Abstract: A pair of snow pants includes incorporated sliding members constructed and arranged for attachment to said pants.

Abstract: A strapless multi-use garment comprises an upper garment portion designed to cover an area above waist of a user having a front portion and a rear portion, a gathered skirt having a front portion and a rear portion attached with the upper garment portion, a waist band attached at a top portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of front panels attached at the front portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of rear panels is attached at the rear portion of the gathered skirt and at least one fastening means. The plurality of front panels and the plurality of rear panels, extending downwardly from the waist band, are adaptable for multiple configurations that allow the multi-use garment to be worn in a wide range of stylish designs in different occasions.

Abstract: An apron is provided. The apron includes body formed of a sheet of material having an upper edge, a lower edge opposite the upper edge, a first side edge and a second side edge opposite the first side edge. A first waist strap extends from the first side edge and a second waist strap extends from the second side edge. A first towel connector is attached to the body. The present invention further includes a first towel. A second towel connector is attached to the first towel. The first towel connector is releasably attachable to the second towel connector. Therefore, the first towel releasably attaches to the body.

Abstract: A dust mask, the dust mask being lightweight, disposable and configured for a human face, the dust mask further being substantially continuous, and unitary if desired, and sized and configured to extend from ear to ear and to cover all of and substantially only a mouth, nose and ears, the mask further configured to transmit air inhaled by or exhaled by the user yet substantially completely block at least dust from reaching the nose, mouth and ears of the user. The mask can be further configured to substantially completely block at least one undesired air-borne contaminant in addition to dust and can comprise a central portion covering the user's nose and mouth and two earpieces seamlessly attached to the central portion. The mask can further comprise a pliable, resilient nose bridge that can be adjusted to conform to the nose of the user as well as a variety of other structural elements and configurations.

Abstract: A protective apparel support system is disclosed comprising a support frame configured to rest on the shoulders of a wearer, the support having a first shoulder member, a second shoulder member and a shield engagement portion. A shield is selectively coupleable to the support and protective apparel is coupled to the shield.

Abstract: A strapless multi-use garment comprises an upper garment portion designed to cover an area above waist of a user having a front portion and a rear portion, a gathered skirt having a front portion and a rear portion attached with the upper garment portion, a waist band attached at a top portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of front panels attached at the front portion of the gathered skirt, a plurality of rear panels is attached at the rear portion of the gathered skirt and at least one fastening means. The plurality of front panels and the plurality of rear panels, extending downwardly from the waist band, are adaptable for multiple configurations that allow the multi-use garment to be worn in a wide range of stylish designs in different occasions.

Abstract: An athletic strap includes a glove portion including a plantar aspect, a dorsal aspect, and a cavity defined between the plantar and dorsal aspects. The cavity is configured to receive at least part of a hand or a foot of a user. The glove portion further includes a first opening at one end of the glove portion and a second opening at another end of the glove portion. The first and second openings provide ingress to or egress from the cavity. The glove portion further includes a strip extending between the plantar and dorsal aspects. The strip is adjacent to the second opening. The glove portion further includes a first indicium disposed on the plantar aspect. The first indicium extends along a first axis. The first axis is coincident with a portion of the strip.

Abstract: An ambidextrous or hand-specific glove including a wrist region, a palm region, and a digit region. The glove may be fabricated of nitrile rubber that is free of or essentially free of zinc, sulfur and accelerators to reduce allergic reactions in populations required to frequently wear protective gloves. A band region that partially or fully encircles a user's finger knuckles may be provided for easier finger bending. Texturing may be provided on glove surfaces that are used to grip articles. The tip regions on the front surface of the index and middle finger regions may be un-textured or smooth to enable a user to take a patient's pulse. These tip regions may be of reduced diameter and circumference so as to pull the glove material tightly around the tips of the user's finger so that even a faint pulse in a patient may be detected.

Abstract: A bowtie whose frontal construction is a photorealistic representation of an actual specific species of open-winged moth in a manner that looks precise to the naked eye which a person can wear on one's neck or collar in the manner that one normally wears a bowtie.

Abstract: A garment includes front and back panels, and a kangaroo panel disposed on part of the outside of the front panel to form a kangaroo pouch. A pocket is substantially wholly disposed within the kangaroo pouch to hide the pocket from view. The pocket opens on the topside of the kangaroo pouch. The pocket may include a closing mechanism. A pocket tab may selectively facilitate pocket opening. The pocket may have a bottom that forms an interior pleat between pocket walls by being folded substantially in half generally horizontally. The pocket bottom remains substantially folded within the pocket when the pocket is empty, but the bottom unfolds at least partially when an item of sufficient weight or shape is inserted into pocket to distend the bottom from its pleated position. The garment also may include a security pocket hidden within and accessible through the kangaroo pouch.

Abstract: A jacket of an embodiment of the present invention includes (i) a main body of the jacket and (ii) a hanging belt, provided in an inner side of the main body, for hanging the main body on a bag or the like. The hanging belt includes (i) a belt portion extending on the main body and (ii) a buckle that fastens or unfastens the belt portion.

Abstract: A garment cinching belt for tightening garments around a user and for supporting articles of clothing. The garment cinching belt includes a strap having a pair of hooks on opposing ends for securing the strap to belt loops of a garment. A tightening mechanism allows a wearer to adjust how the garment is fitted to the wearer. In one embodiment, the tightening mechanism includes a pair of chains that pass through eyelets on opposing sides of the strap, that allow the wearer to pull the opposing ends of the strap together and tie the chains into a knot to fix the position. The strap may also include a pair of pins on the opposing ends for securing a first section of a garment to a second section of a garment.

Abstract: A hair extension, according to one embodiment, includes a section of hair having front and back sides, and an adhesive layer attached to the back side of the section of hair. The section of hair is affixed together at one lengthwise end by a pliable polymer. The affixed-together end of the section of hair is retained within the polymer, and the polymer is exposed widthwise across the section of hair on the section of hair's front and back sides. The polymer on the front side of the section of hair is sized and shaped to facilitate attachment of an adhesive layer that may be separately applied by a user or stylist. The adhesive layer on the back side of the section of hair facilitates attachment of the section of hair to natural hair of a user. Alternatively, adhesive layers may be pre-attached to both sides of the section of hair.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to systems, methods, and kits for applying eyelash extensions. In particular, the present invention provides systems, methods, and kits that reduce the amount of time required to apply eyelash extensions.

Abstract: The present invention provides hats with attachment assemblies allowing them to be detachably secured in an exterior-side out configuration to a belt of medium width worn around the wearer's waist, without requiring the hats to be inverted, reversed, or folded in a complex fashion, and without any need for pockets, linings, zippers or the like. The hats may also be provided with retention members for holding the hats in a simple folded configuration when carried on a belt.

Abstract: The invention includes a headwear apparatus configured to be worn on the head of an individual. In particular embodiments, the headwear apparatus includes a head-receiving body having an inner cavity configured to receive a portion of a head and an opening providing access into the inner cavity from an exterior side of the headwear apparatus. The headband apparatus a band operably attached along a perimeter of the opening of the body and one or more retention members affixed to an inner side of the band and configured to improve the retention of the headwear apparatus upon the individual when worn.

Abstract: A headwear piece for comfortably wearing with lengthy hair has a hair opening for passing a bundle of a wearer's hair therethrough. The headwear piece features at least one elastic member spanning across the hair opening, each of which divides the hair opening into separate hair locating sections. The hair locating sections are usable for locating the bundle of hair at different positions on the head of the wearer.

Abstract: A headgear system with first and second helmets is provided. The first helmet has a frontal bone section that covers a frontal bone of a wearer of the first helmet, and a first magnet component that is located at the frontal bone section of the first helmet. The first magnet component extends at least 90 degrees around the central axis of the first helmet. The second helmet has a frontal bone section that covers a frontal bone of the wearer, and a second magnet component is located at the frontal bone section of the second helmet. The magnet forces of the first and second magnet components repel one another when the first and second magnet components are located proximate to one another to help reduce force onto the head from impact.

Abstract: A shoe has a sensor system operably connected to a communication port. Performance data is collected by the system and can be transferred for further use via the communication port. The shoe may contain an electronic module configured to gather data from the sensors. The module may also transmit the data to an external device for further processing. Users can use the collected data for a variety of different uses or applications.

Abstract: An assistive device for applying and removing a protective shoe cover from a shoe of a user includes a base, a shoe cover application mechanism supported by the base and configured to releasably receive and retain a protective shoe cover in an expanded state for applying the expanded protective shoe cover to a shoe, and a shoe cover removal mechanism supported by the base and configured to releasably grip a portion of a protective shoe cover fitted on a shoe for removing the protective shoe cover from the shoe. The assistive device may be stored in a device holder mountable to a vertical support surface. A protective shoe cover includes a non-rigid body, an elastic portion, and at least one device engagement element on the non-rigid body and configured to releasably engage an assistive device for at least one of applying the protective shoe cover to a shoe or removing the protective shoe cover from a shoe.

Abstract: A textile upper for an article of footwear includes at least one microclimate modulation structure located at one or more regions of the upper. In an embodiment, a microclimate modulation structure includes a plurality of knitted strands, the knitted strands including a first strand type and a second strand type, the first strand type having a greater thermal conductivity than the second strand type. In another embodiment, the microclimate modulation structure includes an uneven surface that includes a plurality of knitted beams and a plurality of indentations defined between the knitted beams.

Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes an upper element, a lower element positioned below the upper element and a flexure element. The flexure element may be joined to one of the upper element and the lower element. The flexure element may be configured for slidingly contacting the other of the upper element and the lower element when a vertical compressive load is applied to the upper element. A second flexure element may be provided that extends from the upper element toward the lower element (or vice versa). An article of footwear having the sole structure attached to an upper is also provided.

Abstract: Soles for footwear and footwear are disclosed. The sole may include a midsole having a first surface. The sole may additionally include an outsole having a second surface and a plurality of first recesses. The second surface may be attached to the first surface. The first surface and the plurality of first recesses may define a plurality of chambers. One or more chambers of the plurality of chambers may include trapped air. The midsole may further include first protruding portions that extend downwardly from the first surface toward one or more first recesses of the plurality of first recesses.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole structure and an upper attached to the sole structure. The upper is formed from a textile including interlocked strands oriented in a predetermined configuration. The strands include one or more inelastic strands operable to provide stretch and/or recovery properties to the upper.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole structure and an upper attached to the sole structure. The upper is formed from a textile including interlocked strands oriented in a predetermined configuration. The strands include one or more inelastic strands operable to provide stretch and/or recovery properties to the upper.

Abstract: Articles of footwear having an upper that includes a tensile support structure are described. The tensile support structure is formed by a plurality of strands that are arranged in a chain-linked configuration. The chain-linked arrangement of the strands assists with distributing tensile forces over portions of the upper of the article of footwear and helps to conforms the upper to a foot of a wearer upon the application of tension.

Abstract: The visual appearance of a shoe changes over time due to protected and unprotected areas of a wear-susceptible material overlaid on a visually distinguishable base material. As the wear-susceptible material abrades, new colors, textures, patterns, or other features may be revealed. Structures and methods of constructing the structures to vary the visual appearance of a shoe over time are provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of shoe stiffener for footwear and in particular to shoe stiffener such as heel counter and toe puff. The shoe stiffener of the present invention comprises a thermoformable polymer composition and a fibrous material.

Abstract: The present application includes embodiments for a belt adjustment system. The belt adjustment system can be configured to engage a belt comprising a plurality of belt teeth. The belt engagement system can include a buckle portion that includes a belt clamp configured to couple the belt to the buckle, a lever pivotally movable between a first position and a second position, and a belt-engaging tab, the tooth-engaging tab positionable between a tooth-engaging position and a tooth-disengaging position responsive to the position of the lever on. The belt adjustment system can include a tool housing having a first wall and a second wall that form a slot. A tool comprising a distal end and a proximal end can be coupled to the tool housing, the tool positionable within the slot between a closed position and an open position.

Abstract: A knotless connector is formed at the end of a tool to enable a rope or line to be connected thereto without the use of a knot. The knotless connector has an arcuate portion (i.e., a first member), a shank portion (i.e., a second member), and a side retaining portion (i.e., a third member). An eyelet is partially defined by the arcuate portion and a slot is defined between the shank portion and the side retaining portion. The eyelet and the slot both open in the same transverse direction. The tail end of the line may be wrapped around the shank portion and then the main line portion of the line may be passed through the eyelet. Thereafter, the tail end may also be passed through the eyelet to hold the main line portion of the line in place.

Abstract: Embodiments related to a touch fastener and its methods of manufacture and use are disclosed. In one embodiment, the touch fastener may include a substrate with a first portion and a second portion displaceable relative to the first portion. A first fastening element may be formed in the first portion. When the first portion is displaced relative to the second portion, a force and/or moment generated by the displacement may cause the first fastening element to be deployed.

Abstract: A fastening system comprises two elongated profile parts, one of which comprises a guiding means for positioning it with respect to the other profile part, for releasably fastening a carrier to a holder, wherein the rib of one profile and the clamping hole of the other profile both comprise a deformation, which deformations are mutually adapted to position the one profile in substantially clamped state in the other profile in the longitudinal direction thereof, wherein the said deformations comprise a recess respectively an elevation adapted thereto. Carrier or holder, in particular a Minigrip bag, provided with such a profile part. Storage system for holders and carriers provided with such profile parts; Minigrip bag provided with an additional profile part on the outside of the closing edge, for use in a storage system.

Abstract: A fastening system for a zipper is disclosed which includes locking or interlocking first and second zipper pull tabs. A first zipper pull tab comprises a first base, a hook extending from the first base, and a moveable gate coupled to the first base. A second zipper pull tab comprises a second base, a cover coupled to the second base, and a post extending between the second base and the cover. For interlocking, the moveable gate and hook are further coupled around the post to provide the interlocking configuration of the first and second zipper pull tabs. The first zipper pull tab may be utilized separately from the second zipper pull tab, such as to lock to a coupling ring or another component of a carrying bag.

Abstract: A fastening system for a zipper is disclosed which includes locking or interlocking first and second zipper pull tabs. A first zipper pull tab comprises a first base, a hook extending from the first base, and a moveable gate coupled to the first base. A second zipper pull tab comprises a second base, a cover coupled to the second base, and a post extending between the second base and the cover. For interlocking, the moveable gate and hook are further coupled around the post to provide the interlocking configuration of the first and second zipper pull tabs. The first zipper pull tab may be utilized separately from the second zipper pull tab, such as to lock to a coupling ring or another component of a carrying bag.

Abstract: A versatile jewelry includes a semi-rigid or rigid main body defining a circumferential groove. The main body has first and second opposing end portions with a clearance therebetween sized to receive a user's wrist. At least one hair accessory is adapted to be disposed in the groove and span the clearance. The at least one hair accessory has an elasticity and the main body has a rigidity arranged to resist the elasticity of the at least one hair accessory without deformation of the main body and to distribute pressure from the at least one hair accessory away from the wrist.

Abstract: A wearable device includes a wearable device structure having first and second ends. A support member is positioned at least partially positioned in the wearable device structure. Electronic circuitry is at a surface or an interior of the wearable device. The electronic circuitry provides at least identification of the wearable device. One or more batteries are coupled to the electronic circuitry.

Abstract: A mechanism and/or method for embellishing an earring by way of the inclusion of a mechanism body which may be added over the earring post or connected to another portion of an earring. The method and mechanism may include one or more ornamental charms, may be adjustable, and may utilize magnets.

Abstract: An adjustable finger ring may include a ring head having through holes on the bottom a first shank having shank collars as support at one end and a split portion at the other end, and a second shank having shank collars as support at one end and a split portion at the other end. The split portions may complement and overlap each other in an operative condition of the ring. A spring can be fitted inside the two supports with the coils of the spring aligned with the holes of the support of the first shank so as to allow a pin to pass through. The inward facing surfaces of the collars of the second shank may confront the outward facing surfaces of the collars of the first shank. The holes of the collars can be aligned so as to allow the pin to pass through. The two shanks may be hinged together and act as a spring clasp.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide an accessory assembled by first and second members, wherein the first member includes a body formed with two openings corresponding to each other, two sleeves each having one end inserted into the body via the corresponding opening and having a through hole therein, two pressing members movably positioned in the through holes, and a resilient component positioned in the through holes and abutted against the two pressing members respectively, so that one end of each pressing member is movably protruded out of the corresponding opening; and the second member includes a containing space therein and two engagement holes recessed thereon corresponding to the containing space. When the first member is assembled into the containing space, the resilient component forces the ends of the two pressing members to insert into the corresponding engagement holes for combining the first and second members together as a whole.

Abstract: This technique includes setting of 13 round cut stones forming a flower shape cluster, by setting the all 13 stones at three different levels. In these 13 stones there are 3 different categories of sizes: bigger, medium, and smaller, the bigger size contains 1 stone, the medium size contains 6 stones and the small size contains 6 stones. In the medium and small size category, the stone size is defined by a specific ratio to size category. This technique of setting cluster has three different height levels in which big, medium and small size stones are set. This entire construction of 6 small, 6 medium and 1 big round stone to create a cluster with complete diamond look, there is no negative gap seen in between the two stone and no metal is visible from the seat. This cluster creates an illusion of one complete flower shape diamond.

Abstract: An assembly for setting stones and solitaires includes a setting head, made of a material of the type of a metal, even precious, and the like, within which at least one stone can be accommodated, the setting head being internally provided with a fastening component. The assembly also includes a base, constituted by a component chosen from among a shank for a ring, a coupling element for an earring, a chain for necklaces, bangles, bracelets, a brooch and the like, of shape and dimensions that are complementary to those of the setting head component and provided with a component that is complementary to the setting head component and which can be coupled thereto. The union of the setting head with the base makes it possible to create personalized modular jewelry.

Abstract: A jewelry device adapted to have interchangeable jewels includes a decorative setting, such as a ring, earrings, or pendant, for displaying a jewel. The decorative setting has a jewel receiving space to receive and hold a jewel housing having a jewel secured therein when the jewel housing is inserted into the jewel receiving space. A fastener held by the decorative setting is adapted to attach to and hold the jewel housing with jewel secured therein when the jewel housing is inserted into the jewel receiving space of the decorative setting. The fastener may be inseparably attached to the decorative setting so it is not separated and lost when changing jewels. Further, the jewel receiving space and the jewel housing may have interlocking portions to prevent relative rotational movement between the jewel housing and the decorative setting when the decorative setting is received in the jewel receiving space.

Abstract: Devices and systems are provided that comprise a reaching apparatus removably coupled with a mobility device such that an individual can couple, uncouple, and/or use the reaching apparatus while concurrently using the mobility device for stability and/or mobility assistance. Related devices, systems, and kits further comprise a sheath for coupling with a mobility device using one or more attachment means, the sheath configured to slidably receive at least part of the reaching apparatus therein. Furthermore, methods for using such devices and systems are provided, providing both retrofit options and otherwise.

Abstract: A crash-ready, portable, item compartmentalization device may include a shell which includes a first half shell and a second half shell. The first half shell and the second half shell may have substantially similar dimensions and define an interior space and an exterior space. One or more pouches may be removably coupled to the shell in the interior space. The crash-ready, portable, item compartmentalization device may be relocated throughout the interior of an emergency vehicle when used with an equipment mounting system or taken to the field for use away from the emergency vehicle. The individual pouches may also be removed and replaced with stocked pouches to replenish the crash-ready, portable, item compartmentalization device.

Abstract: A suitcase system including a duffel bag and removably attachable garment bag. The duffel bag comprises a flexible yet robust basket comprising panels having at least one basket fastener disposed within a thickness of at least one of the panels. The garment bag is flexible yet robust and comprises panels having at least one garment fastener disposed with a thickness of at least one of the panels. The duffel bag and the garment bag are removably attached by virtue of automatic engagement among the basket fastener and the garment fastener, the bottom of the duffel bag being free from obstruction by the garment bag. In some preferred embodiments of the present invention the aforementioned fasteners are complementarily aligned magnets. The duffel bag and the garment bag are optionally engaged to provide a creaseless and seamless unified luggage article suitable for carrying clothing and personal effects.

Abstract: A convertible device that converts between an activity mat and a storage container to capture and store numerous articles. Upon reclosing the activity mat, the articles are recaptured into the storage container. The device includes walls and a base, webbing connected between each adjacent wall pair, and a joint connected between the base and walls so that they are foldable into a third configuration wherein the footprint of the folded device is roughly the size of the base. In the third configuration, the walls are stacked relative to the base. The convertible device may further include two zippers for releasably holding the walls in a rigid and upright position in the first configuration. The webbing can be inwardly biased such that when the walls are urged from the second to the first configuration, the webbing folds toward the interior of the convertible device.

Abstract: A bag has a frame with a lip disposed about a periphery of the frame. The frame has an outer panel and an extension that couples the outer panel to the frame. The extension is configured to have an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration. The extension extends laterally outward beyond the lip of the frame when the extension is in the expanded configuration, and the extension resides laterally inward of the lip of the frame when the extension is in the collapsed configuration. A first magnet is disposed at an end surface of the outer panel. A second magnet is disposed at an inner surface of the frame. The first magnet is configured to magnetically couple to the second magnet when the extension member is in the collapsed configuration. The extension further comprises a hinge.

Abstract: A modular luggage and sleeping wedge apparatus for selectively deploying as either luggage or a sleeping wedge suitable to elevate a mattress. The modular luggage and sleeping wedge apparatus defines two discrete wedge members, each individually forming a triangular prism, which may be selectively attached together to form a rectangular prism receptacle. In an extendible wedge embodiment, the modular luggage and sleeping wedge apparatus includes a base wedge member and an extension wedge member, which may be deployed as a wedge while positioned end to end. In a double wedge embodiment, two mirror wedge members may be deployed side by side as an extended width wedge or a on top of one another as an extended height wedge.

Abstract: A decorative luggage comprises a shell confining a packing space, one or more wheels attached to the shell to enable rolling movement of the luggage and a handle attached to the shell to facilitate moving the luggage. The shell comprises a first half-shell and a second half-shell, which are detachably assembled to provide the packing space with a zipper. Each half-shell comprises an outer shell, an inner lining, and a decorative shell insert removably secured between them. The outer shell is transparent. The inner lining is attached to the outer shell with a zipper. The wheel comprises a circular wheel body, a tire surrounding the wheel body, a decorative cap removably attached to the wheel body, and a wheel bracket protruded from the wheel body. The handle comprises a telescopic extender, a decorative grip removably attached to the extender, and a handle bracket fixed to the extender.

Abstract: A protective cleaning sleeve is provided which substantially encloses a portable electronic device and which is configured with a narrowed stretchable cuff/opening made from a material that contacts and cleans the portable electronic device when it is being inserted into and removed from the sleeve. The stretchable cuff/opening is configured with a customized width or diameter narrower than a width of the portable electronic device so that it substantially closes around the portable electronic device and provides sufficient friction and contact with a display screen on the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is being inserted into the sleeve and removed from the sleeve. In this manner, the narrowed stretchable cuff/opening cleans the display screen to remove fingerprints, smudges, oils, dirt and other particles simply by inserting the device into, and removing the device from the protective cleaning sleeve.