Abstract: The invention relates to a device for fixing spectacles to a helmet (1). The spectacles comprise at least one screen or glass element (2,3). The device comprises two sides (7, 8, 20, 21) both of which are fitted with a fitting means for attachment to the helmet (1). Each side comprises an articulated structure and comprises a means (23) for pulling back the screen or glass in the direction of the fixing means (18) such that the spectacles are pressed towards the face of the wearer of the helmet. The spectacles are retractable in relation to the outer front part of the outer shell (11) of the helmet.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a welding helmet having a cartridge coupling structure. The welding helmet comprises a helmet body configured to cover and protect the welder's head, an opening being formed at a front surface of the helmet body, a rectangular protective cover provided along a periphery thereof with a rubber packing, the rubber packing having a protruding wing portion and serving to prevent harmful gas and foreign substances from reaching the protective cover, a cartridge coupled to the opening by interposing the protective cover and adapted to intercept intense light generated upon welding so as to protect the welder's eyes, and coupling elements to detachably couple the cartridge to the helmet body.

Abstract: The breathability of garments, for example, jackets, trousers, and the like, is enhanced by a novel ventilation device. This ventilation device is composed of one or more openings in the outer material over which a closable cover having a closure tab is located, which ensures a clearance from the opening. An opening facing downward is formed between the outer material and the cover, the cover being composed of an additional outer material. This downward-facing opening can be closed as required.

Abstract: A carotid comfort control jacket keeps the wearer cool or warm during outside sporting events, for example. The jacket also can be used to enhance patient comfort during surgery or recovery. Treatment of various medical conditions can be carried out using the jacket. The jacket preferably is reusable and constructed of a waterproof inner lining and a soft outer cover. The outer cover can be made of various materials and in various colors. Filler caps or fittings are provided to fill the jacket inner liner with cooling fluid. Also included is a flow-through configuration.

Abstract: A device for positioning a body of a wearer includes a garment adapted to be worn on a body of a wearer, and an elongate member coupled to the garment and having a longitudinal axis oriented generally parallel to a spine of the wearer when the garment is being worn by the wearer. The member supports a portion of the wearer's body in an elevated position when the wearer lays thereon. This in turn may urge a portion of the user's body, e.g., head, towards or away from a given position. Another embodiment includes a garment adapted to be worn around at least a torso of a wearer, and a member coupled to the garment, the member supporting a portion of the wearer's torso in an elevated position when the wearer lays thereon for urging a head of the wearer away from a particular orientation. Kits and methods are also presented.

Abstract: A shirt, suspenders and pants combination includes common suspenders having two front distal ends, each with means for being attached to the waistline of the pants, and two back distal ends, each with means for being attached to the waistline of the pants. The shirt conceals a majority of the suspenders, and includes a neckline, a tail tucked into the pants, below the waistline, a front side with two front slits, and a backside with two back slits. The front and back slits are positioned below the neckline and are positioned above the waistline of the pants. The suspenders are positioned under the shirt, and the two front distal ends extend through the two front slits and are secured to the waistline through the means provided. The two back distal ends likewise extend through the two back slits and are secured to the waistline through the means provided.

Abstract: A magnetic finger glove helps persons hold, install, and retrieve small metallic objects, such as nuts or screws, in hard-to-reach places. The finger glove is sized and shaped to sheathe and conform to an adult human index finger. A small round disc neodymium magnet is affixed to a fabric assembly in the region corresponding to the fingertip. The magnet weighs less than 0.002 pounds and is small enough to be confined within an area on the fabric assembly of less than 0.5 square inches. Yet, the magnet has a holding force of at least 1 pound.

Abstract: This invention is a glove designed for football quarterbacks. The glove protects his fingers against injury, and enhances his ability to grip and throw a football with accuracy and distance in inclement weather. It has three principal features: (1) It is made of a thin, supple, tacky, water-resistant leather-like material (thickness range 0.008 to 0.024 inches) which fits tightly to the player's hand similar to a golf glove; (2) The four fingers of the glove contain hollow fingertip inserts molded from semi-rigid rubber-like material. These inserts lengthen the fingers slightly and are contoured to conform to the rounded shape of a football so that the fingertips make complete contact with its surface.

Abstract: A surgical glove and a method of securing a surgical glove are presented to provide an improved surgical glove. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a self-adherent wrap is used to secure the surgical glove to the surgical gown of the user by encircling the self-adherent wrap around a substantial portion of both the cuff portion of the surgical glove and the surgical gown. The self-adherent wrap is configured such that, upon the application of suitable pressure, it adheres to itself in a cohesive state. The self-adherent wrap further defines a degree of adhesion in the cohesive state that is sufficient to bind the surgical glove to the surgical gown. Additional embodiments we disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cap having dual-structured crown, and in particular to a cap having dual-structured crown capable of receiving head with various sizes in wearing person without size adjusting means, and enhancing the feeling of wearing and the sweat absorptiveness. The cap has dual-structured crown comprising a crown member which acts as a cap body, and a visor member in a front low portion of crown, wherein the crown member includes an outer cover portion in the outside of crown member and an inner skin portion in the inside of crown member, the outer skin portion and inner skin portion of crown member made of a plurality of panels, respectively. Preferably, the inner skin portion of crown member is made of a material having a good resilient and an excellent characteristic in the sweat absorption force by covering wholly inside of the crown member without a head band.

Abstract: A method for constructing headwear improves upon the design and therefore the marketability of current headwear by fabricating components of headwear from materials which are the same as or substantially similar to those materials used in the manufacture of the outer surfaces of sporting goods and equipment.

Abstract: A head-mounted MP3 player usable during sports has a head-mounted sports device, an MP3 module, a fixing device, and at least an earphone. The MP3 module is fixed by the fixing device on the head-mounted sports device such as a hat, a sun-hat, a hard helmet, a soft helmet, a head band, a hair ring, a headscarf, a swimming hat, or a diving helmet. The earphone is electrically connected to the MP3 module via a signal cable. The MP3 player can thus be fixed on a user's head. When the user exercises, the MP3 module can be worn on his head with the head-mounted sports device. Moreover, the MP3 module won't fall to cause its damage during sports.

Abstract: Roller hockey pants include a pair of pant legs. Each pant leg has a knee portion and a distal end. A shin portion extends between the knee portion and the distal end. A length of the shin portion is configured so that, when the knee portion is arranged generally adjacent a wearer's knee, the distal end is arranged at or adjacent a wearer's ankle. A strap is operatively connected to each pant leg at a location in the shin portion closer to the knee than to the distal end. The strap is configured to selectively tighten the pants about a wearer's leg. Embodiments of such a strap can be suitably employed in various types of sporting leggings.

Abstract: In a pair of protective trousers having a fly, in which a flap extending from a first edge of a torso-covering portion covers a second edge thereof in a closed condition of the fly but not in an opened condition of the fly and in which the first and second edges are secured releasably to each other, as by a hook-and-loop fastener, in the closed condition, a gusset extends along and between the first and second edges, in the opened and closed conditions.

Abstract: Variable leg width trousers, offering the wearer the ability to change the diameter of the lower leg sections of the trousers near the foot end while keeping the diameter of the upper leg sections constant. Each lower leg section is formed to have a width adjustment slot. The trousers may include a width adjusting insert, releasably attached to the lower leg sections by at least one joining device for each width adjustment slot, with which to vary the size of the width adjusting inserts. This allows the user to select the contraction or expansion of each lower leg section for functionality or appearance. The inserts may be constructed of the same material as the trousers or may be constructed of contrasting materials and/or colors. The width adjusting inserts may incorporate decorative indicia or expressive indicia, or may bear certain functional features, such as reflectors or pockets.

Abstract: Protective face masks and shields are configured so that interior surfaces are associated with visual characteristics based on a use environment. A face shield for a catcher's helmet includes an interior surface having three horizontal zones that are assigned colors, gray levels, color coordinates, or other characteristics based on playing surface characteristics. Upper, middle, and lower interior portions can be associated with blue, green, and brown, respectively.

Abstract: I David Alan Thompson, do hereby attest and avow that I have invented a new design for the manufacture and use of a plastic toilet bowl cap that requires no tools to install and facilitates in the installation of a toilet. In as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, this design is unique to the plumbing field and also the private sector to be used in the installation and repair of toilets in both commercial and residential applications. Specifications for such are also included. No other parties other than listed in the accompanying application forms took part in the inception, conception, construction or formulation of this idea and design. I attest and avow that the foregoing statements are true to the best of my knowledge.

Abstract: A flush valve for a toilet has a valve body with a flow passage that narrows non-linearly down from the valve seat. The flow passage is formed by a surface that follows a polynomial expression so as to define a computationally derived flow profile that more closely follows the narrowing exhibited by falling water as it accelerates under gravity. The non-linear flow profile of the valve reduces the presence of air in the valve after a flush cycle is initiated so that greater flush efficiency can be achieved. The flush valve can also have a wide mouth overflow that narrows to improve flow in an overflow situation.

Abstract: A device for producing a pulsating waterjet having a manifold body with a hollow interior, a fluid inlet, and at least one outlet leading from the hollow interior and fluidly connecting the hollow interior to at least one waterjet; and a selector cam having at least one propelling vane and at least one dam that cooperates with the at least one outlet so as to sequentially align with and unalign with the at least one outlet, wherein the selector cam is rotationally mounted within the hollow interior of the manifold body, whereby fluid entering the manifold body through the fluid inlet impinges upon the at least one propelling vane imparting rotational motion to the selector cam and the at least one dam thereby rotating the at least one dam such that when the at least one dam aligns with the at least one outlet fluid is allowed to exit the manifold body through the at least one outlet and when the at least one dam unaligns with the at least one outlet fluid is thwarted from exiting the manifold body through the

Abstract: To allow a standard bathtub to hold more water, thereby giving the illusion of a deeper tub.

Abstract: A therapeutic floor mat system and method are disclosed. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a mat having an aromatherapy cavity. The aromatherapy cavity may be formed to at least partially hold an aromatic substance. In some cases, the mat may be operational as a shower mat and may have a top surface with a shape that defines a perimeter, and a bottom surface spaced apart from the top surface. Depending upon design detail, the aromatherapy cavity may be at least partially located beneath the top surface.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a kit for use in a shower enclosure with a shower curtain. The kit contains a wall component, a connecting component and a retaining component. The wall component has a back wall and at least one front wall, and is removably attachable to a wall surface of the shower enclosure. The connecting component has both a front portion and back portion. The back portion is detachably connectable to one of said at least one front wall of the wall component by means of magnets attached thereto. Once the wall component and connecting component are connected together, they form a watertight barrier. The front portion of the connecting component contains a protrusion in the form of two spaced apart, elongated arms that are each provided with an abutting edge against which part of the shower curtain may be positioned. The retaining component is detachably connectable to the protrusion of the connecting component with the part of the shower curtain snapped in between.

Abstract: A mechanical footbath device that includes a body that has a base and a basin within which water can be contained. Within the basin is a bottom level formed therein. The body has a top level and side walls extending up from the bottom level. The footbath has a heater to heat the water placed within the footbath. Located on the bottom level of the footbath can be several massaging members to massage a body part, such as a foot. The massaging members can be made to be interchangeable with other members of different textures or patterns for a wide variety of massaging sensations and can be made to spin clockwise or counterclockwise. The footbath can include a control panel in the form of a body control panel having several buttons to control the various features of the footbath.

Abstract: A lavatory system configured to accommodate a first person and a second person having different physical abilities than the first person is disclosed. The lavatory system includes a first station having a first upper surface and a second station having a second upper surface. The first upper surface is laterally and vertically offset from the second upper surface so that the first station is configured to accommodate the physical abilities of the first person and the second station is configured to accommodate the physical abilities of the second person.

Abstract: A portable lavatory, which is easily loaded into a freight box of a truck and is maintained in a stable loaded state in the freight box during transportation, is disclosed. In the portable lavatory (10), the capacities of both a fresh water tank (20) and a foul water tank (30) of a tank unit (12) are altered in inverse proportion to each other. The tank unit (12), integrated with a lower end of a lavatory facility unit (11), has a width and length shorter than those of the lavatory facility unit, thus being stepped inward from the lower end of the lavatory facility unit. The fresh water tank (20) and the foul water tank (30) are assembled with each other at flanged open ends thereof into a single structure, with a variable tank (40) provided in a junction part between the two tanks.

Abstract: A faucet apparatus for mounting on sinks, washbasins and the like, is disclosed comprising automatic water supply shut-off valves that allow quick and easy installation or removal of a faucet head assembly on a faucet base mounted within a sink or similar fixture without the need to manually turn the supply lines off and on. The faucet head is removable from the base, which stays attached to the fixture. The shut-off valves are each comprised of a normally-closed valve assembly, and the faucet head has corresponding actuators that engage and open each valve assembly, enabling water flow to the faucet head as it is installed onto the base. The faucet apparatus further comprises an attachment means for mounting the base within a fixture. An alternate embodiment has a base comprising an additional passage for allowing installation of low-voltage conductors and electrical connections to enable features such as automatic faucet actuation.

Abstract: In certain preferred embodiments, the present invention provides a cot assembly that includes side pieces, supporting end pieces and bedding material. Preferably the cot assembly holds the end pieces a spaced apart distance, and in one feature allows a side piece to be selectively released. In one embodiment, the end pieces move towards each other to release a side piece, optionally by sliding a side piece through an end piece channel. In one preferred embodiment, the bedding material is mounted to and retained by the end pieces and extends across the interior of the cot to overlap or enclose the side pieces without any gaps between the material, the side pieces and the end pieces. In other embodiments, the invention includes an improved method for attaching the material to the end pieces and an improved cot assembly method. In a preferred option, the bedding material is continuously attached to the end piece along a portion of an end piece.

Abstract: A patient turning aid for assisting a health care assistant in turning, pivoting, raising or otherwise moving a patient while he or she is laying in a bed having one or more side rails, such as those commonly used in hospitals and other medical facilities. The patient turning aid has a main body panel configured to be placed under the patient and one or more elongated extension members extending outwardly from each end of the main body panel. The distal ends of the extension members loop around one or more side rails to secure the extension members to the side rails by connecting mechanisms on the extension members to hold the patient in the moved position. In the preferred embodiment, the main body member comprises an absorbent layer of material on the upper surface and a fluid impermeable layer of material on the lower surface of the main body panel.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a collapsible emergency vehicle chair cot that includes a support system and a movement system. The support system is a retractable system disposed on the bottom of the cot to support the chair cot during transportation. For example, one embodiment of a support system includes a track that extends from the bottom for the chair cot. The track supports the chair cot thereby minimizing the need for an emergency worker to manually support the chair cot during transportation. The movement system is coupled to the support system and utilizes rotational movement to assist in moving the chair cot over a surface. For example, one embodiment of a movement system includes coupling a motor system and a brake system to the support system to provide motorized movement. The support system and movement system are configured to be collapsible to facilitate using the chair cot with an emergency vehicle.

Abstract: Apparatus for assisting an individual with limited mobility status includes a harness adapted to fit around the torso of the individual, an anchoring device attached to the harness, a runner, and a cable having a first end connected to the anchoring device and a second end connected to the runner so that the apparatus supports the individual in an ambulatory fashion.

Abstract: A kit is provided for enabling the assembly of structures useful for infants, for example playpens and cribs. The kit includes a plurality of cross-members, bars and corner modules. Each bar is in the form of at least one upright having spacer elements at longitudinal ends thereof. The cross-members have a longitudinal open slot for engaging a plurality of such bars via their spacer elements received in the slot serially. Each corner module is adapted for clamping together at least two said cross-members, or for retaining the spacer elements within the slot.

Abstract: Play yards and methods of operating the same are disclosed. A disclosed example includes a lower frame having a collapsed position and an erected position; an upper frame having a collapsed position and an erected position; and a plurality of posts joining the upper frame and the lower frame. The upper frame has a rounded rectangular shape when in the erected position.

Abstract: An apparatus comprising a mattress, a mattress support, cast shoes, a footboard support, a drive for causing the reciprocating movement, and a box frame to contain and support the reciprocating movement platform is disclosed. The apparatus provides medical treatments, which are also described, by externally applying periodic acceleration to the body of a subject on the mattress.

Abstract: The present invention concerns a frame mattress comprising a frame (1) with a spring inlay (3) surrounded by the frame, and a material (2) over the spring inlay, together with a reversible mattress (5), arranged for abutting the material (2), and a cover (7) enveloping the reversible mattress (5) and at least partly the frame (1), characterised in that the material (2) is at least partly detachable and that the spring inlay (3), constituting a principally form stable unit, is reversibly arranged in the frame (1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a suspended sleeping bag comprising upper and lower parts and fixing elements which are arranged on the foot and head ends thereof, thereby making it is possible to fix at two points which are distant with respect to each other and embodied in the form of a rope, strap, ribbon, a cut fabric strip or a strip of another tensile strength material. The lower part, in contrast to the upper part, absorbs tensile forces in a longitudinal direction and leads them to the fixing points along the lines which radially converge in the area of an assembly point or fixing point, respectively.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pillowcase changing apparatus comprising a pair of parallel X brace expanders and a pair of parallel base members. The expanders each include two slats connected at a middle pivot point. The expanders are positioned generally parallel to each other creating a slot for receipt of a pillow. The first base member extends between first proximal points of each of the expanders. The second base member extends between second proximal points of each of the expanders. Selective separation of the base members controls the expansion of the expanders.

Abstract: A rigid patient support element that is substantially transparent to high energy x-radiation comprising a structural core and one or more perforated face sheets attached to at least one of the top side or bottom side of the element. The support element reduces Compton scattering thereby reducing patient skin damage. The support element of the present invention can be integrated into a patient support surface, used as an insert or used as a spacer and easily removable from a patient support surface.

Abstract: A rectangular structure on wheels has a first and second slab. The first slab supports the patient's washing apparatus including heated water tank, an air blower and waste water tank. The second or top slab spaced apart above the first slab has an attached hinged back rest and is covered with a message pad and a disposable washing liner. The top slab is configured to have waste water flow into a drain which leads to the waste water tank.

Abstract: A convertible wheeled chair is easily changed by an attendant into a gurney of the same height as a patient bed. During the process of transferring a patient from an upright position to a reclining position, convertible wheeled chair shifts the center of gravity of the patient rearwardly, and therefore does not give the patient a sensation of sliding from the chair.

Abstract: A modular, multi-articulated patient support system includes independently adjustable columns connected by an adjustable base and supporting a patient support structure. Each column includes rotation, angulation and separation adjustment structure. The patient support may be raised, lowered and rotated about a longitudinal axis in either horizontal or tilted orientation. The patient support includes a body support rotatably coupled with right and left leg supports disengageable at the outboard ends, that can be tilted, rotated and locked in place. An intermediate brace engages the base when the outboard ends of the leg supports are disengaged. The patient support structure may include two pairs of patient supports, each attached at the outboard end of a column and having a free inboard end. A coordinated drive system raises, lowers, tilts and rotates the patient supports, which may be positioned in overlapping relation.

Abstract: A modular, multi-articulated patient support system includes independently adjustable columns connected by an adjustable base and supporting a patient support structure. Each column includes rotation, angulation, separation and lateral travel structure. The patient support may be raised, lowered and rotated about a transversely shiftable longitudinal axis in either horizontal or tilted orientation. The patient support includes a body support rotatably coupled with right and left leg supports disengageable at the outboard ends, that can be tilted, rotated and locked in place. An intermediate brace engages the base when the outboard ends of the leg supports are disengaged. The patient support structure may include two pairs of patient supports, each attached at the outboard end of a column and having a free inboard end. A coordinated drive system raises, lowers, tilts, rotates and laterally shifts the patient supports, which may be positioned in overlapping relation.

Abstract: A device for positioning and locking a head clamp in a selective position including a first arm, a second arm and a third arm. The third arm having a free end including both a spherical member carried in a socket and including a mounting tube and a gripping device to restrain movement of said spherical member. The head clamp includes a mounting post for insertion to said mounting tube wherein said mounting tube includes a releasable locking device for engaging and holding said mounting post against rotation and withdrawal of said mounting tube to prevent accidental release of the mounting post.

Abstract: A cushion pad includes a cushion body made of flexible material such as sponge, foam, resilient fibers or resilient rubber and has a slot defined therethrough. An inclined surface is defined in a front portion of a top of the cushion body. The slot is located corresponding to the user's spine.

Abstract: Condensates containing acid groups and based on a) at least one monoaldehyde from the group consisting of C2-C12-monoaldehydes and b) at least one compound carrying an NH2 group, acid group being understood as meaning sulpho and/or carboxyl groups and salts thereof.

Abstract: A method for spinning clothes in an automatic washing machine comprises determining the size of the fabric load in the washing machine and determining a plaster speed based on the size of the fabric load. A motor gradually increases the rotational speed of the drum to the plaster speed while a balance condition monitor monitors the balanced condition of the fabric load. When the rotational speed of the drum reaches the plaster speed and the load is balanced, the motor rapidly increases the rotational speed of the drum from the plaster speed to an extraction speed. If the load becomes imbalanced at the extraction speed, the rotational speed of the drum is rapidly decreased to a redistribution speed less than the plaster speed to redistribute the load.

Abstract: This invention is an automated switch scanning matrix for obtaining user input. The invention comprises an integrated circuit with an output register and an input register, the output register is operatively connected to one or more user switches or encoders and the switches or encoders are further operatively connected to the integrated circuit input register. A voltage is pulsed from the output register of the integrated circuit which then flows through closed contacts of the switches or encoders in the switching matrix and is then detected at the input registers of the integrated circuit. The switch position inputs are saved in a switch save register. The integrated circuit sets an interrupt bit if any of the switch positions in the matrix have changed. This, in turn, causes the microcontroller to read the switch save registers thereby saving time for the microcontroller by not having to continually read the switch inputs.

Abstract: An internal unit of a washing machine or spin-dryer normally includes a washing container, which has a laundry drum mounted in the container such that it can rotate, and an electric motor for driving the laundry drum via a reduction gear, a transmission, or direct drive. The internal unit is suspended in a machine housing such that it can vibrate and constitutes an overall system which can vibrate in a damped manner and which is subject to unbalance-dependent resonance phenomena in specific regions of the rotational speed of the laundry drum. The causes of these resonance phenomena are vibratory movements due to momentary unbalances in the load in the laundry drum. To reduce these unbalance-dependent resonance phenomena, the internal unit is provided with a vibration sensor which is rigidly or substantially rigidly coupled to the internal unit.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition for bleaching and simultaneously dyeing keratin fibers, comprising at least one dye chosen from 7-(6?-methylphenylazo)-1-acetamido-3,6-disulfo-8-hydroxynaphthalene and addition salts thereof, at least one peroxygenated salt, and at least one alkaline agent. Also disclosed herein is a method for bleaching and dyeing keratin fibers comprising applying this composition to the keratin fibers. The composition in accordance with the present disclosure is suitable for dark hair, exhibits improved stability over time, and allows chromatic and fast dyeing to be obtained.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a method of transfer printing, in particular to a method of utilizing an inkjet printer and one or more disperse dye inkjet inks to print a transfer image onto a selected textile transfer medium, then transfer the transfer image from the transfer medium to an object to create an image on the object.

Abstract: Reactive dyes of formula (1) wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are each independently of the others hydrogen or unsubstituted or substituted C1-C4alkyl, (R5)s denotes s identical or different substituents selected from the group halogen, sulfo, carboxy, C1-C4alkyl and C1-C4alkoxy, B is an aliphatic bridging member, X1 and X2 are halogen, r is an integer from 0 to 2, s is an integer from 0 to 3, and n and m are each independently of the other a number 1 or 2, and Z is a fibre-reactive group of formula —SO2—Y (2a), —NH—CO—(CH2)K—SO2—Y (2b), —CONH—(CH2)I—SO2—Y (2c), —NH—CO—CH(Hal)-CH2-Hal (2d) or —NH—CO—C(Hal)=CH2 (2e) wherein Hal is chlorine or bromine, k and I are each independently of the other a number 2, 3 or 4, and Y is vinyl or a radical —CH2—CH2—U and U is a group removable under alkaline conditions are suitable for dyeing cellulosic or amide-group-containing fibre materials.