Abstract:
An article of apparel including an integrated fabric system, with or without strategically-placed weighting and/or elastic resistant materials, which optimizes conditioning, strengthening, endurance, enhancement, training, performance, functional longevity, benefits of daily activity, movement therapy, and/or other diverse medical and/or therapeutic uses, and, all while reducing the possibility of injury. The article enables the user to receive medical and/or therapeutic benefits and to increase production of kinetic energy, through weighted and/or elastic resistance, as required by the user's particularized needs. The user may benefit from the medical/therapeutic properties during periods of activity or inactivity. Benefits are achieved through the integration of fabrics and strategically-placed weighting and/or elastic resistance materials into the article based upon the kinetic energy created, necessitated, and/or dissipated by a specific movement(s) and/or medical or therapeutic requirements.
Abstract:
A novelty clothing piece, an athletic jersey, having a front side which is readily detached to expose an undergarment with vertical black and white stripes indicating the shirt worn by a referee or official of an athletic contest. The observer or participant in an athletic contest may then call a penalty or rule infraction to the entertainment of fellow observers of the athletic contest.
Abstract:
A suite is made up by assembling modular pieces interchangeable with one another which are different in shape, size and material by diverse quick coupling/release tie means also interchangeable with one another so as to allow anyone to create one's suit daily by making up and personalizing the same according to infinite couplings of colours and/or shapes by a number of operations without any difficulty.
Abstract:
A garment system for healthcare providers including pants (10), a shirt (12), and a hood (14) that provides a protective barrier against infectious materials in body fluids and that is adapted for use in field operating and/or uniformed organizations such as the military, United Nations healthcare organizations, and other internationally serving healtcare providers.
Abstract:
A surgical apparel system (10). The system includes a surgical garment (12) and a surgical helmet (20). The helmet comprises a chin bar (24) having a recess in the distal surface and a coupling member (48) disposed within the recess wherein the coupling member is positioned proximal to said distal surface of the chin bar. The surgical garment includes a transparent face shield (18) and an attachment element (58) coupled to the transparent face shield. The attachment element includes a head having a proximal surface that is configured to removably engage the coupling member of the helmet. A portion of the head is positioned proximal to said distal surface of said chin bar when said first attachment element engages said first coupling member.
Abstract:
Convertible pants (100) include a waist portion (102) and legs (104). Each leg (104) includes an upper leg segment (106) attached to the waist portion (102), a storage compartment (116) disposed on the upper leg segment (106), and a lower leg segment (108) undetachably connected to the upper leg segment (106) at an attachment point (118). The lower leg segment (108) includes a panel (115) and a coupling mechanism (110) detachably connecting a first longitudinal edge (112) of the panel (115) to a second longitudinal edge (114) of the panel (115). In a shorts mode, the lower leg segment (108) is disposed within the storage compartment (116) such that the leg (104) has a first length (L1). In a pants mode, an exterior surface (109) of the lower leg segment (108) at least partially overlaps and engages with an interior surface (107a) of the upper leg segment (106), and the lower leg segment (108) extends below the upper leg segment (106) such that the leg (104) has a second length (L2) that is greater than the first length (L1).
Abstract:
A description is given of a pocket (10), particularly for items of clothing (20, 30, 40), comprising an internal face (12), an external face (14) and a code (11) of identification of the possessor of the pocket (10) appended on the internal face (12) or on the external face (14) of the pocket (10).
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are garments with removable attachments. The removable attachments can be attached to the garment and comprise at least a front and a back panel that can be connected at a location below the shoulders of a user wearing the garment.
Abstract:
An invertible glove includes a hand portion, a forearm portion, and sealing elements affixed to the forearm portion. The hand portion digit portions and a palm portion. When the glove is in a first configuration, the sealing elements bias the forearm portion toward an open position in which the forearm portion defines an opening for receipt of the hand there through in donning of the glove, the sealing elements being disposed in surrounding relation to the opening. When the glove is in a second configuration inverted relative to the first configuration, the sealing elements are disposed in opposed facing relation and are configured to engage one another in interlocking relation. The hand portion includes a grasping element extending from an interior surface of a digit portion that is configured to be grasped by a digit of the hand when removed for facilitating inversion of the glove.
Abstract:
A safety glove having a protective member or insert extending around the fingertip of the safety glove is provided. The protective member may be positioned along the outer surface or the inner surface of the glove. Alternatively, the protective member may be integrally formed between two layers of glove material. The protective member terminates distally from an interphalangeal joint line to enable finger flexion in order to grasp an item, such as a slab of meat to be deskinned in a skinning machine. The glove may include a rough outer surface formed from thrice dipping the glove and allowing the glove to cure. Additionally, the glove may have a width near the wrist that is wider than the width near the palm to enable the glove to be rapidly removed (i.e., doffed) in an emergency event of the glove getting caught in a rotating blade on the skinning machine.