Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods, etc., that provide, in certain aspects, a two-point, adjustable, partially pliable, and releasable tensioning suspension that supports an anti-blunt-force frame connected to a protective helmet. The protective devices herein can be, for example, “sport-level” and “military/law enforcement-level.” The anti-blunt-force frame is positioned and balanced on the wearer's face by an impact absorbing face padding system, including a chin strap, cup or pad comprised of an impact protection material. Thus, in one aspect, the present devices, systems, methods, etc., include an adjustable facial protection system for a human comprising a crescent-shaped face protection element configured to withstand blunt force impact and a ballistic material element to prevent the penetration of ballistic and fragmentation projectiles at various force levels to meet different ballistic hazards. The systems can also include a protective helmet.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for protecting the feet, ankles, knees and legs of a user who spends time on their knees or in a kneeling position.

Abstract: A patterned absorbent stain guard visually integrates an otherwise unsightly moisture absorbing stain guard b concealing, obscuring, or making more attractive the presence of the stain guard. This enables the user to hide the fact that he or she is using a stain guard. The pattern may exist on the absorbent material, on a moisture permeable front layer, and/or on the moisture impervious back layer. Perforation of the stain guard allows the user to easily customize the size and shape of the stain guard. Perforations may themselves be a part of the pattern of the stain guard. A stain guard, thicker on one end than the other, can be oriented so that one end of the item which the stain guard is protecting is pushed thither away from the source of moisture, thereby increasing the number of angles for which moisture will reach the stain guard.

Abstract: A smock for use with a person to keep the person clean while eating or working with messy materials. The smock comprises an upper body and a lower body. The upper body comprises a set of arm holes and a back panel. The lower body comprises a flared section and a drawstring. The upper body may be fit onto a person and the lower body may be secured to a tray attached to a chair or secured to a table. The person may eat or work with messy materials on the smock covering the tray or table. After the person is finished, the smock may be removed from the person and wiped clean; leaving the chair, table and person clean underneath the smock.

Abstract: A garment for regulating temperature is provided, with a body including a back panel and at least one front panel and at least partially joined along at least one common edge, an inner liner panel fastened to an inner surface of at least one of the back panel and to the at least one front panel with a first surface, and a second surface opposite to the first surface of the inner liner panel, and at least one pocket with top, bottom and side edges, being fastened to at least one of the first and second surfaces of the inner removable liner panel. The at least one pocket has at least one side opening.

Abstract: A wearable cover is disclosed for covering a body of a user, the wearable cover comprising a main portion configured to cover a torso of the user's body. The main portion has an opening for enabling a head of the user's body to extend through the main portion and a collar attached to the main portion configured to cover a neck of the user's body and a hat attached to the collar configured to cover a portion of the head.

Abstract: Embodiments of golf gloves having a cut out portion and methods to manufacture gloves having a cut out portion are generally described herein. Other embodiments of gloves may be described and claimed.

Abstract: Embodiments of golf gloves having a cut out portion and methods to manufacture golf gloves having a cut out portion are generally described herein. Other embodiments of golf gloves may be described and claimed.

Abstract: A glove is constructed of breathable leather, where the breathable leather is waterproof, water resistant or water repellant.

Abstract: A modular head wear system includes a base cap structure defined by seams, an inner head band, a base band, and a front section. The base cap structure is adapted to receive interchangeable panels that fit over the openings.

Abstract: A hosiery article to be worn on a foot. The hosiery article can include a plurality of pockets, each of the pockets being sized to receive at least one toe of the foot and to enclose the distal end of the toe, wherein at least one of the pockets is sized such that a portion of toe cleavage is exposed when the article is worn on the foot.

Abstract: This invention pertains to an undergarment having a receptacle for receiving a medical device therein, the receptacle including an opening for inserting the medical device therein.

Abstract: An undergarment for a girl includes a center panel sub-assembly formed from two pieces, an inner center panel and an outer center panel, both having the same general outline in shape. Both the inner center panel and the outer center panel are each cut as a single piece for comfort and do not have a seam in a crotch portion. The center panel sub-assembly is stitched to a right leg component and left leg component, and which are then all in turn stitched to a waistband. The inner center panel in one embodiment is made from a cotton fabric for comfort. The outer center panel in one embodiment is made from a cotton/spandex blend to facilitate a snug fit of the undergarment. The leg components are characterized in one embodiment as extending below the crotch to ensure that modesty is maintained in various positions while wearing the undergarment.

Abstract: A size adjuster for helmets for cycling use of the type that can be fixedly connected inside a helmet for cycling use is disclosed. The size adjuster includes an annular structure arranged along the lower periphery of the helmet and is able to be switched between a minimum diameter configuration and a plurality of increased diameter configurations to allow the helmet to be worn by different sized users. The adjuster can include a manual switching device of the configuration of the annular structure and further includes headrest elements for a user connected to the annular structure in a freely orientable manner along at least one axis.

Abstract: Systems and methods for attaching an accessory to a helmet are disclosed. A helmet accessory mounting interface may be attached to a receptacle. The receptacle may be removably or permanently received by a carrier. The carrier may be attached to a helmet having a particular shape and size. The carrier also may be configured to receive any selected type of a plurality of receptacle types which, in turn, corresponds to a particular mounting interface for a helmet accessory. The receptacle may be receivable, in some embodiments removably, by any one of a number of different types of carriers.

Abstract: A toilet cleaning system in which a hand held unit (28) is attached to a conduit (24) (e.g., a pipe, a hose, etc.) that is fully or in part flexible and is connected to a water supply (22). In this embodiment, a “trigger” device (30) is within the hand held unit (28) to prevent or allow the water to travel through the system. A chamber (32) is positioned within the hand held unit (28) and contains a sanitizing agent. The chamber (32) is connected to the portion of the hand held unit (34) containing the “trigger” (30) with a watertight connection (36). The water mixes with the sanitizing agent as it travels through the chamber section containing the sanitizing agent and the mixture exits at point (38) of the hand held unit either through the end of the unit or through a side (39) of the unit (28).

Abstract: A urinal is disclosed as having a spreader assembly. The spreader assembly includes a spreader body that may be mounted to the urinal, and a spreader mat. The spreader mat includes a series of spray holes. The spreader body is connected to a water supply, and a perimeter of the spreader mat is sealed to the spreader body. Each spray hole of the spreader mat is oriented to direct water onto a particular area of the urinal, when water is supplied to flush the urinal.

Abstract: A dual flush toilet assembly including a locking mechanism that prevents over travel of a piston, thereby preventing inadvertent full flushing when only a partial flush has been selected, yet permits full flushing when so desired. Specifically, a rotatable locking mechanism that prevents the piston from moving fully upwards into the second latched position when a partial flush is desired, yet rotates to an unlocked position to permit the piston to move fully upwards into the second latched position when full flushing is desired.

Abstract: A flush toilet which is capable of completing flushing of a bowl portion at or before termination of a siphon action, thereby improving toilet flushing performance in a situation where flushing is performed while generating a siphon action by using a reduced amount of flush water. The flush toilet is configured such that, after a first rim water spouting portion starts to spout flush water therefrom, a jet water spouting portion and a second rim water spouting portion start to spout flush water therefrom, in this order.

Abstract: The invention described herein includes a latrine pan and collector system for use in an offset pit latrine. The system permits use of a latrine pan having a flapper in an offset leach pit context, and eliminated the necessity of large scale installation of a concrete collection box, which can collect unsanitary debris. The system of the invention includes (1) a pour-flush latrine pan and (2) a collector.

Abstract: Provided herein is a frameless cover for enclosing a spa or pool comprising an inflatable member capable of providing rigidity without joined or crisscrossed structural parts, wherein the inflatable member overlays the spa or pool. Also provided herein is a kit for transporting and/or carrying the frameless, inflatable spa or pool cover.

Abstract: The invention relates to a one-piece shower pan with no openings for water leakage, other than the drain hole, and designed for easy installation of tiles of various thicknesses. The shower pan comprises a drain hole designed to fit a conventional drain pipe such that when the conventional drain pipe is fastened to the shower pan, the conventional drain pipe extends ½ to 2 inches above the bottom of the shower pan. In this way, when cement or other adhesive is floated on the interior surface of the shower pan, tiles of varying thickness can be installed in such a manner that the top surface of the tiles are substantially flush with the top portion of the conventional drain pipe. The shower pan also has a waterdam with a fin extending vertically on the outer edge of the waterdam as added protection against water migration outside the shower pan.

Abstract: A drain device includes a tube set, a transmission, a stopper and a driver. The transmission is disposed in a main tube and an isolating inner tube, and extended from the front end of the isolating inner tube to the front end of the main tube. The stopper is mounted to a front end of the transmission, and adapted to close or open a water feeding inlet. The driver is disposed in the isolating inner tube, and mechanically connected to the transmission, whereby after the driver receives an electronic control signal, the driver drives the stopper to move downward or upward via the transmission, and there is a sealing effect or a gap between the stopper and the annular plate.

Abstract: A bed to a sofa conversion frame, without a seating area, a space reserved for the traditional bed, which is a conventional manufactured mattress, or ii) a conventional manufactured mattress and a box spring, or iii) a conventional manufactured mattress and a two rail frame, optionally with a box spring. The bed to a sofa conversion frame includes a backrest, a footer (optional) and a pair of armrests configured to be connected as a solid state and or assembled together to form a sofa frame around a traditional bed, wherein the backrest comprises a horizontally-extending backrest ridge configured to hold and secure, directly or indirectly, a conventional manufactured mattress and when used as an option the footer comprises a horizontally-extending backrest ridge configured to hold and secure, directly or indirectly, a mattress. The pair of armrests forms a base for mounting the backrest and the footer via corresponding mounting hardware and mounting slots.

Abstract: A patient repositioning system for pulling a patient toward a head end of a bed includes a sheet, a mattress, and a housing which contains at least a part of a drive mechanism for operatively coupling to and pulling the sheet. The housing resides below a head end piece of the mattress, and is secured to the bed deck. The sheet pulling structure extends out of the housing via a slot and releasably attaches to the sheet, in a manner which has a low profile so as to pass through the slot. The sheet is longer than and wider than the mattress, and has beaded longitudinal side edges which are retained within rows of spaced retainers located on opposite sides of the mattress. During pulling of the sheet, the contoured shape of the housing facilitates movement of the sheet into the housing via the slot, even though the sheet width extends beyond the lateral edges of the mattress.

Abstract: A bed assembly for providing a place of entertainment and a place to sleep for people of all ages, primarily children. The bed assembly is functional, ornamental, and entertaining. The assembly provides for a frame, body, and wheels. The interior frame and under-carriage assembly is a structure of vertical, horizontal, angled, and transverse support members elevated by columns and truss oriented support members that may be assembled by the consumer. The body of the bed is primarily for ornamental design and is to give shape and dimension to the frame. A tire/wheel assembly consists of a rim/wheel to provide for ornamental design, seating, and entertainment by the consumer, as it attaches and detaches as part of its function. The assembly includes two locations for storing mattresses for use in sleeping, an upper and lower location.

Abstract: A blanket with multiple functionality and a system for organizing articles with the blanket is disclosed and described. This multiple functionality may comprise the blanket functioning to provide comfort and protection from the elements to a user. In various exemplary embodiments, this multiple functionality may comprise the blanket functioning to permit removable attachment of the blanket to various objects, such as to strollers and to child-carriers by an edge-attachment-means. In various exemplary embodiments, this multiple functionality may comprise the blanket functioning to permit holding of various articles in at least one pocket. The at least one pocket may be in direct communication with the blanket and may be integral with the blanket. In some embodiments, the at least one pocket may further comprise a means for removably tethering the various articles to the at least one pocket, such that loss of the article may be mitigated.

Abstract: A bed-making system and method of deploying that system. The system includes a number of inserts which are fitted between a mattress and a box spring. A clamp is connected to each insert via an anchor ring. The clamp is used to clamp together onto bedding which can then quickly and easily be placed onto the mattress to re-make the bed.

Abstract: A wearable or swaddling accessory blanket provides gentle pressure on the side and/or on the thoracic area of an infant to mimic the human hold. The wearable garment or swaddling blanket appliance includes integrated protrusions in the form of pressure accessories for simulating the slight pressure felt from a caregiver when holding or cradling an infant. The pressure accessories are enlarged or expanded areas disposed at locations on a textile base such as a blanket such that they approximate the arm and hand positions of a caregiver when the swaddling appliance is engaged by wrapping around an infant. Wings or flaps of the appliance facilitate engaging the appliance around an infant such that tension in the wrapped blanket appliance induce a slight inward pressure on the pressure accessories such that the infant perceives the pressure and interprets a caregiver hold or touch.

Abstract: A foldable fitted sheet is provided. The fitted sheet may be a substantially rectangular woven fabric with four corner portions. The corner portions may each include cut out portions forming a pair of inner edges and a pair of outer edges. The inner edges may be releasably attachable to one another. Therefore, the sheet may be placed on top of mattress and the inner edges may be connected to secure to the mattress. When the inner edges are detached, the sheet may lay flat and may be easily folded.

Abstract: A mattress and sheet combination includes a sheet formed to cover the upper surface of the mattress and extend over portions of the sides and ends of the mattress. A plurality of first fastener members is placed in the sides and ends of the mattress with each of the plurality of first fastener members being a selected distance from the upper surface of the mattress. A plurality of second fastener members is placed in the sheet with the plurality of first fastener members and the plurality of second fastener members being arranged in correspondence so that they may be connected together to fasten the sheet and mattress together.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a surgical tables and table tops with reduced thickness and improved radiolucency of X-ray radiation. The invention also relates to surgical table arrangement adapted for the improved table tops.

Abstract: The invention relates to an emergency power supply device (200) for an electromotive furniture drive (100) of a piece of furniture (1), comprising a housing in which at least one energy accumulator is arranged, a connection cable having at least two power lines and several auxiliary lines for connecting to the electromotive furniture drive which is to be associated therewith, a socket for connecting a control unit of the electromotive furniture drive which is to be associated therewith, at least one control element which, when actuated, electrically connects the electric connections of the at least one energy accumulator to the at least two power lines of the connection cable. The housing is designed as a shell housing comprising securing sections and an inner compartment for receiving the at least one energy accumulator, said at least one control element and at least one night light. The invention also relates to an electromotive furniture drive (100) and a piece of furniture (1).

Abstract: A pillow is provided comprising a first member having first and second side portions and a medial portion extending therebetween, wherein at least a portion of the first and second side portions and the medial portion define a recess; and wherein the pillow further comprises an elongate second member, the second member being structured to be removably attached to the first member within the recess.

Abstract: A temporary artificial environment for maintaining an increased level of humidity is created over a sleeping person by suspending a perforated netting or perforated net-type material over a supporting framework creating a restricted air volume environmental or enclosed space over said sleeping person as said person respires to retard the evaporation of moisture within the said enclosed space and thereby the unwanted drying of nasopharyngeal tissues of the sleeping person by the ambient environment, thereby increasing the healthfulness of the nasal pharyngeal membranes of the sleeping person.

Abstract: A topper for use with a bedding or seating product, such as a mattress, comprises a casing surrounding a pocketed spring assembly and at least one cushioning layer. The topper has a skirt which may fit around the mattress. The skirt may have a drawstring or an elastic band which helps keep the removable topper on top of the bedding or seating product. The height of the springs in the pocketed spring assembly is typically less than the height of the bedding or seating product.

Abstract: An elevation structure system possesses anti-decubitus ulcer characteristics, and may cooperate with a mattress overlay also having anti-decubitus ulcer capabilities as part of a mattress overlay system, in which multiple elongate, positionally adjustable, relatively moveable risers are configured for selective placement in conditions of transverse, subposed, under-engagement with the sides of an overlay to create substantially non-inclined, elevated, depth-supplemented regions at locations along the length of the overlay. The elevation structure and overlay may each include a dynamic-response core expanse formed of an open-cell, compressible viscoelastic foam coated with an elastomeric, moisture- and gas-flow-managing, differential-thickness coating structure load-transmissively bonded to the entirety of the outside of said core expanse to function as a dynamically-responsive unit therewith.

Abstract: A mattress comprises a mattress body (2, 3, 14) made of a resilient material, such as foam rubber, and a covering (12) which is fixed to the mattress body (2, 3, 14), such as a moisture-impermeable covering. The mattress body has at least two adjoining mattress body sections (2, 3, 14) which have mutually facing boundary surfaces (4, 5; 6, 7), to which boundary surfaces (4, 5; 6, 7) a covering (12) is likewise fixedly fitted. The covering (12) of at least one (14) of the mattress body sections has a substantially airtight casing (15) which is connected to an air connection (17).

Abstract: A method may include presenting a user interface on a display of a remote control to label a first air chamber of a plurality of air chambers; receiving a label from a user for the first air chamber; presenting a prompt to the user on the display to enter a pressure setting for the first air chamber, the prompt including the label received from the user; receiving a pressure setting for the first air chamber from the user; and transmitting a control signal to instruct the first air chamber to adjust pressure to the pressure setting.

Abstract: A mattress assembly includes an inner core comprising a base core layer comprising planar top and bottom surfaces, and at least one comfort layer comprising planar top and bottom surfaces disposed on the top surface of the base core layer; a side rail assembly disposed about a perimeter of the inner core; and a plurality of air channels extending from a central region of the inner core to the side rail assembly configured to permit the flow of fluid from and to the inner core.

Abstract: A utility tool, such a putty knife, includes an elongated handle for manual handling of the utility tool, a blade and a screw bit assembly. The screw bit assembly is rotatably mounted about the rear portion of the handle, has a screw bit, and is operable between a non-operating configuration where the screw bit is nested within the handle, and an operating configuration where the screw bit is drawn out of the handle and securely maintained in a fixed configuration so as to be positioned at a slanted angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the handle. In addition to being able to carry out other various functions, in drywall applications and the like, the tool by virtue of its design and components enables a more ergonomic grip, and to have a greater lever effect for screwing fasteners with its screw bit assembly.

Abstract: A multi-tool is provided having a first end having a socket wrench, a second end having a retractable blade, a plurality of interchangeable wrench heads that are affixable over the second end of the tool when the blade is retracted, a screwdriver that is pivotally deployable from the body of the tool, an extendable magnet that is pivotally deployable from the reverse side of the tool, and at least one level. An alternative embodiment of the present multi-tool further includes a light to be used to illuminate dim work environments. The interchangeable wrench heads include an open-ended wrench head, an adjustable open-ended wrench head, a box end wrench head, and other such wrench head attachments.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel combined laundry detergent, bleach, and antimicrobial composition incorporating novel sulfoperoxycarboxylic acid compounds, and methods for making and using them. The sulfoperoxycarboxylic compounds used in compositions of the invention are storage stable, water soluble and have low to no odor. Compositions of the invention may be in the form of a liquid, a solid, or a gel. The sulfoperoxycarboxylic compounds useful in preparing compositions of the present invention can be formed from non-petroleum based renewable materials.

Abstract: A protective system having a protective device for tension members for collecting ice accumulations detaching from a tension member that is anchored on the structure in a first abutment and in a second abutment. The tension member is exposed to climatic conditions by the section running between the abutments. To guarantee protection from falling ice accumulations, the protective device has a hose-shaped envelope, which surrounds the tension member on the circumferential side. The hose-shaped envelope is disposed on a partial longitudinal section of the tension member in an axially compressed or folded manner in a first operating position, and is movable, with the aid of a drive system, to a second operating position, in which the hose-shaped envelope extends over the length of the tension member in the stretched state.

Abstract: A roller for cleaning the skin comprising a wheel mounted on a handle having means for mounting said wheel, and where the wheel's periphery has asymmetrical suction cups with elongated shapes. Said suction cups have their suction surfaces oriented out from the center axis of the wheel and are preferably made of rubber or elastomer.

Abstract: A foot cleaning device comprising: a shaft, where the shaft includes a distal end and a proximal end; a telescoping scope shaft, where the telescoping shaft adjustably extends from the proximal end of the shaft; a cleaning attachment, where the cleaning attachment includes a base where the base attaches to the telescoping shaft; and extensions extending from the base of the cleaning attachment where each extension includes a means to abrasively clean a user's foot and each extension is bendable.

Abstract: A bristle of a liquid-reservoir hairbrush with a tube and a roller-ball nozzle located at the tube's end, wherein the tube has a channel bounded by a tube wall, and wherein the tube wall has an internal surface. A feeder is placed into the channel The feeder has an external surface, and a spacing between the external surface of the feeder and the internal surface of the tube wall is great enough so that liquid can flow between the external surface of the feeder and the internal surface of the tube wall only by gravity, but not by capillary action, and air located outside of the roller-ball nozzle can flow through the roller-ball nozzle and then between the external surface of the feeder and the internal surface of the tube wall in the direction from the roller-ball nozzle to the proximal end of the tube.

Abstract: Disclosed is a method of manufacturing a hygienic brush head (210) for cleaning articles, where the brush head (210) comprises a plurality of flexible bristle filaments (200) extending in a longitudinal direction (212) grouped into flexible sweeping elements (202), being encapsulated in a moulded bristle carrier (208) connected to a moulded brush head body (206), the method comprises: collecting the flexible bristle filaments (200) in a grouping module creating at least one group of flexible sweeping elements (202), encapsulating the one end (216) of the at least one group of flexible sweeping elements (202) in a bristle carrier (208) comprising a flange part (222) that extends from the bristle carrier (208) away from the flexible sweeping elements (202), positioning a plurality of the encapsulated groups of flexible sweeping elements (202) in a mould (214), and performing a first brush head moulding of a brush head body (206) around the plurality of the encapsulated groups of flexible sweeping elements (202)

Abstract: A wire core brush with a core composed of at least two wires or wire legs twisted together, between which a large number of application elements composed of filament are held in a clamped fashion, each being embodied in the form of a loop whose ends are both affixed to the wire core, in which a large number of application elements that are each composed of a loop are composed of a single filament, which is clamped in one piece between the wires that are twisted together.

Abstract: A modular tool for imparting profile characteristics into fluent cementitious material. The tool has an elongated base forming a permanently fixed blade, and at least one handle. The blade is configured to act as a dovetail to which any of several modular blades may frictionally fit in removable fashion. The fixed blade forms a deflector disposed to deflect removed cementitious material away from the handles. Other blades may fit by peg and socket engagement. The tool may have detachable rollers enabling the tool to advance at a controlled elevation along a wall being formed and shaped. A slide block may be arranged to engage the rollers so as to adjust their position on the tool. The tool may have integral bubble levels.