Abstract: A helmet may include a shell defining a cavity to receive a user's head. The shell may include a shell outer surface and a receiving area recessed into the shell outer surface. A liner may be within the cavity and coupled to the shell. A facemask may be coupled to the shell. A front bumper may be coupled to the shell and the liner. The front bumper may extend from within the cavity to an exterior of the shell. The front bumper may be positioned at least partially within the receiving area of the shell.

Abstract: Representative embodiments of the present technology include a ball glove having a plurality of finger stalls and a thumb stall, in which connecting lacing for at least some of the finger stalls is only between the finger stalls or on a back side of the finger stalls, such that the ball glove has limited (or no) lacing projecting into the catching area (the front/palm side of the glove) that can snag a player's hand or other object during play.

Abstract: The embodiments disclose a smart clothing system including a piece of smart clothing having fabric, a plurality of sensors integrated with the piece of smart clothing and coupled to the fabric of the smart clothing, a plurality of actuation devices integrated with the piece of smart clothing and coupled to the sensors of the smart clothing, a mobile device configured to wirelessly communicate via a Bluetooth® protocol with the plurality of sensors and the plurality of actuation devices of the smart clothing with bidirectional send and receive digital signals, and a smart application operating on the mobile device and having a voice command device, wherein the smart application is configured to provide status data of the plurality of sensors and the plurality of actuation devices, and the voice command device is configured to control the plurality of sensor and the plurality actuation devices.

Abstract: A sewing management system includes: a plurality of sewing machines that perform pattern sewing with a current pattern, which is a set sewing pattern; and a management device that acquires current pattern information indicating information on the current pattern of the sewing machine, and determines whether the current pattern matches a planned sewing pattern.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for limiting head movement. The apparatus may comprise a shaft having a stem made of a substantially rigid material and one or more adjustable securing portions, the one or more adjustable securing portions configured to secure the stem to a neck of a user. The apparatus may include a chin support disposed at a first end of the stem and configured to contact a chin of the user. When secured to the user by the one or more adjustable securing portions, the chin support is configured to reduce vertical range of motion of a head of the user, and allow lateral range of motion of the head of the user. During a lateral rotation of the head of the user while the shaft is secured to the user, the shaft remains secured to the neck of the user and rotates with the head of the user, such that the chin support maintains contact with the chin of the user.

Abstract: An medical implantable occlusion device (100) is disclosed having a collapsed state and an expanded state and comprising a braiding (101) of at least one thread, and a distal end (102) comprised of said braiding. The distal end comprises loops (103, 104, 204, 304) formed by loop strands (105, 106, 206, 306) of the at least one thread, wherein, at least in said expanded state, each loop strand has a curved shape and extends away from a centre point (117) of the distal end, whereby an apex point (107, 108, 208, 308) of each of the loop strands corresponds to the turning point of the curved shape and to the point of each of the loop strands being arranged closest to the centre point. At least one of the loop strands is displaced from the centre point by a centre distance (109, 110, 210, 310), and the apex point lie at a distance from a periphery (113) of the distal end.

Abstract: A sewing machine determines a pattern from multiple patterns, as a first pattern. The sewing machine generates a projection image including a first image representing a sewing image of the first pattern in a sewing expected size thereof. The sewing machine projects the generated projection image onto a projection area. The sewing machine sews the first pattern on a workpiece in the sewing expected size based on pattern data for the first pattern.

Abstract: A mounting rail assembly comprises a rail configured to be coupled to a helmet. The rail may include a rear surface and a front surface with a mounting groove extending along a length of the front surface. The mounting groove may be open outwardly from a front surface of the rail and be configured to couple to a first accessory device at two or more positions along the length of the rail. A recess may be proximate an edge of the mounting rail assembly. The recess may be open generally perpendicular to the mounting groove and configured to receive a second accessory device. At least a portion of the recess may be positioned between the mounting groove and the rear surface of the rail.

Abstract: A bulletproof article of apparel is provided with an opening in an inner lining thereof for access to a configured space adapted to receive a bulletproof panel and an electrically heating panel having electrical heating conductors. A dc voltage supply cable is secured to the electrical heating conductors to provide comfort to a wearer person during cold climatic conditions. A controller module is secured to the dc voltage supply cable and to a dc battery to control a supply voltage to the electrical heating conductors. The controller module is retained at a location accessible to a wearer person fitted with the bulletproof article of apparel and has a switch to permit the wearer person to switch the battery power on/off and regulate the voltage supply to the electrical heating conductors. Feedback means informs the wearer person of the operating mode provided by a switch actuation by the wearer person.

Abstract: A helmet includes a shell, a chin guard, a runner on the chin guard and a connector.

Abstract: A garment worn by a wearer has an exterior shell and an interior shell with various impact absorbing material between the exterior shell and the interior shell. The impact absorbing material includes multiple structures, such as rods or filaments, capable of deforming when force is applied then returning to its state prior to application of the force. In various embodiments, a rate sensitive material (RSM) is positioned in one or more locations relative to the exterior shell and the interior shell of the garment to further attenuate impacts to the garment. The RSM changes its resistance to force based on a rate at which the material is loaded.

Abstract: A combination sliding mitten and lower-leg protector comprising a sliding mitten sleeve; one or more lower-leg guards carried by the sliding mitten sleeve, wherein in a lower-leg protector configuration, a user's lower leg is received along the sliding mitten sleeve and protected by the one or more lower-leg guards, in a sliding mitten configuration, a user's hand is received within the sliding mitten sleeve and protected by the one or more lower-leg guards.

Abstract: Disclosed are devices and methods for optimizing a protective helmet or other item of protective clothing with one or more enhanced principal impact zones and/or impact elements that incorporate protective features that can be particularized to a specific player-position and/or the individual behavior of a specific player or wearer.

Abstract: A garment (1) comprising a sheet of fabric material (2) and a wearer attachment device (4) is illustrated and described. The wearer attachment device is configured to allow the garment to be attached to the neck or head of the wearer. The garment comprises one or more releasable fastening devices (6a, 6b, 6c). The sheet of fabric is configurable between a first unfolded position and a second folded position. In the second folded position the sheet of fabric is folded into the shape of a face mask that, in use, allows the garment to cover at least a portion of the wearer's mouth and nose. The sheet of fabric is held in the second folded position by the one or more releasable fastening devices.

Abstract: The invention relates to a protective sports helmet purposely designed using a multi-step method for a selected group of helmet wearers from amongst a larger population of helmet wearers. The protective sports helmet can be a position specific American football helmet that includes a shell, a facemask coupled to the shell, and an energy attenuation assembly configured to be positioned within the shell. The specific playing position can be a football quarterback such that the football helmet absorbs a larger amount of force from an impact applied to a rear portion of the inventive helmet as compared to the amount of force absorbed by a frontal portion of that helmet from the same impact applied thereto.

Abstract: A personal protection system for providing a sterile barrier around medical/surgical personnel. The system includes a helmet over which a hood or a toga suspended. The helmet has a chin bar that extends forward of the face of the individual wearing the system. At least one manually actuated control for regulating one aspect of operation of the system is mounted to the chin bar. Sometimes the control is a button that is depressed to control the operation of a helmet mounted fan that draws air into the hood or toga. A microphone may also be mounted to the chin bar.

Abstract: Recycling facility for non-wovens, comprising a fraying roller (8), a flat carding machine (9) without workers mounted downstream of the fraying device (8) in the direction of travel of the non-wovens in the facility.

Abstract: A batting helmet system includes sockets facing the interior region of the helmet shell to receive clip elements for holding a chin strap or to receive plate elements for supporting a face protector. A clip element includes a base portion, a hook portion extending from the base portion, and a projection positioned on an end of the hook portion and extending toward the base portion. The base portion may include a strap retainer. When the clip element is installed, the clip element extends from the interior of the helmet to the exterior of the helmet through an opening in the helmet shell, so that the strap retainer is positioned outside the helmet shell. A face protector may include plate elements for positioning in one or more of the sockets. Plate elements and sockets may have corresponding geometries that limit rotation of the face protector relative to the helmet shell.

Abstract: A steel cord and a manufacturing process are disclosed. The steel cord includes a steel core wire located in the center and having a diameter of d; and M sheath-layer steel wires arranged around the steel core wire in the center, tangent to the steel core wire, and having a diameter of d1, at least two gaps L existing between the M sheath-layer steel wires, where M is 4; d, d1, and L satisfy the following relationship: 0.420<(d/d1)<0.800, d1 is between 0.20 mm and 0.44 mm, and L?0.0008 mm. The steel cord of the present invention may allow rubber to be fully penetrated into the gaps, thereby reducing air content in the steel cord, avoiding point contact friction between the layers of steel wires due to insufficient rubber penetration, and further solving the problem of failure of the bearing capacity of the steel cord due to abrasion.

Abstract: An edge device for guiding movement of a sew head relative to a stationary rail, in at least one embodiment, includes an edge guide mount and an edge guide pivotally connected to the guide mount. The guide mount has a rigid housing a mounting clamp carried by the rigid housing for mounting the guide device to the stationary rail. The mounting clamp includes a pivoting clamping element persistently biased into a locking position. The edge guide has at least one linear or curved edge for guiding movement of the sew head relative to the stationary rail. In use mounted on the stationary rail, the clamping element in the locking position locks a location of the guide device on the stationary rail.