Abstract: A disposable bonnet raincoat and method is disclosed which includes a tubular length of plastic material (10) which is folded upon itself to define interior flaps (20) and (24) and exterior flaps (18) and (16). At a fold line (30) of the interior flaps (20) and (24) there is an elongated slot (C) through which the head of the wearer protrudes to define a bonnet (A) for protecting the head of the wearer. The remainder of the tubular plastic sheeting provides a protective apron (B) around the body of the wearer in which he may sit or stand for protection against the weather.

Abstract: The heat conductive laminated clothing material comprises a ply or layered structure defining an inner face or lining opposing an outer face exposed to the environment surrounding it, as well as solar energy collectors associated with the outer face to pick up and spread thermal energy through the ply structure element, the collectors comprising metal foils having a light absorbing surface defined essentially by microdendritic structures associated with the foils.

Abstract: The invention relates to an athletic garment for women which includes two front panels, a rear panel, shoulder straps, and connecting means for connecting the front panels together to secure the garment to the wearer. The garment includes various types of elastic material of varying elasticity and spring rates to provide the necessary support for breasts while securing the garment properly in the vertical direction to the torso of the wearer. In the vicinity of the securing means on the front of the garment, it is relatively inelastic to provide separation desired by the wearer of such a garment. The front and rear panels are of a generally planar configuration in their normal disposition and expand to the form of the person wearing the garment for support.

Abstract: A multipanel foundation garment is disclosed in which each of the panels has a unidirectional line of stretch and has a shape selected such that the lines of stretch are in the direction of movement of the contacting body part. Such a foundation garment performs its normal function of confining stationary fatty parts of the body and further confines those parts during movement of the body. In a particular embodiment, a panty girdle is comprised of six panels. A front panel has the direction of stretch in the longitudinal direction with respect to the wearer and is surrounded by two elongate, side panels together forming an ogee frame and which have lines of stretch in the mutually opposing bias directions. Two back panels, connected to each other along their respective edges and connected along the other edges to the edges of the side panels have their respective lines of stretch in the transverse direction.

Abstract: A garment for two persons to wear together such as a T-shirt, sweatshirt, beach cover, or jacket having a body part for surrounding both persons in a single wrap, closed at its top and sides and provided with two neck openings side by side spaced a body-width apart to allow room for two and having one arm hole at each side for one of the arms of each of the persons. It is uniquely designed to bring people together in a cozy arrangement, be it lovers, twins or friends, and can range in size from infants to adults.

Abstract: A back opening gown of nonwoven material is provided having a pair of sleeves, a front panel joined at its upper lateral edges to the sleeves, the front panel flaring pronouncedly below the sleeves, and a pair of side panels attached to the sleeves and to the lateral edges of the front panel below the sleeves, each of the side panels having a lower opposed corner section which forms an obtuse angle with respect to the bottom edge of the front panel. The upper portion of the gown conforms substantially to the torso of a wearer. The gown extends from the neck to the ankles of the wearer and the flaring front panel provides girth to the lower portion of the gown to permit the wearer to spread his legs while in a seated position without being constrained by the gown material. The angled edges of the corner sections cause the edges of the sections to be located clear of a floor while the wearer is seated.

Abstract: The back of a one-piece garment is separated into two parts, upper and lower, by a horizontal opening formed in the small of the back and which is connected at both extremities to vertical slits formed along both sides of the garment. The upper half of the back has fastener members on its lower corners with which it can be secured to the front. The lower half has an elastic belt at its upper edge and fasteners along the slits, which together make the garment fit the wearer well at work or during exercise.

Abstract: A convertible jacket having an extendable lining for fully enclosing the legs of the wearer under conditions of extreme cold. In one embodiment, openings in the lining for lining up with the openings into the sleeves are provided with closures. Closures are also provided for the lining when it is wrapped around the legs of the wearer.

Abstract: This invention relates to methods of manufacturing blanks for brassieres, brassieres, and the products of such methods. In particular, the methods and products involve circular knitting operations in which the blank is produced as a cylindrical tube, and thereafter cut and sewn to produce a garment having straps knit integrally with a frontal torso portion having breast cups and a dorsal torso portion cooperating with the frontal torso portion in forming a torso band.

Abstract: An adjustable brassiere is provided which includes two independent breast retaining cups, each of said cups having at least one adjusting band attached thereto. Fastening means are provided which are attached to at least one end of each of the adjusting bands. A body encircling band is attached to the breast retaining cups along the bottom edges thereof and it includes adjustable back closure means, which are adapted to permit the back width of the brassiere to be adjusted to accommodate different wearers. Securing means are provided at multiple positions along said body encircling band. Each of the fastening means is adapted to engage the securing means at at least one of the multiple positions. The volume of each of the breast retaining cups and the amount of breast separation and garment coverage is determined by the position at which the fastening means engages the securing means.

Abstract: Improved clothing to be worn by a woman for breast feeding a baby which includes an upper member having a lower edge and a lower member having an upper edge. The upper edge of the lower member is made of such a resilient material that the upper edge tends to assume a nonaccess position, covering the breasts, but which can be pulled down to an access position under the breast to make it accessible to the baby. The upper and lower members are so positioned relative to each other when worn by a woman that at least a portion of the upper member overlaps the lower member. The lower edge of the upper member is suspended to an area below the breast to permit the upper member to shield the breast when the upper edge of the lower member is in either the access or nonaccess positions.

Abstract: A radiology apron having a radiation protective material such as lead incorporated therein has means for supporting part of the weight of the apron at the user's waist on a belt or the waist of trousers worn by such user. Such means may include a bracket which mounts on the belt or trousers with a hook onto which an eyelet attached to the apron is placed, may include a notched portion formed on the bracket onto which a bolt attached to the apron is placed or may include such a hook member integrally attached to the apron.

Abstract: An improved chest protector including additional protection to the sternum area of an athlete's chest. The additional protection is provided by relatively rigid plates bonded to the conventional shock-absorbing chest protector material on the side opposite the wearer's body and directly over the sternum area. The plates distribute the impact from a high speed object over a relatively large area of the shock-absorbing material, thus allowing the chest protector to absorb more of the object's energy than is possible with prior chest protectors.

Abstract: A fashionable ladies belt intended for wearing on the outside of the clothing has relatively wide side and rear portions and a narrow closure portion, which may be tied, buckled or otherwise fastened. A pocket is constructed on the inside of the belt so that it overlies a side of a wearer. The pocket extends the full vertical dimension of the belt and has a horizontal dimension of about four to five inches. An inward opening near the top of the pocket is closed by a zipper.

Abstract: A wrap-around garment having a main or single body encircling element adapted for wrapping around the body and securely fastening the front sections of the garment in an overlapped position to substantially eliminate accidental opening or dislodging of one wrapped section with respect to the other thus reducing embarrassment during wearing of the garment. The garment may be easily donned and removed by means of the use of the single body encircling fastening element.

Abstract: A surgical gown is disclosed in which the main body of the gown is fan folded around transversely extending fold lines. The sleeves of the gown are inserted between the lowermost fold or bottom fold in the gown and the next adjacent fold. The donning of the gown forces the lowermost fold away from the remainder of the gown eliminating any problem of blocking of the gown.

Abstract: An embroidered design adapted to be heat sealed to another article. The design is embroidered on a substrate made of woven polyester fabric. The substrate is bonded at the underside thereof to a low melt thermoplastic adhesive film to form a lamination. The design is thereafter traced along the outer and inner peripheries thereof with a severing tool to remove all portions of the lamination except only the design proper consisting of the embroidering thread and the plastic film portions thereunder. The design may then be heat sealed to another article such as a garment with the garment proper being exposed between adjacent portions of the thread to simulate a design embroidered directly onto the garment.

Abstract: Garments, particularly designer type jeans, are provided with interchangeable outer patches, particularly in the position of the seat pocket. The garment and the portion of fabric constituting the outer patch have interengaging devices, for example, adhesive, a press-stud and a loop-hook fabric fastener for releasably securing the two together.

Abstract: A vertically stacked double pocket is provided on tennis shorts or the like. The pocket has an upper and lower section and an elastic band at the top of each section. The pocket is closed at the bottom and sides and open at the top of the upper section. The lower section communicates with the upper section. A tennis ball or the like may be inserted and retained in the lower section and another may be inserted and retained in the upper section.

Abstract: A protective garment of firefighters having a damage resistant outer protective shell, an inner liner having a collar and a moisture barrier either as a separate layer or incorporated in the outer protective shell wherein the outer protective shell is secured to the inner liner proximate to the inner liner collar by a fastening means such that the observance of the collar is indicative of the presence of the inner liner and the collar construction serves to provide protection for the fastening means.