a torso of a patient. The garment includes a vest portion including a back portion, and a left front portion and a right front portion each extending from opposite ends of the back portion and each comprising an inner surface facing... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman

20070113317 - High breathability cycling hand glove: A cycling hand glove includes a main glove element having a palm surface; and a palm pad provided on the palm surface and having at least one aeration aperture therein exposing at least one of the main glove element and the hand of the cyclist inserted into the hand glove.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070113318 - Air circulation system for protective helmet and helmet containing the same: An air circulation system is provided that is fittable to a protective helmet. The system includes an external manifold, a removable intake duct, and a removable exhaust duct. The manifold is mountable to an external surface of a protective shell of a helmet and defines an exhaust passage external of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070113319 - Hat wig: The hat wig is an article of headwear, such as a hat, cap or the like, with hair extending from the interior of the headwear so that the appearance of a hat placed on top of a full head of hair is created when the hat wig is worn. The... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070113320 - Earmuff having anatomically correct ear cups: An earmuff having anatomically correct ear cups, which are axially rotatable to ensure a proper fit over a person's ears and laterally rotatable when the earmuff is disposed in a storage position around the person's neck.... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070113321 - Cap with integrated glove: Embodiments of a cap configured for catching a ball are disclosed. The cap comprises a brim affixed to a concave crown, and a glove portion affixed or integrated into the crown, wherein the glove portion comprises at least one opening proximate a wearer's ear for entry and accommodation of the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070113322 - Face shield: A face shield includes a shield panel sized to cover at least a portion of a human face; a panel support structure mounted to the shield panel and protruding rearwardly for abutting and holding the face shield on a user head; and a nose bridge structure protruding rearwardly from the... Agent: Oltman, Flynn & Kubler

20070113323 - Pocket apparatus for holding a sheet of material: A pocket square holding apparatus for displaying a portion of a pocket square, the pocket square holding apparatus including a housing configured to be disposable in the pocket of the user, a resilient material, supported by the housing for removably securing the pocket square to the housing and an extension... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070113324 - Multifunctional helmet: A multifunctional helmet has a helmet and a ventilation module. The helmet has a shell with a jaw guard integrally formed at a front of the shell. A mounting slot is defined in the jaw guard. The ventilation module is mounted in the mounting slot. The ventilation module has a... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070113325 - Goggle with interchangeable baffles: Disclosed is a pair of protective eyewear that includes a frame having a brow portion with a top surface and a bottom portion with a bottom surface. The frame is configured and arranged to be secured against a wearer's face wherein the brow portion conforms to the wearer's forehead and... Agent: Barlow, Josephs & Holmes, Ltd.

20070113326 - Goggle strap: An improved goggle strap is provided. The strap allows for comfortable use through the employment materials such as high density polyester materials that can encase elastic materials. These straps may also contain traceability elements that allow for the easy association of the strap and goggles with user.... Agent: Kalow & Springut LLP

20070107108 - Stab resistant insert with steel cords and non-woven textile: A stab-resistant insert (10) for protective textile comprises: at least one metal layer of a fabric of metal wires or metal cords (12); at least one textile layer (14, 16) The textile layer is in contact with and is connected to the metal layer. The textile layer comprises a non-woven... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070107109 - Cut away vest: A vest is provided that may be quickly and easily removed from a wearer of the vest. The vest includes a waist belt, an optional cummerbund, and shoulder straps which may be easily released from the vest by the use of a flexible retainer in cooperation with a connector device... Agent: Blackwell Sanders Peper Martin LLP

20070107110 - Apparatus and method for making an ear warmer and an ear warmer frame: An ear warmer comprises a set of membranes and a frame. The set of membranes collectively defines an outer perimeter. The set of membranes is attached along the outer perimeter to define an attachment portion. The attachment portion is entirely disposed within an interior of the set of membranes. The... Agent: Gerald W. Looney

20070107111 - Badge holder on garment configuration and related method: A garment generally includes a badge that can accessible from an interior of the garment and visible from an exterior of the garment. The garment includes a flap portion formed from a portion of the garment. The flap portion is folded over to form an edge that defines at least... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070107112 - Motorcycle helmet cover: A cover for decorating a motorcycle helmet, including a substantially circular exterior material portion, having variable decoration, connected anteriorly and at the sides to a substantially circular interior mesh material portion by a seam. The enclosure provides two openings on either side of the invention, providing spaces through which the... Agent: Bradley D. Goldizen

20070107113 - Karate cap: A Karate Cap is disclosed for use as both a head cover and as a defense weapon. The Karate Cap has a visor with an outer edge. A crown has a center point and an outer edge. The visor is secured to the crown along a portion of the outer... Agent: John Maier, Iii

20070101472 - Facial hair trimmings catcher: A facial hair trimmings catcher useful during personal grooming that is collapsible or otherwise adapted for storing as a smaller unit. The catcher includes a bag comprising a closed bottom, closed side walls and a top and further includes a support member that is attached to the side walls to... Agent: Streets & Steele

20070101475 - Core protector with adjustable thigh protectors: A core protector including a pant having a torso portion and two tubular leg portions extending therefrom in communication therewith, each leg portion defining an opening for receiving a leg of a wearer therein, and a thigh protector adjacent each leg opening, each thigh protector being detachably connected to the... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070101473 - Free hanging garment with image on interior surface: The present invention broadly comprises an article of manufacture that includes a free hanging garment having an image fixedly attached to the interior of the garment, which when raised, conceals the identity of the wearer and reveals the image fixedly attached to the interior surface of the garment. The free... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070101474 - Hockey pant with removable outer shell: A protective pant comprising an inner pant including at least one first protective member, and an outer pant independent from the inner pant, the outer pant including at least one second protective member and a retaining element for retaining the out pant in place around the inner pant, the first... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070101477 - Protective garment having outer title shell, inner liner and standards indicia: A protective garment having an outer shell, when worn without an inner liner, conforms to and displays, on the outer shell, an indicium or indicia that the protective garment conforms to at least one standard for protective garments, such as NFPA 1999 (03), NFPA 1951 (01), or both. When worn... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070101476 - Three-piece disposable undergarment with stretchable crotch member: A disposable undergarment includes a front body panel having a pair of opposite first side edges, a first terminal edge and a first cut edge spaced from the first terminal edge and defining a first wave pattern and a rear body panel having a pair of opposite second side edges,... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070101479 - Glove with cuff mounted holder for cell phone: The present invention relates to a glove or mitten having a pocket or other similar holder for a cell phone positioned against the wrist of the wearer. The pocket has a mouth opening toward the glove wrist so that the phone is easily removed from the pocket either simultaneously with... Agent: Kenton L. Freudenberg Freudenberg And Associates

20070101478 - Physiologically based warming gloves: A thermodynamically efficient garment for cooling and/or heating a human body. The thermodynamic efficiency is provided in part by targeting the heat exchange capabilities of the garment to specific areas and/or structures of the human body. The heat exchange garment includes heat exchange zones and one or more non-heat exchange... Agent: Mueting, Raasch & Gebhardt, P.A.

20070101480 - Headwear with keepers for eyeglasses: An inventive headwear for securely placing eyeglasses is disclosed. The headwear can be, for example, a modified baseball cap having elastic keepers located upon the sides of the crown portion of the cap. The temples of a pair of eyeglasses are inserted into the keepers, the keepers exerting a downward... Agent: Michael W. Starkweather Intellectual Property Law Burlington

20070101481 - Garment for surfing: A garment for the lower torso of the body, and in particular a sport skirt that hangs from the hips or waist of the user which comprises a skirt assembly including at least two slits to eight inches above or below the user's hip joint allowing for unrestricted leg movement... Agent: Jen-ai Stokesbary

20070094760 - Ballistic protective armor and ballistic protective helmet and protective vest: The invention relates to ballistic protective armour (12), in particular, as component of ballistic protective clothing, or head coverings, comprising a textile laminate (14) made from a number of textile layers (16, 34), laminated together. Said protective armour is characterised by a number of wire or thread binders (40,52), which... Agent: Richard M. Goldberg

20070094762 - Article of apparel with material elements having a reversible structure: An article of apparel is disclosed that is at least partially formed from a material element having a substrate and a plurality of projections. The substrate has a first surface and an opposite second surface. The projections extend from the first surface of the substrate, and the projections each have... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070094761 - Modular cut and abrasion resistant protective garment and protective garment system: A modular protective garment includes first and second protective components. The first protective component is configured to protect a portion of a body of a wearer of the garment. The first protective component includes a fabric made from a composite material, the fabric permitting air and water vapor to flow... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070094763 - Safety outerwear with fire resistant mesh: An article of safety outerwear has a main body piece that receives a portion of the body of a wearer in use. The main body piece includes a garment wall that defines inside and outside wall portions. The inside wall portion presents a smooth surface to the body of the... Agent: Lang Michener LLP

20070094764 - Nursing shawl: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a nursing shawl that can be worn by a woman to shield the woman's breasts while she nurses a small child. In one embodiment of the present invention, the nursing shawl is a one-piece garment constructed from a continuous piece of... Agent: Olympic Patent Works PLLC

20070094765 - Faux-shirt girdle: A faux-shirt girdle for use to shape and support the abdomen of a user while also serving to substantially cover a user's midriff and lower back regions is discloses. The girdle comprises a girdle portion and a shirt portion coupled to the bottom of the girdle portion. The girdle portion... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070094766 - Disposable glove cartridge: The present invention disclosed a hanging disposable gloves cartridge, which includes a plurality of disposable gloves alignedly overlapped with each other to form a glove stack, wherein each of the disposable gloves has a perforated tear line transversely spanned thereon for separate a hand portion from a waist portion; a... Agent: Jie Liu Suite 401

20070094767 - Powder free vinyl nitrile co-polymer gloves and process for preparing thereof: The present invention discloses a glove as well as the manufacturing method for preparing thereof, the glove comprises a thin elastomeric film, the film comprising a co-polymer which is selected from a group consisting of polyvinyl chloride, oil-based liquid nitrile rubber (LNBR), pentanediol diisobutyrate (TXIB), di-isononyl phthalate and calcium zinc... Agent: Jie Liu

20070094768 - Hairband: Novel embodiments of hairbands are provided. The design of the hairbands allows them to be versatile so that they can be worn in a variety of ways such as bandana-style or scarf style; embellished or plain and scrunched or flat.... Agent: Priti Srivastava Moudgill

20070094769 - Helmet having temple intake ports: In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a helmet having temple intake ports is provided. In a particular embodiment, the helmet includes an outer protective shell, an inner protective layer disposed substantially within the outer protective shell and configured to substantially enclose a wearer's head, and at least... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070094770 - Splash guard: A crescent-shaped splash guard, encircling the part of the head to be washed, protects the eyes, ears and nose from soap and other solutions. It is placed centrally on the forehead above the eyes. Two opposing side portions extend from the center to above and behind the ears. The side... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20070094771 - Cushion cover for earflaps: A cushion cover for use with earflaps is proposed, comprising: a soundproof cushion having a first surface and a second surface; a covering layer having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface of the covering layer being completely adhered to the first surface of the soundproof cushion;... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20070094773 - Adornment defined using frayed material: An adorned article having a first layer with an exposed surface, and adornment on the first layer that is exposed for viewing. The adornment has a first edge with a predetermined shape that is defined on at least one of: a) the first layer; and b) a second layer associated... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer Citigroup Center

20070094772 - Cheering support device and method: A cheering support device for sound generation in association with sporting events, the cheering support device includes a semi-rigid planar member having a primary length dimension and a primary width dimension defining a body with an outer perimeter, the primary length dimension being longer than the primary width dimension. The... Agent: Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP

20070094774 - Simple method and apparatus for accessorizing an outfit: The invention is a device and method to allow a user to change the look of their clothes and outfits while allowing multiple accessories to be used with different outfits. These can be a plurality of belts and bands with different patterns as well as accessories that connect to the... Agent: Jeffrey Furr

20070094775 - Functional clothing articles and waist supports: A functional clothing article may include a body for receiving and supporting a hip region, and a waist region of a user. An abdominal support unit may be provided at a front portion of the body to support the abdominal region. The abdominal support unit may have at least a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070094776 - Decorative strap system: A decorative strap system includes an elongate strap, having a plurality of apertures disposed along its length, at least one ornament, removably attached to the elongate strap through one of the plurality of apertures, and means for substantially preventing rotation of the ornament in the aperture.... Agent: David R. Mckinney, P.C.