Patents Issued in October 16, 2014
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Publication number: 20140304877Abstract: Body armor comprising a projectile-resistant outer layer and an energy-absorbing inner layer, wherein the energy-absorbing inner layer comprises a superelastic three dimensional construct.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 13, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Matthew Fonte, Robert Devaney, Matthew Palmer
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Publication number: 20140304878Abstract: A training device for preventing a user from clinching their fist. The device may include a rigid body having a palm portion and a finger portion. The rigid body may cover the metacarpo-phalangeal joints of the hands, preventing the user from bending the knuckles.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Khalid Ahmad Shakir
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Publication number: 20140304879Abstract: Protective element or attachment to place on a glove finger, consisting in a resistant, hard piece with a half-round shape, closed at its end and open at the opposite end and partly on its lateral sides. Moreover, said element has its top part in the shape of an elongated semicircle connected to a half-ring. Additionally, the safety glove having at least one protective element located at the top dorsal part of one of the glove fingers is described.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Jorge Ruben Sgombich Perez
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Publication number: 20140304880Abstract: A breathable air-cushion type healthcare softgoods is capable of providing better wearing comfort and can be inflated without using additional inflation device and includes a support unit and two breathable air cushions. Each of the air cushions is provided with two first cushion blocks, a second cushion block and a third cushion block. Between the two first cushion blocks is defined a receiving groove, between the two first cushion blocks and the second cushion block, and between the second and third cushion blocks is defined a separating groove, respectively. On a surface of each of the first, second and third cushion blocks is formed at least one permeable slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 4, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Fung Lead Medical and Sports Co., Ltd.Inventor: Yen-Huei WEN
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Publication number: 20140304881Abstract: A single unit clothing cover and napkin made out of a perforatable and absorbent material that has an adhesive on the some of the edges of the clothing cover that allows for the arms of the clothing cover to attach to each other, or to the clothing of a user when is use. The clothing cover and napkin single unit can be made out of a perforated material that can be stored in tandem and connected with other clothing and napkin units on a roll, such as paper towel, or in packages for single use. The single unit clothing cover and napkin can be made out of a biodegradable and/or recyclable material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Marilyn Pearl Weaver
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Publication number: 20140304882Abstract: In some implementations, a garment includes a first waistband having a first size for supporting the garment on a wearer, a second waistband having a second size that is greater than the first size, and a garment panel between and attached to the first waistband and the second waistband, such that the second waistband is configured to be supported by and separated from the first waistband during wearing of the garment by the wearer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Douglas Lloyd
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Publication number: 20140304883Abstract: A fabric (30) includes a first flexible fabric layer (32), having fabric emissivity properties in a visible radiation range that are selected so as to mimic ambient emissivity properties of a deployment environment of the fabric, and at least one second flexible fabric layer (34), which is joined to the first flexible fabric layer, and which is configured to scatter long-wave radiation that is incident on the fabric. The first and second flexible fabric layers are perforated by a non-uniform pattern of perforations (44) extending over at least a part of the fabric.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: AMETRINE TECHNOLOGIES LTD.Inventors: Elad Morag, Uria Kaplan
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Publication number: 20140304884Abstract: A wader presented. The wader includes a bib including three strap attachment buckles. Two of the three strap attachment buckles are positioned at a front of the bib and one of the three strap attachment points is positioned at a rear of the bib. The wader includes a shoulder strap including two buckles. Each one of the two buckles of the shoulder strap is configured to couple to any one of the three strap attachment points of the bib. The shoulder strap is configured to support the bib when one of the two buckles of the shoulder strap is connected to the one of the three strap attachment points positioned at the rear of the bib and the other of the two buckles of the shoulder strap is connected to one of the two strap attachment buckles positioned at the front of the bib.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Shane Hare
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Publication number: 20140304885Abstract: A sweatshirt having a smoking apparatus as part of the sweatshirt, allowing users to smoke out of the sweatshirt comprises a garment body having a neck opening and sleeves and an elongated cord for tightening the sweatshirt hood around the users head and neck. A hollow tube is positioned inside of the elongated cord. The elongated tube has a first end and a second end with the first end having a mouthpiece, and the second end having a smoking bowl piece for retaining smoking material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Sean Oliver
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Publication number: 20140304886Abstract: Apparatus worn on the fingers similarly to gloves, to enhance grip, particularly suitable as an aid in catching sports balls. The apparatus comprises a sheath for each finger, which may bear a friction enhancing material on an external surface. Each sheath may be internally reinforced by members which are more resistant to bending than the constituent material of the sheath. Reinforcement members may comprise bands which extend circumferentially about sheaths or may extend axially along sheaths. Sheaths may be provided with internal elastic bands which may overlie other bands at acute angles thereto or which do not overlie other bands.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Jamelle Brian Eugene
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Publication number: 20140304887Abstract: Headwear suitable for wearing in cold weather, such as a hat or a face mask, that has ear warmers secured on the inside of the hat or face mask which have a frame with a band and a first and second ear portion. The hat is provided with a shape suitable for securing the hat around a person's head so as to conform to the contours of the head to substantially minimize gaps between the hat and the head. Unexpectedly, the band of the ear warmer within the sleeve of the hat provides tension to the hat that causes it to hug the back of the head. At the same time, the first and second ear portions keep the ears of the wearer securely covered.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 16, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Loretta Ilges, Tina Witte
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Publication number: 20140304888Abstract: An expandable head cover is made in one-piece flat form of width 9-15? and made of two latex-free nonwoven sheets of having a retraction force of greater than 0.5 lb/2? and less than 3 lb/2? from a 100% elongation and a hydrostatic pressure resistance of above 500 mm H2O/100 cm2. The head cover has at least one eye opening covered with a transparent film.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Phoenix IT Management LLCInventor: De-Sheng TSAI
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Publication number: 20140304889Abstract: The present invention relates to a functional cap, and more particularly, to a functional cap in which: functionality and a sense of beauty may be increased by bending the brim in multiple steps so as to be lifted upwards; sunlight may be prevented from directly entering an air opening formed on a first brim because a second brim may be bent in multiple steps while forming a double brim; and the wear feel is excellent because the air opening is formed to provide a full field of vision.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Chang Pok Oh
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Publication number: 20140304890Abstract: A baseball-style cap having a crown with a front region and a bill at the front region of the crown. The bill has a top and bottom surface. the bill is joined to the crown through a hinge arrangement to be moved selectively between: a) a first position wherein the bill projects forwardly from the front region of the crown; and b) a second position wherein the top surface of the bill is against or adjacent the front region of the crown.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Nancy Lynn Carra
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Publication number: 20140304891Abstract: Headgear is described herein having a camera device mounted to a brim thereof and accessories therefor. The camera device can include a viewfinder, such as a pivoting viewfinder or a viewfinder having a ball-and-socket mounting joint. The frame of reference of the camera device can be indicated to a wearer of the headgear with sighting members mounted to the brim.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Michael Waters
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Publication number: 20140304892Abstract: The invention relates to a leg wear (01, 31) in the form of trousers (01) or of a skirt (31), comprising a lower cloth portion (06, 36) which faces the body, and a top cloth portion (05, 35) which overlaps the lower cloth portion (06, 36), wherein the cloth portions (05, 06 or 35, 36) can be removably connected to each other by means of closing means (25, 26), and comprising a lower waistband portion (04, 34) which faces the body and which adjoins the lower cloth portion (06, 36) at the top, and a top waistband portion (03, 33) which overlaps the lower waistband portion (04, 34) and which adjoins the top cloth portion (05, 35), the waistband portions (03, 04 or 33, 34) coming to rest at the same height (02) when the leg wear (01, 31) is used in a common manner, a lower guiding part (12) being arranged on the lower waistband portion (04, 34) and a top guiding part (13) of a sliding guide (11) being arranged on the top waistband portion (03, 33), said guiding parts (12, 13) being slidable relative to each otherType: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Dietmar SCHNEIDER
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Publication number: 20140304893Abstract: A pants garment has a pant leg extending vertically from about a hip region to a bottom hem, a slit extending upward from the hem, the slit vertically dividing the pant leg into a pair of mating slit edges ending at a terminus, a zipper for releasably closing the slit along the pair of mating slit edges, a gusset formed of a vertically pleated fabric material having a peripheral length sized to match the pair of mating slit edges, and snaps, buttons, zippers or hook and loop fasteners for removably attaching the peripheral length of the gusset to an interior region of the pant leg adjacent the pair of mating slit edges of the pant leg.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Rebecca Jeffords
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Publication number: 20140304894Abstract: Uniform pants are disclosed. The pants are well suited for all wearers of pants particularly persons in law enforcement, the military, security, construction and the like as well as medical patients and senior citizens who desire easy, convenient, safe, and sanitary access when attending to restroom needs. The pants comprise: (a) a waistband; (b) two leg members extending from the waistband; c) a primary fastener member positioned at a predetermined point beneath the waistband, extending across the rear of the pants to and then within the outer seam of each leg member to a predetermined point, wherein the positioning of the fastener member(s) creates a camber; when open forms a rear (d) drop seat flap; and (e) a secondary fastener member positioned beneath the full length of the primary fastener member to be utilized during a possible impairment of the primary fastener member. Fastener member(s) can consist of a plurality of zippers, hooks, snaps, buttons, and hook and loop fasteners.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Marilyn Yvette Bishop, Lee Arthur Bishop, JR.
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Publication number: 20140304895Abstract: A sock attachment is presented for keeping matched pairs of socks together during times when not being worn, including that of during the laundering process. The sock attachment comprises an elastic loop structure secured within the sock opening. A matching sock having an identical loop attachment can be secured onto its corresponding sock by the linking of one loop to another. This is accomplished by placing the loop of a first sock through the loop of the second sock and thereafter taking the distal end of the first sock and inserting the same through its own loop. Thereafter the distal end of the first sock can be pulled completely through the loop, thereby linking the two socks together with a stable connection until separated by an individual, thereby providing convenience when searching for a matching sock.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Christine Stuart
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Publication number: 20140304896Abstract: Articles and methods of using and making adaptive garment portions are provided. An adaptive garment portion is one that has shifting surfaces with apertures that shift from an aligned to an offset orientation depending on environmental conditions/stimuli. For example, a first surface material and a second surface material may be coupled by a responsive material portion. The responsive material portion may physically change in response to a change in environmental conditions internal or external to the garment (e.g., thermal energy, moisture) and/or stimuli (e.g., light energy, electrical energy, magnetic fields). The physical change in the responsive material portion facilitates the planar shift of the first surface material relative to the second surface material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Nike, Inc.Inventors: Matthew D. Nordstrom, Patrick Williams
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Publication number: 20140304897Abstract: The invention provides a spectator accessory in the form of a belt having a central emblem adorned with a screen printed image of a sport team's logo. The emblem contains a battery which powers an array of LED lights. On the bottom of the emblem is a toggle switch to turn on the lights when appropriate.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Robert Acton
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Publication number: 20140304898Abstract: An accessory holder for retaining accessories around the body of a user is provided. The holder comprises a circular or oval-like perimeter with a central support that divides the device into two half-moon openings. The frame of the accessory holder is comprised of a flexible wire that is capable of being bent or folded into a variety of configurations, whereby the form is retained throughout the day. An elastomeric or rubber coating may be applied to the frame to add to the aesthetic appeal of the device. An accessory fabric, such as a scarf, may be inserted into the half-moon shaped openings of the holder. The ends of the scarf may be looped, weaved, or otherwise secured through the accessory holder. A user may secure the scarf around the waist, neck, or other suitable part of the body with the accessory holder maintaining the desired orientation of the accessory.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Joran Bachtold
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Publication number: 20140304899Abstract: Disclosed is an undergarment for inhibiting unwanted movement of a shirt during wear by an end-user. The undergarment has a front, a back, a torso opening defining a top, and a pair of leg openings defining a bottom. The undergarment includes an elastic retainer band extending along the circumference of the undergarment at a position proximal to the top of the undergarment, which provides a gap between the undergarment and the retainer band. The retainer band is adapted to the front of the undergarment at an approximately middle position of the front. The undergarment allows each half of a shirt to pass between the retainer band and the undergarment with sufficient tension to inhibit unwanted movement of the shirt during wear.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Volx Undergear, LLCInventors: Hector Almonte, Sandra Carneiro
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Publication number: 20140304900Abstract: The presently disclosed body padding is removably attached to a user's garment and configured to overlie an area of the user's body susceptible to injury (e.g., the user's knees or elbows). The body padding includes a padded insert and a protective cap which is selectively inserted into a corresponding body pad pocket within the user's garment. When installed, the protective cap occupies the entire window into the body pad pocket and projects through the body pad window. Further, one or more attachments are arranged around the projecting portion of the protective cap, which are selectively attached to corresponding attachments arranged around the pocket window.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: SKYDEX Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Eric W. Sugano, Collin Metzer, Peter M. Foley, Eric T. DiFelice, Trevor Kanous, Bryant R. Hadden, Richard B. Hutson
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Publication number: 20140304901Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards devices, systems, and methods for clearing drain lines. A device comprising a body with an internal cavity extending between a nozzle aperture and a coupling section, the body including a base configured to couple the body to a drain line. A nozzle body disposed within the internal cavity. A bias spring configured to retain the nozzle body in a retracted position, the nozzle body configured to extend into the drain line when the nozzle body is pressurized and the nozzle body including a nozzle configured to expel fluid in a direction of flow of the drain line.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Ray Salzer
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Publication number: 20140304902Abstract: The smaller volumes of water currently required to flush toilets and urinals may be insufficient to clear the fixtures and the drainage lines to which they are connected of waste and other undesirable materials, which can build up over a period of flushes or non-use. A flush valve control device programmed or otherwise configured to provide a selectable, periodic heavier flush volume of water after a predetermined number of low volume flushes and/or after a predetermined period of inactivity of the toilet or urinal can provide for sufficient drainage line carry-out of waste and prevent undesirable buildup of minerals, etc. on the inside surfaces of the fixtures and drainage pipes.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: AS IP Holdco, LLCInventor: Frank Seggio
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Publication number: 20140304903Abstract: An odor eliminating apparatus for eliminating odorous compounds from a toilet bowl includes a housing with an extension disposed inside the bowl above the headspace of the water. A fan establishes an air flow through the housing to exhaust gases from the bowl. A filter eliminates the odorous compounds and optionally refreshes the air. The apparatus may be portable so that it can be installed onto and removed from the bowl as desired. Speakers in the housing are used to play audio clips when a person is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: COGSWELL INNOVATION, INC.Inventor: David Lee Cogswell
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Publication number: 20140304904Abstract: A self-contained, oil flush medium toilet system is provided having a largely rectangular enclosure that separates the flush medium from collected waste and preprocesses the waste for subsequent removal. The device requires no connection to sewage or water lines, and can be installed with only electrical connections for continual operation. Waste is first received through a toilet bowl, whereafter it is consumed by the oil and falls under the surface thereof. The waste is then circulated below the oil, whereby it is continually aerated to promote aerobic digestion of the waste until it reaches a certain volume, where the processed waste exits the enclosure for further processing or storage. The oil flush medium is pumped through a particulate and carbon filter to maintain its condition, wherein the oil is immiscible with the waste to first consume it and remain above the waste within the enclosure during operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Robert Claunch, John Worth Claunch
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Publication number: 20140304905Abstract: A 3D artificial hyperbolic reef system for producing plunging or barreling waves for surfing in a body of water propagates waves over a 3d hyperbolic reef which forms a wave breaking surface which has a slope sufficient to cause the waves to break in a plunging and barreling way as the waves traverse the 3d hyperbolic reef. The waves are artificial generated by a wave generating machine or device with a slope sufficient to break in a plunging and barreling way. Multiple waves are generated in a set frequency from the wave generator along the wave generator house (berm) side of the 3d artificial hyperbolic reef to produce a wave that peels laterally along the reef to produce a wave suitable for tube riding. Aspects of the invention provide a wave surf pool including at least one 3D hyperbolic artificial reef. The 3D artificial reef can include an inclined slope traversing the reef from the tip of the 3D hyperbolic reef to the open end, or the back side of the 3D hyperbolic reef.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Walter Judson Bennett, David Evans
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Publication number: 20140304906Abstract: The present invention relates to a new construction method for swimming pools, surfing pools, body boarding pools, wave pools, water park pools, kayaking and white water rafting courses and pools, wake boarding pools, water skiing pools and jet skiing pools, static surfing simulators, deep water river standing wave attractions. The present invention construction method can also be used in lagoons, ponds, lakes, and rivers. The invention will save construction costs, and save pool construction time.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Walter Judson Bennett, David Evans
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Publication number: 20140304907Abstract: A floor support structure for a bathtub or a shower tray floor, taking the form of a separate element to be used in conjunction with a traditional bathtub or shower tray floor, or as a unitary shower tray floor formed with the support structure integrated therein. The supports include a hollow plastic shell having a lower surface for lying on a planar subfloor, an upper surface contoured to the desired shape and a peripheral sidewall extending there between. Preferably, a drain hole is formed in the plastic shell which also interconnects the upper and lower surfaces thereby defining a hollow interior cavity. The cavity is filled with expandable thermoplastic foam beads which are expanded in place with steam in order to substantially fill the interior cavity thermally bonding the beads together and to the shell interior wall. The expanded foam bead is capable of being compressed without substantial permanent set.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Richard W. Roberts, JR.
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Publication number: 20140304908Abstract: A shower water recycle and reheat system which can be retrofitted into existing showers or tub showers without physical attachment to the house waste or water lines and does not interfere with the existing shower function. The system includes equipment for electrical safety and recycled water bacteria protection. The system can be installed without having to remodel the bathroom which lowers the overall cost of the installed system. This system can also be installed in new construction or during a bathroom remodel project where the equipment enclosure portion of the system can be installed in a remote location. The system gives the user the ability to take longer showers without the associated waste of water, energy and the depletion of the household hot water supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Charles Henry Newman
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Publication number: 20140304909Abstract: Convertible seat which can be located in public places which seat comprises a seat part (1) and a back rest (3) in which case the back rest (3) can be turned in relation to the seat part (1), mechanism (9) in order to convert the seat essentially into a horizontal plane to become a resting surface, equipment in order to secure the items of the user, equipment in order to collect the use charge and equipment in order to cover the seat which has been converted to become at least a resting surface to become at least a partly closed resting space in which case the equipment in order to cover the resting space comprises a covering device (16) with a standard width which can be moved from the back part of the seat forward which covering device comprises control elements (7) which are installed at the both sides of the seat to such height that a needed resting space is formed underneath the covering device (16).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: SHORT REST SOLUTIONS OYInventors: Jussi Piispanen, esko Koikkalainen
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Publication number: 20140304910Abstract: A child containment system has a child containment structure with a bottom and a perimeter wall surrounding the bottom. A bassinet has an infant support surface and a surrounding wall around the infant support surface. The bassinet can be mounted to the child containment structure with the infant support surface elevated above the bottom of the child containment structure. An infant support unit has a frame, a bed supported by the frame, a connector structure positioned adjacent a first end of the infant support unit, and a leg having a portion under a second end of the infant support unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: John (Jason) C. Arnold, IV, Brandon Burkholder, Annette Stella, Matthew Rivera
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Publication number: 20140304911Abstract: A camp hammock in which the fabric of the hammock bed is cut in such a way that once the hammock is suspended between to points it allows areas of the diagonal axis of the hammock, where the occupants head and lower legs will be positioned, to hang lower than the opposing diagonal axis which crosses under the occupants lower torso. Once the fabric gives under the torso, the legs are now inline. This hammock can also be enclosed with a top enclosure to trap body heat and a bed liner that will hold an insulating pad with side pockets to hold clothing that will act to retain heat while camping in cold temperatures. This hammock may also have a gear loft attached to the ridgeline seam for storing gear. A rain fly with an adjustable peak and end walls with rain sleeves protects the hammock in wet weather.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Paul Anthony Kramer
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Publication number: 20140304912Abstract: A bed assembly is provided that includes a corner barrier structure extending upward from the bed frame. The corner barrier can include a headboard and a side panel and is aligned adjacent one of the head corners of the bed frame. The side panel can be mounted along one of the two sides of the bed frame to allow one side to be open for access to the bed and the other side closed to form a partial barrier. The bed assembly with such a corner barrier can be installed adjacent a room corner.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Standard Furniture Manufacturing Co., Inc.Inventor: Michael E. England
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Publication number: 20140304913Abstract: A bed cover such a comforter is formed in two sections detachably connected together along a seam, with the seam enclosed within a cover sleeve surrounding the portion of the bed cover along which the seam extends, having an exposed outer section thereof provided with a decorative pattern thereon. The outer section is sewn to an upper section of the bed cover along an upper edge and an under section connected at either end to the outer cover sleeve section, extending beneath the comforter, and sewn to the underside of the upper section cover along an upper edge thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Renee Sova
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Publication number: 20140304914Abstract: A mattress-retention mechanism is provided that prevents a mattress from moving on an adjustable bed during articulation. The mechanism includes a rod held between two retainer ends. The rod is held on the mattress bottom within a tube. The retainer ends have a downwardly extending leg that passes through a corresponding hole in the bed base. Each leg has a toothed rack that can be engaged by a latch. Each retainer end is held in place by a latch assembly coupled to the bottom of the adjustable bed base. The latch assembly has a retainer block that holds a latch, and a biasing mechanism. The biasing mechanism operates to move the latch into engagement with the leg of the retainer end. The mechanism maintains the mattress in place relative to the adjustable bed base, while being hidden from view.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 16, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: L& P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANYInventors: CHRISTOPHER JOHN SCHNAKE, WILLIAM ROBERT ROHR
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Publication number: 20140304915Abstract: A method of accommodating pressure ulcer vulnerability of an occupant of an occupant support, a method of managing pressure ulcer risk of an occupant of an occupant support, and an occupant support adapted to manage pressure ulcer risk of an occupant thereof are disclosed. The methods and occupant support account for occupant specific or occupant class specific risk factors based on empirical data.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Charles A. Lachenbruch
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Publication number: 20140304916Abstract: A folding five-bend electric bed includes two bed frames folded over each other, and transverse bars provided on the bed frames. The bed frames are articulated by active rotating shafts therebetween, and bed legs are provided at the bottom of the four corners and the center of the bed frame. A bed body is installed inside the bed frames. A front electric device and a rear electric device are installed at the centers below the two bed frames, respectively. The front end of a front screw pushrod is connected to a front supporting seat at the bottom of a head unit active frame and a front end of a rear screw pushrod is connected to a rear supporting seat at the bottom of a calf unit active frame by front and rear rotating shafts, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Anmin GUO
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Publication number: 20140304917Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a device for operating an operating table (30) comprising a plurality of components (32 to 46) which are adjustable by means of control elements. By actuating at least a first control element (14 to 24), a first action of at least a first drive unit for adjusting at least a first component (32 to 46) is performed. By actuating a second control element (26), the first action performed by actuating the first control element (14 to 24) is automatically completely reversed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Jurgen Ruch, Michael Welsch
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Publication number: 20140304918Abstract: A device for use with a bed having a frame and a supporting surface includes a flexible sheet with a tether strap connected to the sheet and extending from the sheet. The flexible sheet has opposed top and bottom surfaces, with the top surface having a high friction material with a higher coefficient of friction as compared to the bottom surface, which includes a low friction material. The tether strap is configured for connection to the frame of the bed to secure the sheet in place. A system incorporating the flexible sheet may also include an absorbent pad configured to be placed on the top surface of the sheet, where the high-friction top surface resists sliding of the absorbent pad, as well as one or more wedges having a base wall that the wedge rests on and a ramp surface configured to confront the sheet when the wedge is placed under the sheet. The base wall and the ramp surface may also contain high friction and low friction materials, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Jeff Steffens, Paul Fowler, Larry Ponsi, David Beck, Greg Davis
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Publication number: 20140304919Abstract: A medical bed for positioning the patient in the lithotomy position having a mattress pad including a flexible footrest section. The footrest section cascades over and down an end of the medical bed as the mattress pad is translated, or slid, toward the end thereof. The mattress pad is positioned atop the frame, and includes a backrest section, a medial section, and a footrest section. The mattress pad is translatable, or slidable, with respect to the frame. The footrest section includes a plurality of partitioned segments that are pivotable with respect to each other such that the footrest section cascades down and over the foot-end of the frame when the mattress pad is translated toward the foot-end of the bed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Leon Hochman, Nancy Valvona, Stephen Nicolato
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Publication number: 20140304920Abstract: The invention relates to a pillow (10), comprising two sheets of flexible material, joined together to define a space, suitable for inflating to provide a cushioned support. The pillow has a head zone (16) for providing cushioning means to a users head and two wings (18), configured to extend away from the head zone such that the pillow is substantially U-shaped in the plane of the pillow, when deflated. A channel (22) is provided between the sheets of flexible material to connect the wings (18). The channel (22) is positioned at a point in the head zone (16) furthermost from the wing ends (20). The width of the channel increases from the centre line (24) such that when the pillow is inflated, the pillow has a substantially V-shaped profile, formed about the centre line (24) and centerred on the channel (22).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: D G Capital LimitedInventors: Barnaby Bevan EDWARDS, Steven Richard SPONG
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Publication number: 20140304921Abstract: A support cushion including a top surface, a bottom surface opposite top surface, a layer of flexible foam having plurality of cells defining a reticulated cellular structure, the reticulated cellular structure cells comprising a skeletal plurality of supports through which substantially open cell walls establish fluid communication between interior of the cell and interiors of adjacent cells, the layer of flexible foam having density no less than about 30 kg/m3 and no greater than about 175 kg/m3, and hardness of no less than about 20 N and no greater than about 150 N at 40% indentation force deflection measured at about 22 degrees Celsius, the layer of flexible foam comprising visco-elastic foam having at least one material property responsive to temperature change in range of 10-30° C., and layer of polyurethane foam located beneath layer of flexible foam, the layer of polyurethane foam having hardness of at least about 50 N.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Chris Collins, Kelly W. Chandler, Tom D. Mikkelsen, Kenneth E. Mitchell
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Publication number: 20140304922Abstract: A method for treating mercerized cotton for incorporating ultraviolet radiation protection into the mercerized cotton is disclosed which comprises the steps of placing the mercerized cotton into a solution of Zn(II), removing the mercerized cotton from the solution, and washing the mercerized cotton. Other methods for treating cotton for protection from ultraviolet radiation are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Robert B Kramer, Ronald Kramer, Nicholas Marshall, Jason Rosenberg
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Publication number: 20140304923Abstract: A washer that washes a continuous piece of tubular knitted fabric material. The washer includes a frame, a set of rollers, an air nozzle rack, and a controller. The frame rests on a support surface. The set of rollers are rotatably attached within the frame and guide the material through a washing liquid to wash the material. The air nozzle rack is replaceably attached to within the frame and blows air onto the material to cause ballooning of the material to maximize exposure of a total surface area of the material to the washing liquid. The controller is operatively connected to the set of rollers and minimizes and keeps constant the tension of the material as the material passes through the washing liquid under an influence of the air nozzle rack to thereby provide a more effective wash of the material.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2013Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventor: Teresa Catallo
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Publication number: 20140304924Abstract: A pretreatment cup comprising elongated protrusions, having a length to width ratio of greater than 2, which are spaced so that the distance between the elongated protrusions is less than the height of the elongated protrusions, can be used for pretreating both durable and delicate fabrics.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: The Procter & Gamble CompanyInventors: Pieter Paul Dirk Jenny Maria VAN DEN BERGH, Annabelle MAYEUX, Mohamed SAMIR, Wiliam John DAVIS
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Publication number: 20140304925Abstract: Washed laundry that has been rinsed still contains bound acidic or basic rinsing liquid. In many cases this must be neutralized. This used to be conducted on the basis of values gained from experience, which generally resulted in only partial neutralization. Herein, sample liquid is taken continuously from the neutralization chamber (18) and, after the fine filtration of same, the pH value of the sample liquid is continuously measured by a pH value measurement device (31). In this manner a pH value control system is possible which ensures an automatic and complete neutralization of the rinse liquid still bound in the laundry after rinsing.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Herbert Kannegiesser GmbHInventors: Wilhelm Bringewatt, Engelbert Heinz
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Publication number: 20140304926Abstract: The present invention relates to dyes of formula (1), wherein each of the residues D1 and D2 represents a radical of formula (2), wherein Ar1 represents the tetravalent radical of a carbocylic or heterocyclic aromatic compound, R1, R2 and R3 are each independently of the other hydrogen, C1-C12alkyl, C1-C12alkoxy, halogen, —OH, —CN, —NO2, —CF3, —SO3H, —NHCOR4, —COOR5, —CONR6R7, —SO2NR8R9, —NR10SO2R11, —SO2R13— or —ZCH2CH2Q, wherein Z is —O—, —SO2—, —NR12—, —CONH— or —NHCO—, Q represents —OH, C1-C12alkyl, —SO2R13—, —NHR14—, —OCH2CH2OH, —SO2CH2CH2OH or —NHCH2CH2OH, R4 is C1-C12alkyl, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R12, R13 and R14 are each independently of the others hydrogen or C1-C12alkyl, and R11 is C1-C122alkyl, with the proviso that at least one of the residues D1 and D2 is a radical of formula (2) wherein R3 is —COOR5, —SO2NR8R9, —SO2R13— or —ZCH2CH2Q, dichromatic and trichromatic mixtures containing these dyes and the use of these dyes for dyeing or printing hydroxyl group-containing or nitrogen-containing fibrType: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2012Publication date: October 16, 2014Inventors: Alexander Mueller, Rainer Hildebrand, Siro Dalle-Nogare