Apparel inventions 11/07

20070271673 - Device for preventing loss of a string in an article of clothing: A device for securing a string to an article of clothing, such as a garment or shoe, to prevent the string from being drawn away, for example into a string tunnel or through an eyelet. The device includes a clothing attachment mechanism and a string receiver. The attachment mechanism preferably... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20070271668 - Resistance exercise clothing: A clothing article includes form-fitting, lightweight, clothing material (1) fitted with a series of extension springs which are encapsulated in pockets (3) which are substantially parallel to each other and in close proximity to each other. The springs (4) therefore give the article a built-in resistance so that, when the... Agent: Arnold S. Weintraub The Weintraub Group

20070271674 - Load-bearing equipment: A load-bearing system is provided which includes a web of sufficient strength to support predetermined loads suspended from the web. The system also includes an array of apertures in the web. The apertures can be elongate slots, and the array may be such that the slots can form plural pairs... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070271675 - Labor and delivery outfit: A labor and delivery outfit designed to provide function, comfort and dignity, comprises: a sleeveless, wrap shirt having an upper portion that includes a right nursing flap, and a left nursing flap, a first lower portion extending from the right nursing flap, a second lower portion extending from the left... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070271676 - Touch sensitization glove: A touch sensitization glove (1), comprising a sensitizing layer (2) and an external cover (3). The sensitizing layer (2) further comprises a first film (10) coming into contact with an object, a second film (12) superposed on the first film (10) and an air inlet (14) leading air between the... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20070271678 - Dripless hair bib: A hair bib with a partial elastic band that works in combination with adjustable end tabs to modify pressure on the wearer of the hair bib. The hair bib is fabricated as a semi-rigid deformable front panel that holds its shape during use. The front flap may be bent to... Agent: John C. Smith, Esq.

20070271679 - Headgear article incorporating a bottle opener: A headgear article has a head-engaging portion, a brim attached to the head-engaging portion, an opening in the brim, and a bottle opener element. The bottle opener element has an aperture having an inner perimeter dimensioned to receive a portion of a bottle cap, the aperture being positioned over the... Agent: Law Offices Of Eric Karich

20070271680 - Adjustable sock for people with diabetes and injuries: A method for enhancing a sock for people with injuries, diabetes, or other medical issues is described; an article of clothing for footwear that has adjustable straps woven into the fabric of the sock; an article of clothing for footwear that has additional layers on the heel and bottom of... Agent: Harry M. Howell

20070271682 - Scent-suppressing fiber, and articles incorporating same: Scent-suppressing fiber to be woven into articles of clothing or other equipment formed of fabric to inhibit or eliminate the emission of scents when the wearer is in the vicinity of wildlife. The fiber is a conventional thread coated with carbon. A fabric sheet is formed completely of woven carbon... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070271683 - Decorative attachment for lengthening and embellishment of garments: A novel attachment for lengthening garments, the attachment including a first band of material and fasteners carried by the first band of material for grasping the hem of the garment without alteration to the garment. The novel attachment may include a decorative embellishment component which provides the wearer with a... Agent: Alan S. Korman

20070271684 - Detachable clip-on waistband extender: A clip-on waistband extender for engaging an eye slot member and a waistband hook member of a garment to increase a fastened distance between the eye slot member and the waistband hook member of a waistband section of the garment to provide comfort to the wearer. The clip-on waistband extender... Agent: Ezra Sutton, P.A.

20070271686 - Apparatus and method for facilitating emergency helmet removal: A safety helmet, such as for use with motorcycles, race vehicles, off-road vehicles, boats, skiing, and similar activities which pose a risk to the head and neck of individuals. The inventive helmet is beneficially configured for being readily removed in the case of emergency, such as if the wearer experiences... Agent: Rodger H. Rast

20070271689 - Protective article of outer clothing: A protective article of outer-clothing (1,5) characterized in that the article: a) does not enshroud the head of the wearer; b} is not equipped with means for sensing and processing any electrical variations that the wearer's body produces; and c) incorporates an electricity conductive layer (12,14,16,17) which is selected to... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070266469 - Convertible body armor: A convertible body armor and carrying bag includes a first panel and a second panel. Each panel has body armor material incorporated therein. A pair of shoulder straps is provided, each having a first end secured to the first panel adjacent a first edge of the first panel, and a... Agent: Chernow Katz, LLC

20070266470 - Visor assembly for a helment: A visor assembly for an aviation helmet includes a lens, lens/strap anti-tear interface assemblies, retainer plates, and attachment strap assemblies. A friction strip mounted on the brim of the helmet operates to increase the friction between the visor lens and the helmet. The combined function of the friction strip and... Agent: Keusey, Tutunjian & Bitetto, P.C.

20070266471 - Sport face mask: A sport face mask is primarily a hollow face mask with a curved surface, made by extrusion wire-shape tubing along a length and width of the face mask, which can be worn on a user's face in association with a helmet or an elliptic pad. At least a part of... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C. Suite 500

20070266472 - Adjustable garment: A clothing garment is constructed to include adjustable sections that allow for the convenient adjustment of length of sections of the garment so that the useful fitted lifetime of the outfit may be extended. Preferably the method of adjustment includes zippers, Velcro-type materials, buttons, snaps including metallic or plastic snaps,... Agent: Douglas Paul Dufaux

20070266473 - Wearable protective changing garment: A garment allows a wearer to change clothes in privacy and can be comfortably worn for protection before, during, and after changing. The garment can include two layers of water-absorbent or water-wicking material separated by a water resistant layer. Alternatively, the garment can include an absorbent or wicking interior layer... Agent: Rogitz & Associates

20070266474 - Protective glove having inspection port: A protective glove for a firefighter or for an emergency worker has an outer shell, an intermediate liner providing a moisture barrier, and an inner liner providing a thermal barrier. The outer shall has an inspection port, which is openable and closeable and which when opened enables portions of at... Agent: Wood, Phillips, Katz, Clark & Mortimer

20070266477 - Hat with retractable accessory attachments: The present invention involves a hat with the ability to store a small item. The hat is preferably a standard baseball cap, but can also be a visor. The hat contains a sleeve therein for holding an item such as a pen, bottle opener, or golf tee. One end of... Agent: Eric Hanscom

20070266478 - Garments having an inside out appearance: Garments having an inside-out appearance are disclosed and are designed to be inside-out and fashionable. Unique fasteners, belt carriers and modifications of pockets make possible wearing a garment having an inside-out appearance. When a conventional garment is turned inside out many features such as belt carriers, zippers, and pockets become... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070266479 - Lingerie-attached human arousal indicator: Temperature-sensitive mood stones or beads are incorporated into lingerie at positions that indicate sexual arousal to indicate by observation the state of arousal of the individual wearing the lingerie. In one embodiment, the mood beads are located adjacent the groin area for women's panties and at various erogenous zones of... Agent: Robert K. Tendler

20070266481 - Adjustable helmet: A helmet (20) comprising a mechanism (28) to increase or decrease the internal volume thereof through the displacement of one or more portions (32) of the protective material (24) lining the helmet shell (22). The adjustment mechanism (28) is mounted on or adjacent the shell (22) of the helmet (20),... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070266482 - Adjustable helmet shell: A hockey helmet (20) comprising a front helmet portion (22) and a rear helmet portion (24) disposed to be moveable relative to each other so as to define an internal cavity of varying volume, a securing member (26) being mounted to a location on the front helmet portion (22) adjacent... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070266484 - Protective device: A protective device comprising a band part to be arranged on the wearer's head and a channel part arranged thereto and means for supplying air into the channel part and further through the end of the channel part to the wearer's facial area. The protective device further comprises a connecting... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070261149 - Sports glove with a segmented joint protector: A sports glove comprising a dorsal side and at least one joint protector. The dorsal side provides a plurality of protection sections and the joint protectors positioned between the plurality of protection sections. The joint protector includes a base operatively attached to the dorsal side and a plurality of extended... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070261151 - Protective helmet: A protective helmet including a basic shell having an outer surface, and a phosphorescent material. The basic shell is adapted to cover a portion of a wearer's head. The phosphorescent material radiates an illuminating light after the phosphorescent material is exposed to light.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20070261152 - Headgear: In a gear main body (1), a mouth opening portion (6) through which a mouth portion can be seen is formed in addition to and separately from an eye opening portion (5) through which both eyes can be seen. A part above the eye opening portion (5) covers a forehead... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070261154 - Helmet ear loop: An ear loop for a helmet and a helmet having the ear loop is described. The ear loop is connectable to a chin strap of the helmet, and allows movement of the chin strap about the ear loop. The ear loop has one or more features for restricting movement of... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070261153 - Protective helmet with flush pivoting ear cups: A helmet includes a shell with an impact resistant exterior surface formed by an upper shell and a rear shell. The upper shell is shaped to protect a top portion of a wearer's head, the rear shell shaped to protect an occipital portion of the wearer's head. A headset assembly,... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20070261155 - Mask-form goggles, particularly for sporting use: Mask-form goggles, particularly for sporting use, are described which include a first front mount and a second juxtaposed mount and a lens held on at least one of the mounts. The first and the second mounts extend in such a manner that they surround the lens, and a releasable mutual... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20070256207 - Article of clothing: An article of clothing that includes a snugly fitting inner portion having at least one connecting band extending along at least one limb (such as an arm, leg) of the body of the wearer, a more loosely fitting outer portion covering the inner portion, the inner and outer portions being... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070256206 - Exercise garment: An exercise garment which is stylish and which can be worn on its own. The garment includes various shaped pockets that are located to be out of the way with respect to the activities of the wearer. A rubber-covered weights is contained in each pocket and is shaped and sized... Agent: Sung I. Oh, Professional Law Corporation

20070256208 - Pants: The present invention relates to pants capable of lifting sagging buttocks when a user wears them, thereby giving a sense of comfort as well as a good appearance to the user. The pants include elastic first wings, wherein each one side of the first wings is seamed with both outer... Agent: Hyun Jong Park

20070256210 - Glove with adjustable palm fastener: A sports glove comprising a palm side, including a palm width, a dorsal side position opposite the palm side, and an adjustable fastener position on the palm side to vary the palm width. Preferably the adjustable fastener is position between the finger portion and cuff portion proximate to, but separated... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20070256211 - Wrinkle remover: A wrinkle-removing device featuring an elastic headband circumferentially placed from the forehead to the back of the head of the user. At least one of the surfaces of the headband has hook and loop material fibers throughout. The headband has at least two elastic bands, each with hook and loop... Agent: Ruben Alcoba, Esq.

20070256214 - Headgear with eyewear attachment: The headgear with eyewear attachment is a device that allows a user to wear and interchange eyewear that is attached to a headgear. The eyewear is attached to the visor of the headgear by a removably attachable fastener that can be separated when desired. The headgear may be any sort... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070256215 - Sock: A sock for use in athletic activities comprises at least one substantially rod-shaped pad (3) in the area of the ankle region of the sock. In preferred embodiments, the sock includes at least two such rod-shaped-pads, which are preferably of different lengths and arranged essentially parallel to one another. Preferably,... Agent: Olson & Hierl, Ltd.

20070256216 - Women's maternity and non maternity suspenders: The present invention comprises an improved suspender for providing support for women's maternity clothes and women's non-maternity clothes. An advantageous embodiment of the suspender comprises an elastic strap that has a first fastener connected to the first end of the strap and a second fastener connected to the second end... Agent: Laura Kronen

20070256217 - Tights: The invention provides tights that are capable of efficiently training the psoas major while preventing discomfort of wearing the tights due to the high elastic portions provided over an area in which no load for the psoas major is required. There are provided tights characterized in that it includes a... Agent: Michael E. Zall

20070250976 - Nose cover: A nose cover or nose protector, for adventurers, sports fans, and people who love outdoor activities, comprises a nose piece formed from sheets of paper, plastic, fabric, foam, laminated materials, pressure heat cut and seal materials, and/or die-cut materials to fit and cover the nose. Additional materials of adhesive pieces... Agent: Robert G. Beliveau

20070250977 - Leg protector with adjustable foot and toe guard: A catcher's leg protector having an adjustable foot and toe guard includes a shin guard for covering a wearer's shin, a foot and toe guard for covering a portion of a wearer's foot, and an adjustment mechanism for moving the foot and toe guard relative to the shin guard and... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070250978 - Moisture resistant infant clothing: Clothing includes an exterior shell which contains an inset portion that substantially extends from a front half of a neck opening. The exterior fabric shell more easily passes moisture and quickly dries. Arranged in directly contact with an inner surface of the exterior shell is a second layer of absorbent... Agent: Bradley D. Goldizen

20070250981 - Article of clothing comprising an inductive coupler, inductive interface for an article of clothing and use of said interface for articles of clothing: The invention relates to an article of clothing (10) comprising at least one layer consisting of a flexible material and an inductive coupling device (20) for transmitting an electric current and/or data signals through the layer or layers of the flexible material. The invention also relates to an inductive interface... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070250980 - Maximum concealment holster and shorts combination: The invention is a concealed carry holster for handguns. The holster comprises a pair of shorts comprising a lightweight material such as spandex and having a waist opening and two leg openings. The shorts comprise a waistband around the waist opening. A drawstring may be provided in the waistband for... Agent: Bradley D. Goldizen

20070250983 - Training pants with reclosable breach: Training pants for a human male having a front portion and a rear portion, the portions forming a single body, the front and rear portions having front edges, the edges defining an opening between the front and rear portions. The training pants also having a breach cover associated with the... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070250984 - Martial arts sparring vest: This invention a “martial arts sparring vest” features a single unit design to be utilized by participants during martial arts sparring contests. The multi-colored fabrics of white, red and blue visually enhance the scoring and non-scoring regions and thereby increase the visibility of these areas for participants, judges and referees.... Agent: William M. Whitmire

20070250985 - Clothing and methods for fastening clothing for children: Clothing for children includes a fastener located in the back of the clothing. The fastener, such as a zipper, extends from a position near the leg of the child wearing the clothing to a position near the neck of a child wearing the clothing such that the fastener extends across... Agent: Keely Schneiter, P.C.

20070250988 - Cap with a printed band: A baseball-style cap having a crown portion made of multiple panels, a visor part which is attached to the front part of the crown portion and a headband attached to and extending around the lower inside edge of the crown portion. At least one of said multiple of panels is... Agent: Dohyun Park

20070250987 - Ponytail creating head garment: Present invention relates to a head garment that covers scalp that allows user to pull portions of hair through stretch holes comprised within the body of the garment. In doing so, user is able to achieve the effects of a “ponytail(s)” that project from the head through the holes within... Agent: Jennipher Adkins

20070250989 - Belt with motion control: A belt has a frictional surface attached to the belt to restrain the belt from shifting.... Agent: Cooley Godward Kronish LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070250990 - Protective batting helmet with reinforced bill: A protective batting helmet with a reinforced bill includes a rigid shell for protecting the head of a wearer, a reinforced bill extending from the rigid shell, and a lower face guard extending across the lower portion of the rigid shell. The non-deflectable, reinforced bill and lower face guard provide... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070250991 - Ventilated helmet system: A ventilation system for a helmet that allows for ventilation of the interior of a helmet. A ventilation system for the cheek bar portion of a helmet, including a motorcycle helmet. The ventilation system may include ribbed passageways that facilitate airflow along the interior of the helmet, and may include... Agent: Michael A. Guth

20070250992 - Batting helmet with adjustable face guard: A batting helmet with an adjustable face guard includes a rigid shell for protecting the head of a wearer, with an adjustable face guard movably attached to the shell. An adjustment mechanism regulates the movement of the face guard between upper and lower limits to vary a wearer's line-of-sight through... Agent: Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP Attn: Patent Group

20070250993 - Integral helmet: The invention relates to an integral helmet comprising a shock resistant helmet shell (1) which covers the top part of the head to the neck and the ear area of a user, defines a visor opening (3) at lower and top edges and is complimented by the chin area defining... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20070250994 - Goggle having flexible headband attachment arms fixedly attached to a goggle frame: A sports goggle having generally U-shaped attachment arms at opposite sides of a goggle frame for securing the goggle frame to an elastic headband. The attachment arms are secured to the goggle frame at locations inward from the sides of the frame. As a result, the attachment arms bend rearwardly... Agent: Edward W. Bulchis, Esq. Dorsey & Whitney LLP