Abstract: A single piece of medium thickness and quality leather trimmed into a shape which allows for a first portion to be wrapped tightly around the ankle covering the lower leg and for a second portion to be wrapped tightly around the foot covering the instep. The two wraps are held tight by joining separate sets of loop pile and cooperative hook fastener strips which are sewn to the leather. The ankle portion is dressed by placing the inside strip of the ankle fastener facing outward on the outside of the ankle and rotating the wrap around the backside, inside and front side of the ankle overlapping the beginning point where the outside strip of the fastener is joined to the inside strip. The foot portion is dressed by placing the inside strip of the foot fastener facing outward on the outside of the foot and rotating the wrap around the bottom side, inside and topside of the foot overlapping the beginning point where the outside strip of the fastener is joined to the inside strip.

Abstract: An upper body garment including a front body section, a back body section and two sleeves extending from the upper portion of the front and back section for covering the front, back, shoulders and arms of a wearer formed of two pieces of fabric and a single closing seam is provided. The upper fabric member includes two outwardly extending sleeve and upper arm sections with a central neck cutout and the lower fabric member includes a central lower back section with two outwardly extending front body sections. Both upper and lower fabric members are formed with curved cutout regions for forming arm and shoulder regions of the garment. The entire garment is formed by two seams joining the cooperating contoured cutout regions and the closing seam.

Abstract: An apparatus (10) for fabricating hair pieces for cloth dolls from at least one length of yarn (50), wherein the apparatus comprises a framework unit (11) rotatably disposed on a support unit (12) and adapted to accumulate a multiplicity of bunched windings of yarn, wherein a stitched seam (100) is disposed across the longitudinal orientation of the windings to create various hair piece styles.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for straightening fibres in a sliver comprises subjecting the sliver to sliding frictional contact with a foraminous surface through which an airflow passes, the sliding contact having the effect of both straightening the fibres in the sliver to orientate them, and straightening the hooked ends of any fibres in the sliver, and the influence of the airflow serving to remove dust and/or trash from the sliver.

Abstract: An improved combination sports' helmet and interlocking cap is disclosed including a helmet having a crown portion and a pair of ear portions and including a dual pair of receptacles disposed therein, one pair of receptacles disposed on the crown thereof, and the other pair disposed in the ear portions thereof; a cap for the helmet adapted to mate over the exterior portion of the helmet in near conformity therewith, said cap having a dual pair of male interlocking portions therein, one of said pair of male interlocking portions being operably adapted to removably interlock with the pair of receptacles disposed on the crown of the helmet, and the other pair of said male interlocking portions being operably adapted to removably interlock with said pair of receptacles disposed in the ear portions of the helmet. The cap can be engaged with and disengaged from the helmet in a matter of seconds.

Abstract: A football helmet having a face mask formed of a wire frame with a series of beads strung along certain wires to make it difficult for an opposing player to grab the face mask. Each bead is formed such that it can be snapped on its supporting wire.