Abstract: A protective covering which can prevent water from contacting certain portions of the body, such as the abdomen. The covering includes a sheet of flexible fluid impervious material with a fastening device, such as a velcro fastener adjacent its two end portions permitting the sheet to be placed around the body and held by overlapping the end portions. A flexible foam rod is placed along the top of the sheet; the rod being covered with a flexible sleeve. One end of the rod is uncovered and at the opposite end the sleeve is open ended, so that as the sheet wraps around the body portion, the uncovered edge of the rod can telescopically fit into the open end of the sleeve. The covered rod forms a seal against the body for preventing water from reaching the body portion.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for making ribbon bows of conventional looped configuration, the apparatus comprising a feeder assembly for delivering a length of ribbon; a winding mechanism for receiving the length of ribbon and for winding said lengths into an extended helix; an assembly for gathering the extended helix at substantially the horizontal center line thereof whereby to initially define the loops of the bow, there being means for securing the loops at their point of gathering whereby to create the finished bow.

Abstract: A hinge for a flush-type door comprising a plate member which has two integral, elongate, generally flat and mutually perpendicular portions and adapted for mounting to the door so that a first of the portions abuts the door edge and the other portion abuts an adjoining face of the door. A pivot pin is supported along a free longitudinal edge of the portion of the plate member which abuts the door edge. A hinge arm is pivotally supported on the pivot pin and is mounted to a face of the furniture member or the like to which the door is hinged. The hinge arm has a width measured along the axis of the pivot pin which is substantially less than the length of the plate member abutting the door edge. A recess is defined in the plate member whose width along the axis of the hinge pivot slightly exceed that of the width of the hinge arm so as to permit the hinge arm to be received within the recess when the door is in its closed position.

Abstract: A hinge mounting device for use with conventional doors or furniture doors may be easily mounted and adjustably positioned on the door frame or cabinet. The device includes a base plate which is attached to the furniture or door frame and a hinge fitting which is adjustably mounted to the base plate. The fitting carries the hinge mechanism. The base plate is elongate and has a pair of longitudinally extending grooves on its opposite sides. The hinge fitting is generally U-shaped in cross section to fit longitudinally over the top of the base plate, and has inwardly extending flanges which are received in the longitudinal grooves in the side of the base plate. A pair of screws are threaded through the top wall of the U-shaped fitting and are adjusted so that they may engage, selectively, the top surface of the base plate. One of the screws locks the fitting in a selected longitudinal position along the base plate and the other screw controls the angular position of the fitting with respect to the base plate.

Abstract: In a quilting machine of the type including a bed plate, means for conducting material to be quilted over the bed plate, vertically reciprocal needles positioned above the bed plate for moving sewing threads through the material to form stitches therein, a presser foot positioned above the bed plate, means for supporting the presser foot for vertical reciprocation relative to the bed plate between upper and lower positions for periodically compressing and releasing the material, and means for driving the presser foot, there is disclosed an improvement wherein the presser foot supporting means comprises means including a pair of opposed, balanced springs for suspending the presser foot in a position intermediate the upper and lower positions, and wherein the presser foot driving means comprises means for cyclically, alternately, increasing and decreasing the compression of one of the springs and simultaneously decreasing and increasing the compression of the other of the springs to reciprocate the presser foot

Abstract: A lightweight safety helmet for use by the operator of a motorcycle, or the like. The helmet meets all present day standards and specifications as well as the more strigent standards and specifications proposed by the construction of a single shell helmet having a dual shock liner system.

Abstract: In a quilting machine of the type including a bed plate, material supporting means including material feeding means for conducting material to be quilted over the bed plate, sewing thread supply means, a plurality of vertically reciprocal needles positioned above the bed plate for moving sewing threads through the material and the bed plate, a plurality of horizontally reciprocal shuttles mounted below the bed plate and cooperating with the vertically reciprocal needles for forming lock stitches in the material, vertically reciprocal presser means positioned above the bed plate for holding the material on the bed plate during formation of the stitches, thread take-up means positioned between the thread supply means and the needles for controlling thread tension during the formation of the stitches, and pattern controlling means for moving the material supporting means laterally in a preselected relationship with the material feeding means for obtaining sewing patterns, there is disclosed an improvement wherei

Abstract: A plastic clip comprises upper and lower plate members each comprising a base plate having a jaw at the front end thereof and being pivotally connected to the other, a spring for holding the jaws in open position and an operating member for holding the jaws in closed position. The jaws of the plate members are kept in closed position by the force substantially parallel to the plate members.

Abstract: A unitary hose connector made of plastic material and having multiple locking means mounted through the back panel of an automatic washing machine without the use of tools or additional fastening means in either of two locked positions. In the first or "shipping" position the connector is positively locked to the back panel of the machine almost entirely within the machine cabinet. In the second or "installed" position the connector is positively locked to the back panel with an end portion of the connector projecting out of the cabinet to be accessible for coupling with a water inlet hose from an external water source.

Abstract: An attachment for automatically forming a horizontal thread loop over the sewing area of a sewing machine to enable the loop to be sewn onto a garment as a belt loop includes a prong mounted on one side of the sewing area. A solenoid driven linkage located on the other side of sewing area carries an eye which receives thread from a source. The free end of the thread, after passage through the eye is pinched initially between a fixed sleeve and a moving arrow-shaped blade carried for movement with a sliding bed plate of the machine and located on the other side of the sewing area. In response to brief energization of the solenoid, the eye is carried across the sewing area and about the prong to catch the thread thereon and thereby form a loop having two straight crossing segments radiating from the prong respectively to the eye and the sleeve.

Abstract: The maternity supporter comprises a narrow strip of contoured elastic material having continuous harness straps at either end. VELCRO hooks are located at the inside ends of the straps, with receiving pile portions located further down on the outside of the straps. The maternity supporter is designed to be worn over undergarments by placing the narrow strip around the lower part of the abdomen, crossing the straps behind the back, and stretching them over the shoulders and toward the sides, where the hooks from one strap are then readily applied to the pile portions of the opposite strap.

Abstract: A tube coupling comprises a collet with resilient arms arranged to co-operate with a cam surface of a surrounding body or sleeve, the cam surface tapering in the axial direction such that, as a tube in the collet is pulled outwardly, frictional pull between the tube and collet causes the collet to move in a direction to tighten the grip on the tube. The arms of the collet are spaced apart radially such that, in the absence of any tube, the collet can be withdrawn outwardly from the sleeve or body. Pushing the collet inwardly into the sleeve or body allows the arms to move radially outwardly and then the tube can be withdrawn. The collet has a flange or the like extending radially outside the sleeve or body and a spring clip is provided between this flange and the sleeve or body to lock the coupling against release of the tube.

Abstract: A protective glove for use by persons engaged in various operations in meat packing or processing plants such as an operator who uses a knife during various meat cutting procedures in which one hand usually holds the knife and manipulates it adjacent the other hand or other portions of the body which frequently results in accidental injury. The glove is constructed from a flexible fiber and a small wire fiber combined in a conventional manner of constructing gloves with the non-metallic fiber preferably being an aramid fiber having unique properties advantageously employed in such articles of manufacture with the fiber being manufactured by the DuPont Company of Wilmington, Del., under the trademark "Kevlar." The metallic wire fiber or strands are flexible, quite strong and materially strengthens the glove and renders it more durable and aids in preventing penetration of the glove by a knife blade or the like.

Abstract: An improved machine for ironing of the collars and lapels of articles of clothing includes a dummy secured on a shaft rotatable about a vertical axis, a first mould disposed laterally of the dummy and movable orthogonally to the rear portion of the dummy and having a shaped configuration to coincide with the lapels of the article of clothing, and a second mould disposed vertically above the dummy and movable in a direction coinciding with the axis of the dummy and having a shaped configuration to coincide with the upper portion of the dummy for ironing of the rear portion and lateral parts of the collar.

Abstract: The donning of surgical gloves is facilitated by inflating the surgical glove with the cuff open so that the surgeon may insert his hand into the glove while inflated and then deflating the glove around the surgeon's hand. The glove is mounted in a glove package with the cuff of the elastomeric surgeon's glove stretched around a ring. The ring with the glove so mounted is mounted at the mouth of a tube which telescopes into a larger tube making a sliding air seal with the larger tube. When the smaller tube is withdrawn from the larger tube, the reduced air pressure that results within the chamber defined by the tubes sucks the glove into the chamber and inflates it in the chamber. After the surgeon has inserted his hand into the inflated glove, the inner tube is then reinserted into the outer tube to increase the pressure within the chamber above atmospheric causing the cuff of the glove to explode off the ring on which it is mounted and snap around the surgeon's wrist.

Abstract: The disclosure is directed to automatic bobbin rewinding for sewing machines. A two-station mechanism is provided enabling bobbins to be transferred from a winding position to a sewing position, with one bobbin being at all times in each position. When a bobbin is exhausted, that bobbin and its case are removed from the sewing machine and, simultaneously, a filled bobbin is removed from the winding position and combined with its case. The bobbin positions are then reversed, enabling the filled bobbin and its case to be inserted in the sewing machine, while the just-removed bobbin is separated from its case and inserted in the winding position. The filled bobbin remains attached to the main thread supply until it is inserted in the sewing position, enabling the thread to be guided and controlled until picked up by the sewing mechanism, thus avoiding the need for manual intervention.

Abstract: A buckle part or fitting to be attached to a piece of fabric includes first and second parts adapted to be held in position by at least one post passing through the fabric, one of said parts being provided with a recess and the other part having a raised portion of somewhat smaller peripheral size than the recess, so the fabric will be compressed into the recess when the two parts are clamped together. The two parts are made of a material having high frictional properties, whereby the posts are self locking in their mating bores; in fittings subjected to heavy wear, an extra post adapted to be upset in its bore may be provided as a safety measure.

Abstract: A paneled, dip-coated work glove for protecting a user's hand from liquid immersible and other work handling applications, having an outer surface layer of plastic material and an inner lining layer.

Abstract: A snap engaging necktie knot piece that includes engaging means such as "Velcro" thereon to engage the necktie.

Abstract: A woman's panty girdle including a pair of thigh-enclosing leg portions, interconnected by a crotch portion. Detachably attaching fastener means extends from a lower edge of one pant leg to a forward part of the crotch, and in a substantially rectilinear path to a point on a front panel above an opposite leg, thereby facilitating the opening of the lower part of the girdle for toilet purposes without the necessity of lowering or removing the garment, and without the formation of a loose portion which may become soiled. Means are provided in the leg portions for adjusting their size to adapt to the size of the wearer's thighs.