Abstract: An adjustable length garment, for adjusting the length of a pant leg having an interior surface and a bottom edge, comprising an adjustment tab mounted to the interior surface near the bottom edge, and an adjustment array located above the adjustment tab on the interior surface. The adjustment array comprises a vertical strip having an inner seam and an outer seam along which the vertical strip is attached to the interior surface. The adjustment array also comprises fingers attached to the vertical strip along the inner seam, the fingers having type two fastener material. The adjustment tab has type two fastener material, and the vertical strip has type one fastener material for mating with the adjustment tab. The fingers can fold along the inner seam to affix to the vertical strip to cover exposed fastener material.

Abstract: A knee pad having main body comprised of a piece of foam or the like covered with a protective coating such as fabric. The foam has a top and a bottom and a front end and a back end. The foam is enclosed in a cover having a front side and a bad side. A substantially egg-shaped cup is placed on the front side of the cover. The cup is shaped so that it conforms to the knee and, in the preferred embodiment, is ergonometrically designed so as to provide easy swivelling around the knee without slippage. The cup is stitched to the pad through both sides of the cover and through the foam around the outer edge at the top and bottom thereof. The stitching on the cup in placed in a groove near the outer edge of the cup. Affixed to each side of the cover there are two strapping means comprised of elastic or the like for attaching the kneepad to the knee of the user.

Abstract: An adjustable length garment, for adjusting the length of a pant leg having an interior surface and a bottom edge, comprising an adjustment mechanism mounted to the interior surface near the bottom edge. The adjustment mechanism comprises an upper adjustment array and a lower adjustment array near the bottom edge. The adjustment mechanism comprises a vertical strip having an inner seam and an outer seam along which the vertical strip is attached to the interior surface. The adjustment mechanism also comprises fingers attached to the vertical strip along the inner seam, the fingers having integral hook and loop fastener material. The vertical strip has integral hook and loop fastener material for mating the upper adjustment array with the lower adjustment array. The fingers can fold along the inner seam to affix to the vertical strip to cover exposed fastener material.

Abstract: A glove having a flap closure attachable to the glove body using hook and loop fastener material both on the flap and the glove body. A writing appears on the outside of the flap closure and a writing appears on or within the fastener material attached to the glove body and obscured when the flap is closed.

Abstract: A weightlifting glove for compressing and supporting the back of the hand and wrist including a glove body and an elongated strap that wraps diagonally about the back of the hand to provide backhand muscle support. The part of the strap that extends diagonally over the back of the hand is inelastic to provide maximum support, while a portion of the remainder of the strap is elastic to provide for compression and adjustability. The glove body preferably has a wrist vent to which a tab closure is provided to allow the glove to fit easily onto the wearer's hand and to permit adjustment of the fit of the glove independently of the strap.

Abstract: A set of digit or thumb and finger protectors provides a manicurist with protection against chafing irritation or injury from repeated contact with a nail file, emery board or the like. The set includes a thumb protector and an index-finger protector for the hand opposite a hand that holds the file or other tool. The thumb protector covers the skin on the back and sides of the thumb but allows the thumb pad to remain exposed for tactile sensation, for example to assess the smoothness of a filed surface, without having to remove the thumb protector. The index-finger protector covers the skin and nail at the end of the index finger. The index finger protector hinges adjacent the knuckle and has a throat cut out to permit free flexion and extension of the index finger. These protectors guard against accidentally filing or rasping the skin by an errant stroke.

Abstract: A mitten-glove combination for the hands. The palm portion is a full functioning glove, while the back portion serves as a full featured mitten. Web portions are located between the fingers in order to separate the fingers and allow for lateral movement. A method for using the mitten-glove combination includes inserting the hand into the glove portion, removing the hand from the glove portion when it gets cold and inserting the hand into the mitten portion. In addition, the mitten portion is provided with a mating hook and loop fasteners for securing the mitten back upon itself when not in use.

Abstract: A pillow case tee-shirt is disclosed. The tee-shirt pillow case includes a body portion having an upper portion and a lower portion, and a pair of sleeves each extending from the upper portion of the body portion. The body portion forms a lateral opening on the lower portion for receiving a pillow case wherein the body portion includes a hole formed in the upper portion of the body portion between the pair of sleeves. Means are provided for closing the hole formed in the upper body portion.

Abstract: A protective garment including a body section made of a material which generates a minimum of lint with two sleeves having hand openings. Each of the hand openings includes an elastic portion about a portion of the opening, an elastomeric button, and a plurality of buttonholes spaced around the other portion of the opening, whereby the hand opening may be adjusted between a selected number of sizes by selectively engaging the button with a selected one of the buttonholes. A pocket is defined in the garment with an interior side adjacent a wearer and an outer side adjacent the garment. An opening allows access to the pocket from the outside of the garment with a flap extending across the pocket opening and disposed between the interior and outer sides of the pocket and overlapping with the pocket interior side in a normal condition. An opening between the flap and the pocket interior side allow access to the garment interior from the outside of the garment.

Abstract: An improved design for an anti-slip glove is disclosed. The surface of the glove is adapted to provide an especially strong bond between the palm and/or fingers of the glove and the club, racket or other piece of sports equipment which the athlete is holding, pulling or pushing. The improved anti-slip glove utilizes a thermoplastic polyurethane film panel, incorporated into the glove's design at key pressure points, which is selected to exhibit a strong physical bond with the rubber, plastic, leather or other composite materials used to manufacture the hand grips that are a part of hand-held sporting equipment. The anti-slip panel may be attached separately to the palm and fingers of the glove or made an integral part of the glove.

Abstract: A protective swimwear garment for infants and young children who wear diapers. The panty like garment is waterproof and is worn over the diaper. A seal is made between the body and the garment by inflating an air receiving chamber around the waist and legs which will prevent water from entering and soaking the diaper.

Abstract: An insulated hand warmer adapted to be attached to the user's waist by a belt apparatus. The insulated hand warmer has a front wall, a top wall, a back wall, a bottom wall and a collapsible wall, and a plurality of adjustment straps. The hand warmer can be compressed against the user's body by the adjustment straps when not in use. The insulated hand warmer also features a central pocket wherein a heat source can be placed. The user's hands are inserted from each end of the insulated hand warmer to come into contact with the heat source. A front pocket for storage of the user's travel articles is also taught herein.

Abstract: Warp knitted briefs are produced of two congruent lengths of knitted material. The lengths are knitted together transversely to their direction of production across the width of the material, with a distance therebetween, forming side seams. In the center of the briefs, between two side seams, starting from one of the longitudinal material edges, the layers are knitted together to form a gusset region. In the vicinity of the side seams, additional connecting areas are provided between the two lengths of knitted material, which form the front and the back of the briefs. The connecting areas are tearable under a predetermined tensile load without damaging the knitted lengths of material.

Abstract: The invention is an exercise shroud for use by exercisers to conceal perspiration stains on their exercise garments. It is formed of a waistband and at least two layers of material attached to the back portion of the waistband. The layers extend downward from the waistband and are configured and sized such to cover the backside of an exerciser. The inner and outer layers of material are separable from each other and are detachable from the waistband. Hook-and-loop fasteners are the preferred fastener for connecting the inner and outer layers together and for attaching them to the waistband. The inner layer is made of a moisture-repellent material. Being moisture-repellent, this layer prevents the perspiration from penetrating to the outer visible layer. When worn by an exerciser, the shroud conceals perspiration stains which have penetrated the exerciser's exercise garment and have become outwardly visible.

Abstract: This invention provides a fashion belt capable of being applied to various kinds of materials and various cross-sectional shapes, and tightened and loosened easily. This fashion belt is formed by a belt body (1), and a locking member 30 capable of fixing one end portion of the belt body thereto, receiving the other end portion of the belt body so that the tightening length of the belt body can be regulated, and locking and unlocking the second-mentioned end portion thereof in an arbitrary position of insertion thereof.

Abstract: An improved design for an open fingered glove is disclosed. The traditional mechanism of attachment of the palm piece to the back piece through the use of fourchettes is eliminated and, instead, the stability of the attachment of the glove parts is provided by a by the use of connector strips made from lycra, leather or other traditional materials. The connector strips connect the sides of each finger from the palm part to the back part at a location proximate the tip of each finger and running to a point short of the crotch of each finger. Using such a construction, structural integrity may be maintained while permitting an opening to exist at the crotch of each finger, thereby providing for increased cooling of the hand.

Abstract: The shoulder area of wedding and party dresses are usually puffed up using crinoline netting, which is very cumbersome and difficult to work. A simple solution to this problem includes a fabric panel in the shape of a truncated segment of a circle with a pocket in the long straight edge thereof. When the convex side of the panel is pleated or otherwise gathered, the panel assumes an arch shape. Inserting of a resilient strip of plastic into the pocket and sewing of the gathered edge into a sleeve at the seam between the bodice and sleeve of a garment results in a puffy shoulder which retains its shape.

Abstract: A head garment comprising an exterior portion, a lining, and a stretch band. The garment is formed by folding a rectangular piece of material in half and sewing top and side edges of the folded material to leave an open bottom edge to create a lining. Next, except for a small portion which is left unattached an exterior circular piece of material are then sewn to the open bottom edge of the rectangular material. The folded rectangular and circular pieces of material are them pulled through the small opening left at the unattached portion and finally an elastic stretch band is sewn to the two pieces of material to form the finished garment.

Abstract: A one-piece body suit (cat suit or jump suit or romper) has a rear drop-seat portion. That portion is formed with a central panel and two opposite triangular panels extending therefrom which cross each other at the front of the garment. Fastener ends at the ends of the triangular panels are removably fastened at the back of the wearer.

Abstract: A sleeping bag includes a non-expansible, sleeve-like upper sleeping bag segment, a non-expansible, pocket-like lower sleeping bag segment and an outwardly expansible, sleeve-like intermediate sleeping bag segment. Together the sleeping bag segments form a sleeping bag inner chamber. Resilient bands of elastic material are located at the intermediate sleeping bag segment to maintain the intermediate sleeping bag segment in a condition which will not constrict or lessen the cross-sectional area of the bag inner chamber when the intermediate sleeping bag segment is in unexpanded condition.