Abstract: A garment having a cushion material, such as neoprene applied to be inserted into a pocket of the garment.

Abstract: Reversible outerwear comprised of a pair of front panels and rear panel joined by a plurality of seams. The front panels are attached by the zipper. The panels are fabricated as a laminate of a pair of opposed textile facings with an interstice stratum therebetween. One of the facings is an abrasion resistant dress weave and the other is a high-visibility knit. The zipper is covered by a pair of overlapping flaps, one on each front panel. The flaps are closed by a temporary fastener.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a pant stabilizer which provides stability, rigidity, and weight to the cuff of a pant and a method of using the pant stabilizer. The pant stabilizer may include a malleable boning device formed of tubular stays or a malleable strip. The pant stabilizer may be fastened to a pant cuff in any suitable manner such as, for example, an adhesive, one or more clips, a zipper, one or more snaps, a hook and loop fastener (e.g. Velcro), one or more larger hooks, or one or more buttons and button holes. The pant stabilizer may be torn or cut by the user in a suitable length and then fastened to an interior portion of a pant cuff. Alternatively, a pant may be manufactured with a pant stabilizer fastened to an interior portion of the pant cuff.

Abstract: The invention is directed to a pant stabilizer which provides stability, rigidity, and weight to the cuff of a pant and a method of using the pant stabilizer. The pant stabilizer may include a malleable boning device formed of tubular stays or a malleable strip. The pant stabilizer may be fastened to a pant cuff in any suitable manner such as, for example, an adhesive, one or more clips, a zipper, one or more snaps, a hook and loop fastener (e.g. Velcro), one or more larger hooks, or one or more buttons and button holes. The pant stabilizer may be torn or cut by the user in a suitable length and then fastened to an interior portion of a pant cuff. Alternatively, a pant may be manufactured with a pant stabilizer fastened to an interior portion of the pant cuff.

Abstract: Described are methods, devices, and systems for modifying a garment to provide a capability for reversible length adjustment. The methods utilize, and the devices include, multiple reversible fasteners, each dimensioned to allow for a distribution thereof about the perimeter of a garment including gaps between adjacent fasteners. Each of the fasteners includes two fastener components adapted for secure, yet reversible fastening. The fastener is attached to an internal surface of the garment using an adhesive compound. At least one of the two fastener components includes a visual identifier to distinguish, pre-attachment, between the two fastener components when mated. One of the first and second fastener components is attached along an edge of the garment and the other component is attached a distance above, such that the garment length is adjustable by fastening and unfastening of the fastener components.

Abstract: The invention relates to a thong-type item of clothing comprising at least two independent parts, namely a rear part (1) and a front part (2) which are provided with complementary coupling means (11, 21) such that they can be fixed in a use position and subsequently separated. The front part (2) is essentially T-shaped and the coupling means (21) thereof are arranged at the ends of the wings. The rear part (1) can have different configurations and the coupling means (11) thereof are arranged at the sides or at the upper and lower ends of same.

Abstract: A protective facemask for use in simulated combat with nonlethal ammunition is modular in form. Its primary elements including a mouthpiece protecting portion with cheek guards, a lower bridge connected along the upper edge of the mouthpiece to serve as the deflector against projectiles penetrating between the mouthpiece and eye goggles, and a forehead bridge to serve as a deflector against projectiles penetrating between the eye goggles and a helmet to be worn by the user. These components are held in place by being fastened to around the chin and neck of a wearer.

Abstract: A one-piece protective device includes a shirt member and a pants member. The shirt member includes a proximal end comprising a neck area and a distal end comprising a waist area. The pants member includes a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the proximal end of the pants member is integrally joined with the distal end of the shirt member to form the waist area. The one-piece protective device also includes a plurality of pockets formed within the shirt member and pants member, wherein a plurality of pads disposed within the plurality of pockets. The device also includes a plurality of fasteners, such as zippers and fasteners, for securing the pads within the pockets. The respective pockets will contain thigh, hip, butt, knee and shoulder pads. An opening comprising a fastener is positioned along the device to secure the device to the body of a user. An elastic band is disposed at the waist to hold the device around the waist area of the user.

Abstract: A portable urinal includes a simulated golf club and a privacy shield, allowing the urinal to be used in a secluded part of a golf course while appearing to practice a golf swing. In one embodiment, the simulated golf club includes an elongated sealed receptacle for holding urine. In another embodiment, the elongated sealed receptacle is formed within a canister attached to the simulated golf club, which may be an actual golf club.

Abstract: A bathroom-ventilating fan with grille having a fan hosing, fan scroll, inlet ring, outlet collar, fan grille, sound insulation and electrical box. The external motorized assembly backwardly inclined type impeller is used. The bathroom-ventilating fan with grille has multiple speeds controlled by multiple capacitor and has the performance with 100 CFM airflow rate at or higher than 1 inches static pressure, 5 Sones or lower than 5 Sones of HVI (Home Ventilating Institute) certified sound ratings and 3.08 or higher than 3.08 CFM per watt power consumption at 0.1 inch static pressure as well as the fan has the performance with 50 CFM at 0.4 or higher than 0.4 inches static pressure, 1 Sone or lower than 1 Sone of HVI certified sound ratings and 1.36 or higher than 1.36 CFM per watt power consumption at 0.1 inch static pressure.

Abstract: The invention provides a foot operated toilet seat lifter which may be easily installed on a toilet. The universal bracket with a retained cylinder and piston is mounted to the toilet bowl by using the existing toilet seat fasteners. The toilet seat lifter is activated by applying foot pressure to the foot pedal, which in turn opens a valve to supply water pressure from the existing toilet water supply to the cylinder and piston.

Abstract: The invention relates to a kit for a counter-current swimming pool, wherein water is pumped inwards on a defining wall of a swimming pool (1) along the entire horizontal extension thereof and is discharged on the opposite boundary wall along the entire horizontal extension thereof. In order to enable retrofitting of the kit into existing swimming pools, an insert (2, 3) is formed or incorporated into the swimming pool (1), comprising a cover plate (4, 5) which defines the swimming area below and from which boundary walls (6, 8) emanate. The boundary walls extend in a parallel or substantially parallel manner as far as the bottom of the swimming pool, wherein, in the region between the boundary walls (6, 8), axial propelling means, i.e.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clip suitable to removably assemble a bathtub or shower stall base to a shower enclosure surround wall. The clip includes a toe, a leg connected to the toe, a web connected to the leg, and a flexible tang also connected to the web. The web is designed to mount the clip on the bathtub or stall base, while the toe catches under a ledge of the bathtub or stall base. The tang will then project at an angle inwardly. The tang permits the surround wall to pass vertically downward past it to assemble the enclosure. It resists upward movement until a specified force is applied, at which point the clip deforms or breaks to permit disassembly. The clip also has a portion of the web which facilitates keeping the clip on the bathtub or stall base even after the clip has been deformed or partially broken.

Abstract: A component for hydrotherapy equipment with an overmolded gasket seal to provide a high degree of sealing and compression uniformity to the component housing as well as to the outer shell of the hydrotherapy equipment, the resulting seal reducing gapping between the overmolded gasket and the component as well as the equipment's shell, thus improving water resistance and enhancing the performance of the component and extending the life of the component.

Abstract: A soft floatation baby bath support for holding and supporting a baby during a bath. The baby bath support comprises a middle water-permeable basin through which water can pass freely and a peripheral padded region, surrounding the middle basin. The padded region comprises a covering filled with low-density buoyant particles.

Abstract: A shower system is provided that includes first and second panels that at least partially defining a shower space. The shower system also includes a basin sized to receive a lower edge of the first and second panels such that the panels are arrangeable with respect to the basin in one of at least two configurations.

Abstract: A lavatory system has a cabinet including a base, a basin and a head extending above the basin. A water outlet/sensor is mounted in the head. A water supply line is connected to the water outlet. A solenoid valve in the water supply line controls the flow of water through the water supply line. A circuit board sends electrical signals to the solenoid valve for opening and closing the valve upon receipt of indications from a sensor as to whether a user hands is present or not. The solenoid valve, shut off valve, circuit board and sensor are mounted in the head with a sloped surface towards the basin. A manual shutoff valve mounted in the head is included in the supply line.

Abstract: A sanitary device for autonomous operation for a conveyance. The sanitary device has a sanitary module and a supply system. The sanitary module is set up replaceably in a cabin area of the conveyance. The supply system is set up in the sanitary module to supply it. The sanitary module is autonomously operable.

Abstract: A portable infant playyard including cladded legs, a central hub on the lower frame, an integrated electronic device, upper frame hinge mechanisms, and bag hooks.

Abstract: A portable child bed in the nature of a cot. The cot includes a frame having a network of interconnected legs such that the frame is collapsible and expandable between open and closed configurations. The frame includes a stop to halt the expansion of the frame at a certain position. Flexible bedding depends from the frame in the nature of a hammock, with the flexible bedding being anchored at six positions about the frame. The frame of interconnected legs includes legs that are shaped to be out-of-the-way of the depending flexible bedding such that a child rests on the flexible bedding, not on the frame. Flexible straps run on an underside of the bedding and run to and between hubs of the frame.

Abstract: A recreational blanket configured to maintain positional stability when superposed on a suitable support structure during periods of increased wind velocity. The recreational blanket further includes a body that is configured in a substantially planar manner. A plurality of compartments integrally formed with the body are configured to receive material therein in order to increase the weight of the recreational blanket. The compartments are proximate the peripheral edge of the body. The recreational blanket further includes a storage container configured to receive objects therein that is substantially water resistant.

Abstract: A patient support (10) includes a frame (12), a mattress supported by the frame, and a set of siderails (18-20) configured to block the egress of a patient from the patient support (10). The siderails (18-20) are configured to reduce gaps defined between the siderails (18-20) and other components of the patient support (10).

Abstract: A patient table is described for use in equipment such as Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scanners that are susceptible to electrical or magnetic interference. The patient table is moved by hydraulic means, thus avoiding the need for electric motors that give rise to such interference.

Abstract: A device is provided for controlling run-off fluids from a person or animal, the device comprising a surface adapted to receive the person or animal while facilitating the evacuation and isolation of fluid running off the person or animal. The device facilitates full length exposure of the personal or animal so as to assure complete and immediate removal, isolation and measurement of hazardous fluid from same.

Abstract: Aspects of this invention relate to an adjustable bed that may include one or more articulating portions, and may include one or more components, including an air inflatable mattress associated with the adjustable bed frame, a programmable logic controller, a remote memory storage facility, a remote storage location of user preferences, a cell phone remote control, a modular control device, an air purification facility, a power outlet controller, a Bluetooth remote control, an ultra wide band remote control, a wireless USB remote control, and the like.

Abstract: An electrical actuator system, especially for hospital and care beds and patient beds, comprising a number of actuators (6,7; 10,11), a control box (12) with a mains-based power supply, and typically also a rechargeable battery package and a control unit with a microprocessor, a number of controls (15,16), an orientation light (17) for mounting under the bed. The system comprises at least one junction box (13,14) and the orientation lighting is, with its own control unit, located in this. This enables a flexible location of the lighting.

Abstract: A leisure lounger includes a rack, a upper mattress and a lower mattress. The lower and upper mattresses straddle the top of the rack in a horizontal manner. The rack has a horizontal pivotal bar running through two lugs on the left side and right side of the bottom of the upper mattress. A lifting unit is provided that has an extensible strut on the top. The extensible strut has a top portion hinged on a yoke located on the bottom of the upper mattress close to the juncture of the upper and lower mattresses. The extensible strut can be retracted to move the upper mattress in a reclined manner, and the lower mattress adjacent to the upper mattress sinks in an inclined manner at a selected angle. Therefore a user can sit on the lower mattress in a reclined manner with the hip retained without slipping forwards.

Abstract: A bed including an articulation system is provided. The bed includes a frame and an actuator coupled to the frame. The bed further includes an arcuate member and a plurality of deck sections. The arcuate member is coupled to the actuator and one of the plurality of deck sections. The actuator operates to move the arcuate member to rotate the thigh section around a natural hip pivot point of a person positioned on the bed.

Abstract: A fluidized bed for supporting a patient has a fluid-impervious peripheral wall, a fluid-porous membrane top covering and a fluid-porous floor defining a unit volume in which a quantity of glass bead support media is confined. Several diffusers supply air through the floor to fluidize the support media and support a body on the bed top covering. Each diffuser is a laminate having a porous membrane top and a porous membrane bottom spaced by a fluid-impervious boundary wall and a plurality of fluid-impervious interior walls that create discrete cells. Each cell contains a quantity of glass bead cell media. A pair of blowers supplies pressure air through one-way valves to the cells in the diffusers and through the cells up into the unit interior volume to fluidize the support media.

Abstract: A tufted air mattress including a first printed sheet and a second sheet. The first printed sheet is printed over a selected area with an ink containing a fluoropolymer. The portion of the printed sheet with the ink defines a coated area. The first printed sheet attached to the second sheet where the printed sheet is not coated with the ink. The coated area of the printed sheet inhibits heat welding of the first sheet to the second sheet. The coated area also lubricates the first and second sheets to aid in inflating the air mattress without flaking and contaminating the air inflating the air mattress. In one embodiment of such a mattress, three sheets define two air volumes that are alternatingly inflated and deflated through an alternating air supply valve.

Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a method and system of providing a bed using a plurality of interchangeable adjustable firmness springs to provide localized comfort and support to the user of the bed. The plurality of interchangeable springs may have a plurality of different firmnesses to provide customizable local comfort to a user.

Abstract: A tool assembly is provided for mending a puncture in a tire. The tool assembly includes a needle and a power tool. The needle includes a diverged tip for carrying a patch for mending the puncture and a connective end. The power tool includes a driving element for releasable engagement with the connective end of the bit so that the power tool can drive the bit.

Abstract: Semimanufactured waterproofed products (1), particularly shoes, clothing items and accessories, are provided having a three-dimensional conformation with at least one inner surface (2) and one outer surface, provided by the following operative steps: turning inside out the semimanufactured product (1) so that its inner surface (2) is turned outwards; inserting at least one shaped member (4; 8) inside the semimanufactured product (1); pressing the semimanufactured product (1) provided with the shaped member (4; 8) between at least a pair of sheets (5) of a semi-permeable membrane whose surface turned toward the semimanufactured product (1) turned inside out is provided with a glue pattern; and turning the semimanufactured product (1) so that its inner surface is turned inwards.

Abstract: A cleaning system that utilizes an organic cleaning solvent and pressurized fluid solvent is disclosed. The system has no conventional evaporative hot air drying cycle. Instead, the system utilizes the solubility of the organic solvent in pressurized fluid solvent as well as the physical properties of pressurized fluid solvent. After an organic solvent cleaning cycle, the solvent is extracted from the textiles at high speed in a rotating drum in the same way conventional solvents are extracted from textiles in conventional evaporative hot air dry cleaning machines. Instead of proceeding to a conventional drying cycle, the extracted textiles are then immersed in pressurized fluid solvent to extract the residual organic solvent from the textiles. This is possible because the organic solvent is soluble in pressurized fluid solvent. After the textiles are immersed in pressurized fluid solvent, pressurized fluid solvent is pumped from the drum.

Abstract: A method of monitoring a washing drum in a washing machine for impermissible or atypical movement during a first phase of a washing program as may result, for instance, from the presence of a child or animal in the drum, and of aborting the washing program upon detection of such impermissible movement.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a composition comprising at least one nonionic polysiloxane/polyurea block copolymer, at least one colored or coloring entity, and at least one volatile nonsilicone organic solvent. Such a composition may make it possible to obtain a coloring which is resistant to external agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of applying dye and stainblocker to a substrate comprising cationically dyeable fibers which reduces or eliminates the need for subsequent reapplication of dye. The present invention solves the problem of cationic dye removal resulting from stainblocker application by providing a method wherein application of stainblocker precedes the application of dye to a substrate comprising cationically dyeable fibers. Surprisingly, the invention provides a method wherein the effectiveness of cationic dye application is improved when preceded by stainblocker application compared to stainblocker application preceded by cationic dye application. The substrate comprising cationically dyeable fibers preferably further comprises acid dyeable fibers wherein even more preferably, said cationically dyeable fibers and acid dyeable fibers are attached to a backing to form a carpet.

Abstract: An aqueous dispersion which comprises a) a flame retardant of the general formula (I) wherein R1 represents hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl, —CH2Cl, —CH2Br, —CH2O—C1-4-alkyl or phenyl, R2 represents hydrogen, C1-4-alkyl, —CH2Cl, —CH2Br or —CH2O—C1-4-alkyl, or R1 and R2 together with the ring carbon atoms bound to them, represent cyclohexylidene, cyclohexenylidene or 3,4-dibromocyclohexylidene, R3 and R5 independently represent hydrogen or C1-4-alkyl, R4 represents hydrogen or methyl, and X represents oxygen or sulfur, and b) an acrylate copolymer which substantially consists of 50 to 80 mol % of monoalkenyl aromatics and 20 to 50 mol % of acrylates. The inventive aqueous dispersions have an average molar mass Mv between 1000 and 50 000 g/mol.

Abstract: The invention concerns a method for colouring an optical lens comprising a transparent printing primer, capable of being coloured by inkjet printing. Said colouring method uses a technique of inkjet printing of said printing primer to obtain a coloured optical lens, independently of the chemical nature of the compounds constituting the substrate of said lens. The invention also concerns the resulting coloured lens.

Abstract: The present invention provides a reactive red dye composition comprising (A) 3% to 97% by weight of a reactive azo dye of the following formula (I), wherein W, D1 and D2 are defined the same as the specification; and (B) 97% to 3% by weight of a reactive azo dye of the following formula (II), wherein R, X, Z, D3 and D4 are defined the same as the specification. The reactive red dye composition of the present invention can be utilized to dye cellulose fibers. The cellulose fibers dyed by the reactive red dye composition obtain not only good build-up and level dyeing properties but also an excellent property of white discharging.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for manufacturing soft shoes, wherein the vamp, the insole and the outsole of the soft shoe are combined integrally, so that the soft shoe has an integrally formed structure, thereby enhancing the aesthetic quality of the soft shoe, and thereby enhancing the lifetime of the soft shoe. In addition, the soft shoe has a protective paint layer coated around the peripheral surface of the insole and the outsole, so that the protective paint layer is distributed around the surface of the soft shoe evenly and smoothly.

Abstract: A safety system for a truck loading dock with an elevated platform provides an alarm that warns of a hazard at the loading dock such as a forklift operating inside the truck or a falling hazard that may exist due to the dock door being open while a truck is not present at the dock. In cases where a dock's open doorway is protected by a barrier that can be opened or closed, the alarm can be de-activated by closing the barrier. In some embodiments, the safety system includes a remote body sensor that detects when someone or something is near the doorway. In response to the body sensor, a second, more pronounced alarm can warn of more imminent danger where someone on the platform may be too close to an open doorway when a truck is not present.

Abstract: An automatic car wash system is provided for processing multiple vehicles simultaneously. The system according to one embodiment includes an elongate path, a plurality of stations for processing the vehicle, at least two detectors for indicating the presence of the vehicles. The system provides instructions to the drivers of the vehicles so that the vehicles travel through the system under their own power, and thus conveyor systems can be avoided, yet throughput remains high. In one embodiment, the system includes a radio transmitter that is operable to direct specific information to each of the vehicles via radio signals.

Abstract: By providing a gear assembly employing drive gears which engage at least two associated gears for simultaneous rotation, with the gear assembly being constructed for axially driving the bush-bearing shaft/cable member, a new fully automatic, portable tube/conduit cleaning system is attached, with the components forming the system being capable of being easily held and carried to any desired job site. By employing this construction, the cleaning system of the present invention enables the shaft/cable carrying the rotating brush to be driven in both a forward and reverse direction, along the axis of the tube or conduit, making it easier for an operator to clean extremely difficult pipes and conduits, while also controlling the relative speed of the brush rotation. In the present invention, the elongated flexible shaft/cable is controllably fed at a low rate of speed, while the cleaning brush is rotated at a relative very high rate of speed, thereby achieving superior cleaning results.

Abstract: A tool for cleaning a drainage structure comprises a rod having a center longitudinal axis, a barrel housing having a proximal opening and a distal opening, the barrel housing having a center longitudinal axis and coupled coaxially to the rod, the barrel housing having an outside dimension that can be accommodated within the drainage structure, the distal opening of the barrel housing having a sinusoidal tearing contour. The tool further comprises a plurality of cutting implements radially coupled to and between the rod and the barrel housing, the cutting implements having a distal cutting edge and being angularly oriented to facilitate sweeping debris in a selected direction, and the barrel housing and cutting implements operable to rotate about the center longitudinal axis of the rod to dislodge and loosen debris inside the drainage structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a toothbrush having a handle and a head part, on which bristle filaments and at least one flexible cleaning element are arranged. The at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged on a carrier element, which consists of a hard material, and is connected to the head part. The invention also relates to a process for producing such a toothbrush.

Abstract: The invention relates to a toothbrush having a handle and a head part, on which bristle filaments and at least one flexible cleaning element are arranged. The at least one flexible cleaning element is arranged on a carrier element, which consists of a hard material, and is connected to the head part. The invention also relates to a process for producing such a toothbrush.

Abstract: A wiper blade pivots in an open wiping direction and a close wiping direction opposite to the open wiping direction, thereby wiping a target surface to be wiped. The target surface has a lateral end. When moving in the open wiping direction, the wiper blade approaches the lateral end. The wiper blade defines a blade axis. A washer nozzle is arranged offset from the blade axis in the open wiping direction. An eccentric line extends parallel with the blade axis and passes through an ejection hole. The ejecting direction of washer fluid ejected from the ejection hole is set toward the blade axis with respect to the eccentric line.

Abstract: The invention relates to an end-piece (20) for a windshield wiper blade unit, which end-piece comprises: an open hollow body (26) that receives a longitudinal end of the spine member; and locking means for locking the end of the spine member in the engaged position in which it is engaged in the cylindrical recess. In accordance with the invention, the locking means (46, 48) are declutchable, so as to enable the end-piece to be dismounted from the front end of the spine member.

Abstract: A conventional paint tray having a well at one end thereof is provided with a ledge on the well end of the tray so that the handle of a roller and/or a brush can be rested on the ledge during a break in painting. Side and diagonal grooves extending down the ramp to the well ensure good draining of paint from the ramp, and V-shaped and diagonal ridges on the ramp effect even distribution of paint on the roller.