Abstract: A pleater tape which includes at least one pull cord for forming double pleats in drapes, curtains or the like is disclosed. The pull cords are alternately arranged on the back side of the tape and affixed so as to be longitudinally displaceable in the center of a double pleat. The arrangement is such that the lengths of the two oppositely placed single pleats determine the length of the double pleat.

Abstract: A sheet-material feeding unit adapted to be used with a machine, such as a sewing machine, where sheet material is fed past a work station where operations are performed on the sheet material. A supporting structure which is capable of being attached to a part of the machine supports rotary gears having external teeth meshing with internal teeth of a belt which has an external friction surface for engaging the sheet material so as to feed the latter past the work station. This construction prevents slippage between the gears and belt.

Abstract: A device and method for manually everting a cloth or fabric tube where all manipulations may be visually monitored. The device comprises an elongated hollow body having a convergent passageway entrance at one end thereof and a fabric attachment member connected to a handle member adapted to be selectively introduced into or removed from the other end of said hollow body. The body portion of the tool is preferably cylindrical in configuration. The means connecting the handle member and the fabric attachment member is arranged within the interior of said hollow body when the handle member is introduced into said one end thereof. With the handle member so arranged, the fabric attachment means engages the open end of the cloth tube. The tube may then be everted by moving the handle outwardly from the hollow body, thereby pulling the end of the tube into the convergent passageway entrance. This causes the fabric tube to gather and move upwardly through the hollow body.

Abstract: A visored cap having an adjustable metal strap in its head band. The body portion of the cap comprises spoked pieces connected together at one end and to the head band at the other end. The visor and body portions are each connected to the head band by means of tabs extending through slots therein.

Abstract: A unitary flexible protective glove molded of a resilient material and adapted to be easily worn on the hand for use in the art of karate and the like. The basic embodiment of the glove, when worn, covers mainly the back and sides of the hand, the thumb and wrist and is provided with a thickened forward portion. The glove is secured to the hand by an encircling portion around the wrist, a loop portion across the palm of the hand, a forward finger securing portion and thumb portion each comprising strap securing means for the thumb and one or several fingers.Several variations of the basic embodiment provide for modified means for retaining the glove on the hand and also include an encircling portion extending beyond the wrist to a portion of the arm.

Abstract: The invention provides a cloth forming jig for use with a conventional clothing press in the formation of garment parts such as pockets and collars in preparation for their being stitched into position. The jig broadly comprises a base plate formed with a cut-out corresponding in shape to a part to be formed, a forming plate corresponding to said cut-out and pivotal in, and out of, said cut-out, and a forming arm or arms displaceable on said base plate from a position or positions clear of said cut-out to a position or positions overlapping said cut-out.

Abstract: A lightweight protective garment is provided for skaters, skiers, and the like, to reduce the injury from a fall. The garment is worn over the torso primarily to cover the area of the lower back, upper back and arms. The fabric of the garment by itself has no impact protective function but serves simply to provide a base on which protective cushioning members are attached in such a way as to absorb a portion of the impact of a fall. The cushioning members are preferably in the form of resilient foamed plastic cylinders disposed exteriorly of the garment over selected areas of the body which are generally impacted most frequently such as the lower back, the trochanter region, the shoulders and the rear surfaces of the arms. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the cushoining members are removably affixed to the garment and a cover is provided over the cushioning members so that the garment appears to be conventional.

Abstract: A thin-walled latex dental glove and a method of manufacturing the dental glove are disclosed. The method includes providing a mold for the dental glove, covering at least a portion of the mold with liquid uncured latex material, at least partially curing the latex material to form a glove body, and removing the glove body from the mold. The glove body is then covered with a liquid slurry containing a dusting powder and an adhesive agent and a flavor agent to wet both the interior and the exterior of the glove body with the slurry. The wetted glove body is then tumble dried at an elevated temperature to simultaneously further cure the latex and dry the water from the slurry. The dried slurry forms a substantially uniform coating substantially fully covering both the interior and exterior of the glove body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a modular, collapsible and adjustable rectangular frame for stretching sheet material which is particularly adapted for use in hobby activities such as rug-tufting. The basic frame comprises four identical side bars and four identical legs. Each of the side bars and legs is integrally molded of a substantially homogeneous material such as a thermoplastic material. Additionally, there are extension bars each of which is also integrally molded of a substantially homogeneous material. Each of the side and extension bars has a connecting insert extending away from the bar at one end thereof and a corresponding connecting tunnel extending into the other end. The frame is assembled by frictionally fitting the connecting insert of one bar into the connecting tunnel of another bar to form a rectangle and by frictionally fitting each leg into a corresponding leg tunnel of each side of the rectangle. The size and shape of the frame is changed by adding or subtracting extension bars.

Abstract: A snap hinge for use in connecting furniture doors, for example, to a furniture wall utilizing a pair of pivotally mounted link members and including a spring biased mechanism and a cam control unit associated with said link members for assuring positive closing of a door with which the snap hinge is associated.

Abstract: The slitting and seaming together of hosiery blanks for producing panty hose is carried out by a single operator and during the usual everting, inspecting and toe seaming operation. The hosiery blanks are slit as they are drawn onto a tubular hosiery form and the upper end engages a heated wire slitter supported on one side of the tubular form and a predetermined distance from the open free end of the form. The heated wire slitter is supported between spaced guide plates which aid in directing the panty forming end portion of the hosiery blanks into engagement with the heated wire slitter.

Abstract: A belt for a pillion rider. The belt has a pair of straps along the longitudinal outside face of the belt. The ends of the straps are secured through a slit in the belt and fastened to the inside face of the belt. The belt is secured around the waist of a driver and the pillion rider holds onto the pair of straps.

Abstract: A hinge mounting device, particularly for furniture door hinges, includes a hinge casing and a hinge arm interconnected by links pivotally mounted on the hinge casing and the hinge arm by means of pivot pins. The hinge arm is slidable into and fixable onto a mounting plate that is securable to a furniture element, for example a side wall.

Abstract: A hinge construction molded from a plastic composition material and comprising first and second cooperating components, the first component including a pair of spaced parallel ribs, each having a circular opening, the second component including a pair of spaced ears, each having a boss on its outer surface. In assembled relation the ears are disposed adjacent respective ribs and the bosses are journalled in respective openings. In assembling the components the ribs are caused to spread apart to permit entrance of the bosses into respective openings.

Abstract: An article of wearing apparel adapted for use as a tie, scarf, neck-piece, hood, belt, or the like, is formed of an elongated fabric member having an intermediate portion and opposite end portions joined together by a respective pair of first and second fabric portions or layers connected at spaced points to define passages therebetween. The first and second fabric portions of each pair are each of a width substantially less than a width of the intermediate portion and the opposite end portions whereby when one of the end portions has been moved through the passage adjacent the other end portion, fabric portions resist attempts to pull the one end portion through said passage.

Abstract: Apparatus for accurately and fully finishing or pressing garments is shown that employs a motor-driven air blower whose motor has automatic braking means for substantially instantly stopping it when de-energized, and that has an electrical heater for air being supplied by the blower to the atmosphere of a permeable bag along which a garment is to be positioned. Side-mounted pairs of upper and lower creasing blades are operated to expand and contract and are provided with electrical heating means along their lengths for directly applying creasing heat. Steam is supplied to a piping system which extends along and within the permeable bag for both applying heat indirectly and applying periodic bursts of steam directly to the inside of the garment being finished. Steam from the indirect heat application is then passed through a heat exchanger for applying its residual heat to preliminarily heat air being supplied by the blower.