Abstract: The present invention relates to a nutritionally balanced composite meal for infants/small children, comprising at least one carbohydrate containing meal component and at least one protein containing meal component, where the individual components have been separately heat-treated. This to reduce the amount of advanced glycation end products (AGE's) generated, and control the levels of glycemic index (GI) and insulin index (II), in the composite meal. Also disclosed is a method of producing said meal.

Abstract: A device for providing treated materials includes a storage portion comprising an enclosed region with sidewalls, an input portion and UV-LEDs, wherein the enclosed region stores material and includes a UV-responsive material, wherein the input portion receives the material, wherein the UV-LEDs provide UV-A illumination range within the enclosed region and the UV-responsive material inhibits contaminant formation upon the sidewalls in response to the UV-A illumination, and a material treatment portion having sidewalls, UV-LEDs and an output portion, wherein the sidewalls are configured to reflect UV light, wherein material treatment portion receives the material from the storage portion, wherein the UV-LEDs provide UV-B and/or UV-C illumination to treat or sanitize the material within the material treatment portion, and wherein the output portion is for providing output of the treated material.

Abstract: In a juice extractor, left and right auger units are rotatably mounted on a base, and left and right tooth members are disposed to respectively surround lower ends of the left and right auger units. The left tooth member has left teeth which are meshed with right teeth of the right tooth member so as to permit the left and right auger units to rotate synchronously for extracting juice from juicy food.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to decorating and printing of edible media sheets based on a user-uploaded image. Using a browser-based user interface, the user selected image can be edited and embellished as an edible media design. The edible media design is converted to print data to enable printing of the edible media design using a printer installed with edible ink.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to decorating and printing of an edible design on a printable base media based on a user selected image. A central control device may provide, to a remote computing device, a graphical user interface for reviewing images, receive, from the remote computing device via the graphical user interface, selection of an image, generate print data based on the selected image, and transmit the print data to the remote computing device for printing with an edible media printer equipped with edible ink.

Abstract: A tobacco substitute made from an herbal bulk, to which is added a casing. The casing is made from a hygroscopic agent, sugar, and flavoring. Nicotine can be added to the tobacco substitute, also. The tobacco substitute can be formed into cigarettes, used loose as pipe tobacco, used loose for a roll-your-own cigarette application, used loose for chewing tobacco, or pulverized for snuff.

Abstract: A pipe comprises a combustion chamber with vents, the combustion chamber able to receive a cigarette; an inhalation path for drawing smoke from the combustion chamber through the bowl vents during inhalation; an exhalation filter; and an exhalation path for channeling exhaled smoke through the exhalation filter during exhalation.

Abstract: An herb grinder has a longitudinal dimension and comprises a grinding assembly having a grinding compartment for grinding herbs placed therein, and a longitudinal storage compartment different the grinding compartment. The longitudinal storage compartment can extend along the longitudinal dimension of the grinder along a constant length, which is greater than that of the grinding compartment and which is such as to allow the storage compartment to store therein an accessory of a corresponding length. Alternatively or in addition, the storage compartment can comprise hollow cavity configured to hold therein a roll of rolling paper having a free end, and a longitudinal slot extending along the cavity and connecting an interior of the hollow cavity with its exterior exposed to a user so as to allow the free end of the rolling paper to pass through and project outwardly from the longitudinal slot, allowing removal of a desired amount of rolling paper by the user.

Abstract: The present application provides a battery assembly of an electronic cigarette which is adapted to form an electronic cigarette in combination with an atomizing assembly. An image identification device includes an image sensor and a microprocessor. The microprocessor matches an identifier to be identified collected by the image sensor with a preset identifier, and if the identifier to be identified matches with the preset identifier, the microprocessor controls a circuit between the battery assembly and the atomizing assembly to turn on, thus the electronic cigarette can work normally. That is, the electronic cigarette has an identification function that it can be normally used only when the battery assembly and the atomizing assembly of the electronic cigarette are matched, thereby avoiding damage to the connectors of the electronic cigarette caused by mismatching.

Abstract: The present application provides an electrical cigarette and a battery assembly thereof, wherein a first charging electrode assembly is arranged at a front end of the battery assembly, such that the battery assembly can be directly inserted into a charger to be charged without removing an atomizing assembly, therefore the operation is more convenient and disadvantages caused by frequent disassembling and assembling may be avoided. In addition, under the action of a charging management circuit, the electrode assembly at the front end can only be charged but cannot discharge, thereby avoiding an occurrence of a short circuit when the charging terminal discharges, extending the service life of the battery, and further avoiding a hidden danger of battery liquid leakage caused by the short circuit. In addition, since the front end of the electronic cigarette can not discharge, a situation that the electronic cigarette still has a low battery even been charged for a long time will not happen.

Abstract: The present application discloses an electronic cigarette charging and discharging circuit, wherein the electronic cigarette is provided with a charging input interface, such that the battery assembly can be directly inserted into a charger to be charged without removing the atomizing assembly, therefore the operation is more convenient, and wear and loose at the connecting portion caused by frequent disassembling and assembling can also be avoided. The present application further provides an electronic cigarette having the above charging structure and a battery assembly of the electronic cigarette. Besides being convenient for charging, the electronic cigarette may directly use a battery sleeve as an electrode, thus has a simple structure and is easy to manufacture.

Abstract: A connecting terminal of a heating wire according to the present application is made of white copper. The pure copper added with nickel may significantly increase the strength, corrosion resistance, hardness and pyroelectricity and reduce the temperature coefficient of resistivity. The white copper has a good ductility, a high hardness and an aesthetic color, and has a remarkable corrosion resistance, and has a large amount of nickel element, since nickel has a better corrosion resistance, an oxidation film may be formed on a surface of the connecting terminal, which may further prevent an oxidizing reaction from occurring between the connecting terminal and air. Thus, the connecting terminal made of white copper also has great corrosion resistance and better stability, which may effectively avoid the rusting of the connecting terminal in a humid environment, and further avoid a break in a circuit of the heating wire.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette with a memory and ability to record the amount and duration of inhalation of nicotine vapor. The electronic cigarette may be integrated with a smart phone application or other software to record usage and provide feedback to the smoker. The application may include an algorithm for the development of a withdrawal schedule for the user to quit smoking or vaping.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette or vaporizer may include a shell and a cartomizer receivable within a chamber within a portion of the shell. The cartomizer may hold a vaporizable fluid, dry substance, or other vaporizable substance such as a wax. A charger may also be included which in one embodiment may be insertable into the chamber, and in another embodiment may be connectable to an end of the shell. Various electrical components, such as a printed circuit board, a recharagable battery, various indicator lights, a sensor, and display screen, for instance, improve the functionality of the vaporizer from known vaporizers. Magnets may also be provided in order to secure the cartomizer or the charger to the shell.

Abstract: A collar corrector is provided having an adhesive strip with at least one adhesive side. The adhesive strip removably attaches the collar corrector to a shirt collar. A non-adhesive strip is removably attached to the adhesive side of the adhesive strip. The non-adhesive strip is removed prior to removably attaching the collar corrector to the shirt collar. A wire is embedded within the adhesive strip. The wire is pliable to alter a shape of the collar corrector. The shape of the collar corrector is maintained by the wire.

Abstract: A garment apparatus and method is provided. The garment apparatus includes two leg panels, a rear panel, a center panel, and a fly panel, each constructed from a fabric material, wherein the rear panel, the center panel, and the fly panel are connected between the two leg panels, and wherein a lower end of the fly panel extends substantially to a center line of the center panel. At least one conduit is positioned along a seam of the fly panel, wherein the seam is formed at least between the fly panel and the two leg panels and between the fly panel and the center panel. A cord is positioned within the at least one conduit and movable between at least a tensioned state and an untensioned state.

Abstract: A flexible garment combining knitted portions with an expansive panel comprised of materials and specifically four way stretch materials to accommodate a range of leg sizes and a method of producing a flexible garment with an expansive panel.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a holding system for one or more pairs of socks wherein each sock in a pair of socks includes two holes formed on opposite sides adjacent and to the top edge of the sock and a cord with a free end and a slide connector attached to the opposite end. The two socks are stacked and aligned so that the holes on the two socks are registered and the free end of the cord or ring may be inserted into the holes to attach the two socks to the cord or ring, respectively. The free end of the cord is then attached to the slide connector to form a closed loop. The ring may include two curved sections pivotally connected together at one end. The free ends of the sections may be pressed and locked together to form a closed ring. The cord is sufficient in length and the diameter of the ring is sufficient to allow multiple pairs of socks to be attached to the cord.

Abstract: A sock with zones of varying numbers of layers is formed as a single tube on a circular knitting machine. At least one end of the tube is doubled back over a portion of the remainder of the tube to form a double layer first zone. The sock further includes a single layer zone adjacent to the double layer first zone, where no such folding occurs. Optionally, a second end of the tube may also be folded to create a third zone having two layers of material.

Abstract: A garment (100) for aiding infants learning to crawl has a number of non-slip members (116) on an outer surface of the garment (100) which aid grip on relatively smooth floor surfaces. These non-slip members (116) come into contact with the floor as the infant crawls on the floor to provide an improved and secure grip which facilitates crawling.

Abstract: The invention disclosed herein generally relates to improved apparatus, systems and methods of infant swaddling. In some preferred embodiments, the inventive technology may provide for one or more swaddling arms that may provide a variable compressive force. Further, an infant compartment may help secure the infant in an optimal position for swaddling as well as provides for additional warmth and padding in instances where one or more swaddling arms may provide a variable loose and/or tight swaddle. Some embodiments may include modular infant support components as well as ventilation elements.

Abstract: Various systems and methods for implementing smart clothing are described herein. A wearable system for implementing smart clothing comprises a sensor module to receive sensor data from a sensor of the wearable system; a state module to use the sensor data to construct a comfort state of a user of the wearable system; a context module to determine a context of the comfort state; an access module to access a comfort model of the user, the comfort model reflecting target comfort states for associated contexts; and an actuation module to initiate actuators in the wearable system based on the comfort model, the comfort state, and the context of the comfort state.

Abstract: Women's nightclothes, in one or two pieces, which top section covering the bust is specifically designed to discreetly hide the nipple of the breast. The invention being characterized in that all versions of these women's nightclothes are designed for the practical purpose of hiding the nipple of the breast while remaining comfortable and feminine These nighclothes forming a clothing line named DiscreetEve™.

Abstract: Women's nightclothes, in one or two pieces, which top section covering the bust is specifically designed to discreetly hide the nipple of the breast. The invention being characterized in that all versions of these women's nightclothes are designed for the practical purpose of hiding the nipple of the breast while remaining comfortable and feminine These nighclothes forming a clothing line named DiscreetEve.

Abstract: Women's nightclothes, in one or two pieces, which top section covering the bust is specifically designed to discreetly hide the nipple of the breast. The invention being characterized in that all versions of these women's nightclothes are designed for the practical purpose of hiding the nipple of the breast while remaining comfortable and feminine. These nightclothes forming a clothing line named DiscreetEve™.

Abstract: Women's nightclothes, in one or two pieces, which top section covering the bust is specifically designed to discreetly hide the nipple of the breast. The invention being characterized in that all versions of these women's nightclothes are designed for the practical purpose of hiding the nipple of the breast while remaining comfortable and feminine. These nightclothes forming a clothing line named DiscreetEve™.

Abstract: Women's nightclothes, in one or two pieces, which top section covering the bust is specifically designed to discreetly hide the nipple of the breast. The invention being characterized in that all versions of these women's nightclothes are designed for the practical purpose of hiding the nipple of the breast while remaining comfortable and feminine. These nighclothes forming a clothing line named DiscreetEve™.

Abstract: Women's nightclothes, in one or two pieces, which top section covering the bust is specifically designed to discreetly hide the nipple of the breast. The invention being characterized in that all versions of these women's nightclothes are designed for the practical purpose of hiding the nipple of the breast while remaining comfortable and feminine These nighclothes forming a clothing line named DiscreetEve™.

Abstract: Women's nightclothes, in one or two pieces, which top section covering the bust is specifically designed to discreetly hide the nipple of the breast. The invention being characterized in that all versions of these women's nightclothes are designed for the practical purpose of hiding the nipple of the breast while remaining comfortable and feminine These nighclothes forming a clothing line named DiscreetEve.

Abstract: Women's nightclothes, in one or two pieces, which top section covering the bust is specifically designed to discreetly hide the nipple of the breast. The invention being characterized in that all versions of these women's nightclothes are designed for the practical purpose of hiding the nipple of the breast while remaining comfortable and feminine. These nightclothes forming a clothing line named DiscreetEve.

Abstract: Women's nightclothes, in one or two pieces, which top section covering the bust is specifically designed to discreetly hide the nipple of the breast. The invention being characterized in that all versions of these women's nightclothes are designed for the practical purpose of hiding the nipple of the breast while remaining comfortable and feminine These nighclothes forming a clothing line named DiscreetEve.

Abstract: A safety harness assembly for providing hand holds for a passenger on a motorcycle includes a garment that may be worn by a driver of a vehicle. A gripping apparatus is coupled to the garment to be gripped by a passenger of the vehicle.

Abstract: A knee protection device includes congruently joined outer and inner cover members having cooperatively disposed arcuate configured portions disposed to minimize engagement between strap portions of the outer and inner cover members with a back portion of a knee portion of a leg of a person using the device. The device further includes an outer pad member fabricated from relatively pliable material and disposed adjacent to the outer cover member, and an inner pad member fabricated from relatively more pliable material than the outer pad member and disposed between the outer pad member and the inner cover member. The positions of the outer and inner pad members, relative to the outer and inner cover members, are maintained by thread inserted through the outer and inner cover members and adjacent to the pad members after the pad members have been centrally disposed between the cover members.

Abstract: A privacy gown includes a first panel, a second panel, and a plurality of connectors. The second panel has a different size and shape from the first panel. The plurality of connectors is coupled to both the first and the second panels for removably and fixedly coupling the first and second panels together in an assembled position. The second panel has a portion with a width that is greater than a width of the first panel along at least part of a length of the second panel. The second panel overlaps the first panel along the sides thereof when in an assembled position. The second panel has at least two different width positions for fixing the width of the privacy gown during use.

Abstract: A glove structure of the present invention is provided with first and second glove components, wherein the first glove component is correspondingly provided with a first internal surface and a first external surface, and the second glove component is correspondingly provided with a second internal surface and a second external surface. The second internal surface uses joining regions to bond to the first external surface. The glove structure of the present invention not only provides a simple structure that is easily produced, but also substantially increases production efficiency and glove quality. Moreover, a simple bonding method is used to cut the cost of stitching done by hand, shorten the staff learning curve, and reduce operational variables.

Abstract: A coated textile system comprising a fibrous substrate coated by an elastomer mixed with inorganic particles provides good drape and bending with very high cut resistance. The substrate can include conventional and/or high performance fibers. The elastomer includes particles of at least two sizes, and in embodiments three or more sizes, which fill in gaps between the largest particles and prevent a blade from pushing the particles aside and passing between them. The coating can be applied directly to the substrate, or pre-formed and adhered thereto. Particles can be pigmented, to impart a color to the textile. Pin holes formed by the particles and/or by mechanical manipulation can increase MVT. An elastomeric cover layer can enhance grip and/or reduce MVT. A plurality of layers of coated textile can be combined, in embodiments attached only about their perimeters, to provide even higher levels of cut resistance without sacrifice of bendability.

Abstract: A vent on any layer of clothing that may benefit from having a vent that allows the passage of air from the outer layer of the particular article of clothing to the inner layer of the article of clothing. The article of clothing has an outer surface layer and an inner surface layer with a channel formed between the inner surface layer and outer surface layer. There is at least one vent hole formed through the outer surface layer. A sliding closure is slidably positioned within the channel between the inner surface layer and the outer surface layer. The sliding closure is positionable between a blocked position where the sliding closure blocks the vent hole and an unblocked position where the sliding closure unblocks the vent hole to allow air to pass through the vent hole of the outer layer and into the channel.

Abstract: An apparatus is for a user. The apparatus includes (and is not limited to) a garment configured to be worn by the user. The garment is positionable in a hung position. The apparatus also includes a magnet assembly operatively mounted to the garment. This is done in such a way that the magnet assembly aligns portions of the garment once the garment is removed from the user and the garment is positioned in the hung position.

Abstract: A therapeutic bra and its method of use are presented. The therapeutic bra is intended for use by individuals recovering from shoulder surgery or otherwise having areas of discomfort in the shoulder region. A single strap is provided for interconnection above the cup of the bra that is associated with the non-sensitive, unaffected shoulder. The strap extends across the unaffected shoulder and then makes interconnection with any of various receiving sleeves along a top edge of the back portion of the bra. The receiving sleeve employed will typically be a function of the anatomy of the user and the associated cup size. The single bra strap may be connected around the neck of the user and to the top of each of the cups of the bra to be used as a halter, or the strap can be totally removed and not used at all.

Abstract: An article may include a base structure with a strand and an adjustment member. The adjustment member may include a course with a plurality of loops, and the strand of the base structure may be inlaid within the course of the adjustment member adjacent to a first loop and a second loop of the plurality of loops. The adjustment member may be configured to slide along the base structure from a first state to a second state such that the first loop and the second loop define a first loop distance in the first state, and the first loop and the second loop define a second loop distance in the second state. The first loop distance may be greater than the second loop distance.

Abstract: A fastening device and a method of manufacturing a fastening device, the fastening device comprising a flexibly deformable length of wire, the wire substantially encased in a coating, a flexible length of tube mounted to the wire and a casing mounted to the tube and wire, whereby the wire remains encased in the coating and the tube when a break occurs in the body of the wire.

Abstract: A protective hood designed to be worn under a racing driver's helmet and to help in taking off the helmet of said driver under all circumstances, said hood it has at least one removal member secured to the top of the hood and having dimensions such that its free ends extend downwards and are accessible from outside said integral helmet when the latter is worn over said hood, and a holding member secured to each side face of the hood in order to keep the free ends of said removal member in position against the hood and substantially symmetrical with respect to the vertical sagittal plane of said hood.

Abstract: A hood apparatus has structure to be removably engagable to a jacket and further structure to help eliminate reduced user peripheral vision from the hood via the user turning their head side to side. The structure of the hood is to create a slackened removable engagement between the hood and the jacket. Further structure of the hood is to provide multiple axes of adjustability for the hood to form around a user's head in effect causing the hood move in lockstep to the user's side to side head movement. These multiple axes of adjustability include a circumferential elastic drawstring positioned about the user's face periphery and an added independent lateral elastic drawstring that is partially parallel to the circumferential elastic drawstring for about an upper one-third of the user's face periphery wherein the lateral elastic drawstring is routed laterally toward the rear of the hood.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a releasably-engaging connecting unit with resilient expansion coming from its unique structure, and a cap having the same. The releasably-engaging connecting unit comprises a first connecting body anchored to a first portion and a second connecting body anchored to a second portion so as to connect the first portion to the second portion in a releasably-engaging manner.

Abstract: The present invention provides a protective helmet to protect the wearer from a brain injury when engaged in a contact sport. The helmet comprises an outer shell formed as a sandwich comprising outer and inner impact resistant non-fracturing layer which encases an intermediate layer made of a resilient gel layer, carbon fiber layer and disjoined stack member layer. The inner wall of the inner impact resistant layer further comprises a plurality of disjoined gel patches attached thereon.

Abstract: A protective helmet includes an outer shell. A bladder, coupled to the outer shell, provides shock absorption in at least one zone or protection. The bladder holds an absorption pack that contains a plurality of absorption particles and/or a fluid and has a relief valve for relieving pressure on the bladder when the pressure on the bladder is greater than a pressure threshold.

Abstract: Disclosed is a helmet that is aesthetically appealing and that is capable of decelerating impacts from any direction. In a preferred embodiment, the helmet features: a shell with a head cavity that is lined with shock absorbing material, wherein the shell is outfitted with a halo of deceleration plates.

Abstract: A protective helmet comprises an inner layer and an outer layer separated from the inner layer by a space. An interface layer is positioned in the space between the inner layer and the outer layer and includes an impact absorbing material that non-linearly deforms in response to an incident force on the protective helmet. For example, the impact absorbing material includes multiple filaments each having an end proximate to the inner layer and another end proximate to the outer layer interface, with the filaments configured to non-linearly deform in response to an incident force on the helmet.

Abstract: A procedure for making elasticized footwear of the mule type or similar, where the elasticized footwear comprises two parts, a base part (10), comprising a knitted sock, on which is applied by means of thermoform moulding zones or tread sections (11) of rubber or silicon material to form a sole in sections and where the elasticized footwear is obtained by employing a procedure comprising the following steps: a) the production of a sock (10) using a machine to make several sections with different degrees of elasticity; b) mounting the sock on an aluminium shoemaker's last (12); c) inserting the sock mounted on the last into a mould (13) to fill the cavity (14) which is suitably shaped to form the raised tread sections (11) which after injection are fixed to the sock to form the sole; d) the injection of a thermoplastic material into the mould in order to apply to the sole of the sock and adjoining areas one or more tread sections (11) made from rubber or silicon material which adhere perfectly to the sock sole

Abstract: A footwear cover system and method to prevent unwanted matter from entering a shoe of a wearer. The footwear cover system includes the shoe having a relatively soft and flexible upper portion for surrounding at least part of the wearer's foot and a sole attached to the upper portion of the shoe. The relatively soft and flexible upper portion has a toe-receiving forepart section, a mid-foot receiving section, and a heel-receiving rear part section. A housing surrounds the shoe and fastens to the shoe at an intersection of the sole and the flexible upper portion. A waterproof rain cover is stored within the housing and adapted to being extended from the housing to enclose the flexible upper portion. A structure is used to secure the waterproof rain cover in place after it has enclosed the flexible upper portion of the shoe.