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Apparel January recently filed with US Patent Office 01/11

20110016595 - Lens seal for headgear: An article of headgear that has a head-covering article, a lens moveably attached to the head-covering article, and a seal attached to the lens, the seal comprising a first polymeric material and a second polymeric material, the first polymeric material having a greater tensile modulus than the second material. In... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20110016596 - Ball glove incorporating a force attenuation system: A ball glove having a palmar panel, a dorsal panel, and a webbing may have a palmar force attenuation system, a dorsal force attenuation system, or both. The palmar panel and dorsal panel may define a hand cavity having five finger voids. The webbing may be secured to the ball... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20110016597 - Leg guard: A leg guard for a baseball catcher includes asymmetrical knee and shin portions. The knee and shin portions include a rigid plate attached to pad. The knee portion has medial extensions of both the plate and pad to provide additional protection to the medial side of the knee when the... Agent: Plumsea Law Group, LLC

20110016598 - Apron with a bendable pocket-forming device: The present invention relates generally to an apron or bib, and in particular, to a pocket-forming device that bends to form a pocket in an apron for catching and holding material. The pocket-forming device comprises an elongated base with a plurality of elongated members extending away therefrom. The elongated members... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20110016599 - Retained bib with attached wipe: Protective bibs for wearers of different age groups and sets of clothing including such bibs are disclosed. The bibs include fasteners configured for fastening a bib to a diaper/pants-type garment or to a belt/band-type suspender of the garment, or a lace or straps securing a bib to a lower torso... Agent: Antonio Battick

20110016600 - Bib: A bib is described that includes multiple flaps, each flap providing a surface to prevent soiling of clothing. The flaps are secured to one another through multiple fastening mechanisms, which may include one or more magnets. A neck bridge portion couples the plurality of flaps to one another.... Agent: Kokka & Backus, PC

20110016603 - Convertible garment: Garments are convertible between multiple configurations so as to have an alternate appearance and/or be wearable as a different type of garment. Pants may be alternately configured so as to expose one of at least two possible surface treatments. The pants include a reversing panel having front and rear flaps... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20110016601 - Magazine cover costume: A customizable costume designed to look like a magazine cover and to be worn by a wearer such that the wearer appears to be a part of the magazine cover. The costume includes a panel having a hole cut therethrough, a plurality of attachment points and at least one channel... Agent: Pepper Hamilton LLP

20110016602 - Uniform compression garment and method of manufacturing garment: A method of manufacturing a compression garment comprises obtaining a plurality of model measurements at various locations on a model body. Thereafter, a plurality of garment dimensions are calculated for various locations on the garment. Each calculation of a garment dimension is based at least in part on one of... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck LLP Chase Tower

20110016604 - Crotch open underwear: This invention is an underwear that opens and closes at the crotch area or the waist area that allows the crotch to be exposed without lowering of the traditional underwear.... Agent: Justin Warren Lim

20110016605 - Nursing cover: Examples of a nursing cover are described, including a sheet having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge, a second side edge, and a stiffener disposed along the top edge.... Agent: Kokka & Backus, PC

20110016606 - Configurable supportive protection system and methods: A configurable supportive protection system and methods comprising a sizable support element and a coverage element that provide support and protection to human body parts. Advantageously, the system is quickly and easily configurable to allow body parts having different sizes to be supported. The system is selectively openable to thereby... Agent: Valauskas Corder LLC

20110016607 - Articles of clothing: An article of clothing, or a part thereof or an accessory therefor, comprises a fabric formed at least partly from fibres having a diameter of up to 1 μm.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP (sf)

20110016608 - Protective hand covering and dispenser apparatus: A protective hand covering for adhering to the user's hand. Pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied to the back surface of a sheet of thin flexible film, which is shaped to cover a protected area of the users hand. The pressure-sensitive adhesive provides a sufficiently strong bond to prevent the hand covering... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20110016609 - Hand covering with conductive portion: This invention relates generally to a hand covering. More specifically, the invention relates to a hand covering that may be used with an electronic device. In particular, the hand covering includes a conductive portion that enables the wearer of the hand covering to perform various tasks, such as interacting with... Agent: Edell, Shapiro & Finnan, LLC

20110016610 - Sweatband with absorbent bamboo inner layer and related method of use: The invention relates to a sweatband comprising a wicking sheath, preferably made of Nylon and Lycra®, having a first end, a second end, a first wicking layer and a second wicking layer—as well as an interior absorbent layer comprised in part of bamboo cloth or merino wool maintained within the... Agent: Herbert L. Allen Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A.

20110016611 - All weather vent-adjustable hats: All weather vent-adjustable hats are disclosed. In accordance with embodiments of the presently disclosed subject matter, a vent-adjustable hat can include a hat body configured to be worn over a head and defining at least one opening that extends between an interior of the hat body and an area outside... Agent: Olive Law Group, PLLC

20110016612 - No sweat: The “NO SWEAT” device is an absorbent device designed for use with a head cover to prevent the flow of perspiration onto the face of the user and primarily intended to keep perspiration out of the eyes of the wearer. It was conceived as a product for people engaged in... Agent: William E. Radcliffe

20110016613 - Headband with retractable visor: The headband with retractable visor is convertible headwear that can be used as a headband that holds the wearer's hair in place in the absence of sun. When the need arises, the headwear converts into a visor that shields the wearer's eyes and face from the effects of bright sunlight.... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20110016614 - Penis retainer and penis securing method: [Solution Means] Male undergarment (penis retainer) 50 associated with the present embodiment comprises tubular cloth member 55, which is a retainer main body; front connecting cord 58a, which is a connecting member for installing the retainer main body on a human body, one end of front connecting cord 58a being... Agent: Gerald T Peters Jtt Patent Services, LLC

20110016615 - Pockex-pockets with physical and radio frequency security: A pocket or pouch that can be securely attached to the inside of an outer garment that will provide physical and RFID security for documents such as passports and credit cards that are increasingly using active RFID, that also will be user friendly and comfortable for the person using the... Agent: Julie Massey

20110016616 - Decorative cover for straps: A decorative strap cover that is fastened to a strap on an article of clothing that may cover a portion of a bra, a dress, lingerie, shirt, tank top, halter top, pants, belt loops or belt and may provide a decorative compartment. The decorative strap cover may be worn as... Agent: Williams Mullen

20110016617 - Energy absorbing apparatus for sporting goods: An energy absorbing apparatus adds support on sporting equipment, such as hockey skates, to protect the user from injury. The energy absorbing apparatus for hockey skates may protect the user's foot and ankle from injury. The energy absorbing apparatus may include a shock absorbing urethane foam member that may be... Agent: James Shrewsburg

20110016618 - Protective garment system having activated carbon composite with improved absorbency: The present disclosure relates to a protective garment system having two primary components. The first component, which serves as the outer layer of the garment, comprises a textile substrate that has been treated on one side with a hydrophobic composition and has been treated on the opposite side with an... Agent: Legal Department (m-495)

20110010815 - Welding helmet including anti-blinding device to selectively and conveniently control welding operation and grinding operation: Disclosed is a welding helmet including an anti-blinding device to selectively control a welding operation and a grinding operation, and more particularly, a welding helmet, which stably protects the welder's eyes and enables easy switching of the anti-blinding device from a welding operation mode to a grinding operation mode or... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP

20110010816 - Baby carry all smock: The Baby Carry All Smock provides a specially designed bib style apron boasting a variety of oversized, large pockets, pouch style in which a wide array of baby goods can be easily stored and readily accessed, without falling out. Oversized, deep pockets are positioned on each hip of the garment,... Agent: Ruth Eure

20110010817 - Articles of manufacture releasing an active ingredient: The present invention relates to articles of manufacture having a formulation distributed therein, wherein the formulation comprises an active agent which manifests a desirable property when released from the articles of manufacture. The present invention also relates to methods for manufacturing these articles of manufacture, to vehicles for applying the... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20110010818 - 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: Patent Administrator Neal, Gerber, & Eisenberg

20110010819 - Breast cancer recovery garment: The breast-cancer recovery system comprises a breast cancer recovery garment, an organizational subsystem and a needs kit. The breast cancer recovery garment comprises a body portion defining an opening, positioned, configured and dimensioned to allow the performance of a breast cancer treatment procedure and a closure device suitable for closing... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP Boston

20110010820 - Mechanism to alter clothing to accommodate prostheses and medical appliances: Adaptive pants are constructed with a zipper along the pants' outside seams from waist to cuff, allowing the legs to completely open. Inserts used to modify the shape of the pants leg to accommodate leg surgeries and prosthesis are designed to fit into the zippers. The resulting assembly allows disabled... Agent: Warren Norred

20110010821 - Convertible shirt: A convertible shirt having a sleeveless base and a sleeved half-shirt configured to couple to the sleeveless base is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, a convertible shirt includes a sleeveless base, a sleeved half shirt configured to couple inconspicuously to the sleeveless base, and a multiplicity of fasteners to... Agent: Crose Law LLC

20110010822 - Medical glove capable of supporting, interacting, and/or receiving a medical instrument to protect against transmission of contaminants: A medical glove is provided for protection against the transmission of infectious agents. The medical glove comprises a glove body sized to tightly enclose a wearer's hand. The medical glove body has a palm portion and adjoining finger portions. A webbing adjoins two of the finger portions. The webbing is... Agent: Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein LLP

20110010823 - Therapeutic head covering: A head covering garment designed for medical use comprising a single piece of flexible, insulating material sewn together to form a generally bag shaped article of clothing which is worn about the head of a medical patient functioning to prevent latent heat from escaping the patient's head area covered by... Agent: Daniel Horgan

20110010824 - Lower-body garment with combined stretchably-retained, fastenably-slit waist: Lower-body garment with a combined stretchably-retained, fastenably-split waist. The waistband is sleevelike and split by overlapping ends having circumferentially opposing mouths. A stretchable band is encapsulated in, and unfixed entirely throughout, the waistband. The stretchable band has opposing ends passing out of the opposing mouths in the waistband and coupled... Agent: Judge Patent Associates

20110010825 - Ergonomic straps for body armor vests: Shoulder straps (2) and side straps (8) for securing a body armor vest (1) to the torso of a wearer. The shoulder straps and side straps are constructed out of a breathable pliable material having elastomeric qualities and shaped to ergonomically conform to the shape of a human body. The... Agent: Edward M. Livingston, Pa

20110010826 - Sorption filter material and use thereof: The invention relates to a sorption filter material, in particular an adsorption filter material, which is suitable in particular for producing protective materials of all types (such as protective suits, protective gloves, protective shoes and other protective clothing as well as protective coverings, e.g. for transporting patients, for sleeping bags... Agent: Brannon & Sowers PC

20110010827 - Flame resistant fabric with anisotropic properties: Flame resistant fabrics are formed by warp and fill yams having different fiber contents. The fabrics are constructed, for example, by selection of a suitable weaving pattern, such that the body side of the fabric and the face side of the fabric have different properties. The fabrics described herein can... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20110010828 - Method of heating and cooling the body using porous fabric: The invention provides a fabric (10) comprising a porous layer (15) that is porous in the direction along the layer, the porous layer including fibres (16) extending across the layer, whereby, in use, fluid (A) is arranged to be driven along the porous layer in the general extent of the... Agent: Charles N. Quinn Fox Rothschild LLP

20110010829 - Combined neck and upper body protective garment: A neck protector comprising a collar sized and shaped to provide a continuous closure around a neck of a wearer. The collar has a first pair of opposed ends, with one end having a first tongue and the other a first groove. The first tongue fits into the first groove... Agent: Bingham Mchale LLP

20110010830 - Article of protective clothing: An article of protective clothing includes a strip of multilayered flexible material adapted to be wrapped entirely around a wearer's neck to form a collar therearound. The multilayered flexible material comprises an interior layer of cut-resistant fabric disposed within a cover of wicking fabric. The strip includes a layer of... Agent: Mccracken & Frank LLP

20110004968 - Flotation body armor system: A body armor system for protective use against harmful projectiles, more specifically a ballistic garment which is integrated with a layer of flotation foam, allowing the wearer to float to the surface upon being immersed in water. Military and law enforcement personnel are primary users of interest.... Agent: Juneau Partners

20110004969 - Eye protection cap: The invention relates to an eye protection cap to protect an eye of a person to be treated against electromagnetic radiation, in particular against laser radiation. The eye protection cap comprises a dimensionally stable shaped body, which has a free edge for adjacent arrangement in relation to the person to... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20110004970 - Belly band: A belly band that would allow independent stepwise regulation of the degree of tension on each location along the vertical direction of the belly part and would prevent detachment of locking members irrespective of any hard movement during wearing. The belly band (1) comprises a band-shaped cloth (2) having a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20110004971 - Combination hood and scarf garment: The present invention relates to a combination hood and scarf garment developed to maintain the wearer's full front body, upper back, shoulders, full neck, ears, full head, and face insulated from the cold weather. This garment is designed with a long scarf whose strips of fabric can be fastened together... Agent: Strategic Legal Counseling

20110004972 - Nursing garment: A nursing garment including a front panel and a back panel coupled to the front panel along a side seam. The side seam includes an upper segment and a lower segment that is distinct from said upper segment. A portion of the front panel is removably coupled to the back... Agent: Patent Docket Department Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20110004973 - Illuminated glove device: An illuminated glove device for safety and recreational use is provided. The device preferably includes a first layer of glove material, a second layer of laminate material on which a circuit is provided, and a third layer bonded to the second layer for providing a protective coating of the circuit.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20110004974 - Cleaning glove: A cleaning glove includes a glove body having a front surface, including a palm portion, and multiple finger stalls cooperatively joined together. A water-absorbent material is attached to a front surface of at least one finger stall and the palm portion of the glove body. Preferably, the water absorbent material... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20110004975 - Unidentified flying hat: A article of clothing suitable for providing protection from the elements and wearable on the head having means of securing and directing illuminants whereby providing its user safety in low light. The article of clothing is further configured to be airborne providing its user with entertainment such as a light... Agent: Sihar Karwar

20110004976 - Convertible maternity garment: A convertible maternity garment that includes a first garment configured and arranged as a maternity garment to be worn by a woman during her maternity term and a second garment constructed from a portion of the first garment to provide a garment having a configuration for non-maternity use, where a... Agent: Frank J. Bonini, Jr. Harding, Earley, Follmer & Frailey, P.C.

20110004977 - Removable flap for nametags and other information: A fabric flap that attaches to Velcro® hook and loop fasteners found on conventional uniforms has an outside surface with Velcro® fastening to attach nametags or other insignia. An additional rectangular flap extends below the Velcro® fastening surfaces for attachment of additional insignia, such as information valuable during instruction, meetings,... Agent: Eugene H. Eickholt

20110004978 - Undergarment with interactive communication purpose: An improved undergarment is disclosed for allowing a wearer of the undergarment to selectively communicate a message relating to bedroom behavior. Disclosed also is system for an undergarment consisting of an undergarment comprising a front external face, a back external face and a means for removable attachment of at least... Agent: Vesna N. Rafaty, Rafaty Law Group, PLLC

20110004979 - Medical/surgical personal protection system including a light assembly arranged so that heat generated by the assembly is exhausted away from the assembly: A personal protection system for providing a sterile barrier around medical/surgical personnel. The system includes a helmet over which a hood or a toga suspended. Integral with the helmet is a ventilation fan. The helmet also includes a light assembly for illuminating the surgical field. The helmet includes a front... Agent: Intel. Prop./ Rnd Stryker Corporation

20110004980 - Helmet: A helmet (10) is provided, that has a first resilient shell (12), a support structure (16,18) inside the first shell to support the first shell on the wearer's head (14), a chin strap (20), to hold the helmet in position, a deformable layer (24) on the outside of the first... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20110004981 - Swimming goggles: Swimming goggles include a left lens frame, a right lens frame, a connecting member for connecting the left lens frame and the right lens frame, a left connecting frame, a right connecting frame, a left pad frame, a right pad frame and buckles. The left lens frame and the right... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20110004985 - Ceramic hinge: Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a ceramic hinge to connect two ceramic bodies, comprising the steps of: shaping a separation insert in the form of a hinge, introducing the separation insert into a ceramic body, thereby separating the ceramic body into a first part and a second part;... Agent: Ashok Tankha

20110004984 - Controllable ribbed thermoinsulative chamber of continually adjustable thickness and its application: A controllable ribbed thermoinsulative chamber of continually adjustable thickness, which is used to pneumatically determine its thermal conductivity. Described is the manner of constructing such a chamber and the manner of controlling it. The abovementioned chamber is used in designing articles of clothing with a self-regulating thermal insulation. One or... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20110004982 - Coverall with drop seat: The present disclosure provides an improved one-piece garment having a drop seat. The garment includes a jacket portion and a pants portion and fastener devices that selectively connect the pants portion to the jacket portion. The fastener devices are configured and arranged to be relatively easily manipulated by the user... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20110004983 - Flame-retardant resin composition, flame-retardant fiber, flame-retardant cloth and heat-resistant protective clothing: [Means for Resolution] A flame-retardant resin composition comprising a resin and composite particles in an amount of 1% by weight or more based on the resin, which are mainly composed of titanium dioxide and silicon dioxide and have a titanium dioxide content of 10 to 30% by weight and a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20110000002 - Wetsuit made with a low-absorbent, good wicking and quick drying fabric: An improved low-absorbent, good wicking and quick drying wetsuit fabric is made of non-absorbent fiber, processed with water repellent before being knitted, and high-absorbent fiber, processed with absorbent agent while being dyed and/or heat set, then knitted by a circular knitting machine under a setting of 18˜42 gauge per inches... Agent: Leonard Tachner, A Professional Law Corporation

20110000003 - Wetsuit made with a non-absorbent and quick drying fabric: A wetsuit having an outer and/or inner surface is manufactured from an improved non-absorbent and quick drying fabric. The improved non-absorbent and quick drying fabric is made of 100% non-absorbent fiber, selected from polyester, having a fineness ranging from 30 denier to 75 denier, and pre-processed with water repellent before... Agent: Leonard Tachner, A Professional Law Corporation

20110000001 - Interlocking element for protective divide and method: A surface-conforming protective divide is formed by mutually adjacent interlocking sculptured elements, which have a first portion different from a second portion. The first portion has a first surface bound by a polygon wherefrom a plurality of lateral surface extend from each side of the polygon. The second portion has... Agent: Holtz, Holtz, Goodman & Chick PC

20110000004 - Fingerezz: This Invention is a Flat Item Protecting the Fingers and Thumb From Scorching Hot Automobile handles and also Door knobs by using The flat item (unlike a Glove or Straps) (not absorbent for a towel or Rag) is Instantly available at the time of need: being attached to a Key... Agent: Beverly B Lydon

20110000005 - Posture improving garment: A garment adapted to be worn by a wearer. The garment includes a main body portion that is configured to be worn over at least a portion of the wearer's lumbo-pelvic region, hips and at least a portion of the legs, wherein the main body portion includes first and second... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP. (pa)

20110000006 - Heel protectors: In order to prevent heel ulcers and Achilles' tendon ulcers as described above, a sock with a gelfoam pad or other supporting material in the Achilles' tendon area and the heel area is slid into an outside pocket of a sock. In one embodiment, a circle-shaped or oval-shaped hole is... Agent: Blakely Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP

20110000007 - Spectrally balanced protective facemasks: Protective eyewear is configured so that interior surfaces are associated with visual characteristics based on a use environment. Eyewear includes an interior surface having two or three horizontal zones that are assigned colors, gray levels, color coordinates, or other characteristics based on playing surface characteristics. Upper, middle, and lower interior... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20110000008 - Goggles strap with case: In one embodiment a head strap of goggles or mask includes a case at about an intermediate position of the strap and having a hole at either side. A first cord securely passes a first channel in one section of the strap to have one end being exposed to form... Agent: Guice Patents PLLC

20110000009 - External pocket for a protective suit: A protective suit is disclosed which comprises an external pocket that is adapted to receive and releasably retain at least one decontamination product, such as a wipe in a sealed envelope, and to avoid collecting any liquid such as a wash liquid that may be used to decontaminate the suit.... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC