Patents Issued in October 10, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130263349
    Abstract: Bodywear apparatus configured to be worn by a human user and attachable to footwear of the human user in order to augment the abilities of the lower limbs of the user is disclosed. In another aspect, footwear apparatus configured to be worn by a human user in order to augment the abilities of the lower limbs of the user is disclosed. Such bodywear apparatus and footwear apparatus are configured to reduce the effort a user must exert and improve the user's performance during walking, running, hiking, marching, and various other gaits as well as jumping, hopping, and other activities. In an aspect, bodywear apparatus further comprises a supplemental power device configured to further augment the user's abilities by activating during portions of the user's gait cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Mark Costin Roser
  • Publication number: 20130263350
    Abstract: The invention entitled Knee Protection Pocket Two is a knee pocket arrangement attached to a pant garment safeguarding the exterior knee portion of each pant leg with identical shaped pocket designs. A locking zipper opens and closes the knee pocket arrangement allowing a comfort pad to be implanted or removed at will. The said invention provides the knee and the lower thigh area added comfort and added protection, from above the shin to the lower part of the thigh containing a larger durable panel below the locking zipper and a smaller durable panel above the locking zipper, said smaller durable panel above the locking zipper accommodates a portion of the comfort pad above the locking zipper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Jorge Alberto Sanchez
  • Publication number: 20130263351
    Abstract: An electrical interconnect including at least one electrically-conductive fibre configured to form a stretchable interlaced configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles and Apparel Limited
    Inventors: Xiaoming TAO, Qiao LI, Bo ZHU
  • Publication number: 20130263352
    Abstract: Apparel for monitoring optimal body shell temperature during physical activity. The apparel uses thermochromic dyes and thermochromic inks to indicate changes in body shell temperature as physical activity commences and progresses. The thermochromic dyes and inks reveal when the body shell temperature has reached a temperature indicating optimal muscle performance, and inform the wearer of the apparel whether to increase or decrease the intensity of the physical activity to establish or maintain the optimal body shell temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Kenneth E. Crockett, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130263353
    Abstract: A lower body garment with an extended invisible zipper that extends past the perineum. The zipper may extend further upwards along the posterior of the wearer, perhaps to the waistline. The zipper is an invisible zipper having two sliders, a first slider which may unzip from the front to the back, and a second slider which may unzip from the back to the front. One or both sliders may tuck into a compartment, which in conjunction with the invisible zipper construction prevent others from knowing the wearer's pants may be unzipped from the rear. A flap may cover the chain of the zipper on the inside of the pants. A system may include pants or shorts with a two slider invisible zipper, and underwear including a flap from front to back forming an aperture sized the same as the aperture in the pants at the zipper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Kelly Mc Combs
  • Publication number: 20130263354
    Abstract: A breathable athletic glove that provides two-way airflow between the inside and outside of the glove without compromising protection, durability and good range of motion is provided. The glove comprises a palm-side portion and a back portion connected to form four finger sheaths, a thumb sheath, and an opening capable of receiving a human hand. The back portion comprises a breathable and elastic first back piece, a strengthening overlay covering a first plurality of portions of the breathable and elastic back piece, and may or may not comprise a second back piece connected to the breathable and elastic first back piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Nike, Inc.
    Inventor: Garth Roy Gibby
  • Publication number: 20130263355
    Abstract: A method is disclosed of using a glove, of latex or similar material, that is embossed or imprinted with one or more measurement scales along a digit or digits thereof. A nurse or other medical practitioner can then use such a glove easily and accurately to measure the sizes of scars and wounds on a patient's skin for recording and assessing over time the healing or degrading of the scar or wound. The measuring scale on the glove is simply laid along the scar or across a wound and its size is accurately and quickly determined for recordation. The glove also can be used to measure directly the depth of a wound, by inserting a gloved finger with a measurement scale, as an index or pinkie finger, thereinto, where the scale goes to the end of the finger. Other uses in construction and agriculture also appear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Mary M. Mavraganes, Steve A. Lebrecht
  • Publication number: 20130263356
    Abstract: Glove structures may include front and back portions. A knuckle support assembly may be attached to the back portion. The knuckle support assembly may include a knuckle support member having at least one cutout coincident with at least one metacarpalphalangeal joint and a flexible member extending across the at least one cutout. The knuckle support member may have a greater flexural stiffness than the back portion. The material of the knuckle support member may be more elastically stretchable than the material of the back portion. The material of the flexible member may be more elastically stretchable than the material of the back portion. The knuckle support member may be molded to the flexible member. Alternatively, the knuckle support member and the flexible member may be fuse bonded to one another. Methods for making such glove structures are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Chip Jones, Darien Curl, Marci S. DuChene, Carl L. Madore
  • HAT
    Publication number: 20130263357
    Abstract: Provided is a hat formed from a single piece of fabric. The single piece of fabric comprises parallel regions of fabric including first and second headband regions and at least one intermediate region. The headband regions are joined at their ends to form a headband and the intermediate region forms the crown of the hat. The headband regions and the at least one intermediate region are of differing stiffness and/or thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: ABURNET LIMITED
    Inventors: Richard John Stacey Burnet, Paul David Michael Parsons, Keith Gordon Simpkin
  • Publication number: 20130263358
    Abstract: Head cooling aid device comprises a strip of flexible material having a series of laterally spaced air flow passageways extending completely through the width of the strip for allowing air to flow through the passageways. At the approximate center of the length of the device is an inwardly facing recess or cavity that substantially spans the space between the wearer's eyes to avoid the pinching-off of blood flow to the wearer's head in this region caused by tight cap headbands resulting in poor blood circulation in this region that may cause over-heating of the head and/or excess sweating. The device can either be attached to an inner surface of a front portion of a cap headband or be made an integral part of the front portion of the cap headband to promote air flow into the cap through the passageways and out through top vents in the cap when worn to contribute to cooling of the top of the wearer's head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Bruce A. Fleischmann
  • Publication number: 20130263359
    Abstract: In one embodiment, the present invention provides a jock support short including a short member and an integrally-formed jock support member. The integral jock support member includes a pocket portion attached to a front portion of the short, which is configured to house a protective groin cup. At least two elongate members extend along opposing sides of the pocket portion and may intersect or meet at a crotch portion of the short such that the pocket and/or protective cup remains secured over a user's groin region during athletic or other physical activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SHOCK DOCTOR INC.
    Inventor: Jon G. Wong
  • Publication number: 20130263360
    Abstract: A sock and/or outer footwear having one or more portions with reduced frictional characteristics. One or more of the heel portion, the arch portion and the ball portion of the sock and/or interior of the outer footwear is fabricated with the reduced frictional characteristics. The reduced frictional characteristics may be established by applying a low-friction material to such portions, incorporating one or more low-friction fibers into the material of the sock and/or interior of the outer footwear in such portions or reducing the thickness of the material in such portions. The provision of reduced frictional characteristics in one or more of the heel, arch and ball facilitates insertion of a foot into footwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Lee L. Thibodeau
  • Publication number: 20130263361
    Abstract: A sleeve is disclosed that fits over a belt such as a work belt or an exercise belt. The sleeve is fabricated from an absorbent material to absorb perspiration of the wearer to maintain sanitary conditions of the belt. Moreover, the sleeve may be fabricated from a material which lifts the belt off of the wearer's skin and allows air to flow therebetween to facilitate a cooler body temperature and resulting in less perspiration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Eddy Surya
  • Publication number: 20130263362
    Abstract: An improved, substantially elongated gusset and/or crotch panel, incorporated into garments for humans' lower bodies. This novel, uniquely shaped, and scaled gusset significantly enhances wearers' comfort by eliminating seams, material transitions, stitching, and other mechanisms or methods of attachment from within the boundaries of a defined protected region, which coincides with the wearer's sensitive genital area. The gusset is preferably constructed from at least one layer of material, and may feature additional layers. In preferred embodiments, the elongated gusset and/or crotch panel is incorporated into girl/boy short-style undergarments, bikini-style undergarments, thong-style undergarments, pajama-bottom style garments, pantyhose-style garments, shape-wear-style garments, athletic-style garments, medical-type garments, and other lower-body garments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Michelle L. Wexler
  • Publication number: 20130263363
    Abstract: A bicycle helmet for protecting the head of a wearer includes an outer shell and an energy dissipating inner layer coupled to the outer shell. The inner layer defines an inner surface, and front attachment locations are inwardly offset from the inner surface substantially at a frontal portion of the helmet. Rear attachment locations are inwardly offset from the inner surface substantially at a rear portion of the helmet. An internal ventilation system is supported by the front attachment locations and the rear attachment locations. The internal ventilation system is configured for direct engagement with the head of the wearer for supporting the helmet upon the head of the wearer. The internal ventilation system provides a gap between the head of the wearer and the inner surface. The gap allows ventilating air to flow over a substantial extent of the wearer's head and within the helmet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: BELL SPORTS, INC.
    Inventor: Chris T. PIETRZAK
  • Publication number: 20130263364
    Abstract: A hardhat personal fan of the present invention comprises a fan with duct delivery system designed to be mounted externally onto the rim of any hardhat requiring no modification to the hat. This allows for easy installation, use and un-installation. The design is small, sleek, light weight and attractive. The system provides constant cooling airflow to the lower face, neck, shoulders and upper body. Heat is expelled before it travels to the head, promoting cooling there also. The cooling airflow alleviates the potential for heat stroke, reduces fatigue, and increases a worker's endurance, dexterity, mental acuity, concentration and morale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Miklos Joseph Green
  • Publication number: 20130263365
    Abstract: A portable urination device comprises a guiding body and two connection units. The guiding body has a guiding portion, a first port and a second port. The guiding portion is formed of two side walls, and the bottom edge of the side wall is of a closed structure. The first port and the second port are oppositely disposed and are respectively located at two ends of the guiding portion. The two connection units are respectively extended between the first port and the second port of the guiding body. The two connection units are used for the user operation, the first port is used for receiving urine of a user, and the urine is discharged from the second port through guiding of the guiding portion, or discharged from the first port after buffering of the guiding portion. The urination device is easily used, and the user is dispense with contacting the public toilet stool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Kuohuang Yang
  • Publication number: 20130263366
    Abstract: A toilet odor removal system is described, wherein malodorous air in the bowl of the toilet is evacuated by suction through a tube and into the sink drainage system. The system may be used in the construction of new toilets, or may be easily adapted for sale as a kit to retrofit existing toilets. An intake tube may be located under the toilet seat, in connection with a suction device. The suction device may be coupled to an exhaust tube which connects to the sink drainage system below the p-trap of the sink The exhaust tube may also have a one-way check valve to prevent odors from the sewer system escaping into the ambient air of the bathroom. The odor removal system may also have an automatic means of turning on, such as a sensor or a pressure-activated switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Roy A. Prete, Miles J. Detlor
  • Publication number: 20130263367
    Abstract: An odor extraction device for use in a toilet bowl and toilet water tank. The device has a housing, a pipe assembly for transporting gases from the toilet bowl, a suction assembly for forcibly moving gases through the pipe assembly, a power supply assembly for supplying power to the suction assembly, and a controller in communication with the suction assembly for controlling and activating the suction assembly. When the controller is activated, it activates the suction assembly to forcibly transport gases from the toilet bowl to a desired location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Juan Jose Hugo Ceja Estrada
  • Publication number: 20130263368
    Abstract: An adjustable toilet seat handle including a clamping assembly, a spring member, and a knob is provided. The clamping assembly having a first clamp and a second clamp is removably connected to an undersurface of a toilet seat. A spring member connects the first clamp to the second clamp for defining a receptacle that compression fits the undersurface of the toilet seat. The spring member is operably connected to a lower surface of the clamping assembly and extends a distance between the first clamp and the second clamp to allow the undersurface of the toilet seat to be compression fitted in the receptacle. The knob is rigidly attached to and extends outwardly from the first clamp and can be gripped by a user to allow the user to raise or lower the toilet seat without direct contact with the toilet seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Thai Quoc Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20130263369
    Abstract: An ergonomic toilet seat raising and lowering device provides a hygienic, effective, and efficient system of lifting and closing a toilet seat with a low susceptibility of being contaminated with urine or fecal matter. The invention includes a lever, a rod and a counterweight positioned away from and behind other components of a common toilet. The invention may be used on toilets and seats with a wide variety of shapes and sizes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: John William Embler
  • Publication number: 20130263370
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a vibroacoustic water system. The water system includes a reservoir configured to contain water and comprising a wall. The water system further includes four transducers mounted against the wall of the reservoir. The four transducers are configured to receive an input signal and to generate vibrations within water contained in the reservoir by vibrating the wall of the reservoir. The four transducers are mounted in a configuration such that, when the wall is partitioned into four sections, only a single transducer is mounted against each section of the wall and no other transducers are mounted against the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Robert Giese, Glen Rauwerdink, Santosh Narasimhan, Ken Lefeber
  • Publication number: 20130263371
    Abstract: A portable water and energy saving bathtub used in a shower room or a bathtub comprises a body liking an opened container, a step on the bottom is located beside the end wall. The other end is a flashboard gate, which includes a groove on inner faces of the container, the flashboard capable of moving is inserted into the groove until to a bottom of the groove, a water seal ring is set between the groove and the flashboard. A reducing-volume-chunk likes a cuboid has two legs sitting on the side walls of container, therefore, the reducing-volume-chunk is hanged in the container. A locking-releasing-device locks or releases the rock for the reducing-volume-chunk with the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: DAVY ZIDE QIAN, BENYU QIAN, LEQUN LU
  • Publication number: 20130263372
    Abstract: A portable washing station which includes a covered jug/vessel for holding unused liquid, a receiving platform upon or over which the liquid is dispensed and a reservoir in which the dispensed liquid gathers, whereby the jug/vessel is adapted to cover and seal from spillage the reservoir when in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: David Melki
  • Publication number: 20130263373
    Abstract: A sink comprising a basin, a rim extending outwardly from the basin, a support member in the form of a channel coupled to an underside of a portion of the rim to increase the rigidity of the rim, and a mounting element operatively coupled to the channel and configured to secure the rim to a fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Jason R. Miller, Brian Siehr, Theodore Nikolai, Joseph Bolden
  • Publication number: 20130263374
    Abstract: The transfer assistance device includes a front supporting part that supports the torso of the person being assisted; a set of sub supporting parts configured to be adjustable in position with respect to the front supporting part; a driving unit that propels and drives each of the set of sub supporting parts toward the person being assisted being supported by the front supporting part; a force sensor that detects a pressure proportional to propulsion of the sub supporting part by the driving unit and counterforce generated by contact of the sub supporting part with the person being assisted; and a computer that controls the driving unit based on the pressure detected by the force sensor so that tightening force on the person being assisted by the sub supporting part approaches prescribed tightening force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuhei Yamaguchi, Atsushi Yoshimi
  • Publication number: 20130263375
    Abstract: The comforter includes a core portion which has dimensions approximately the same as the top of the mattress on which it is to be placed. A border member portion is attached to two longitudinal sides and a foot end of the comforter. The border member comprises two layers of fabric with little or no fill therebetween, with the inner edges thereof attached to the core portion and the outer edges attached together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: PACIFIC COAST FEATHER COMPANY
    Inventors: Laura A. Regan, Tamara Soreano
  • Publication number: 20130263376
    Abstract: A strokes litter victim harness includes a harness, a plurality of connectors, and a stokes litter. The harness is adjustably attached with the stokes litter by the plurality of connectors. The harness, which includes a bottom panel, a top leg panel, a left leg opening, and a right leg opening, provides the necessary support to the victim's body when the victim is transported from one location to another. Many different straps of the harness allow the operator of the stokes litter victim harness to adjust the left leg opening, the right leg opening, and other related spacing so that the victim can be secured within the harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Ronald Eric ROYSUM
  • Publication number: 20130263377
    Abstract: A customizable pillow includes at least a first insert, a second insert, and a third insert and an outer shell for receiving the inserts. The first insert represents a maximum amount, the second insert represents a first intermediate amount and a third insert represents a third amount. One of the inserts has a minimum amount. The combination of inserts provides adjustability in equal increments from the minimum amount to a combined amount equal to the sum of the minimum amount, the maximum amount, and any intermediate amounts and one or more of the inserts may be used at a given time by a user. A method of customizing a pillow includes selecting the inserts and putting them inside the shell. A customizable mattress includes a base portion, topping portion and cover layer. The topping portion has one or more inserts of different thicknesses and/or materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: HomTex, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald E. Wootten, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20130263378
    Abstract: A method for detecting occupant position change on a support surface includes establishing a rate of change of pressure in a head end test zone and in a foot end test zone, comparing the head end rate to at least one head end rate limit, comparing the foot end rate to at least one foot end rate limit, and inferring, in response to the comparing steps, whether or not occupant migration has occurred. An associated occupant support includes a frame and a mattress. The mattress includes head and foot zones each having at least one pressurizable bladder. The support also includes a controller adapted to compare a head end rate of pressure change to a head end rate limit, to compare a foot end rate of pressure change to a foot end rate limit, and to infer, in response to the comparing steps, whether or not occupant migration has occurred.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher R. O'Keefe, Timothy Joseph Receveur, Aziz Bhai, Luke Gibson, Charles A. Lachenbruch, Rachel Williamson
  • Publication number: 20130263379
    Abstract: The objective of the present invention is to provide a mattress including a plurality of cells provided on a body pressure working surface of a substrate that supports a human body, and a pressure control means that changes a setting of a height of each cell by adjusting a pressure in a fluid chamber formed within the cell. An elastic cushion layer is provided on a body pressure working surface of the cells, and a constricted portion is formed in a middle in the height of the each cell so that the body pressure working surface of the cell is allowed to tilt following deformation of the cushion layer as a result of the cells' precession-deformation at the constricted portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicants: KYUSHU UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL UNIVERSITY CORPORATION, TOKAI RUBBER INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Akitsugu MISAKI, Shin-ichiro TAKASUGI, Shuji FUKAGAWA, Mika WADA, Kiyoe HARADA, Keiko MIYAZAKI, Yukiko TACHIBANA, Yukihide IWAMOTO
  • Publication number: 20130263380
    Abstract: Interlocking foam encasement components to form mattress encasements, and related mattress encasements, mattress assemblies, and methods are disclosed. A mattress encasement is formed by two interlocking foam encasement components engaged with each other. Each interlocking foam encasement component includes a foam base member with two foam side-support members provided in parallel or substantially parallel arrangement on opposite sides of the foam base member. To form the mattress encasement, first side-support members of a first interlocking foam encasement component are interlocked orthogonal or substantially orthogonal to second side-support members of a second interlocking foam encasement component to form a foam side-support perimeter for the mattress encasement. The foam side-support perimeter provides an interior area to receive and encase a mattress innerspring or mattress core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Julian Thomas Young, Christopher Dean Page, Ivan Sobran, Mark Stearley
  • Publication number: 20130263381
    Abstract: A corkscrew having a handle attached to a threaded screw shaft member is described. The screw shaft member includes threads designed to insert into a cork when the handle is twisted. The threaded screw shaft member also includes an air channel having a top opening located near the handle and a bottom opening located near a distal end of the threaded screw shaft member such that when the corkscrew is inserted into a cork, the bottom opening and top opening create an equalized pressure through the air channel such that the inside of the cork experiences the same pressure as the outside of the bottle and thereby eliminating a vacuum that is created when the cork is removed from the neck of the bottle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Yuriy Zakuskin
  • Publication number: 20130263382
    Abstract: A prying tool including an elongate shaft portion having a prying member disposed at one end, the prying member having a flat section terminating in a serrated, distal edge comprising a plurality of teeth arrayed in parallel and separated by a corresponding plurality of notches, a top face of the plurality of teeth defining a first glide surface, each first glide surface of the plurality of teeth being substantially coplanar about a glide plane, and a glide member projecting from the elongate shaft portion distal the prying member and defining a second glide surface distal the elongate shaft portion, the glide member projecting from the elongate shaft a distance sufficient for at least a portion of the second glide surface to intersect the glide plane, wherein the prying member forms an integral fulcrum between the shaft portion and the distal edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Jason Sindt, Ronald Warren
  • Publication number: 20130263383
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of fabricating an automotive seat cover leather. The method includes a preparing process, a tanning process, a neutralizing process, a retanning process, an elastic material adding process, a dyeing/fatliquoring process, and a surface fixing process. After the leather has gone through the tanning process and neutralizing process, the retanning process adds a tanning agent to the leather. The elastic material adding process adds a silicon-based elastic material to induce elasticity in the retanned leather. The dyeing/fatliquoring process adds a dye to the leather in which the elastic material has been added and adds an anion fatliquoring agent to the leather to provide flexibility. The surface fixing process fixes the elastic material, dye, and fatliquoring agent on and in the leather.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicants: KOREA INSTITUTE OF FOOTWEAR & LEATHER TECHNOLOGY, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Gun Kang, Mi Jung Yun, Won-Ju Kim, Sang-Chul Lee, Eun-Chul Shin
  • Publication number: 20130263384
    Abstract: A terminal blocking processing agent of a polyester-based fiber structure allows a treated product to efficiently take up a terminal blocking agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Masaru Harada, Keiji Takeda
  • Publication number: 20130263385
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a parchmentized fibrous support containing parchmentizable synthetic fibers parchmentized with sulfuric acid, the process for making such a support and the use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Fernando Mora, Hervé Planchard
  • Publication number: 20130263386
    Abstract: A cushioning device containing a machine-washable polyurethane viscoelastic foam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Steven James ROMERO, Terrence Richard O'CONNOR
  • Publication number: 20130263387
    Abstract: A control for an automatic washer to operate the washer through a wash cycle determined based upon various soils and stains in the substrate load to be washed with a wash liquor in a wash zone of the washer. The control has a plurality of stain/soil type entrées, which can be at least one of selected and detected, and cleaned with a particular wash cycle. The control has dispensing control over at least one wash liquor additive. The control has a user input to permit the user to customize the operation of the control with regard to the dispensing of the various wash liquor additive and a timing mechanism. The control has operational control over the particular wash cycles using the dispensing control to dispense additives to the wash liquor at selected times during the wash cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: TIMOTHY N. AYKROYD, COLLEEN M. DOYLE, JANICE M. KAEDING, JOEL A. LUCKMAN, TREMITCHELL WRIGHT
  • Publication number: 20130263388
    Abstract: An epilatory composition, substantially provided as flat strips, comprises a gel-like matrix material, for example a rosin-based or sugar-based material and, mixed with the matrix material, a particulate material, for example colloidal particles of fumed silica. The particles reduce the tendency of the epilatory composition to flow, under warm ambient conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: David Acher, Frederic De La Torre
  • Publication number: 20130263389
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for dyeing hair using at least one water-insoluble silicate, at least one compound of formula (I), in which Y represents a C1-C4 hydroxyalkyl group or a C1-C4 hydroxyalkyloxy radical, n denotes an integer ranging from 0 to 5, X, which may be identical or different, represents a C1-C4 alkyl radical or a halogen; and at least one hydroxylated aliphatic solvent comprising therein from 2 to 6 carbon atoms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Boris Lalleman, Françoise Albouy
  • Publication number: 20130263390
    Abstract: The invention relates to 4-aminoindole derivatives of formula (I), and the addition salts thereof, mesomers thereof, isomers thereof and solvates thereof: and to their use for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibres, and in particular of human keratin fibres such as the hair. The present invention makes it possible to achieve dark shades, natural shades and dark natural shades. The present invention also makes it possible to obtain powerful, chromatic, aesthetic, sparingly selective coloration of keratin fibres in varied shades, which is resistant to the various attacking factors to which the hair may be subjected. In particular, when the 4-aminoindole derivatives are combined with one or more heterocyclic oxidation bases, they make it possible to obtain a wide range of colours and coloration of keratin fibres that shows good chromaticity and good selectivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: L'OREAL
    Inventors: Aziz Fadli, Fatima Makhlouf
  • Publication number: 20130263391
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a fluid-filled chamber may include obtaining a spacer textile material a stabilization structure. A tensile member is removed from an area of the spacer textile material where the stabilizing structure is absent. The tensile member is located between a first polymer element and a second polymer element. Additionally, (a) the first layer is bonded to the first polymer element, (b) the second layer is bonded to the second polymer element, and (c) the first polymer element and the second polymer element are bonded together around a periphery of the tensile member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Kirvan L. Chao, Klaas P. Hazenberg
  • Publication number: 20130263392
    Abstract: An upper structure for a bridge includes a coping placed on the top of a pier, and girders held by the coping, wherein the coping has girder holding grooves. The girders are installed continuously without using bridge bearings, thereby reducing the construction cost. The coping and the girders behave in an integrated state, thereby realizing improved structural efficiency. The girders are held by being fitted into the grooves, so the coping is not excessively exposed to the outside, thereby realizing a good appearance of the bridge. The girders and the coping are thy-joined together in a prestressed state using prestressed steel strands, so that the strength of the girders and the resistance to a negative bending moment can be increased. Further, the girders and the coping can be integrated with each other without being processed by site work, thereby realizing improved structural efficiency and reducing the construction period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: SUPPORTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Man-Yop Han
  • Publication number: 20130263393
    Abstract: A transparent electrodynamic screen (EDS) enables automatic removal of dust to protect and enhance performance of solar collectors and similar components. A pattern of transparent conductive electrodes are deposited over a glass or polymer outer surface of a solar collector, and embedded under a thin, transparent dielectric fluoropolymer film or silicon dioxide coating. When energized by three-phase voltages at frequencies in the range 5 to 20 Hz, the electrodes produce an oscillating electric field and a traveling electrodynamic wave that charges the particles on the surface and exerts coulomb and dielectrophoretic forces to lift the dust from the surface and transport it to an edge of the collector, thereby clearing the screen. The EDS can be incorporated in the collector in an integrated way during manufacture or retrofitted to existing conventional collectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Malay K. Mazumder
  • Publication number: 20130263394
    Abstract: The present invention provides an improved pressure washer/surface cleaner with three wheels, one of which swivels and has a locking mechanism, that is easy to maneuver over many types of surfaces with less vibration from the motor, with little dangerous, damaging over spray and with a removable handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Philip H. Larimore, Ronald G. Fenili
  • Publication number: 20130263395
    Abstract: A oral care composition includes: (a) a hydrophilic film-forming polymer; and (b) a hydrophobic carrier, wherein the hydrophilic film-forming polymer is a film-forming polymer effective to occlude dentinal tubules and the oral care composition contains 0-10 wt. % water. The hydrophilic film-forming polymer is preferably GANTREZ S. The hydrophobic carrier is preferably a vegetable oil. A method of cleaning teeth includes applying to the teeth the oral care composition such that the hydrophilic film-forming polymer occludes dentinal tubules. A toothbrush includes: a handle; a head mounted to the handle, the head comprising an outer surface and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements extending outwardly from the outer surface; and a gelatin capsule containing the oral care composition positioned on the head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2010
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Colgate-Palmolive Company
    Inventors: Thomas James Boyd, Suman Kumar Chopra, Sarita Vera Mello, Rahul Patel, Dennis Kembero Ontumi
  • Publication number: 20130263396
    Abstract: A floor tool including a handle, a mop head, and an actuator. The handle includes first and second opposite ends through and between which a longitudinal axis of the handle extends. The handle lies in a plane and further includes a first portion that is located at the first end of the handle and a second portion that is offset from the longitudinal axis. The mop head is coupled at the second end of the handle. A first grip is coupled to the first portion of the handle, and a second grip is coupled to the second portion of the handle. The actuator is positioned adjacent the first end and is contiguous with the first grip, and a fluid reservoir is coupled to and carried by the handle between the second portion and the second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Charles A. Crawford, Andrew M. Bober, Craig Conner, Mark Cors, Nicholas Reback, Daniel Lee
  • Publication number: 20130263397
    Abstract: An oral care implement (210) includes a handle (214) and a head (212) mounted to one end of the handle (214) that includes a first face (237) having plurality of tooth cleaning elements (226) extending therefrom, a second face (247) and a store of oral care material (232). A soft tissue cleaner (241) can be included on the second face (247). Oral care material can be provided simultaneously to the first (237) and second faces (247) during use from the store of oral care material (232). The oral care implement can include a plurality of oral care material stores (232), which can include different dentifrices. A store of oral care material (232) can be located within an arrangement of the tooth cleaning elements (226) and can extend through the head (212) to an arrangement of soft tissue cleaning elements (226). The toothbrush (210) can be small in size and lightweight so as to be readily portable for use away from the home.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: Douglas Hohlbein, Alan Sorrentino, James Herbert Kemp, Emily Fink
  • Publication number: 20130263398
    Abstract: A modular cleaning device including a handle assembly having a container, a dispensing element in fluid communication with the container, and a cleaning element. A backpack including a bladder in fluid communication with the dispensing element is also included. The handle assembly is configured to dispense a fluid from at least one of the backpack and the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventors: John T. Irwin, Jeffrey C. Gayer, Stephen A. Dukes