Abstract: A throwaway bib which due to the nature of its construction can be rinsed several times and reused as may be desired. The device comprises a two layer laminate the first of which layers is adapted to absorb moisture while the second layer is water impervious to thereby protect the clothes. An optional pocket for receiving solid foods and for catching dripping liquids may be included.

Abstract: A nursing shawl for use by mothers who nurse their infant. The shawl comprises two opposed panels joined together at the adjacent top corners by a neck band to provide a unitary shawl which can easily be placed about the mother and infant while the mother is seated. The panels drape over the shoulders and hang in front to conceal the nursing infant and the entire front of the mother from the neck to the waist. The confronting edges of the panels are fastened together by hook and loop fasteners. The shawl enables the mother and infant to view each other while the infant is nursing, and preserves their privacy.

Abstract: A garment having a pant-like portion and a skirt-like portion is provided. The pant-like portion includes a crotch section which passes between the legs of the wearer when the garment is worn and the skirt-like portion is adapted to encircle the legs of the wearer. Both portions serve as the outermost material of the garment so that the garment has a pant-like appearance above the crotch and a skirt-like appearance below the crotch. The crotch section can be provided with a device for adjusting the snugness of fit of the crotch. The garment can include material attached to the pant-like portion which extends above the waist of the wearer and gives the garment an overall dress-like appearance. The skirt-like portion can be constructed with various hemline lengths and can be provided with a panel passing between the legs of the wearer.

Abstract: A surgical glove (10) includes a ventral side (12) and a dorsal side (14) integrally connected thereto. The sides (12,14) include a thin layer (16) of stretchable air and water impermeable material and the dorsal side (14) includes a layer (18) of flexible armor (18) embedded in the stretchable air and water impermeable material (16). A method of making the surgical glove (10) includes the steps of dipping a mold shell (24) having the configuration of a human hand with a ventral side and a dorsal side (30) into a liquid (34) which is curable to the stretchable air and water impermeable material (16). A hand shaped layer (18) of the flexible armor is disposed on the dorsal side (30) of the shell (24) prior to curing the liquid (34). The shell (24) is dipped into the liquid (34) a second time to embed the fiber (18) within the liquid (34). Finally, the liquid ( 34) is cured to the stretchable air and water impermeable material (16).

Abstract: An adjustable dress is disclosed which includes an adjustable crinoline or slip, an adjustable overskirt and an adjustable blouse. The slip is upwardly formed with a plurality of vertically spaced casings and is provided with a drawstring which is insertable into a casing to thereby provide the desired vertical dress length adjustment. The slip terminates downwardly in a fabric ruffle to form the finished bottom of the dress. An overskirt overfits the slip and is provided with a waist construction that is widely adjustable to fit substantially all sizes. The length of the overskirt is less than the length of the slip to thereby assure that the ruffle will bottomly extend below the overskirt. An adjustable blouse is fabricated of the same fabric as the slip ruffle and the overskirt and includes suitable drawstrings about the blouse top and sleeves to comfortably fit the shoulders, neckline and back of the wearer.

Abstract: In order to reduce the tendency of foodstuff to adhere to a cooking surface, that surface is provided with an uneven surface formed with closely-spaced peaks or corrugations, normally in the form of concentric grooves. The surface may additionally include a layer of "Non-stick" material which further reduces the likelihood of foodstuffs sticking thereto.

Abstract: An athletic glove pocket retaining and former device comprising a ball like object having at least one bendable strap having means, such as Velcro, attached to the approximate middle of said strap joined to said ball like object, and having joining means, such as Velcro, attached to the terminal ends of said strap so as to permit the strap ends to be tightly joined together when the ball like object is placed in the pocket of the glove.

Abstract: A glove for a skier or motorcyclists or other person wearing goggles or glasses. The glove has a front glove portion for covering the palm and adjacent forward portions of the fingers, and an enclosing portion connecting the opposite sides of the front portion and enclosing the rest of the hand and fingers. A short, flexible, though somewhat stiff, squeegee is secured to said enclosing portion and extends outwardly therefrom, so that the user can employ the squeegee to free his goggles or glasses from snow or rain deposited thereon.

Abstract: A machine for folding and pressing the internal flaps of seams comprises a heated plate 1 in the body of which are fomed separate chambers 6, 7, 8 respectively connected to a steam generator, a suction system and a cold air blower. These chambers communicate with a pressing surface of the plate itself through a series of holes. Facing the pressing surface of the plate 1 is a floating platen structure 2 having a corresponding series of holes 9 able to put into communication with the exterior two chambers 10, 11 in the floating platen structure fronting, each chamber being separated into two parts by a partition 12 which divides it into two distinct portions.

Abstract: Special garments for the disabled and infirm are provided with a front and back portion to enclose a portion of a person wherein the front is comprised of an inner front portion and a removable outer front portion. The inner front portion of the garment includes an outer face of a selected design and material having a fastening means disposed about a selected area thereon. The outer front portion comprises an outer face of design and material matched with the selected design and material of the outer face of the inner front portion and an inner face which is fluid resistant and includes a fastening means about an area matched with the selected area of the inner front portion, designed to align and cooperate with the first fastening means to releasably attach together the outer face of the inner front portion and the inner face of the outer front portion forming a removable bib-like portion which matches the garment portion.

Abstract: Gripper pads for hands include a pad covering the palm area of a hand and finger loops on the pad through which four fingers extend for securing the gripper pad to a user's hand. The gripper pad is preferably made of a rubber material which has a relatively high coefficient of friction for maintaining a relatively non-slip grip on whatever is being held by the user.

Abstract: A novelty pop-up hat includes a brim portion, an open crown portion and a plurality of slits in the edge of the brim portion, for conforming the hat to the shape of the head. Decorative shapes extend from the inner perimeter of the brim so that the decorations stand substantially vertically when the hat is worn. In a preferred embodiment, a hat is cut in an oval shape from a flat sheet of foamed plastic material, and a substantially circular opening is cut toward one end forming a headband at the back of the head and a visor to shade the face. The hat is made by a diecutting method from a single piece of foamed plastic or other material.

Abstract: In a head protector for children and invalids, a series of concentric rings of tubular fabric packed with yieldable material and a top member of yieldable material, and straps binding said rings and top together, a ring of spaced cushions, or pillows, between the lowermost ring and the adjacent ring, and means for positioning said protector on a user's head and maintaining same against rearward movement.

Abstract: A head or wrist sweatband including united sheet sublayers of foraminous heat conductive foraminous and moisture absorbant fabrics, for immersion in tap water at room temperature, functioning to evaporate the water with concurrent cooling of the human body and absorption of perspiration. The inner surface of the band is comprised of said heat conductive foraminous fabric first sublayer and in use is adjacent the skin of the wearer. Said moisture absorbant second sublayer is connected in interfacial association upon said first sublayer and forms the outer surface of said band. In use, the band is initially immersed in room temperature water and placed upon the user. Heat from the body of the user raises the temperature of the first sublayer which in turn raises the temperature of the second sublayer causing evaporation and consequent cooling of the band. Perspiration from the user is absorbed by the second sublayer for continous evaporation and cooling.

Abstract: A thin fabric wind resistant mitten, made primarily of a fabric having an air permeability of less than 15 cubic feet per minute per square foot at 0.5 inches head of water, and preferably having a wear resistant palm portion and an extendable trigger finger, may be used over or in place of anti-contact gloves. The wind resistant mitten may store in a pocket formed on the outside surface of a cold weather mitten. The cold weather mitten has inner and outer synthetic material fabrics, and an open cell foam at least about 1/8 inch thick (e.g. 1/2-1 inch thick) between the fabrics. The size of the access opening to the cold weather mitt is easily changed, it has a curvature corresponding to the curvature of a normal human hand at rest, and a lanyard attached to the outer fabric is connected to the wind mitt, storable in the outer pocket. A suspension system comprising barrel locks and suspension cords readily adjustably supports the cold weather mitts on a wearer's neck.

Abstract: A fur covering comprising a fur material made of new fur or particularly even waste pieces form cutting furs, a net into which string may be knitted or wound and which has elasticity, and a sewing thread. In accordance with the invention process for making a fur covering such as a shawl, the fur material is rolled round each side of the net and concurrently, is sewed up round each side of the net with the sewing thread and thereby, these are formed into a united body and become the fur shawl.

Abstract: The drawing illustrates a protective mitt for use by police officers and the like when placing handcuffs on the wrists of prisoners behind the back wherein a connection extends between both hands for further restraining movement of the hands and providing a covering therefor wherein opposed fabric wall panels form a pouch having an open top with tie means securing the cuffs within the pouch and separating the hands within the pouch.

Abstract: A seam for a wetsuit, involving overlock stitching (23) of the edges (21,22) to be joined and the subsequent introduction of the material (25) having suitable elasticity/recovery properties, such as a polymer, into the well or groove (24) of the seam. Examples of suitable materials are polyurethane, natural rubber latex, silicone and Hypalon. The method of forming the seam involves overlock stitching of the seam for a portion of the wetsuit, positioning the portion on a jig and injecting the material into the well or groove of the seam, and allowing the material to dry or cure before removing the wetsuit portion from the jig.

Abstract: The grill frame includes a pair of elongated shaft members which are resiliently connected at their first ends so that upon the insertion of the first end into the abdominal cavity of the fowl, the shaft members may be urged against the opposite sides of the abdominal cavity with sufficient force to enlarge the abdominal cavity laterally and to disperse the meat of the fowl to substantially the equal plane. The method of insertion is such that the shaft members are held in substantially close proximity as the first end is inserted through the cavity and the shaft members are allowed to expand outwardly as the first end of the apparatus extrudes out of the rear of the cavity with the apparatus in position within the fowl.

Abstract: A process for producing a fried food, which comprises placing a starting material suitably applied with a necessary pretreatment into a fryer filled to an intermediate level with heated oil, moving the material vertically to repeat the operation of dipping the material into the oil and withdrawing the material above the oil surface for several minutes, then allowing the material to rest in the oil for a while and finally draining off the oil by vibrating the material with small amplitudes above the oil.