Abstract: A baseball glove is provided wherein the index finger of the wearer of the baseball glove is protected from being damaged by the opening edge of the glove even in the event that the glove is used with the index finger of the wearer of the glove projecting outside of the backside of the glove. The baseball glove includes a finger protecting strip in the glove body for contacting an inner surface of a proximal end portion of a finger which projects outside from an opening portion formed in the backside of the glove body. The finger protecting strip is also for guidance into an inside of the glove body when the wearer of the glove is placing the glove on his/her hand.

Abstract: A fabric detwister for continuously opening roped knitted fabric operating to open the roped fabric by moving the detwister arrangement in the direction of twist and as this occurs it actuated the turntable to move in the direction to remove the twist.

Abstract: Ways to improve one's grip on an implement through the use of thin, flexible magnetic strips are provided. The flexible magnetic strips can be used with the glove used by the person gripping the implement or with the implement's gripping surface, or with both. Alternatively, the flexible magnetic strips can be used with either the glove or the implement, with the opposing glove or implement surface coated or imbedded with a magnet attracting material. The user's grip is improved due to the magnetic interaction between the glove and the implement.

Abstract: A brain and spinal cord protector is provided to protect the brain and spinal cord of a user against a fall. The protector comprises a jacket which is worn about the user's torso, a head shield shaped to cover the user's head, a support extending from the jacket to the head shield to position the head shield above the jacket so that the inner surface of the head shield is spaced from the user's head. This will allow the user to have full and free movement of his head relative to the head shield when wearing the head shield, and will prevent forces which impact the head shield from impacting the head, and will prevent compression and bending injuries to the neck, the forces of such impacts being transferred to the vest through the support.

Abstract: A device for treating at least one running multifilament yarn with compressed air contains one continuous yarn channel (13, 14, 15) which is circular in cross section. Into a cylindrical middle section (14) of the yarn channel (13, 14, 15) three blowing medium feed holes (16, 17) empty. The axes of these blowing medium feed holes (16, 17)intersect the axis of the yarn channel (13, 14, 15) at one common point each at an angle of 15.degree. to 40.degree.. With this device it is possible to treat multifilament yarn (M1) which is supplied to the yarn channel (13, 14, 15) with an excess delivery of 0 to 15% and which is discharged, transversely to the axis of the yarn channel (13, 14, 15), from the device such that the filaments of yarn are uniformly intertwined with one another over the length of the yarn and thus no protruding loops are formed.

Abstract: Goggles enabling fine adjustments of eyecups and providing an increased degree of fitting freedom onto wearer's face are provided including a pair of right and left eyecups, a nasal belt interconnecting respective opposing inner end portions of the eyecups, and an elastic band connecting to respective outer end portions of the eyecups, each of the outer end portions of the eyecups defining a band insertion hole vertically extending therethrough.

Abstract: A glove having a palm covering portion, a plurality of finger covering portions extending from the palm covering portion to receive and cover fingers, a back portion associated with the palm covering portion to form a chamber to receive a hand, and elastic members extending from the back portion past and over at least one knuckle of each finger, each elastic member being associated with a finger covering portion to allow stretching of the finger covering portions when the finger is bent.

Abstract: A new Protective Glove for covering the hands of a user and protecting hosiery and other delicate fabrics from snags and tears caused by rough skin or jagged fingernails. The glove is intended for use while putting on and taking off pantyhose and silk garments. The inventive device includes a palm piece, a back piece, a gusset panel, and a thumb stall joined together to fit a human hand, wherein the palm piece and the back piece each have a first finger section for receiving an index finger of the user and a second finger section for receiving a middle finger, a ring finger, and a little finger of the user, and wherein the gusset panel interconnects the palm piece and the back piece between and along adjacent sides of the index finger and the middle finger. The gusset panel allows for maximum mobility of the index finger of the user of the glove. The glove is fabricated of a lightweight and smooth material, such as nylon, so as to enable the user to easily guide pantyhose on and off.

Abstract: A waterproof sports glove comprises a pair of superposed flexible pieces of substantially water-impervious material connected and sealed together along the marginal edge portions thereof to define a glove body having an open lower section configured to receive therethrough the hand of a user during use of the glove. The glove body is provided with two finger sections separated from one another by a cut-out portion, and each of the finger sections comprises at least one finger compartment for receiving therein at least one finger of the user's hand. A web of a substantially water-impervious material is disposed within the cut-out portion and interconnects the two finger sections.

Abstract: Goggles allowing their eyecups and nasal belt to be adaptable to vertical movements and providing an increased degree of fitting freedom onto wearer's face are provided including a pair of right and left eyecups, a nasal belt interconnecting respective opposing inner end portions of the eyecups, and an elastic band connecting to respective outer end portions of the eyecups, the connection between each of the eyecups and the nasal belt being achieved by a stick-like projection having a substantially circular cross sectional configuration and a projection engaging hole in which the stick-like projection is rotatably fitted.

Abstract: An athletic protective pad comprising a foam body composed of a layer of open cell foam and a first and second layer of closed cell foam and having a foam chest portion, a foam shoulder member and a hinge attaching the chest portion to the shoulder member, with the chest portion and shoulder member each presenting a periphery. The hinge member includes tape attached to an outer surface of the foam body across a portion of the peripheries of the chest portion and shoulder member to allow the shoulder member to rotate in a first direction relative to the chest portion and preventing rotation thereof in a second direction. The first and second layers of closed cell foam are secured to opposing surfaces of the open cell foam layer, with the layers presenting a sandwich configuration. The layer of open cell foam has a first thickness and the layers of closed cell foam each have a second thickness, where the first thickness of the open cell foam is approximately 1.

Abstract: An apparatus for needling a fibrous web passing through the apparatus in one direction, which comprises a needle board driven back and forth in a needling direction, needles carried by the needle board and extending in the needling direction, and a stationary support opposite the needle board in the needling direction. The stationary support comprises in the range of the needles two support sections inclined in opposite directions in the one direction and a transitional support section between the two support sections and smoothly merging into the two oppositely inclined support sections.

Abstract: A wire comprising at least one helically wound wire element is disclosed. The helical winding consists of a platinoid or platinoid alloy wire (20). Also disclosed are assemblies of these wires (20) such as knitted materials, fabrics and felts, and the use of said assemblies as catalysers in the reaction for preparing nitric or cyanhydric acid, and to recover precious metals from these catalysers.

Abstract: A baseball glove having a laminate foam rubber padding with low rebound and energy damping properties, is constructed and arranged to provide stiffness in the longitudinal axial direction of the thumb and forefinger portion of the glove and the little finger portion of the glove but a flexibility in a transverse axial direction across the palm of the hand in a direction toward the little finger portion of the glove, to thereby preclude the "breaking-in" period customarily required for a new glove. The glove laces are made of hollow plastic tubing having elastic memory. The tubular end portions of the lacings are secured to the leather covering by fasteners having planar surfaces carrying advertising indicia.

Abstract: A ball catching apparatus such as a baseball glove is disclosed. The apparatus includes a palm-side shell provided on a ball-catching side of the apparatus, a back-side shell provided on a non-ball-catching side of the apparatus, and an extension portion provided at a little-finger base portion of the palm-side shell and connected with the back-side shell. A flexing portion is provided for flexing the extension portion toward the non-ball-catching side of the apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides a knitted fabric of three-dimensional silhouette shape which comprises a front half and a back half coupled at side edges to each other forming a tubular shape and in which the circumferential length of the tubular shape is varied by increasing and/or decreasing the number of wales of one of the two, front and back, halves and also, a method of knitting the same.

Abstract: A head worn visor with a headband, a forwardly disposed bill attached to the headband, a pair of rearwardly disposed outer arms coupled to the headband, and a pair of recurve arms attached to the outer arms by resilient hinge regions such that the recurve arms are spaced apart from the outer arms and provide a gripping surface for the wearer's head.

Abstract: A compression bar for use in the main drafting zone of drafting rollers of the textile industry. The invention considerably reduces deposits on a compression bar. The fixed compression bar has a rectangular cross-section, with its narrow faces being rounded off. On the other hand, the compression bar is rotatably mounted about its longitudinal axis, whereby the compression bar has preferably a circular cross-section.

Abstract: There is disclosed a partial glove for use on the hand of a wearer inside a conventional baseball catching glove. The glove is constructed of a textile material, preferably a stretchable textile material such as LYCRA spandex material, and is double layered on at least the palm (front) side, with a thin layer of resilient material interposed between the aforesaid two textile layers for impact protection of the wearer. The textile portion of the glove preferably surrounds only the proximal portions of the first (index) and second fingers of the wearer, with the thumb, third and fourth fingers fully uncovered. The thin layer of resilient material extends over at least the palm of the wearer and the front surface of the proximal portions of the first index and second fingers. In this manner, the wearer obtains the impact protection afforded by the thin resilient layer, without significant restriction of mobility or reduction in tactility.

Abstract: A method of forming an air bag which includes the steps of weaving on a loom an upper and lower fabric simultaneously, the two fabrics being combined in selected areas to define a seam of substantially circular shape. A bag is produced by cutting within the seam. The bag does not have an additional coating, but the permeability of the bag is determined by controlling the sett thereby utilizing the permeability of the weave itself.