Patents by Inventor Annette K. Underhill

Annette K. Underhill has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6517410
    Abstract: The front portion of a sports bra has a lining and a decorative cloth. A flat pocket lays over the opposite side of the lining as the decorative cloth. A cloth cover lays over the pocket. The bottom of the pocket is seamed to the bottom of the cover without stitching the lining or the decorative cloth and the sides of the cover are seamed to the lining without stitching the pocket or the decorative cloth so that the pocket floats in relation to the lining and decorative cover. The lining and cover are of universally stretchable absorbent material and the decorative cloth is of universally stretchable wicking material. The stretch affords the desired support from the bra, the absorbency collects the wearer's perspiration and the wicking draws the absorbed moisture to the outside for evaporation. The floating pocket provides a comfortable pouch for concealing articles within the bra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Inventor: Annette K. Underhill
  • Patent number: 6318613
    Abstract: A pouch attachable to a garment to store objects of credit card length and width has a container with front and back walls fixed to each other along bottom and opposite side edges to define a compartment sized to receive and hold, in a substantially immobile condition, several of the objects when they are stacked face-to-face and inserted through an open top edge of the container. Mating pieces of hook-and-loop material seal the open top edge to secure the objects in the container. A strap fixed at one of its ends to a back face of the container back wall proximate one of its edges extends across the container back face to its free end at a point proximate another of its edges. A segment of hook-and loop material is fixed along its entire length to the entire length of the front face of the strap. A mating segment of hook-and-loop material is fixed along its entire length to the back face of the container back wall between the fixed end of the strap and the point at the free end of the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Inventor: Annette K. Underhill
  • Patent number: 6176761
    Abstract: A sports bra has a pair of cups joined by a cleavage portion between the proximate edges of the cups and a back strap portion between the distal edges of the cups. The cups and cleavage portion are made of cloth having substantially universal elasticity so as to provide adequate support. A rectangular panel made of cloth having substantially universal elasticity is fastened along its bottom and side edges to an inside wall of the cleavage portion of the bra to form a storage pouch of approximately credit card dimensions. A plurality of short hook and loop segments extending substantially fully across the upper inside edge of the panel with mating segments of hook and loop material oppositely fixed along the inside wall of the cleavage portion of the bra allows the pouch to be completely sealed while still affording the desired universal elasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Inventor: Annette K. Underhill