Apparel inventions 06/07

20070143904 - Neoprene bib with material face: A bib, and particularly a bib with a pocket, comprising of neoprene sheet with material on at least one face.... Agent: Elman Technology Law, P.C.

20070143905 - Glissade pad: A glissade pad that is lightweight, easily portable and facilitates sliding on snow or ice is described herein. A user sits on the top or bottom surface of the pad and wraps the leg straps around his or her legs. The top and bottom surfaces can each be made of... Agent: Glenn C. Brown, PC

20070143907 - Cap for use as hearing protection: The present invention relates to a cap (11) intended for use as hearing protection and adapted to enclosed the external ear of a user, characterized by at least one vibration-damping weight element (18, 38a-b) of the cap (11), which weight element is arranged so as to at least partly block... Agent: Leon D. Rosen Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20070143908 - Shoulder protector: A shoulder protector for use in protecting the shoulder and neck of a workman includes a pouch for enclosing a cushioning material, the pouch having an elongated arch-shaped portion for fitting over a shoulder, and an integral neck portion for protecting the neck of the workman. A loop patch of... Agent: Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP

20070136920 - Ballistic resistant pad with metal cord: A ballistic resistant pad (20) for use in protective textile or the like comprises one or more sheets (22) of high-strength fibers, and a plurality of elongated metal elements (24). The metal elements (24) are bonded to at least one of the sheets (22) so as to give to the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070136921 - Attachment for an item of protective sports gear: Air-deflection attachment for an item of protective gear worn on the head of a wearer. The attachment includes a deflector portion of unitary substantially air-impermeable flexible construction for location alongside the face and forwardly from an ear of the wearer, and an attachment portion attached to the deflector portion for... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070136922 - Conditioning garments: A conditioning garment has front and rear panels (11, 12) with a neck opening (13) between them. A manifold (17) extends along the lower edge of the front (11) panel and a manifold (24) extends along the lower edge of the rear panel (12). Tubes (27) extend between the manifolds... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070136923 - Garment with padding: A garment including an outer shell configured to be worn on at least part of a body of a wearer and a pad directly or indirectly coupled to a selected location of the outer shell to provide padding at the selected location. The pad includes an open cell foam padding... Agent: Thompson Hine L.L.P.

20070136924 - Personal assistant garment: The present invention relates to clothing and more particularly to a garment designed to hold portable electronic devices and other items such as wallets, keys, etc. The garment has at least one and preferably more than one pocket to hold an electronic device, i.e., a cell phone. Each pocket includes... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070136925 - Cleaning mitt: The invention relates to cleaning mitts, and methods for their use. In one embodiment, a mitt under the invention may be made of microfiber material, and may be defined by a hand-receiving section, a separate thumb-receiving section, a separate index-finger receiving section, and a separate three-finger receiving section. In another... Agent: Wildman Harrold Allen & Dixon

20070136926 - Elastomeric glove containing a foam donning layer: Elastomeric articles, such as gloves are disclosed. The gloves include a primary matrix made from one or more elastomeric materials and a foam donning layer. In one embodiment, for instance, the donning layer can be formed from a polyurethane foam. The polyurethane foam can be created from the reaction product... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070136927 - Protective glove having protrusion facilitating pushing of recessed pushbutton: A protective glove for a firefighter or for an emergency worker has a protrusion, such as a protruding button, which protrudes from one of the finger-covering portions of the protective glove, other than the thumb-covering portion of the protective glove, on a front face of the protective glove, and which... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070136928 - Enhanced glove cuff: An enhanced cuff design for gloves is disclosed, which allows for greater comfort and flexibility for the wearer while maintaining the rigidity and snug fit that is needed for many sports, work, and industrial use gloves.... Agent: Marc E. Hankin, Esq.

20070136929 - Head gear: The invention relates to a head gear. The object of the invention is to increase the functionality of the head gear concerning playing and security features. To achieve said object the head gear comprises a whistle attached to it.... Agent: Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James, LLP

20070136930 - Reinforced denim garment construction: The pair of denim pants, particularly jeans, designed for added durability in areas of high stress. The areas of high stress include the waistband, the belt loops, pockets and yoke on a pair of denim. These areas of high stress are lined and reinforced with a nylon material. The denim... Agent: William Hamrock

20070136932 - Helmet including vent and actuator assembly for moving vent shutter and methods of using same: The invention is directed to protective helmets having vents with a manually operable vent shutter and methods of using same. In one embodiment, a helmet includes an outer shell, an upper liner, a lower liner, and a vent shutter positioned within a space defined by the upper and lower liners.... Agent: Marcus Simon, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP

20070136934 - Device for opening-closing jaw guard of helmet: A device for opening-closing jaw guard of a helmet is disclosed. The device has a hinge means 400 comprising fixed plates 410 which are fixed on both the left and right sides of the helmet body 1 and each of which has a long hole 411, operating plates 420 which... Agent: Coleman Sudol Sapone, P.C.

20070136933 - Device for opening-closing sun visor of helmet: A device for opening-closing sun visor of a helmet is disclosed. The device comprises a helmet body 10 provided in front with an opening portion 11 for the face and having a pair of hinge shafts 12 protruded on both the left and right sides, a sun visor 20 having... Agent: Coleman Sudol Sapone, P.C.

20070130663 - Headband device for an oxygen mask, and method for the production thereof: The invention relates to a headband means (1) used for applying a breathing mask (2) in a user's facial area. Said headband means (1) comprises a flexible band body that is provided with upper and lower band portions (3, 4) and is used for transmitting the mask holding forces required... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070130664 - Hand harness for exercise equipment: The invention relates to a hand harness for use with exercise and healthcare equipment such as a recumbent cross trainer. The harness includes an adjustable mount, a surface attached to the adjustable mount and a glove attached to the surface. The glove has adjustable portions which extend around the user's... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070130665 - Seamless kneepad structure: A seamless kneepad structure is composed of a sheath, adjusting bands, and support pieces, wherein the sheath is in a shape of a sleeve made by an elastic fabric, a protection part is located at a front face of an exterior surface of the sheath, and a plurality of connection... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070130666 - Stabilizer loop for garment overlap closures: The invention relates to a garment or robe that includes a stabilizer loop for overlap closures. The stabilizer loop is disposed on at least one of the garment's opposing front fabric panels and is adjacent to a peripheral edge of one or more of the front fabric panels. The robe... Agent: Sacco & Associates, Pa

20070130667 - Thermal insulation padding for protective garment: A protective garment comprises layers of material forming an outer shell so as to protect a wearer of the garment from heat exposure. A thermal insulation padding is attached to the layers so as to be concealed from direct exposure to the environment by the outer shell. The thermal insulation... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070130668 - Patient gown: A patient gown includes a garment having an access opening overlying a portion of a patient's body when worn; and a drape attached to the garment for movement between a covered position in which the drape covers the access opening to conceal, and maintain patient privacy of, the portion of... Agent: Kirschstein, Ottinger, Israel & Schiffmiller, P.C.

20070130669 - Hat with multi-stretchable headband: An adjustable cap for fitting wears having different head sizes is made from a headpiece or shell formed from gores, at least one of which is uniaxially laterally stretchable. A bill is affixed to at least one of said gores for shading the eyes of a wearer of said adjustable... Agent: Mueller And Smith, Lpa Mueller-smith Building

20070130670 - Novelty sports cap: A novelty sports cap. On the head of the wearer, the cap makes the visual impression of a football helmet.... Agent: Sacco & Associates, Pa

20070130671 - Garment with attached shaper: A undergarment having elasticized fabric to support a body part, where the undergarment is fastened to an outer garment, and where the undergarment defines an aperture in a crotch area of a wearer.... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20070130672 - Helmet vent airflow regulator and shield: A helmet with large vent openings includes a vent shield to prevent the penetration of foreign objects and a vent airflow regulator positioned over the vent shield so as to regulate the amount of airflow allowed within the interior of the helmet. The vent shield is attached to the foam... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070130673 - Protective headgear: Described is a protective headgear for sports and recreational activities. The protective headgear is designed to provide a user protection against impact or collision due to a fall or contact with a static or moving object, while at the same time providing the user the maximum amount of comfort and... Agent: Greenberg Traurig

20070130674 - Eye protection device, particularly against laser beams and high-intensity light beams: An eye protection device (1) includes two internally concave and externally convex protective shells (2, 3), which cover the eyes and the eyelids of a wearing person and are connected by an elastic wire bow (8), whose ends (6, 7) are attached to a projection (4, 5) on the protective... Agent: Edward G. Greive Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20070130675 - Goggles with flexible side mounting tabs: Eyewear such as goggles having a frame made of a first material and a pair of side mounting tabs secured to the frame at the respective opposite side ends thereof for attachment with a head support such as a head strap. The side mounting tabs are made of a second... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070130676 - Functional apparel item, in particular nbc protective apparel with integrated measuring appliance: The invention concerns a functional apparel item, in particular protective apparel having a protective function against biological and/or chemical toxicant or noxiant materials, the apparel item being equipped with a measuring appliance capturing at least one measurable quantity and adapted for determining the serviceability of the apparel item.... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070124842 - Impact attenuating chin protector: An impact attenuating chin protector comprises a hard outer shell with a narrowed central area to better dissipate impact forces and an inner foam member. The foam member includes a series of alternating foam columns and recesses with perforations at controlled locations to provide additional force dissipation, improved ventilation, and... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20070124843 - Protective device: A protective device is disclosed that may have the configuration of a leg protector, for example. As a leg protector, the protective device includes a knee portion, a first thigh portion, and a second thigh portion. The first thigh portion is positioned adjacent the knee portion and has an elastic... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070124844 - Child's garment with detachable connector strap: A sleeveless, vest-like garment intended to be worn by a child has a strap secured to its interior so as to encircle the child's chest. Buckles on the free ends of the strap are joined to secure the garment about the child. A connector secured to the section of the... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070124845 - Breastfeeding cover: The present invention is directed to a wearable breastfeeding cover, such as a nursing overshirt. The cover is comprised of a garment having sleeves or arm holes, a front panel having at least one access port, and a flap member secured to the front panel.... Agent: Olson & Hierl, Ltd.

20070124846 - Multi-purpose pocket tie: An improved necktie is disclosed, which allows for the storage and of eyeglasses and/or cell phones using the improvement necktie. The necktie comprises two strap portions, which may secure eyeglasses through the use of a hole defined through a portion or all of a strap portion, and through which the... Agent: Bradley P. Sylvester Suite 300

20070124847 - Hand-packing instrument in the form of gloves: Disclosed is a hand-packing instrument in a mitten shape or a glove shape for caring for skin of the back of the hand. The hand-packing instrument has a mitten shape or a glove shape comprising two sheets overlapped and seamed at their edges, in which the two sheets make a... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070124848 - Spinner shoe: Shoes with wheel spinners are disclosed. The shoes are fabricated with circular indicia that look like the wheels from a car. The wheels have spokes or other similar wheel emblems that turn or spin while the person is walking and or standing. Sensors located within the shoes turn the motion... Agent: Buhler Associates Buhler, Kirk A.

20070124849 - Windproof waterproof breathable seamed articles: The present invention provides waterproof, breathable non-textile seamed articles which exhibit high levels of durability and allow wearers a high level of flexibility and article strength. This invention is of particular interest for use in dexterous hand coverings and conformable foot coverings.... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070124850 - Strapless g-string or thong: A strapless G-string or thong type undergarment is disclosed. The undergarment is adhered to the wearer by means of adhesive, thereby eliminating the need for a waistband. The undergarment provides freedom of movement and confidence in the wearer while being invisible under closely fitting or low-cut clothing.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070124852 - Helmet having removable jaw guard: A helmet having a removable jaw guard is disclosed. In the helmet having a removable jaw guard, the locking means comprises a pair of left and right locking brackets 510 attached symmetrically to both insides of the helmet body 1 and having locking bars 511 respectively, latches 520 on both... Agent: R. Neil Sudol

20070124851 - Motorcycle helmet: A motorcycle helmet having a jaw guard, shield and visor, all of which can be pivoted with one hinge point, is disclosed. The helmet comprises a helmet body 10, a jaw guard 20 which protects the jaw of the wearer by covering part of said opening 11 of said helmet... Agent: R. Neil Sudol