Abstract: This invention relates to electronic wearable articles such as clothing. The invention is an integrated wearable article (e.g. an electronic glove) that allows a user to signal to others the user intent for direction. The electronic glove includes a glove, a chevron-shaped light integrated with the glove that points away from the user when glove is on the hand of the user to indicate intended direction, and an electronic circuit including a switch mechanism with a first contact assembly on the thumb and a second contact assembly on the index finger of the glove, wherein the electronic circuit detects when the first contact assembly touches the second contact assembly to actuate the light, and a battery to power the electronic circuit.

Abstract: This invention relates to electronic wearable articles such as clothing. The invention is an integrated wearable article (e.g. an electronic glove) that allows a user to signal to others the user intent for direction. The electronic glove includes a glove, a chevron-shaped light integrated with the glove that points away from the user when glove is on the hand of the user to indicate intended direction, and an electronic circuit including a switch mechanism with a first contact assembly on the thumb and a second contact assembly on the index finger of the glove, wherein the electronic circuit detects when the first contact assembly touches the second contact assembly to actuate the light, and a battery to power the electronic circuit.

Abstract: An expandable glove includes a hand portion having a first cavity and a second cavity adjacent to the first cavity, a sleeve portion including a cuff having an opening therein for access to the hand portion, and a lateral closure extending from the hand portion to the sleeve portion. The lateral closure is configured to repeatedly and reversibly move from a closed position in which the opening of the cuff has a first perimeter, to an open position in which the opening of the cuff has a second perimeter larger than the first perimeter. The glove is formed of vinyl.

Abstract: The inventive concept is a wristband or sweatband towel combination which is attached to the wrist of a user who is involved in sporting or working activities and who uses the towel for various purposes such as wiping perspiration from various parts of the body of the user. The wristband or sweatband surrounds the wrist and may have a way of releasably attaching the towel in a collapsed or retracted condition against the wristband. The towel can be released and extended from the wristband as needed. Alternatively, the towel can be folded into half or completely into a fully retracted or collapsed position on top of the wristband.

Abstract: A fashion accessory tool that can transform a piece of fabric. The fashion accessory tool allows a piece of fabric to be secured to a garment and adjusted after it has been secured to the garment. The piece of fabric can be woven through the fashion accessory tool and then secured in the tool with deformable features. The fashion accessory tool can be pinned to a garment and the fabric can be adjusted and styled after the fashion accessory tool is pinned.

Abstract: A hem insert is adapted for forming an inwardly or outwardly-turned cuff in a garment. The hem insert comprises an elongated flexible strip having opposing ends and opposing longitudinal straight edges. The hem insert is adapted for insertion into a sewn circumferential hem of the garment, and the hem subsequently folded by a wearer to form the cuff.

Abstract: A mask comprising a face covering component and an attached resilient, plastic component, wherein the resilient plastic component is secured to the rear of the face covering component, and wherein the resilient plastic component is adapted to hold the mask on the face of a user without the need for any independent holding means. The face covering component comprises two eye openings for the eyes of a user wearing the mask, and can comprise an image of a costume character. The face covering component can preferably be made of paper or a resilient plastic material. The face covering component can be a full-face mask, an upper-face mask, or an eye-covering mask. The resilient plastic is adapted to roll upon itself into a cylinder and the ends of the plastic layer tend to hold the mask to the temples of the wearer.

Abstract: A hair covering for protecting the hair from external insults while substantially maintaining the shape of the wearer's hair is described. In some exemplary embodiments, the hair covering includes a band dimensioned to fit substantially the circumference of a wearer's head, the band having a width between about 6.3 cm and about 9.0 cm and a negative ease of between about 5.7 cm and about 9.0 cm. The band is circumferentially attached to a hair covering body having a positive ease of between about 6.3 cm and about 27.0 cm. In some more particular embodiments, the hair covering body has at least one single pleat, at least one double pleat, or at least one single pleat and at least one double pleat.

Abstract: A winged visor. A curved front section is bordered on each side by two horizontal wings. The winged visor provides protection to the wearer's face from the sun while optimizing peripheral vision. In a preferred embodiment, the winged visor is fabricated from thin, bendable plastic and is sewn into the brim of a wide brim hat. The wide brim hat further includes eyelets for ventilation and a removable chin strap.

Abstract: A hat configured to secure a pair of eyeglasses or any other stem is provided with a crown portion having an exterior surface and an interior surface, a band attached to the interior surface of the crown portion thereby forming a pocket between the interior surface of the crown portion and the band, and at least one opening that extends through the exterior surface and interior surface of the crown portion wherein the at least one opening is positioned such that the pocket between the interior surface of the crown portion and the band is accessible from the exterior surface of the crown portion through the opening, whereby an item may be inserted through the at least one opening and into the pocket formed between the interior surface of the crown portion and the band to secure the item to the hat.

Abstract: This invention relates generally to the field of headgear, and, more particularly, to an apparatus for protecting the wearer from head injuries during sporting activities. The apparatus comprises at least a left side pad, a right side pad, a strap system, and optional front and rear cranial pads and chin pad. The pads are all manufactured from closed-cell, ethylene vinyl acetate foam using an injection molding process to create integrated safety features in a single, anti-microbial, safety pad.

Abstract: A continuous flip-flops strap structure includes a first strap and a second strap. The first strap has a plurality of first connecting portions which are spaced each other. The second strap has a plurality of second connecting portions which are spaced each other. The second connecting portions correspond in position to the first connecting portions to be woven and connected with each other. After the first connecting portions and the second connecting portions of the first strap and the second strap are sewn to be connected with each other, the central part of each pair of the connected first and second connecting portions is cut, and the central part of each pair of unconnected sections of the first strap and the second strap between every two adjacent pairs of the connected first and second connecting portions is cut to form a strap structure for flip flops.

Abstract: A battery for use with a heated insole has a cushion portion on top of the battery to provide comfort when the battery is disposed within the insole.

Abstract: A shoe has a heated insole with a battery-receiving portion. A battery is insertable into and removable from the battery-receiving portion of the shoe's insole while the insole is disposed within the shoe.

Abstract: An assembly for inclusion in a heated insole has a heating member and a frame. The frame has a connector that allows a person to couple a battery to and decouple the battery from the heating member.

Abstract: A footwear system is disclosed for protecting a user's foot from water or other liquid substances. In one embodiment, the footwear comprises a shoe having an upper, a seamless sock-shaped bootie, an inner lining, and a sole engaged to the upper. The seamless bootie may be composed of waterproof material and include at least one ribbed portion adapted to expand to allow the bootie to conform to the size of the inner lining. The bootie may be arranged between the upper and inner lining. Methods of manufacturing the aforementioned footwear system are also disclosed.

Abstract: Overpronation of a foot is limited and corrected by a footwear article that acts on a foot in motion to act in relation to foot stepping by use of vertical restraints to move the calcaneus bone in a medial direction and shift pressure of the stepping foot and pull the first metatarsal laterally and shifting pressure off the first medial side to its lateral side.

Abstract: A heated insole for a shoe has an insole body and a battery. The insole body has a battery-receiving portion. The battery is configured to be removable from and insertable into the battery-receiving portion while the insole is disposed within the shoe.

Abstract: A heated insole for a shoe has an insole body and a removeable heating member. The insole body has a recess. The heating member is configured to be removable from and insertable into the recess while the insole is disposed within the shoe.

Abstract: An article of footwear may include a polymer foam shell. The shell may include a midsole zone and an upper zone. An interior region of the shell may be defined by interior surfaces of the midsole zone and by interior surfaces of the upper zone. The article may further include a polymer foam inner midsole that is separate from and contained within the shell.

Abstract: A method of making an article of footwear may include providing a last shaped to resemble a human foot. The method may also include forming at least one footwear component at least in part from a susceptor material that is thermally reactive to an electromagnetic field. The method may further include covering at least a portion of the last with two or more footwear components, wherein the two or more footwear components includes the at least one footwear component formed at least in part from a susceptor material. In addition, the method may include applying an electromagnetic field to the susceptor material, causing induction heating of the susceptor material and joining the two or more footwear components by melding the two or more components with the induction heating.

Abstract: A field replaceable buckle with reinstallable cross bar includes at least one buckle part having a pair of lateral lugs extending therefrom. Each lateral lug has at least one aperture provided therein. The reinstallable cross bar includes a securing portion and a retaining portion. When the reinstallable cross bar is inserted through an aperture in a first lateral lug, it is prevented from passing therethrough by the retaining portion and the securing portion is operable to securely, but releasably, engage an aperture in the second lateral lug.

Abstract: Improvements in a self-tightening holding strap that grips onto a tube. The strap uses an elastomeric cushion with hook and loop fasteners to hold the strap onto a tubular pipe. The hook and loop fasteners allows the self-tightening holding strap to be easily installed, removed and repositioned where desired. The elastomeric cushion conforms around a textured or powder coated surface to increase the gripping forces. The elastomeric cushion can expand slightly as forces increase but retain the high grip. A tightening clasp allows an installer to pull from only one side of the self-tightening holding strap with one or both hands and using the elastomeric cushion to prevent the self-tightening holding strap from sliding on the pole. The self-tightening holding strap to be sewn onto a cover, canopy or strap.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to a ring protection device. The ring protection device can have a shell layer to at least partially encase a ring. The ring protection device can have a shell layer containing a housing segment. The segments of the shell layer can be connected to other segments via a hinge mechanism. The shell segments and hinge mechanism can be configured to encase a ring and protect it from damage. The shell layer can be connected to a sealing layer to aid the ring protection functionality. The hinge mechanism can be opened and closed to insert and remove a ring into the ring protection device.

Abstract: A pole grip for walking sticks, trekking poles, alpine ski, cross-country ski, or Nordic walking poles, and an associated hand-retaining device, or a set of said elements. The pole grip has a grip body and a hook-like device for fastening the hand-retaining device. Movable or rotatable locking elements are arranged in the area of the hook-like device in such a way that a loop-shaped device provided on the hand-retaining device and inserted into the hook-like device substantially from above is fastened in the hook-like device in a self-locking manner. The design is characterized in that elements that prevent rotation of a loop-shaped device fastened to the hook-like device about the longitudinal axis of the hook-like device by elements of form closure are provided on the hook-like device, and that corresponding complementary elements are provided on the hand-retaining device.

Abstract: A combined decorative anti-microbial hand held fan, greeting card, keepsake, and fire retardant candle extinguisher and associated decorative envelope that can be used to help celebrate festive occasions. The fan contains decorative printing and text boxes on which congratulatory messages, date/time/place of the festive occasion, as well as a listing of guests and presents can be written. Anti-microbial copper/alloys are incorporated into the major edges, the handgrip area, and flakes on both sides of the device. In the preferred mode, the fan can be folded along pre-set seams to form a configuration that allows the celebrant to extinguish celebratory candles from the draft created by moving the folded fan quickly in the proximity of the top of the lit candles.

Abstract: A contact lens case including a container main body provided with a housing recess for storing a contact lens and a liquid agent, and a lid that is connected to the container main body via a hinge in a freely openable and closable manner. A lens holding body is displaceably housed in the housing recess, and by connecting the lid and the lens holding body via a connecting member, the lens holding body can undergo rising and falling displacement following open and close action of the lid around the hinge. A displacement restricting member is provided that restricts a direction of the rising and falling displacement of the lens holding body to the vertical direction that coincides with a depth direction of the housing recess.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to double-sided wheel assemblies and methods thereof. In one embodiment, double-sided wheel assembly is provided that may comprise a wheel member comprising a first wheel; a second wheel; and a center member disposed between the first wheel and the second wheel, the first wheel and second wheel adapted to distribute the load of the luggage; a wheel carriage for supporting the wheel member; and a wheel support base adapted to couple with the wheel carriage.

Abstract: A wine carrying suitcase system comprising spaces with customizable forms comprising customizable cavities to safely transport bottled beverages.

Abstract: The present invention is a self contained, portable security case or container. The case is secure in its locked condition by locks which are preferably operated by an electronic key. The electronic key can be programmed to open the case or container dependent upon various different conditions, for example, location, time, identification of operator, etc. In addition to the electronic key, a biometric identification device can be employed. The exterior of the case or container is made from different materials which are impermeable and resistant to heat, drilling and ballistic impact. A GPS type of location device located within the case enables the case to be tracked from remote locations.

Abstract: A hair styling device is described with two arms that can be adjusted relative to one another in an articulated manner for receiving and shaping a strand of hair. Each arms carries on its side facing the other arm a shaping plate with a shaping surface that makes contact with the hair strand to be shaped during the hair styling process. It is especially characteristic that a blocking rib is provided adjacent to the shaping surfaces of each of the two shaping plates on their side remote from the pivot axis of the arms and projecting in the direction of the particular other arm and running transversally to the longitudinal extension of the particular arm. The two blocking ribs are arranged offset to one another and adjacent in the closed position of the arms and which run parallel to one another and overlap above a certain height, and which do not extend to the particular other arm in this position of the two arms to one another.

Abstract: A hair bundling device includes a flexible, elliptic body having a spiral configuration defining a spiral space for receiving a bundle of hair of a user that can be held by confronting surfaces of the spiral configuration. The body includes an outer spiral portion and an inner spiral portion. An opening is formed at an inner side of a front end of the outer spiral portion. An elliptic outer hair passage is defined between the outer spiral portion and the inner spiral portion. An elliptic inner hair holding passage extends from the elliptic outer hair holding passage to an inner end of the spiral configuration. The elliptic outer hair holding passage includes at least one hair clamping section having a reduced width. The bundle of hair of the user can be passed through the opening and the elliptic outer hair passage into the elliptic inner hair holding passage.

Abstract: A cosmetic device is provided. The cosmetic device includes a housing; a drum assembly rotatably coupled to the housing, the drum assembly including an abrasive outer surface and a deformable portion disposed below the abrasive outer surface; and a drive system configured to rotate the drum assembly relative to the housing.

Abstract: A cosmetic device is provided. The cosmetic device includes a housing; a drum assembly rotatably coupled to the housing, the drum assembly including an abrasive outer surface and a deformable portion disposed below the abrasive outer surface; and a drive system configured to rotate the drum assembly relative to the housing.

Abstract: An apparatus and series of accompanying methods for compact transportation and application of cosmetic compounds, hygiene products and the like, which affords the user the ability to travel with the requirement of carrying bulky products comprising packaging or heavy baggage. The apparatus employs individualized, removably attached compartments for retaining metered quantities of cosmetic compounds and hygiene products and these compartments are interchangeable in order to retain numerous configurations of products, including, but not limited to mascara, lip gloss, hand lotion, hand sanitizer, eye shadow, eye liner, and blush.

Abstract: A piece of non-allergenic wire such as 925 silver with ?×? in thin flat square swivel plates, each with Hypoallergenic double-sided tape on the outer side. The wearer fixes one plate just above one eyebrow and the other end under the eye, both to the corner of the eye area; the purpose is that when at bedtime the user is trying to fall asleep she or he unconsciously makes grimaces, or, by pressure of the pillow, creates temporary and unwelcomed wrinkles on the eye area, which, with time become permanent wrinkles, with this invention placed on such area, both, upper and lower eye areas are prevented to move closer together, thus, the appearance of temporary and permanent wrinkles are greatly reduced.

Abstract: An improved bottle, retaining device and associated elements for carrying items is disclosed. The retaining device is adapted for holding a container (or containers) or other items; the retaining device being adapted to affix the container by way of the retaining device to a person or a personal item so ready access is provided for the held container/item.

Abstract: A backpack/bag/handbag and a chair with backrest combination combines, two essential objects used in the outdoor activities: the personal transportation bag and the portable chair all-in-one. While addressing the technical problem of storage goods and seating which normally characterizes the outdoor activities such as going to the beach or public gardens. The invention object presents the characteristics of a bag/backpack, but, the back of the storage compartment of the bag/backpack articulates a seat with two planes: the back part of the backpack storage area and the back of the chair and the cushion seat. When the two planes and and the cushion seat are folded in the vertical position, the invention object can be used as a bag/backpack. To be used as a chair/backrest, the cushion seat is rotated to a horizontal angle and the two planes and move to an oblique angle transforming the invention into a chair.

Abstract: A hanging belt includes a main belt, two supplementary belts respectively connected to two opposite ends of the main belt at an angle, an interlocking series of teeth extending along respective border edges of the main belt and the supplementary belts, a slide coupled between a part of the interlocking series of teeth at the main belt and another part of the interlocking series of teeth at one supplementary belt and movable to close the interlocking series of teeth and to convert the main belt and the supplementary belts into a bag, a clasp fastened to the slide, and fasteners fixedly mounted at the two opposite ends of the main belt and the supplementary belts and adapted for detachably securing the two supplementary belts to the main belt and to each other to hold the hanging belt in the form of a loop for hanging.

Abstract: An armband for an electronic device is provided. The armband includes a main body having a first surface and an opposing second surface, a first end and an opposing second end, and a longitudinal axis extending from the first end toward the opposing second end. The armband further includes a pocket formed between the first and second surfaces of the main body which is configured to removably receive an electronic device therein, an opening formed in the rear surface of the main body which provides access to the pocket and extends perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the main body, a flap configured to cover the opening, and a securing strap configured to removably secure the main body to an arm of a user.

Abstract: An armband includes an electronic device holder including an outer shell for holding an electronic device. A first wing structure with a first strap opening extends outward from the outer shell and a second wing structure with a second strap opening extends outward from the outer shell. The armband further includes a strap with at least one attachment portion located between a first end portion and a second end portion of the strap for detachably securing the first end portion after the strap has passed through the first strap opening and for detachably securing the second end portion after the strap has passed through the second strap opening. An inner layer of the strap includes a moisture wicking material.

Abstract: A holder for a feminine hygiene article is secured on the user's body and retains an unused personal item in an inconspicuous position under the user's outer clothing. The holder is formed as a pouch, or pocket having a front panel and a back panel attached to the front panel. A belt formed from two accordion-style folded non-resilient portions is detachably secured to the holder body and to the user's waist, hips or thigh. One of the belt portions has an adhesive tab that is securable to a free end of the second portion, while an unwanted length of the first portion is detached along tear-off perforation lines. An adhesive strip near the open upper end secures the holder body to the user's body or undergarments.

Abstract: A protection case for protecting an electronic device includes a body shaped to receive and hold to the electronic device, and a cover. A space is formed between the cover and the body, and an opening is defined in the cover. A lanyard passes through the opening and is partly received in the space, and an elastic element is accommodated in the space. The lanyard includes a first end fixed to the protection case, and a second end connected to the lanyard.

Abstract: A belt with accessory support system for providing secure support and efficient removal of an accessory device. The belt with accessory support system generally includes a belt that is adapted to be removably positioned about the waist of a user, a first strap attached to the belt that is adapted to receive an accessory device, and a hook connector attached to the belt. The hook connector is removably connected to the distal end of the first strap when the first strap is in a secure state to retain the accessory device and is released from the distal end of the first strap when the first strap is in a release state to release the accessory device.

Abstract: A brush having bundles of wire bristles which extend from a retaining base wherein the brush also includes deflection support guides for the bundles with openings which surround and contact the active portions of the bundles when the bundles flex during use.

Abstract: An integral brush is formed by performing steps of tufts arrangement, tufts insertion into mold, mold turning and closing, and injection molding, thereby forming no gaps between cleaning assembly and handle. The cleaning assembly includes at least one cleaning unit each having a plurality of tufts integrally formed with one of a plurality of bases in the handle. The tufts are spaced apart and an upper portion of each tuft is shaped to form an uneven tip. The brush can increase a contact area between the cleaning assembly and an object so as to effectively clean the object.

Abstract: The present invention provides a toothbrush bristle comprising: a core area including a rubber elastic body; and a clad area which is formed around the circumference of the core area, and which includes a resin that is harder than the rubber elastic body, wherein a tip from which the core area is exposed is formed in an end portion thereof. Thus, since the tip is formed in the end portion which comes in contact with the gum such that the rubber elastic body is exposed therefrom, the invention provides the advantage of softly massaging the gums while brushing the teeth.

Abstract: An oral care implement having a multi-colored interface. In one embodiment, the invention can be an oral care implement comprising: a handle; and a head comprising: a pre-formed cleaning element assembly having a head plate and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements mounted to the head plate, the head plate formed of a material having a first color; a support body having a socket, the support body formed of a material having a second color; a multi-colored interface formed between a perimeter of the socket and a perimeter of the head plate; and the head plate fused to the support body along at least a portion of the multi-colored interface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a brush assembly for cleaning metal, the assembly comprising one or more brush heads, each brush head comprising a bundle of conductive filaments, having a working end adapted for contacting metal, and a terminal end, the brush head connectable to an electricity supply, and a housing connected to and retaining at least one sheath, each sheath at least partially surrounding at least one brush head, wherein each brush head and its respective sheath are movable in relation to each other by operating an adjustment mechanism and the working end of the brush head and the sheath are selectively fixable in relation to each other.

Abstract: An oral care implement has a body made of a first material. The body has a handle, a head support, and a neck extending between the handle and the head support. The head support has a recess therein, and the recess has a bottom face and a side face. A head has a first head section and a second head section, and supports a plurality of contact elements. The first head section is disposed in the recess and attached thereto, and the second head section is attached to the first head section and unattached to the body.