Abstract: Protective eyewear such as goggles (12) are provided with a frame (14) lens (20) and a pair of tabs (30) protruding from a front (32) of the lens (20) at lateral positions, to receive tear off sheets. The frame (14) includes lateral attachment formations (28) that can engage complemental attachment formations (46) on removable roll holders (34,36). Each roll holder (34,36) includes an anchor formation (50) with a recess (54) in which one of the tabs (30) is receivable. The roll holders (34,36) can be fitted on the attachment formations (28) and tabs (30) to use a roll-off system, or can be removed to use a tear off system. The frame (14) preferably has pivoting outriggers (22) which include the attachment formations (28), so that the roll holders (34,36) are attached to the outriggers (22) and can pivot off the lens (20) with the outriggers (22).

Abstract: A roll-off film system for goggles includes a goggle and a roll off system. The roll off system includes a first cap, a second cap, a bridge, a first canister, a second canister and a fixation system. The first and the second caps are fixedly connected by the bridge, and the first and the second canisters are fixed on the goggle through the fixation system. Both ends of a bottom of the first cap are respectively provided with a fixation rib. Thus, the roll-off film and shaft are fixed on the first and second caps to obtain a set of accessories. After the roll-off film is used up, the old first and second caps with the roll-off film are directly removed, and a new set of accessories are mounted. Users replace the roll-off film simply and efficiently. The whole set of accessories are easily assembled and disassembled.

Abstract: A portable glove drying apparatus having a housing defining an inner chamber containing a fan and power source, as well as a sized outlet for receiving a golf glove. A flexible but resilient loop is disposed across the sized outlet and can be inserted in a golf glove to support and expand the golf glove from its inside. The fan can generate air flow that is directed into a base opening of the glove and out of ventilation holes of the golf glove. The air flow acts to improve evaporation of moisture contained on or in the golf glove and thereby promotes rapid drying of the golf glove.

Abstract: A variable compression cushion for eyewear includes a lattice structure made up of lattice cells defined by lattice elements. The parameters of the lattice structure may be configured to create a desired compressibility in the cushion. Different zones of the cushion may have different compressibility. The variable compressibility enables the cushion to be configured to optimize the face pressure experienced by a user when the eyewear is worn to enhance the comfort of the user. Some embodiments of the cushion also include structures to improve ventilation through the cushion. Some embodiments of the cushion also include structures that channel moisture away from the portion of the cushion that contacts the face of the user to improve user comfort.

Abstract: A glove may include a hand body, the hand body being at least partially elastic, where the hand body defines a hand pocket configured to receive a user's hand, and a wrist body. The glove may also include a hand pad pocket formed in the hand body and configured to removably receive at least one hand pad, where the hand pad pocket is separated from the hand pocket by a separator, as well as a wrist padding pocket formed in the wrist body configured to removably receive a wrist pad. The hand pad pocket may be positioned in an interior of the glove.

Abstract: A ready hanger automatically pivots about a hinge to raise an arm of the hanger up to make it easy to find the empty hangers in a crowded closet. A hinge is configured between the hook portion and hanger portion and a weighted portion creates an imbalance in the hanger portion to cause it to rotate about the hinge. The hanger portion rotates to produce an inclined end that extends up above the clothes and other hangers in the closet. The weighted portion may be configured proximal an extended end of the arm extension to produce torque to cause the hanger portion to rotate. The hanger portion rotates automatically to an incline angle from horizontal of at least 15 degrees or more. A spring element may be configured between the hook portion and hanger portion to produce the torque required to rotate the hanger portion and produce the inclined end.

Abstract: A garment hanger includes a hook having a terminal end and a neck. A first shoulder bar and a second shoulder bar extend away from the neck to support a clothing item. A support bar extends horizontally between the first shoulder bar and the second shoulder bar. A resilient clip stem is suspended beneath the neck and terminates in a clip bar positioned adjacent the support bar. The clip stem and clip bar are resiliently moveable between a resting position and an open position to receive a clothing item and retain the clothing item on the garment hanger.

Abstract: Protective eyewear lens assemblies include one or more metal-detectable components and a lens body. The lens body is formed from a polymeric material and the one or more metal-detectable component are permanently encapsulated on, along or within the lens body. Protective eyewear including such lens assemblies and methods of manufacture are also included.

Abstract: The buckle of the swimming mask includes a front end portion attached to a connecting unit, a rear end portion including an insertion portion in which the head strap is inserted, and an intermediate portion between the front end portion and the rear end portion. The wound portion around which the head strap is wound in the reversible manner is disposed in the intermediate portion.

Abstract: A cushion pad assembled on a frame of a swimming goggles is provided, which includes a connecting portion that has an inner peripheral surface and outer peripheral surface, and a face-attaching portion that is connected to the connecting portion and has an outer ring surface and an inner ring surface. The cushion pad is characterized in that: the inner ring surface of the face-attaching portion is of a wavy curve that conforms to the depth and height of the outer periphery of the eye socket. A plurality of independent buffering bodies are provided between the outer peripheral surface of the connecting portion and the outer ring surface of the face-attaching portion, and each of the buffering bodies is jointly composed of a first supporting member, a second supporting member and a joint at an intersection of the first supporting member and the second supporting member.

Abstract: A shoe horn that can be used to lift clothing that would otherwise get in the way when putting on a shoe with a shoe horn. The shoe horn includes: a handle portion having a central axis; a tongue portion having a central axis; an offset transition portion between the handle portion and the tongue portion at which the central axis of the handle portion and the central axis of the tongue portion are offset from one another; and at least one appendage extending outward and upward from a front of the shoe horn at or above the offset transition portion. When using the shoe horn to put on a shoe a user first engages and lifts the lower portion clothing out of the way, then uses the shoe horn to guide a foot into a shoe.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes a dynamic support member that provides support to a foot. The support member is external to the article. The support member provides dynamic support by tightening around the foot when a user applies a strong enough force against a base portion of the support member. The support member includes several lateral gaps that facilitate increased flexibility for some portions of the support member.

Abstract: An eye glass shield includes a goggle frame having a center. A lens is positioned in the center of the goggle frame and is constructed of a transparent material. A pair of temples comprising of a left temple and a right temple is coupled to the goggle frame. The left temple is coupled to a left edge of the goggle frame, and the right temple is coupled to a right edge of the goggle frame. A pair of temple clips is coupled to a respective one of the pair of temples. A top base is coupled to a top edge of the goggle frame and protruding there from. A bottom base is coupled to a bottom edge of the goggle frame and extending there from. A cut-out in the goggle frame creates a bridge in the top center of the goggle frame.

Abstract: An underwater mask including a condensing member is provided. The mask includes a lens exposed to ambient water as well as to an air compartment of the mask that is adjacent a diver's face. The mask includes a condensing member that has an inner surface that is exposed to the air compartment and that is configured to promote condensing of moisture within the air within the air compartment thereon prior to the moisture condensing on an inner surface of the lens. The condensing member may be passive and rely on thermal conductivity properties of the member or be actively electrically controlled.

Abstract: A sports accessory is provided to be worn by a user during a sport activity. The accessory includes a flexure system. The flexure system includes a support structure including a plurality of intersecting grooves disposed along a surface of the support structure, where a plurality of segments are defined along the surface of the support structure between the intersecting grooves such that the support structure is configured to flex along the grooves with segments moving in relation to other segments during use of the sports accessory.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a light-weight, self-contained, one piece, ventilated, washable, disposable, face shield for the protection of regions penetrable membranes, such as the eyes, nose and mouth of medical personnel, essential workers and the general public from exposure to infectious, and/or hazardous pathogens carrying fluids and particulate materials such as the Coronaviridae family of viruses including COVID-19. Some embodiments include a front facing transparent face plate, a plurality of adjustable flaps to customize the angle of protection, a mechanism to separate the transparent front facing face plate from the user's forehead, an attaching and sizing mechanism to conform to the user's head. Some embodiments may use materials that inherently, or through the application of special coatings, provide additional optical protections.

Abstract: Eyewear, such as a goggle, includes a movable unitary lens and a chassis. The movable unitary lens includes an interior surface. The chassis includes a body that defines a central opening, and the body is configured to be worn on the face of a wearer. The chassis further includes a barrier that is integrally formed with the body, and the barrier includes an exterior surface that contacts the interior surface of the lens along a perimeter of the lens so as to form a seal with the lens.

Abstract: The combination of a headwear piece having: a) a crown with a wall having an inside surface bounding a space for receiving a part of a wearer's head; and b) a rim/bill projecting from a forward region of the crown; and an accessory having a body with a thickness between front and rear sides and made from a material that substantially blocks migration of moisture therethrough. The accessory has an array of small openings extending through the body thickness to provide for air passage. The accessory is configured to be placed in an operative position against the inside surface of the crown wall at the forward region of the crown to reduce contaminant transmission from a wearer's head to the inside surface of the crown wall at the forward region.

Abstract: A hat shaping device is configured to be installed on headwear (e.g., on a band of a peaked cap) to urge the headwear into an oblong and/or oval shape. The device includes a pair of hooks connected together in a manner that allows the device to be transitioned between a deployed configuration, in which the device is configured for installation on the headwear, and a stowed configuration, in which the device is configured for easy storage and/or transport. In some examples, the device is collapsed when in the stowed configuration (e.g., with respective legs of the pair of hooks nested together one on top of the other.).

Abstract: A garment with a concealed deployable mask. The garment includes a collar joined to a garment body. The collar can have joined thereto a collar extension, the collar extension defining a pouch. A mask is disposed in the pouch, a first portion of the mask being joined to the collar extension, and a second portion of the mask has an ear attachment member.