Apparel inventions 10/07

20070245441 - Armour: Armoured apparel is disclosed embodying a method of integrating the structure of armour with the structure of signal transmission means to enable that armour to be used as armoured protection for a wearer and for the signal transmission means and/or as a platform for conveying signals (e.g. for communication purposes... Agent: Lowe Hauptman & Berner, LLP

20070245442 - Device for protection against unintended needle point punctures: The subject invention is an improved device for protection an individual from inadvertently puncturing the skin by a hypodermic or other type of needle adapted to be injected into a skin of an individual, such device comprising, in general, a member to be worn on or near the hand, where... Agent: George R. Royer

20070245443 - Breathable, vented, flame resistant shirt: A flame resistant shirt is described that has a standard front half, but a back half which includes a cape portion with openings to provide ventilation across the wearer's back.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20070245446 - Iddo garment: The field of this invention pertains to functional, attractive wearing apparel.... Agent: Direne Allen

20070245444 - Specialty clothing designed to hold portable electronic devices: The present invention relates generally to clothing and more specifically to garments designed and customized to securely restrain portable electronic devices. The clothing has at least one pocket that may be specifically sized to a known electronic device shape or may be adjustable to devices of various shapes to provide... Agent: Jafari Law Group, P.C.

20070245447 - Disposable pants: This invention provides disposable pants (1) usable as both pants and a diaper, which ensure excellent stretchability to facilitate raising/lowering when putting them on, and the like. The disposable pants (1) have functions of both pants and a diaper, and a left front abdominal part (2a) and a right front... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070245448 - Quilted cold-weather garment with a substantially uncompressed interior foam layer: Disclosed is an improved cold weather garment construction. The construction uses two fabric layers positioned about an intermediate foam layer. To improve range of motion and reduces bulkiness, the three layers are quilted together and the foam is provided in varying thicknesses to match anticipated weather conditions. Additionally, the intermediate... Agent: Mark Young, P.A.

20070245449 - Support garment: A support garment comprising an elastically extensible body part for exerting an overall pressure on the abdominal region of a patient and a crotch part, which parts are interconnected at the front and the back of the garment, the edges of those portions of the two parts which are interconnected... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070245450 - Medical garment and related method: A medical garment is configured to be worn by a patient requiring medical attention. The medical garment includes a blouse portion including fabric material configured to cover an upper torso and arms of the patient when worn. The medical garment further includes a body part access panel formed in the... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi

20070245451 - Athletic glove with wicking material: A protective athletic glove comprises an inner palm side and an opposed outer padded side. The inner palm side has a palm surface covering a majority of the inner palm side and at least one opening defined within the palm surface. A wicking material is disposed at least across the... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070245454 - Device for input to a screen: A working glove (1) has a finger-tip (3) for an index finger with a round surface (2) on the top. The round surface is supported by a detail, at least partly, made out of a polymer attached to the finger-tip (3) of the working-glove (1). The working-glove (1) enables a... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070245455 - Enhanced fit glove: A glove having a palm side portion for covering the palm and the palm side of the fingers and a back side portion for covering the back side of the hand and the back side of the fingers. The palm side portion is made of a first material and the... Agent: Aufrichtig Stein & Aufrichtig, P.C.

20070245453 - Extrication glove: This invention discloses a flame and heat resistant work glove that includes improved articulation systems for easier flexing of the finger joints and impact protection to safeguard the wearer's hands.... Agent: Marc E. Hankin, Esq.

20070245452 - Utility hand-piece: A utility hand-piece is designed for being worn on a hand of a user to hold an elongated object. The hand-piece includes a wrist wrap adapted for extending around a wrist of the user. A finger wrap is formed with the wrist wrap. The finger wrap is adapted for residing... Agent: Schwartz Law Firm, P.C. Southpark Towers

20070245456 - Elastic sweatband and headwear having the same: A stretchable sweatband with enhanced stretchability and improved wearing comfort, and a headwear in which the stretchable sweatband is applied are disclosed. The headwear includes a head covering portion being worn on a head of a wearer, a visor portion coupled with the head covering portion, and a sweatband coupled... Agent: Fellers Snider Blankenship Bailey & Tippens

20070245457 - Headwear systems: Headwear systems are provided which include hats such as sports caps and the like having one or more detachable liners that enhance comfort and aesthetic appeal. The liners are interchangeable, one with another. The liners include a resilient, non-absorbent core layer made of separate bands different materials that are effective... Agent: Stout, Uxa, Buyan & Mullins LLP

20070245460 - Pant cuff retaining device and method for adjusting the length of a pant cuff: A pant cuff device designed to hold the cuff a pant leg away from the ground. The pant cuff device is comprised of two separate magnetic bodies designed to hold a cuff or pant leg away from the ground. The magnetic bodies are affixed proximate to a wearer's ankle to... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20070245463 - Boxer shorts: The disclosure relates to boxer shorts with internal fabric panels to reduce or prevent contact between male genitalia and the thigh of the wearer. This construction likewise aids in the hygiene and comfort of the wearer.... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20070245464 - Head stabilizing system: A head stabilizing system is provided. The head stabilizing system is intended to minimize loads on the head and the neck, some of which may be injurious or even fatal, by generating a reaction force that substantially opposes a force acting on the head and generated by rapid deceleration of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070245465 - Emergency information system for safety helmets: An emergency information system for a helmet for providing first attenders, paramedics and police emergency with emergency contact and medical information in the event a user is involved in an accident. The emergency information system includes an information carrier attachable to or inserted into a safety helmet. The information carrier... Agent: Bay Area Patent Group, LLC

20070245467 - Head suspension system and headgear that have an adjustable visor and method of adjusting same: Headgear adapted to protect a wearer having a visor and a flexible circumferential band adapted to be supported by a head of the wearer. A mounting attachment attaches the visor to the flexible circumferential band at each of two side attachment locations with the visor generally positioned in front of... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070245466 - Head suspension system and headgear with replaceable headband bridge and method of adjusting same: Headgear and head suspension system adapted to support an object with a head of a wearer. A flexible circumferential band has an anterior portion and a posterior portion, at least a portion of the anterior portion of the flexible circumferential band having a replaceable headband bridge having a particular configuration.... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20070245468 - Protective helmet with adjustable support: The present invention relates generally to a protective helmet that includes a shell defining a shell exterior and a shell interior configured to protectively receive a wearer's head. The helmet also includes an internal support disposed in the shell interior in supportive association with the shell for supporting the shell... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20070245469 - Removable insulated chaps liner: Disclosed are a motorcycle chaps having a removable liner on each leg thereof to avoid overheating when riding on warm days, to further allow for addition of removable insulated panels, thereby providing continuous protection of a rider's legs from road hazards and injury.... Agent: The Farrell Law Firm, P.C.

20070240247 - Antimicrobial protective hand device: An antimicrobial, absorbent and wicking, stretch protective hand device with grip enhancing properties.... Agent: Emily A Beck

20070240248 - Privacy nursing gown: The present invention provides a garment (2) having large openings or perhaps even breast slits (14) in the garment that allow easy access to the full breast for instruction and access for nursing a newborn among other uses. Movable panels (12) may be provided on a front side (10) of... Agent: Santangelo Law Offices, P.C.

20070240249 - Individual protection equipment with lamellar structure: The invention concerns individual protection articles whereof the walls are made of a continuous phase of polyolefin matrix wherein is dispersed a material forming barrier against chemicals and a compatibility agent. The invention also concerns a method for preparing such a material comprising mixing the constituents, extruding it the form... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20070234459 - Body armor carrier vest: An elastic body armor carrier vest is described. Embodiments of the invention are comprised of a front portion contain at least two pouches adapted to carry ballistic armor and/or trauma plates, and a rear portion comprising at least one pouch adapted to carry ballistic armor and/or trauma plates. Embodiments of... Agent: Altimatia, L.l.c

20070234458 - Composite segmented flexible armor: A composite ballistic material has one or more layers of flexible ballistic fabric and a plurality of scales disposed in an overlapping configuration. Scale configurations may vary depending on an intended use. However, the scales may have a substantially uniform thickness and may also have a mounting portion and an... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070234460 - Lace-up protective elbow pad: A protective elbow pad is provided. The elbow pad comprises an outer protective portion and an inner retention portion engaged together along at least one pair of adjacent side edges. The outer protective portion is configured to cover at least the elbow joint of the wearer and circumferentially extends around... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070234461 - Plus-sized clothing for children: A line of plus-sized clothing has been developed for oversized infants, toddlers, and older children. The dimensions of this clothing line is generally up to 7 inches greater than the respective dimensions of standard sized children's clothing with the exception of the length of the clothing. That is, the length... Agent: HendersonIPLaw P.C.

20070234463 - Multi-layer flame retardant fabric: A composite velour fabric garment includes a laminate consisting of an outer woven shell layer, an inner thermal layer of knit construction, and an intermediate layer disposed between and laminated to each of the shell layer and the thermal layer. The outer woven shell layer contains spandex in at least... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070234462 - Protective garment having reflective, fluorescent, or vision-enhancing strip having end seam covered by protective strip: In a protective garment comprising an outer shell, wherein a reflective, fluorescent, or vision-enhancing strip is sewn to the outer shell on a generally tubular portion of the protective garment so that one end of the reflective, fluorescent, or vision-enhancing strip overlaps and is sewn to an opposite end of... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070234464 - Fire safety escape device: A fire-resistant pouch to accommodate a child comprising a head end, two leg ends, a back end with solid support adapted to upstand the child, an interior harness in the interior portion and a lock harness clip of the back end, and two elongate sides, wherein the elongate sides and... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070234465 - Hunting garment having an inflatable seat: A hunting garment is provided that comprises an article of clothing. The hunting garment includes an inflatable cushion and a pouch attached to the article of clothing and configured to retain at least a portion of the cushion therein. The hunting garment further includes an inflation device connected to the... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070234466 - Work glove system: A work glove system having a work glove and towel member. The work glove has finger portions extending from a body section and defines fingertip portions. The body section defines a palmar segment, a dorsal segment and a wrist segment. The dorsal segment includes a first plurality of glove securing... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070234467 - Sports pant with outer shell and sock attachment system: A garment including a pant having at least one attachment member integral with each leg portion proximal the open end thereof and forming one half of a detachable attachment system. A kit further includes a pair of socks each having at least one attachment member extending therefrom, the attachment members... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070234468 - No sew scarf and fashion accessory: A fashion accessory comprises a body having two ends that can be used as a neck garment, belt, or attached to any other article of clothing as decorative trim. The fashion accessory is flexible linear shape of any length produced by tying strips of fabric on to a center cord.... Agent: Elizabeth A. Colbert

20070226865 - Arrangement for securing a hearing protector to a helmet and a helmet with such an arrangement: Arrangement for securing a hearing protector to a helmet, which arrangement comprises a cap holder piece (102) and a helmet piece (101). The cap holder piece contains a rotary plate (103), a bistable element (104) and a cap holder element (105), which is secured by means of the bistable element... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20070226866 - Reinforcing element: The invention relates to a reinforcing element for an article of clothing, in particular for a goalkeeper glove, that allows a bending in a first direction, but resists bending in a second direction. The reinforcing element includes at least one bending area that has a curvature with a shape that... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20070226867 - Ball catching apparatus: A ball catching apparatus comprises a main body in which a back-of-hand-side inner skin and a palm-side inner skin are respectively secured to a back-of-hand-side outer skin and a palm-side outer skin, and a thumb hook provided at a base-end portion of a thumb pocket part of the main body... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070226869 - Cyclist trousers: Cyclist trousers (10) of the type comprising a plurality of portions of fabric (12) reciprocally associated, perimetrically and at a median line of crotch (16), at a so-called above-saddle area, destined to be in contact with the saddle of a bicycle, a shaped protection pad being associated; two (17, 117,... Agent: Akerman Senterfitt

20070226871 - Garment backpack: A garment apparatus adapted and configured to have the functionality of a backpack that includes at least one pocket fixedly attached to each of an anterior portion and a posterior portion. The at least one pocket on the posterior portion covers a surface area of the posterior portion in an... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20070226870 - Methods for controlled application of adhesive and garments formed thereby: A method of manufacturing a garment is provided that includes applying an adhesive layer to a first ply and/or a second ply in a first amount in a first zone where structural support is desired and in a second amount in a second zone where breathability is desired; arranging the... Agent: Charles N.j. Ruggiero Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, L.L.P.

20070226873 - Stretchable, multi-layered gloves: Disclosed herein is a glove made of an elastomeric central fabric in the palm area of the hand such that different portions of the glove attached to the central fabric stretch with the fabric, so as to provide a snug fit on the hand. Additional features of the exemplary embodiments... Agent: Greenberg Traurig, LLP

20070226874 - Whiskler: An embellish property apparel, personal attire for protecting the hands when performing numerous hairs purposes especially in grooming all types of hairs textures of mankind and pets, animals, etc. The embellish apparel property is uniquely designed. Not to perform as your ordinary gloves or any other hair supplies. All its... Agent: Tabatha D. Cain

20070226876 - Headgear with pockets for carrying an audio device and a method for using the same: A cap, hat or other head covering, with pockets for carrying an MP3 player or other portable audio device and the wires and other related accessories. One of the pockets is structured to secure an audio device and the other pocket is structured to secure the headphone wires therein. By... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070226877 - Consistent blocking earmuff: An earmuff (3) includes a disc-shaped elastomeric pressure-equalizing element (6) that lies between an inner end of a cup (4) and an outer face of an annular element (7). The elastomeric element (6) is found to provide a more consistent blocking of environmental sound. The cup inner end has a... Agent: Leon D. Rosen Freilich, Hornbaker & Rosen

20070226881 - Flexible protective helmet: A protective helmet having an inner hood includes a spacer knitted fabric of a monofilament yarn. The hood is covered by a pneumatic central layer which can be pressurized by means of compressed air and can be inflated by means of an air pump which can be, for example, removed... Agent: Winstead PC