Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to a pocket structure that facilitates the secure storage of items stowed within the pocket structure. The pocket structure includes inner and outer pocket layers and a funnel-shaped structure positioned in the space between the inner and outer pocket layers. The funnel-shaped structure comprises an inlet opening that forms an opening to the pocket structure and an outlet opening that is in communication with the space between the inner and outer pocket layers. The outlet opening has a smaller circumference compared to the inlet opening.

Abstract: A textile laminate includes a first side, a second side, and a plurality of spaced apart marks formed on the first side. The plurality of marks formed on the first side impart a roughened, uneven surface along the second side that corresponds with the first side, and a surface roughness of the second side varies based upon a degree of stretch applied to the textile laminate.

Abstract: A holder for holding an item in place relative to a hat and a hat having a holder. The holder generally comprises a spring, a platform, and at least one string coupled to both the spring and the platform. The spring is generally disposed within an interior cavity of the crown of the hat while the platform is disposed in front of the exterior surface of the crown, while a string joins the two. The platform can then be pulled away from the crown to receive an object to retain the object to the hat.

Abstract: A fiber spreading apparatus which is configured to spread a carbon fiber bundle, and includes a feeding roll, a winding roll, a vibrating roller, and a first nozzle. The vibrating roller is disposed between the feeding roll and the winding roll, and is in contact with the carbon fiber bundle. The vibrating roller is rotated according to an axis of rotation, and is vibrated along a vibrating direction perpendicular to the axis of rotation. The first nozzle is disposed between the vibrating roller and the winding roll, and blows the carbon fiber bundle.

Abstract: A protective helmet including an outer shell, and a liner assembly received in the outer shell and connected to the outer shell, the liner assembly defining a front portion configured to overlay a front of a head of a wearer, a rear portion configured to overlay a rear of the head of the wearer, a top portion disposed above and out of contact with a top of the head of the wearer when the helmet is worn, and two opposed side portions each configured to overlay a respective side of the head of the wearer. Each of the front, rear, side and top portions includes at least one zone where the liner assembly includes a plurality of overlapping layers.

Abstract: A method and a device for the automated transport of weaving accessories is disclosed. A device is provided which has at least one rail and at least one rail carrier. The at least one rail carrier carries the weight of the at least one rail, on which weaving accessories can be movably disposed in the longitudinal direction of the rail. The method is characterized in that the at least one rail carrier is displaced relative to the at least one rail, in the longitudinal direction thereof, in order to move weaving accessories disposed at the rail along the rail in the longitudinal direction thereof.

Abstract: A needling device to consolidate a fleece. The device including at least one needle plate with an array of needles; at least one column with its longitudinal axis rigidly connected to the at least one needle plate; drive systems; a sealed housing; and at least one guide pot. The drive systems are configured to impart to the at least one column a to and fro motion so that the needles follow an elliptical path to pass through, in one direction then the other, the fleece that passes in front of it in the machine drive direction to consolidate it. The sealed housing containing part of the column and drive systems and wherein the at least one guide pot is fitted in an opening in the sealed housing and oscillates in relation to an axis of oscillation perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and the machine drive direction.

Abstract: A needling machine to consolidate a fleece. The machine includes one or more needle plates having an array of needles; one or more columns coupled to the needle plates; and driving means configured to impart an elliptical to and fro motion to each needle plate so that the needles pass first in one direction, then the other, over the fleece passing before it in the machine. The machine further comprising a sealed housing enclosing part of each column and driving means; and one or more guide pots within the sealed housing. Each driving means including a longitudinal driving means imparting to each column a straight to and fro motion. Each needle plate oscillates in relation to each respective column. The driving means further comprise transverse driving means imparting to a point on each needle plate a to and fro motion essentially parallel to the machine direction.

Abstract: A durag is provided. The durag is configured to configured to cover a head of a user. The durag includes a tail. The tail is attached to a peripheral end of the center cap portion. The tail includes a first portion and a second portion. The tail is wrapped around the head of the user and the first portion is detachably attached to the second portion.

Abstract: A device for texturizing strand material into a wool-type product includes outer and inner nozzle sections. The outer and inner nozzle sections interface and define a passage through which the strand material travels. At least a portion of the passage has a non-uniform diameter that increases in a direction moving away from an input end of the device.

Abstract: A body limb protection system includes an outer layer, an inner layer, and a force dampening and defusing structure. The outer layer includes a first material composition and has an exterior surface that includes a substantially planer area. The inner layer includes a second material composition and has a shape corresponding to a body limb portion. The force dampening and defusing structure is positioned between the inner layer and the outer layer. The force dampening and defusing structure has a shape corresponding to a difference between the shapes of the inner and outer layers. The force dampening and defusing structure includes a plurality of components arranged to reduce pressure on the body limb portion when a force is applied to the substantially planer area.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process and an apparatus for making a fibrous web comprising a plurality of first areas comprising hydroentangled fibers, the first areas being discrete in a machine direction and/or a counter-machine direction, wherein the process comprises subjecting a fibrous web to a first hydroentanglement process directing water jets from a water injection means comprising a plurality of orifices on to the fibrous web; blocking at least one water jet from the water injection means discontinuously by use of a first blocking member positioned between the water injection means and the fibrous web.

Abstract: A collar support apparatus for maintaining a soft collar in position includes a collar body having a body first half, a body second half, a body front side, and a body back side. The body first half is hingingly coupled to the body second half along a midline of the collar body. The collar body is configured to fit within a shirt collar. An adhesive strip is coupled to the collar body to secure the collar body to the shirt collar. A plurality of reinforcement strips is coupled within the collar body and is sufficiently flexible to allow the collar body to fold along the midline and maintain a shape with the body first half and the body second half forming a desired angle.

Abstract: A device includes a neck pillow, a face mask, and a storage pocket for storing an eye mask in one assembly.

Abstract: A balloon headdress having a structure sized and shaped to fit on a human head, the structure defining an inside, facing the head when worn, and an outside, opposed to the inside. A plurality of engagement units is supported on the outside of the structure and a number of balloon retaining units are engaged to the engagement units and adapted to receive, support and direct an inflated balloon to extend in a predetermined direction relative to each balloon retaining unit.

Abstract: A garment, in particular a swim nappy, with an improved fit and formed from one or more substantially impermeable panels (6, 7, 8, 9) intended, in use, to cover a wearer's body between the waist and thighs. A top edge of the rear of the garment extends beyond the top edge of the front of garment in use so that the garment extends further up the wearer's back than the wearer's front. The top edge of the back of the garment may be convex, and the top edge of the front of the garment may be concave. The top edge of the garment may be formed by a waist band.

Abstract: Needle machine comprising at least one needle plate, from which projects an array of needles, means for imparting an elliptical, reciprocating motion to the needles and at least one support table drilled with an array of through holes, or which it is intended to pass in a direction MD, being supported on it, a fabric or web of fibres to be consolidated by needling, the each executing an elliptical, reciprocating motion in the respective through holes, each having an upper respective opening on the fabric support side, a lower respective opening on the opposite side and an inner sidewall extending between the two upper and lower openings, characterised in that each hole is machined so that there is a longitudinal section with a greater dimension MD in which the upper respective opening of the hole has a greater dimension in the direction MD and, in this longitudinal section of greater dimension MD, the inner sidewall of the hole is defined, at least in its upper region, by two left and right lines inclined to

Abstract: A scrunch cap that can be compressed and scrunched tight or loosened when worn on the wearer's head. The scrunch cap is adjustable in some embodiments. The scrunch cap is made from a single piece of stretchable fabric. The fabric includes a first and a second long side of generally equal lengths, and a third and a fourth short side of generally equal lengths. A seam is included such that when folded the fabric includes a hemmed side, an unhemmed side opposite the hemmed side, a folded side, and a side opposite the folded side. A plurality of holes is distributed along three sides of the folded stretchable fabric. The folded side of the single piece of stretchable fabric does not include the plurality of holes. A piece of cord or other tying member is threaded through the plurality of holes in a crisscross arrangement and pulled tight.

Abstract: A garment is provided having a closed front portion made of a pair of overlapping fabric panels that are joined along a seam. The garment also includes a lower front access portion where the pair of fabric panels overlap but are not joined and may therefore be parted, providing access to a portion of the wearer's body. A third fabric panel is joined to the overlapping pair fabric panels and is disposed in a chest area of the garment. A rear portion of the garment is openable to provide access to the wearer's spine.

Abstract: A sweat-absorbing pad for use with a headwear having a sweatband, which includes a body with a front surface that is configured to contact, at least in part, a user's head or forehead to absorb sweat; and a first clip. The first clip includes a clip body which includes a base, first and second legs, and a clip arm. The first and second legs extend from the base, and the clip arm extends from the base. The clip arm is substantially parallel to the first and second legs, and the clip arm is resilient to bias against the clip body. The clip body is substantially received in the body. Furthermore, the first clip, configured to receive at least a portion of the sweatband, fitted in between the body and the clip arm, such that the sweat-absorbing pad is detachably fixed to the sweatband.