Abstract: A welder's protective helmet is provided with a detachable face mask with a handle which allows the welder to detach the same, as desired, and hold the face mask in front of his/her eyes during welding but to easily and quickly move the same to the side for direct viewing. The handle can be provided with a forwardly directed V-shaped trough for holding the extension of the welding torch so that welding proceeds while the user's eyes are protected since the user's hand is holding both the welding torch in the trough of the handle which is also holding the face mask.

Abstract: An article of apparel is disclosed. In one embodiment, an article of apparel includes a front panel, a pouch attached to the front panel, a pocket disposed between the pouch and the front panel, and a closure that allows a first end of the pocket to be selectively opened and closed. The pocket includes a second end opposite the first end and a body joining the first and second ends. The pocket is attached to the pouch and the front panel.

Abstract: A visor assembly includes a main visor secured to a helmet and a movable visor extension for increasing the operational length of the main visor to inhibit debris from striking the goggles or face of the rider during use. The visor assembly further includes a latching mechanism for maintaining the visor extension in a retracted position, a pair of biasing members for biasing the visor extension into an extended position when the latching mechanism is released, and guide tracks and guide-stops for guiding and stopping forward movement of the visor extension at the end of travel into the extended position. The visor extension is readily available to the rider to be used when needed without stopping, is positioned under the helmet visor when not needed so that it is out the way, and can be fitted onto conventional helmets.

Abstract: A webbing adjuster for maintaining orderly, adjustable strap arrangement and secure connections in, e.g., a helmet, which allows for strap adjustment and, upon cinching, secures straps in place. The adjuster can be used in mountaineering, with motorcycle and bicycle helmets, and in other applications that benefit from orderly, adjustable strap arrangement and/or secure connections.

Abstract: The present invention comprises a protective covering for keeping a user's leg clean while using power tools such as grass and weed trimmers or sprayers for various paints, stains and chemicals. The protective covering comprises a washable yet moisture resistant fabric. The V notch at the upper end allows for easily pulling the protective covering over user's pants and shoes, also leaving a slight opening for breathability. Fabric is flared at the lower end to protect user's shoes. Protective cover is held in place on the user's leg by a combination of hook and loop fastener and elastic strip attached at the upper end; this combination of hook and loop fastener and elastic strip allows protective cover to be attached above user's knee and to fit comfortably and snuggly as user moves about with the grass and weed trimmer. Preferably, the protective cover comprises a substantially conical, nonwoven polypropylene fabric.

Abstract: A heated article of footwear that includes an outer shell and a removable inner liner is described. The inner liner includes a heating system with a toe cap heating element. The toe cap heating element is disposed around a perimeter of the forefoot region of the inner liner. The heating system is integrated within the inner liner and is removable with the inner liner from the outer shell. A power source for the heating system is contained within a battery compartment area disposed along a cuff of the inner liner to provide access to the power source.

Abstract: Swimming/diving goggles includes a main body with a head strap coupling portion. An attachment portion is formed on an end of a head strap. A buckle includes two sidewalls defining a space. An eccentric axle extends between upper front portions of the sidewalls and engages with the attachment portion. Front and rear posts extend between the sidewalls and define a passage. The end of the head strap extends through a rear opening of the buckle into the space, extends through the passage, and is wound around to form a bend. The head strap includes an inner section and an outer section having the attachment portion. The head strap and the buckle are jointly movable. A tightening force acting on the inner section makes the inner section form another bend in the passage. The inner section presses against the front post and the rear post to position the head strap.

Abstract: The present invention provides a glove having both high softness and high air tightness. A glove of the present invention has a fiber-made base having a shape of a hand of a person and a coating formed on a surface of at least a portion of the base, where a burning treatment is applied to the base, air tightness of a portion of the glove which has been applied with the burning treatment is maintained even when pressure of 9 kPa or higher is imparted to inside of the base, and the fiber-made base is formed of filament yarns.

Abstract: Ballistic collar may include a bellows shaped member, which is arranged to surround a human's neck, including bellows plies being mainly perpendicular to the axis of the collar or of the human's neck. Free standing, the structure stands up around the neck to provide ballistic protection. The structure may be formed by folding a sheet of ballistic rated body armor fabric including strong synthetic fibers, e.g. from aromatic polyamide fibers, or ultra high molecular weight polyolefin, e.g. polyethylene polypropylene, fibers. For manufacturing the ballistic collar, a plurality of sheets may be piled-up and the whole may be submitted to transformation in a mold at a temperature and pressure at which the sheets remain mainly loose from each other. Preferably parts of the collars or bellows shaped members are made, which are assembled afterwards e.g. by stitching, welding etc.

Abstract: A sport helmet having an outer shell, an inner padding for covering at least partially the wearer's head, an occipital inner pad for facing the occipital region of the wearer's head, a rear support having an upper part hingedly mounted to the helmet and a lower part mounted to the occipital inner pad, and a biasing member having a portion abutting the rear inner surface of the outer shell such that the rear support and occipital inner pad are movable between a first position wherein the rear support is biased to extend inwardly from the rear inner surface, and a second position when the wearer puts on the sport helmet to cause the rear support and occipital inner pad to be deflected towards the rear inner surface while the rear support and occipital inner pad maintain pressure on the occipital region of the wearer's head.

Abstract: This invention provides a helmet shield attaching mechanism capable of relatively easily and relatively accurately performing an adjustment operation for satisfactorily bringing the inner surface of a shield in a substantially fully-closed state into close contact with the window opening rim portion of a head protecting body. The holding position of stopped means of a movable base member, whose position is held by stopper means of a stationary base member in an at least substantially fully-closed state of the shield, can be selected from one of a plurality of portions of the movable base member substantially in the back-and-forth direction.

Abstract: A self-disinfecting personal protective garment comprises a plurality of pockets covered by a porous external layer. Each pocket contains (or can be filled with) a disinfecting solution. Applying compression to the flexible chamber of the pocket (such as by inflation of adjacent inflatable chambers) causes pressurization of the disinfecting solution and forces the solution to flow from the pockets across and through the porous external layer and ultimately to spread over the external surface of the protective garment—so as to eradicate the pathogens on the surface and disinfect the protective garment. Also described is a conversion kit configured to add a self-disinfecting feature to a conventional protective garment. The protective garment of the invention may be used by healthcare workers treating Ebola patients or patients with other highly contagious infections—to extend the time of garment usage, simplify garment removal procedure and increase their personal safety.

Abstract: A chest and rib protection padded shirt, configured to lift a human user's head from a surfboard while providing protection to a human user's chest and ribs. The chest and rib protection padded shirt includes a shirt attached to padding. The padding further includes a plurality of primary pads, secondary pads, tertiary pads, quaternary pads, and quinary pads having a quinary plurality of pads thickness. The primary plurality of pads thickness is greater than the secondary plurality of pads thickness. The secondary plurality of pads thickness is greater than the tertiary plurality of pads thickness. The tertiary plurality of pads thickness is greater than the quaternary plurality of pads thickness. The quaternary plurality of pads thickness is greater than the quinary plurality of pads thickness. The padding is adequate to prevent rib injuries while configured to lift the human user's head from the surfboard without the neck strain.

Abstract: A neckline gusset for securing an exterior shell layer of an apparel item to an inner liner layer of the apparel item at a neckline region of the apparel item is provided. The neckline gusset comprises an outer edge corresponding in shape to the neckline of the exterior shell layer, an inner edge corresponding in shape to the neckline of the inner liner layer, a first center-front gusset edge connecting the outer edge to the inner edge at a first end of the neckline gusset, and a second center-front gusset edge connecting the outer edge to the inner edge at a second end of the neckline gusset. The first and second center-front gusset edges curve inwardly into the body of the neckline gusset and form acute angles with both the outer edge and the inner edge of the neckline gusset.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention relate to a protective apparatus that is comprised of an impact shell and an impact attenuating component. In particular, the impact shell is comprised of a lattice structure on the posterior side of the shell that protrudes from the shell and allows the impact attenuating structure to be offset or spaced from the posterior surface of the shell in at least a middle portion of the shell. The amount of protrusion of the lattice from the posterior surface of the shell reduces as the lattice extends from a middle portion of the shell outwardly towards a medial and/or lateral portion. The lattice structure provides improved impact attenuation characteristics and increased structural strength while reducing materials.

Abstract: Disclosed is a protective garment that includes a lower portion having a pair of extremities each having a knee joint area connected to an upper leg portion by an upper radial seam and connected to a lower leg portion by a lower radial seam. The knee joint area of each extremity also has an inseam insert connected between the upper and lower radial seams.

Abstract: A glove for meat preparation. A variety of cutting elements are attached to the glove's thumb and fingers and allow the user to cut, care, shred slice or trim hot meat. The glove allows the user to handle the meat and also protects the user's hand from the meat's high temperature after cooking, broiling grilling or smoking.

Abstract: Suspender devices for maintaining in place a shirt or other upper garment for a wearer. The suspender devices having an elongated strap member with an upper end having fastener members thereon for attachment to a shirt or other upper garment, and with a lower end having a foot loop for being positioned around the wearer's foot or footwear.

Abstract: A protective football helmet is provided having a one-piece molded shell with an impact attenuation system. This system includes an impact attenuation member formed in an extent of the front shell portion by removing material from the front portion. The impact attenuation member is purposely engineered to change how the front portion responds to an impact force applied substantially normal to the front portion as compared to how other portions of the shell respond to that impact force. In one version, the impact attenuation member is a cantilevered segment formed in the front portion of the shell.

Abstract: A baseball cap has a band of material positioned at a base of a crown portion of the cap. The band may be formed of a first strip of material, such as spandex, that is stretchable along a direction that coincides with the length of the band or a direction perpendicular to the length of the band. The band includes a binding or second strip of material or binding that is adhered to the band using a heating process.