Apparel inventions 04/08

20080092259 - Shading device for welding helmet: Disclosed is a shading device for a welding helmet in which a circuit portion (the second frame) having a high error rate and the remaining portion can be separated from each other and only the circuit portion separated from the device can be repaired or changed, thereby the maintenance and... Agent: Galgano & Associates

20080092263 - Protective bib: Protective garments that can keep the front of the wearer's clothes clean and dry are provided. The bibs include a substantially overlapping slit formed in the center of a lower section of a front panel. The bibs with the slit are easy to put on and provide substantial coverage of... Agent: Michele Good

20080092269 - Yoga accessory system: The yoga accessory system of the preferred embodiment can be used by a user having a hand with fingers and a heel, a forearm, and a wrist connecting the hand and forearm, to reduce strain during yoga poses. The yoga accessory system of the preferred embodiment includes an elevator, having... Agent: Schox PLC

20080092278 - Hinged attachment of headgear to a helmet: A hinge mechanism for attaching ear accessories to a helmet allows an accessory to be attached at a point outside the helmet shell utilizing, for example, a slidable mounting rail, and to reach under the edge of the helmet shell so that the accessory is supported in contact with the... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Patent Administrator

20080092281 - Protective athletic equipment: A upper body protective garment for cushioning blows imparted upon the wearer's body includes a chest protector portion, a back protector portion, and a pair of telescopic shoulder protector portions. The protective garment includes a variety of different designs formed in the outer surface of the chest protector, the back... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080086789 - Safety gear: Protective devices and methods suitable for users of pneumatic tools are contemplated for providing covering sufficient to stop or impede a nail's momentum for protection of more commonly injured areas of the body. Protective devices and methods are provided to protect areas of the body such as: a hand, including... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20080086790 - Highly cut-resistant yarn and protective articles made therefrom: A cut-resistant composite yarn, comprising a high strength organic fiber having a tenacity greater than 15 grams per denier and a hard-particle-filled thermoplastic fiber useful in making fabrics from which protective articles, such as gloves are made.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080086791 - Undergarment with puff shield perspiration blocking system: The undertank or lining tee includes a body and a sleeve, in part defining an armpit section aligned with the endocrine glands of the wearer. The armpit section has an interior surface of a given size. A shield is formed of a substantially bean-shaped fabric sheet of a size slightly... Agent: Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James, LLP

20080086796 - Removable eyewear member: Eyewear member includes a structure for fitting peripherally on or around or behind lens and structure of conventional eyewear. Interfitting structure ranges from sealing segments to eyewear members which may attachably engage or simply interfit behind conventional eyewear. The eyewear members enables conventional eyewear to form a closer fit with... Agent: Curtis L. Harrington

20080086798 - Simulated rip stop fabrics: Disclosed are simulated rip stop fabrics. In one embodiment, a simulated rip stop fabric includes a plurality of body yarns that form a body of the fabric, and a plurality of pseudo rip stop yarns that are provided individually in discrete portions of the fabric body so as to form... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20080083046 - Apparel advertising sun visor: An improved wearing apparel type sun visor made of card stock paper such as is found in but not limited to twelve pack cartons of soft drink beverages and made in one piece and which attaches to most eye glasses by way of two holes on each side through which... Agent: Gordon Kent Matthias

20080083053 - Hat and protective helmet: A helmet/hat includes a helmet sized for an associated user's head. The helmet provides impact protection to the associated user's head. A hat covers at least a portion of the helmet and substantially disguises an outer shape of the helmet from view. A fastener is removably secured to the hat... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20080078007 - Core for protective leg gear: A core for a protective leg gear includes a rear pad and a front pad. The rear pad is integrally molded in a single mold from a semi-rigid lightweight material, and has a leg portion and a foot portion integrally connected to each other at an angle with respect to... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20080078011 - Glove: A batting glove includes a plurality of finger elements, a thumb element, a top portion, and a lower portion. The finger elements cover fingers, the thumb element covers a thumb, the top portion covers a back side of the hand, and the lower portion covers a palm of the hand.... Agent: Middleton & Reutlinger

20080078013 - Padded shoulder strap for transferring a load to a wearer's shoulder: A padded shoulder carrier for transferring a load to a carrying person's (T) shoulder has a carrier strap (4) and a padded part (5) which has a first lateral region (6) arranged between the carrier strap (4) and the shoulder and a second lateral region (7) arranged between the carrier... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC