Abstract: A multi-garment, re-usable plastic hanger having a clip configuration wherein a recess is formed in a web connecting a first garment retaining clip and a second garment retaining clip to a longitudinally extending body of the hanger to provide spring action which accommodates the stress placed on the web without breaking.

Abstract: A cap having a visor with diverse pictorial displays placed on an insert that is located on the top surface of the visor, the insert being protected by a plastic envelope fastened to the visor with a strip of hook and loop material. The envelope may be colored as well as having pictorial displays imprinted thereon and reenforced at its edges by a stitching of textile material or the envelope may be made of fabric and have diverse pictorial displays attached to the upper surface of the fabric. The equipment for pictorial displays may come in kit form.

Abstract: A cap to be worn on the top of the head comprises a crown that is fabricated to simulate approximately one-half of a game ball. The crown is formed by a plurality of generally triangular-shaped fabric gores which are collectively stitched together along their lengthwise edges, and the outer surface of each of the gores includes a pattern section which, when individual fabric gores are secured together to form the crown, are aligned to provide a half game ball.

Abstract: The invention pertains to an embroidery machine with a plurality of embroidery stations provided with corresponding embroidery tools which are attached to shafts that oscillate during the operation of the machine and extend along the embroidery machine. The shafts are actuated via corresponding drives. To reduce the torsion as well as the torsional oscillation of long shafts which leads to a distortion of the movement of the embroidery tools and to a chronological phase displacement between the front and the rear portion of the machine, the drives for the needles and for the other embroidery tools are arranged approximately in the center of the embroidery machine.

Abstract: A protective eyeshield (10) with detachable components is disclosed. The eyeshield consists of a detachable lens (11) maintained in a frame (12) by notches (46 and 48) on the lens which cooperate with brackets (50 and 51) on the frame and by insertion of the side edges (44) of the lens into slots (20) in the frame, The eyeshield is held in place on the head of the wearer by a strap (13) attached to a rotatable connector (14) attached to the frame, The connector's rotatability allows the position of the strap to be adjusted to the wearer. An optional eyeglass frame (15) having eyeglass lenses (68) mounted therein may be attached to the eyeshield frame to form a part of the eyeshield for simultaneous wearing of eyeglasses with the eyeshield.

Abstract: An elastic strap having at least two opposing belt receiving slots through which the free end of a belt is threaded. Preferably, the strap is made of neoprene. The belt receiving slots are reinforced by either grommeting or stitching. The distance between the belt openings is slightly less than the width of the compact portable device which is secured between the outside wall of the belt and the inside wall of the elastic strap. When the belt is tightened around the body of the active wearer, the relative movement of the secured compact portable device and the body is minimized even if the wearer is engaged in vigorous exercise. A second embodiment which features an overlapping elastic strap permits the active wearer to access the control of the compact portable device without interrupting his or her routine. Moreover, the padding of neoprene strap protects the compact portable devices from accidental bumps and knocking against hard objects.

Abstract: Top garments which permit the wearer's arms to move freely without ride-up have sleeves patterned to lay flat above the head. Positioning of the sleeves at such an orientation during patterning is advantageous because it allows the wearer to raise each arm above the head without distorting the shape of the garment by inducing ride-up of the waistband, bunching of material around the shoulder area or pulling of the cuff. Such a garment is especially useful for physical activities which require extensive arm movements.

Abstract: A face shield comprising a frame (1), a glass (2) attached to the frame, a padding (3) between the frame and the face and an attaching portion, for example, a ribbon (4) encircling the head, and to which face shield air is led. The frame is hollow so that the air led into the face shield is directed into the hollow frame and the frame comprises openings through which the air is discharged inside the face shield.

Abstract: A pelvic protective device is disclosed including a foam padding member having a plurality of spaced apart ridges on opposite broad surfaces thereof and forming valleys between the ridges and with the ridges on one of the broad surfaces being aligned with the valleys on the other of the broad surfaces. A plurality of flexible tubular elements are fixedly secured to the padding member in the valleys between the ridges. The tubular elements include a plurality of openings through the walls thereof facing the padding member and a bonding material securing the tubular elements to the padding member and extending through the openings with a cap portion on the end thereof inside the tubular elements and wherein the cap portion has a diameter larger than the adjacent opening.

Abstract: A protective body pad comprising a thermoformable base component and a shock dispersing prominence component. In the preferred embodiment thereof, the prominence is integral with said base component. A plurality of swivel components having flexible strapping attached thereto enables the user to fasten the invention to various points on the body. The strapping is preferably a neoprene material with hook and loop material for the fastening.

Abstract: An automated yarn conditioning apparatus and process is provided. This apparatus and process allows for unconditioned yarn packages to be brought from a source to a yarn conditioning station where they are conditioned and then ejected onto a takeaway conveyor. Yarn conditioning is achieved within an airtight chamber inside of a vessel. The yarn conditioning process used first evacuates the airtight chamber and then injects steam or other conditioning vapor into the airtight chamber while partially elevating the internal chamber pressure and/or temperature. Simultaneously with the conditioning of the yarn packages inside the airtight chamber, unconditioned yarn packages are brought to the conditioning station for placement inside the vessel when the prior conditioning step has been completed.

Abstract: Apparatus providing an adjustable height work surface. A work table is cantilevered from posts supported for vertical motion inside columns from a base. A drive connected between the work table and the base changes the height of the work table and is located between the columns and posts. Each post carries a rack that engages with a pinion supported by a column for rotation about a common axis. A rigid shaft interconnects two pinions and prevents relative pinion rotation. A stabilizing structure in each column interacts with the post to maintain engagement between the rack and pinion structure and maintains the work table in a horizontal position during adjustment and use.

Abstract: A draw texturing machine, which is provided with a heater to be set at a temperature higher than a melting point of a yarn to be textured, can be stopped in operation while the yarn is being threaded onto the machine and then re-started. The temperature of the heater is lowered upon stoppage of the machine, the temperature of the heater is detected, and the rotating speeds of rotating members are controlled based on the detected temperature. An effective method is provided by which a draw texturing machine provided with a heater to be set at a temperature higher than a melting point of a yarn to be textured can be stopped and then re-started while the yarn is being threaded.

Abstract: A sheet stretcher (7) comprises a base (7a), which has a hole (17) for slidably receiving an expanded portion (5) formed at an edge of a sheet (2), a slit (18) communicating with the hole (17) and through which the end portion (11) of the sheet (2) continuous to its expanded portion (5) is insertable, a hole (19) for slidably receiving a further expanded portion (5) formed at an edge of a further sheet (2), a slit (20) communicating with the hole (19) through which the end portion (11) of the further sheet (2) continuous to the further expanded portion (5) is insertable.

Abstract: An electric iron includes an electrically heated soleplate and a housing including a handle portion and a saddle portion. A thermostat is mounted on the soleplate for sensing the temperature thereof. An actuator is rotatably connected to the thermostat for establishing an operating temperature for the soleplate. A track is formed in the saddle portion of the housing. The track extends arcuately in a horizontal plane through the skirt and has a vertical slope. A control member is movably retained within the track. A linkage interconnects the control member to the actuator for converting the combined arcuate and vertical movement of the control member to rotational movement of the actuator.

Abstract: A clothing mannequin has a one-piece flexible but stiff sheet formed with a plurality of flaps and with a plurality of small holes, a base plate formed with a central hole, and a plurality of clips engageable through the small holes for securing the flaps and base plate together so that the sheet has the three-dimensional shape of a human trunk with the base plate horizontally secured inside it with its hole centered in the trunk and with the sheet forming a neck hole vertically aligned above the base-plate hole. An upper upright post part projects vertically through the neck hole and the base-plate hole and fits into an upper end of a lower upright support post part to form therewith a support post. A crosspiece projects laterally through the lower post part directly underneath the upper post part and the upper post part rests on the crosspiece. A base adapted to sit stably on the ground is formed with an upwardly open seat in which the post is releasably received.

Abstract: In a garment hanger information tab for use on a garment hanger having a tab holder, the tab holder including a ledge, the tab defines a U-shaped body having a top wall, first and second sides, and first and second legs disposed between said sides add defining a slot and an internal channel therebetween. The body has first and second internal fingers extending inwardly from respective legs in the channel, the first and second fingers extending under the ledge of the tab holder to lock the body on the tab holder when the body is on the tab holder. The body is structurally bilaterally asymmetrical about at least one of two mutually perpendicular planes, both of the planes being non-parallel to said top wall, whereby opposite side-to-side orientations of the tab may be distinguished.

Abstract: A fabric rest board for use with a serger machine. The fabric rest board is an L-shaped, substantially flat, rigid piece. One leg of the L-shaped fabric rest board is positioned to extend substantially in parallel with, and along or adjacent to, an edge of a work table. The other leg of the L-shaped piece extends substantially perpendicular from the edge of the work table adjacent a bag attached to the serger machine for collecting cut pieces of fabric. The serger machine rests on the leg of the support piece which extends substantially parallel with, and along or adjacent to, the edge of the work table. The weight of the serger machine fixes the position of the fabric rest board on the work table. The operator uses the perpendicular leg to rest the fabric as the fabric is moved through the serger machine. The fabric is thereby prevented from falling between the serger machine and the operator which, if this occurs, can cause incorrect cuts or stitches.

Abstract: A sanitary disposable hand covering is provided which consists of a sheet of thin, flexible waterproof plastic material formed into an enclosure with a cuff, to permit a hand having a thumb and fingers to enter through the cuff for insertion into the enclosure. A mechanism is for restricting the size of the cuff is provided to thereby secure the enclosure about a wrist of the hand.

Abstract: A bow making machine includes a magnetized anvil fixed to a base between four upwardly extending, channel-forming posts. The magnetized anvil holds a barrette in place within the channel defined by the posts, and loops of bow-forming ribbon material are placed over the barrette such that a central portion of the ribbon material is also situated between the posts. A ribbon/staple holder is placed over the central portion of the ribbon material to sandwich the barrette and the ribbon material between the ribbon/staple holder and the anvil. A staple is placed within the ribbon/staple holder, and then a punch assembly is pivoted into place to align a punch mechanism with the staple. The punch mechanism is depressed to force the ends of the staple into engagement with the anvil, which has the effect of binding the sandwiched central portion of the ribbon material and the underlying barrette together.