Apparel inventions 07/07

20070169244 - Continous ballistic vest: A ballistic garment (10) including tensioned body panels (12, 22, 32 and 38) to resist successive ballistic impacts.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070169245 - Absorbent eyelid protector and method: An absorbent eyelid protector device having a substantially absorbent interior portion, adapted to fit over a closed eyelid of the wearer. The interior portion may be soaked in a liquid to help cool the eye of a wearer. A substantially water-impervious exterior portion can be provided, and may be used... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070169246 - Drag harness and garment combination: As combined with a protective garment having a generally tubular portion, such as a protective coat having a sleeve, or such as a pair of protective pants having a pants leg, which may be regarded as being generally tubular, and a drag harness, which is assembled to the generally tubular... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070169248 - Stamp structure of a pattern on a surface of wrist band of a haemonamometer: A stamp structure of a pattern on a surface of wrist band of a haemonamometer is constituted by a strap of fiber cloth, a lining, and a fluffy cloth of linking tape. A plurality of large and small holes of different shapes is located on proper positions of the strap... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC

20070169249 - Protective headwear: 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

20070169250 - Trousers with an adjustable waist: An adjustable pair of trousers (2) characterized in that said trousers comprise, at the extremity of each leg, a hook strip (5) of a first variety and at least two hook strips of a second variety which are set back from the extremity of each leg (3), wherein the extremity... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070169251 - Adjustment mechanism for a helmet: An adjustment mechanism for a helmet. A first sliding surface is defined in a first portion of the helmet and includes an opening. A second sliding surface is defined in a second portion of the helmet. Two spaced apart arms extend from the second sliding surface. The first and second... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070163023 - Ballistic-resistant article: The invention relates to a preformed sheet comprising at least two mono-layers, each mono-layer containing unidirectionally oriented fibers having a tensile strength of at least about 1.2 GPa and a tensile modulus of at least 40 GPa, and a binder, with a fibre direction in each mono-layer being rotated with... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070163024 - Protective collar for the therapeutic protection of the head and face of very young children: The invention relates to a protective collar for protecting the face of very young children. Said collar comprises a substantially flat annular part (10) which is open to one side (15) and which, in the area of said opening (15) on one side, comprises fastening means (25′, 25″) which allow... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20070163025 - Knee pad constructions: Protective knee pads are comprised of a first shell member which fits over the patella and knee joint and a second member which is attached to the lower thigh and pivotally engaged with the knee pad shell so that they may articulate one with respect to the other while providing... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070163026 - Upper body undergarment: The upper body undergarment is designed to be worn under a brassiere to provide support to a user's upper body by supporting a woman's breasts and underarms and constricting the loose parts of the upper body, without interfering with the specific desired appearance of the brassiere under outerwear. The upper... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070163027 - Clothing with water-absorbent material: Clothing articles that contain a water-absorbent material that absorbs moisture and preferably assists in reducing body temperature and methods of using these clothing articles to reduce body temperature are described herein. The clothing articles are formed from one or more moisture wicking fabrics and include a water-absorbent material surrounded by... Agent: Patrea L. Pabst Pabst Patent Group LLP

20070163028 - Retractable hat tether with bottle opener device: A retractable hat tether apparatus for a hat having a cap portion is provided. The tether apparatus includes a guide base movably mounted to the cap portion for movement thereof along a fixed path between a first position and a second position. A flexible tether includes a first end and... Agent: Beyer Weaver LLP

20070163029 - Carpenter pants: A work garment including a waist portion having a predetermined plurality of belt loops. A pants panel portion having a right leg portion and a left leg portion is attached to such waist portion for covering a predetermined portion of such wearer. There is a plurality of specialized pockets and... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070163031 - Size adjustable safety and comfort liner for a helmet: A helmet liner that is infinitely adjustable by the user in the field is provided. The helmet liner includes front, center and rear cushioning portions with integrally formed spaces between the front and center portions, and the rear and center portions. The integrally formed spaces provide the liner with the... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070163032 - Cervical spine protection device: Disclosed is a cervical protective device that reduces the possibility of neck injuries in contact sports. In a preferred embodiment, this device is worn in conjunction with a football helmet and football shoulder pads. Without restricting normal movement of a football player, the device contacts the lower most parts of... Agent: Keith D. Nowak

20070157353 - Headgear connection assembly for a respiratory mask assembly: A respiratory mask assembly for delivering breathable gas to a patient includes a frame and at least one locking clip. The frame has a main body and a side frame member provided on each lateral side of the main body, at least one of the side frame members including a... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070157354 - Hand-worn tissue holder nose wipe band: A hand-worn holder and nose wipe band comprises a soft, absorbent, washable fabric strap with a plurality of tissue-holding slits therein and a thumb opening at each end thereof allowing the band to be secured to a user's hand. A tissue (or tissues) or a handkerchief is inserted through the... Agent: Donald W. Meeker Patent Agent

20070157355 - Engineered toweling: The present invention is directed to articles of manufacture for drying or wiping a surface or protecting a surface from soiling. In one embodiment, a seat cover is described. In another embodiment, a fishing chap is described. In still another embodiment, a wiping and cleaning article is described.... Agent: Dergosits & Noah LLP

20070157356 - Ski pants: A pair of ski pants has two air inflatable pads, each attached to the knee area of one of the two leg portions. Each pad is configured to securely cover a knee of a human being wearing the ski pants when the pad is inflated.... Agent: Jigang Jin

20070157357 - Bib with an improved pocket: A barrier against soiling to the wearer, this functional, easy to use bib comprises a body made of washable, flexible, durable and non-porous material with a front and a back. The body includes two semi-circular upper sections that protect the wearer's shoulders from soiling while also securing said bib around... Agent: Rea Elizabeth Cymbol

20070157358 - Garment with discrete medical tags: A garment, or article of clothing, particularly for children, has two labels that identify a need for special medical attention and instruct about a medical response if needed. The exterior label sewn to the left sleeve of the garment alerts and reminds caregivers about the medical attention need. The interior... Agent: Charles C. Mccloskey

20070157361 - Waistless underwear alternative secret pants shield: A women's waistless and seamless clothing adherable underwear includes an oval pad made of a soft absorbent material, wherein the pad has double sided strips of adhesive tape with removable peel-off cover strips to attach to the inside crotch area of low slung clothing pants, such as tight pants, leotards... Agent: Alfred M. Walker

20070157362 - Patient garment: A patient garment for wearing during treatment or examination involving insertion of tubing at a body site which is suitable for street wear. A plurality of openable flaps allow access to particular body sites and loops attached to the garment adjacent each opening secure the tubing in position.... Agent: John R. Benefiel

20070157363 - Glove having butyl rubber layer to provide resistance to ketone family chemicals: A laminate of three layers includes a middle butyl rubber layer, whereas the inner layer and outer layer materials could be chosen from natural rubber latex, carboxylated acrylonitrile butadiene rubber latex, polychloroprene, polyisoprene, carboxylated styrene butadiene, and other synthetic elastomers. Even with one material used for both inner layer and... Agent: Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp

20070157364 - High-friction glove/wrist guards for ice skating: A protective glove/wrist guard device is provided that prevents hands from slipping out from under a falling ice skater when the ice skater extends his or her hands to break a fall. The protective glove/wrist guard device may include a palm surface portion having a high-friction surface portion, to provide... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP

20070157365 - Cap for hearing protection: The present invention relates to a cap intended for use as hearing protection and adapted to enclosed the external ear of a user, comprising a cap shell (4) at least partly made of a substantially transparent material, characterized in that the cap (3) is arranged to support at least one... Agent: Leon D. Rosen Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20070157366 - Headwear and sweatband applied to the same: Elasticity of headwear and wearing comfort are enhanced with headgear of the present invention, thereby improving quality of the headwear. The headwear includes a head-covering portion for being worn on a head of a wearer, and a sweatband combined to an interior side of the head-covering portion. The sweatband includes... Agent: Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens

20070157367 - Pants with attached skirt: A pair of pants with attached skirt has first and second leg portions. Each of the leg portions has an inner side and an outer side. An abdominal portion has an upper end and a lower end and connects to the leg portions at the lower end. The abdominal portion... Agent: Belasco, Jacobs & Townsley LLP Howard Hughes Center

20070157369 - Clothing with shape retainability: The present invention relates to a structure for forming and maintaining the three-dimensional shape of clothing. Specifically, the present invention teaches methods for manufacturing of clothing whose three-dimensional shape can be changed freely and kept in place securely even if the clothing is constructed from soft material such as knit.... Agent: Catalyst Law Group, Apc

20070157372 - Head gear fitting system: According to one embodiment of the invention, a fitting system for a helmet is provided. The fitting system includes a belt having supported racks coupled to a belt adjustment device. The belt adjustment device is operable to allow a user to tighten the belt, and release the belt at a... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070157371 - Protective helmet: A protective helmet, which includes a motion restrictor device, is disclosed which has at least one strut member associated with the helmet and a harness assembly, and the at least one strut member includes a locking assembly associated with the strut member, which upon a predetermined force being sensed by... Agent: Bracewell & Giuliani LLP

20070157370 - Semi-rigid protective helmet: The protective helmet (1) comprises a deformable foam liner (7), a plurality of shell segments (9), and joining means made of flexible material performing joining between the shell segments (9). The shell segments (9) are arranged on the foam liner (7) so as to form at least one crown segment... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070157373 - Length-adjusting device for head strap of swimming/diving goggles: A pair of swimming/diving goggles includes a goggle body, a buckle, and a head strap. A wall delimiting a through-hole in the goggle body includes a pressing face. A pin is mounted to the buckle. An end of the head strap extends through the through-hole, a gap between the pin... Agent: Banger Shia

20070150993 - Double-o kneepad: A kneepad that is attached to the exterior of the work pants, which can be either long or short, by the use of two attaching devices. The first device will be a horizontal strap which encircles the leg below the knee to prevent lateral and vertical shifting of the kneepad.... Agent: Sekahng Oh

20070150994 - Knee protection system: A knee protection system has a garment such as pants with a closed pocket. A shaped elastomeric pad is encased in the closed pocket. The shaped pad has a number of sub-pads including a patella pad, a pair of side pads and a top pad. The side pads protect the... Agent: Law Office Of Dale B. Halling, LLC

20070150995 - Garment protector: A novel garment protector is disclosed with a disposable pad containing an absorbent face and an adhesive face, and also containing a reservoir for absorption and collection of perspiration from a user. The garment protector having a generally cruciform shape that is specifically alignable within a garment for optimal location... Agent: Christopher D. Harrington

20070150999 - Cycling glove: A cycling glove having a number of pads on the palmar surface, two of the pads forming a groove approximately over and protecting the carpal tunnel nerve. The glove also has a fast release mechanism for removing the glove from the hand.... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

20070150996 - Disposable gloves: Right and left hand gloves forming pairs of disposable gloves are adapted to be dispensed from a single dispenser and are further configured to facilitate donning of each of the gloves with one hand so that a pair of gloves can be conveniently donned at one time. With such a... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070150998 - Golf glove with reinforcement material for wear resistance: A golf glove is provided with reinforcement material for wear resistance. The reinforcement material is provided along areas which tend to wear which includes allowing a part of a thumb portion and a part of an index portion spanning from the palmar side to the dorsal side. Advantageously, the wear... Agent: Stites & Harbison PLLC

20070150997 - Wet/dry high-temperature glove: The invention concerns a multilayer glove comprising an outer layer consisting essentially of aramid fibers, an inner layer consisting essentially of a thermoset material, and a hand contact layer comprising animal or plant fiber, wherein the inside palm of the glove remains below about 49 C. (120 F.), at least... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20070151000 - Nursing cover anchoring system: A novel anchored nursing cover system is provided. The system comprises a cover, and an anchoring member adapted for attachment, e.g., removable attachment, to a portion, e.g., an end, of the cover. The anchoring member may be configured for removable engagement with a bra strap or other article of clothing... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P. Patent Department

20070151001 - Gift wrap lingerie: A novel type of lingerie garment that wraps around a person to create a bow shaped design across the person's chest area to give the appearance that the person wearing the garment has been gift wrapped. When being worn, the garment fastens in a manner in which it can be... Agent: George S. Pavlik Welsh & Katz, Ltd.

20070151002 - Head gear apparatus having improved air flow arrangement: A surgical garment includes a head gear apparatus for supporting a face shield and shroud. The head gear apparatus includes a helmet that supports a fan assembly, and that defines forward and rear ventilation passageways. The helmet includes a chin bar that defines a centrally located slot, and an upper... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20070151003 - Shock-absorbing helmet: A shock-absorbing helmet is disclosed to include a helmet body, which has a receiving space for receiving the user's head and a front open side, a facemask provided at the front open side of the helmet body, and a plurality shock absorbers affixed to the helmet body and respectively coupled... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070151004 - Athletic shoulder pad system: A protective pad system having an exoskeletal shell assembly and an impact absorbing cushioning pad assembly releasably and mechanically attached to the inner surface of the exoskeletal shell assembly. The cushioning pad assembly includes a plurality of independent sub pad assemblies constructed of moisture and heat tolerant materials and adhesives... Agent: Patrick J. Brassill