Abstract: Devices for generating and releasing vapor. In particular, described herein are portable devices for generating a low-temperature inhalable vapor having an elongated tubular body containing a vaporization chamber and a battery-powered heater, a removable mouthpiece covering the vaporization chamber, a display configured to indicate the temperature of the vaporization chamber; a microcontroller configured to regulate the temperature of the vaporization chamber, and a control to select from among a variety of temperature settings.

Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol-generating system may comprise a liquid storage portion, which includes a housing holding a liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The housing has a first and a second opening. The cartridge may further comprise a first and a second permeable planar heater assembly, wherein the first permeable planar heater assembly is fixed to the housing and extends across the first opening of the housing, and the second permeable planar heater assembly is fixed to the housing and extends across the second opening of the housing. The first and second permeable planar heater assemblies are arranged opposite each other such that they face each other and form an airflow channel in between.

Abstract: An electronic cigarette includes a shell and a mouthpiece. The external wall of the shell has an air inlet. An atomizer and a liquid-supply are in contact with each other. The air inlet, atomizer, and an aerosol passage are interconnected.

Abstract: At least one example embodiment discloses a pod for an electronic vapor (e-vapor) apparatus. The pod includes a pre-vapor formulation compartment configured to hold a pre-vapor formulation therein, a device compartment in fluidic communication with the pre-vapor formulation compartment, the device compartment including a processor configured to monitor the pre-vapor formulation compartment and identify the pre-vapor formulation and a vapor channel extending from the device compartment and through the pre-vapor formulation compartment.

Abstract: An electronic vapor provision device comprising a power cell and a vaporizer, wherein the vaporizer comprises a heater and a heater support, wherein one or more gaps are provided between the heater and the heater support.

Abstract: A garment that includes a waistband, a first strap, and a second strap. The waistband has a front portion opposite a back portion. Each of the first and second straps extends from the front portion to the back portion. The first strap is configured to cross the second strap at a crossover location alongside a selected anatomical region. The first and second straps are configured to apply pressure to the selected anatomical region.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for impeding a downward travel of a leg section of a sock by the use of a retainer provided about at least one of a heel of the sock and a heel opening, defined by a heel opening perimeter, of the sock, wherein the retainer impedes the downward travel of the leg section of the sock. A method is provided for the use of the retainer to impede the downward travel of the leg section of the sock.

Abstract: A garment adapted for wearing by a diaper wearer which surrounds a diaper and provides at least one inspection aperture forming an opening through the garment employable for visual, olfactory, or tactile inspection of the underlying diaper without removal of the garment. One or a plurality of the inspection apertures may be provided in inspection positions adapted to locate them aligned with or adjacent the perimeter edge of the underlying diaper.

Abstract: The disclosure concerns a baby pant-bib adapted to cover at least an upper portion of an infant's legs, a portion of the infant's torso, and a portion of the infant's crotch during use. In this regard, the baby pant-bib functions to protect the infant's under-worn outfit from debris.

Abstract: The PSquare is a single-piece magnetic pocket square that folds over a pocket, and that uses magnets to retain the position and shape of the PSquare about the pocket. The PSquare provides adornment or an accessory that adds visual flair to the pocket in the same manner as a handkerchief or traditional pocket square while retaining its shape and position. The PSquare includes an inner rigid material extending between an upper half and a lower half, a bend plane at which the upper half folds towards the lower half, magnets attached to the upper half and lower half of the inner rigid material, and a fabric covering PSquare. The PSquare works by placing the lower half in the pocket, folding the upper half over the pocket, and creating a magnetic force using the magnets to couple the upper half to the lower half with the pocket edge disposed in between.

Abstract: Embodiments for garments are provided with an inner panel having at least one covering for a wearer's breast, the at least one covering having a first layer of material that overlaps a second layer of material, the first and the second layers of material are fastened together to provide an opening between the overlapping layers, and the at least one covering provides support during milk expression for at least one of the wearer's breast and a portion of a breast pump body inserted through the opening, and an exterior front surface having a first panel of material that overlaps at least a portion of the second of panel of material, the first and the second panels able to be moved to expose the at least one covering of the inner panel.

Abstract: A component for a garment or textile product is disclosed. The component comprises a fabric substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposing the first surface; a contact pad formed from an electrically conductive material, the contact pad being configured to engage with a connector and arranged on the first surface of the fabric substrate; a conductive layer electrically coupled to the contact pad; and an electrically conductive line mechanically coupled to, and in electrically conductive contact with, the conductive layer.

Abstract: Swimsuits are provided which include an outer shell made of a flexible stretchable fabric, a thoracic reinforced region arranged in an anterior thoracic region of a trunk portion of the swimsuit and having an anterior-downward converging shape, and an abdominal reinforced region arranged in a lower abdominal and hip region of the trunk portion and having an anterior-upward converging shape, two non-reinforced waist regions arranged in opposite lateral waist regions of the trunk portion and having both a medially converging shape, wherein the thoracic reinforced region, the abdominal reinforced region and the non-reinforced regions border in an X pattern in an anterior region of the trunk portion. Methods of making such swimsuits are also provided.

Abstract: An apparel power system and method of using such system is disclosed. The power system provides a source of electrical energy for electrically powered accessories attached or integrated to apparel worn by the user of a vehicle without requiring the use of wires and plugs connections between the user and the vehicle. The vehicle may be a snowmobile, ATV, UTV, motorcycle, watercraft and the like. The electrical power of the vehicle is transferred from the steering means such as a steering wheel or handlebars to a handwear such as a glove or mitt or a wearable adaptor.

Abstract: The current disclosure relates to a personal environmental control system that regulates the temperature in immediate area of the system, which can be attached to a garment and worn by a person, animal, or device that requires temperature control. In one embodiment of the personal environmental control system, temperature is controlled through the use of a heat transfer unit including at least one Peltier unit and at least two closed loops carrying fluid for transferring heat away from the garment.

Abstract: A finger protection structure includes a plurality of abutment blocks arranged on an adhesive surface of a base plate in a straight line, abutting against one another and defining a plurality of elastic deformation areas on the adhesive surface such that the finger protection structure is bendable forward, twisted and/or bendable in left-and right directions partially due to a flexibility constituted by presence of corner cut portions of the abutment blocks, the deformation areas on the adhesive surface of the base plate and flexibility of the base plate, thereby eliminating the problems resulted from a frontal and rotational lateral impact applied on the stressed surface of the base plate. The finger protection structure has simple structure, is ergonomically constructed and is capable of buffering and absorbing the frontal impact and rotating lateral impact, thereby minimizing injuries to the hands of the wearer of a protection hand glove.

Abstract: An adjustable hospital gown is designed to cover the bodies of users of varying shape and size. The gown has a torso-covering garment, a pair of backflaps, and an adjustable fastener. The torso-covering garment is used to cover the front side of the user's body. The pair of backflaps are connected along backflap seams that are positioned on opposite sides of the torso-covering garment. As a result, the pair of backflaps can be transitioned between an opened and a closed configuration. The adjustable fastener is connected in between one of the backflaps and the torso-covering garment such that the backflap can be repositioned to cinch the gown around the body of the user. By connecting the adjustable fastener to various anchor points, the size of the gown can be modified to accommodate user's of varying shape.

Abstract: A wearable assist device and receiving tube for providing grip assist to a wearer of limited hand and grip ability during manipulation of an elongated article. The device includes an attachable body having each of thumb, hand and wrist strap portions adapted to being secured to a hand of the user. The receiving tube engages to the body in manner which prevents the tube from sliding or rotating relative to the body. The elongated article includes and not limited to any of a golf club or fishing rod and is adapted to being resistively engaged within the tube in a manner which compensates for the limitations in the user's hand and grip ability during a motion induced manipulation of the article.

Abstract: A wearable soft exoskeleton suit according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a driving portion which is configured to expand and contract in response to supplying and discharging of fluid; and an adjustable stiffness patch which is connected to the driving portion and is configured to undergo a shape change in response to an expansion and a contraction of the driving portion so as to have an adjusted stiffness.

Abstract: An arm sleeve with a translucent window includes an arm sleeve garment, a wrist opening, and a translucent panel. The arm sleeve garment includes a hand section, a wrist section, and a forearm section. The hand section is terminally connected to the wrist section. The forearm section is terminally connected to the wrist section, opposite of the hand section. The wrist opening is integrated into the wrist section as the wrist opening can be positioned on a posterior panel of the wrist section, an anterior panel of the wrist section, or around the wrist section. The translucent panel is perimetrically connected to the wrist section about the wrist opening, wherein the translucent panel enables operation of a wrist wearable computing device.

Abstract: A garment with a pocket and container, comprising a garment with a pocket, wherein the garment has a first opening providing access to the at least one pocket, an enveloping container having an interior surface, an exterior surface, a first end, a second end and a second opening disposed at the first end providing access to an interior space, and wherein the enveloping container fits within the pocket.

Abstract: An article having a panel secured between two layers of a trim piece and having a pocket affixed to a zipper, where a first zipper tape is affixed to the panel, and a second zipper tape is secured between the two layers of the trim piece such that the pocket is in communication with an incised opening in the panel is provided. The panel may be secured between the two layers of the trim piece at a first edge, and the incised opening may be formed proximate to the first edge such that the article comprises a pocket presented proximate to the trim piece. The present invention further comprises a method of manufacturing the article including a pocket presented proximate to the trim piece.

Abstract: Garments may include targeted vent or heat retention zones including openings or heat insulation areas in the fabric of various different sizes. The locations and sizes of these openings or heat insulation areas, at least in part, may be determined based on a thermal profile of a body from which the garment is designed. For example, openings or heat insulation areas of a larger size may be provided in the garment at locations where the body typically releases a large amount of heat, and openings or heat insulation areas of smaller sizes may be provided at other locations, e.g., where the body releases less heat. Several thermal profiles may be collected and used to develop a collection of opening patterns, e.g., corresponding to specific body characteristics, body types, and/or ultimate end uses for the garment. Custom patterns may be determined and used in garments specially designed for individual users.

Abstract: The present invention relates to breathable, vented, and insulating cold weather garments. More particularly, the present invention relates to garments with chambers to retain an insulating fill material. Perforations along the seams between the insulating chambers may achieve optimal evaporative moisture transfer from the inside (proximal to the body of a wearer) of the garment to the outside environment.

Abstract: A smart fabric may include a smart material such as an Electroactive Polymer (EAP). An adaptive garment formed from the smart fabric may change textile density based on user needs, sensor states, context, and other inputs. In various embodiments, the EAP enables the adaptive garment to change textile density based on a sport or activity, based on calendar or scheduled events, or based on user preferences. In various embodiments, these smart fabrics may be implemented in sporting garments, uniforms, multiple-day clothing (e.g., for travel or military usage), furniture fabric, curtains, or other implementations.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides devices for comfortably securing an off-the-shoulder garment to a user's arm/shoulder.

Abstract: A colored hair extension tape includes a tape base, an adhesive layer provided on one side of the tape base and a protective cover that covers the adhesive layer. The other side of the tape base is colored with a predetermined color. A tape insert is provided between the adhesive layer and the protective cover to facilitate handling of the tape and overlaps the adhesive layer by a predetermined with and extends beyond the protective cover by a predetermined distance. The colored hair extension tape is used to attach a hair extension to a customer's hair. Alternatively, such colored hair extension tape is provided as an integral part of the hair extension.

Abstract: A means of representing improved form of hair transformation hairpieces that can be attached to the scalp or the wearer's natural hair with dual securing devices, allowing the wearer to attain a complex Mohawk hair style without manipulating his/her natural hair.

Abstract: A mask and method of making a decorative ornamental three dimensional mask is described, including materials used and means for assembly.

Abstract: A head-mounted carrying device.

Abstract: A hard hat with air flow system includes a hard hat with an air flow passage for passing air through the hard hat and out exits ports at the front of the hat to provide a shield of air downward across the face of a user. The system includes an air filtration system, a blower assembly for drawing air through the air filter and pushing the filtered air into the air flow passage of the hard hat, and a power supply for powering the blower. The filtration system, blower assembly and power supply being supported on a harness such as a belt or backpack, external from the hard hat.

Abstract: A durag is provided. The durag includes a center cap portion. The center cap portion is configured to cover a head of a user. The durag further includes a pair of tails. Each of the tails extends away from a peripheral end of the center cap portion. The center cap portion is configured to be sufficiently porous such that water may flow through the center cap portion of the durag to rinse shampoo out of the hair of the user. The durag is configured to enable a fast recovery of the waves created in the hair of the user after the hair is rinsed with the durag on the head of the user.

Abstract: A hat having a closure band which is removably attached to the hat is disclosed. The hat may have a sweatband that is sewn in place to the perimeter portion of the hat along the bottom of the perimeter portion as well as at a distance above the bottom portion to create a loop aperture. The sweatband and the closure band may have adjustable fastening devices such as a hook and loop material (e.g., Velcro®). The closure band may be removably attached to the hat by adjusting the length to accommodate the circumference of a wearer's head, and may be removable attached onto the hook and loop material on the sweatband. Hence, a wearer may remove and replace the closure band with another closure band having a different color, logo, or material to show support for another sports team.

Abstract: A force transfer system includes a body and an article. The article includes a first portion forming a first lateral axis and a second portion forming a second lateral axis, the axes being offset. An intermediate member is disposed between the first portion and the second portion, and holds the second portion to the first portion. A stimulus received by the first portion causes a temporary alteration of the intermediate member from an initial condition, the alteration of the intermediate member thereby causing a change in a characteristic of the second portion. The intermediate member subsequently returns to the initial condition, thereby causing a change in a characteristic of the first portion, which is influenced by the change in the characteristic of the second portion. The change in the characteristic of the first and second portions prevents at least a portion of the stimulus from reaching the body.

Abstract: an information processing method in which an electronic device embedded in footwear or attached to the footwear. The footwear having a communicator configured to communicate with one or more external terminals executes an authentication step of authenticating, whether or not a user wearing the footwear is an authorized user, an acquisition step of acquiring at least a payment request of a reward for the user wearing the footwear from the one or more external terminals via the communicator when the authentication has succeeded, an acceptance step of accepting the acquired payment request in accordance with a prescribed action performed by the user, and a transmission step of transmitting an acceptance result to the one or more external terminals via the communicator.

Abstract: Disclosed in an embodiment is a pressure detection sensor comprising: an elastic layer including a hole; and an electrode layer including a plurality of electrodes arranged on the elastic layer so as to be spaced apart, wherein the elastic layer includes a variable member arranged in the hole, the plurality of electrodes are electrically connected to each other by outside pressure, and at least one of the plurality of electrodes covers a part of the hole.

Abstract: A disclosed shoe may include a non-weight bearing portion of the shoe. The shoe may also include a packet which may include particles of microporous desiccant material enclosed in the non-weight bearing portion of the shoe. The microporous desiccant material may absorb moisture, water, and odor within the shoe.

Abstract: A heated boot cover is disclosed. The heated boot cover comprises a layered material formed into an upper which is attached to a sole. The heated boot cover contains a layer of woven material having an electrically conductive yarn threaded throughout. The heating layer is disposed between a layer of fabric in the internal space of the boot cover and a thermal insulating layer. The outermost layer of material is a water resistant material. The boot cover has a fastener, such as a zipper, which has electrical connections so that the heating element of the boot cover can only be activated when the fastener is secured. The boot cover may have a transceiver which allows the operations of the boot cover to be controlled by a smart phone or other computerized device.

Abstract: The waterproof/breathable moisture transfer liner for a running and hiking shoe includes an inner liner selected from technically advanced fabrics which are carefully selected. A series of layers are provided outside the inner liner including foam material layers, breathable membranes, a supportive mesh or a moldable foam, and an outer shell fabric. The applicability of the liner to alpine, snowboard boots, cross country, hiking boots, protective gear and helmets, along with appropriate variations for each application.

Abstract: A removable cushion for supplementing footwear is shown and described. The removable cushion includes a resilient sole, a heel pocket, a closure encircling the footwear or body of the user proximate the heel pocket to retain the removable cushion on the footwear at the heel, and a front closure encircling the front of the foot to retain the removable cushion on the front of the footwear at the front of the foot. The closures may comprise encircling straps bearing hook and loop fastener. The resilient sole may have a low wall projecting upwardly at an open toe area and between the heel pocket and the front closure. The resilient sole may comprise closed cell foam and may have treads and an elevated heel.

Abstract: This document presents a footwear object that covers the foot and ankle of the wearer. The footwear object protects the wearer's feet and ankle while improving blood circulation, and supporting the toes, arches, and ankles of the wearer. The footwear object is manufactured of layered fabrics that are knitted and/or woven from both man-made and natural fibers. The footwear object may have portions providing compression, padding, and grip to provide support and prevent injury to the wearer's feet and ankles.

Abstract: A footwear includes a sole and a toe separating device disposed on a top surface of the sole. The toe separating device includes a hallux separating unit having a hallux separating column for separating the hallux and the second toe of a user's foot. The hallux separating column has a hallux columnar body defining a receiving space with an opening formed in a top surface thereof. The hallux columnar body has a length in a top-bottom direction and a width in a left-right direction transverse to the top-bottom direction. A hallux adjusting member is removably inserted into the receiving space through the opening to expand the width of the hallux columnar body.

Abstract: A method of assembling a boot is provided. The method comprises forming a first layer of insulation material of the boot covering a toe region, a saddle region, and a heel region of the boot; forming a second layer of insulation material of the boot that covers the saddle region and the toe region and does not cover the heel region of the boot; forming a third layer of insulation material that covers the toe region and does not cover the heel region and the saddle region of the boot; and attaching the first, the second, and the third layers of insulation material to an outsole of the boot.

Abstract: A support is configured such that a bulge is allowed to deform toward a deformation space due to the deformation space when the deformation space is in an open state, and that the bulge is allowed to deform upward and a buffer member is compressively deformed when the deformation space is in a closed state.

Abstract: A footwear having a shock attenuating and cushioning sole is provided, including a base to which first and second wave elements are joined, each element including alternating crests and troughs. The crests are wide and can each form a ground contact surface, whereas the troughs can be narrower than the crests. Crests of one element are disposed adjacent the troughs of another element. The widths of the crests to those of the troughs can be in at least a 2:1 ratio. Forward and rearward ends of the elements are connected to the base, and the troughs intermittently join with the base to secure the elements between the ends and to impair lateral movement. Different groups of wave elements can be grouped together to form a forefoot section, a heel section and/or an arch section, with the sections separated from and compressible independent of the other sections.

Abstract: A midsole structure of a shoe includes an upper midsole, a lower midsole disposed below the upper midsole, and a wavy sheet interposed between the upper midsole and the lower midsole. The wavy sheet has a wavy shape at its medial and lateral side edge portions and a planar area at its central portion. The lower surface of the upper midsole and the upper surface of the lower midsole have wavy shapes that correspond to the wavy shape of the wavy sheet at their medial and lateral side edge portions and have a planar area that corresponds to the planar area of the wavy sheet at their central portions. The lower surface of the upper midsole and the upper surface of the lower midsole have a plurality of recesses that are disposed in the longitudinal direction at their central portions.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole and an upper. The upper includes a leno woven fabric having a continuous leno weave pattern of a plurality of warp yarns extending in a longitudinal direction and a plurality of weft yarns extending in a transverse direction. The leno woven fabric includes zones having different stretch characteristics.

Abstract: An upper structure includes: an upper body including a stress relaxing portion which is elastically deformable; and a shoelace (a fastening member) attached to the upper body. The stress relaxing portion has: such stretchability that in an elastic range, the stress relaxing portion stretches to become longer when the upper body is pulled with the shoelace than an initial length of the stress relaxing portion; and stress relaxation properties with which the stress relaxing portion relaxes stress with the passage of time from a moment when the upper body is pulled, while remaining in the stretched state.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shank adapted for being integrated into a shoe sole and for mounting a heel element, wherein said shank at its heel portion is adapted to be connected to the heel element and wherein said shank comprises an upper surface pointing towards the inner shoe. At least a part of the upper surface at the heel portion is cup-shaped and adapted for receiving sole material inside the cup when integrating said shank in said sole during moulding of said shoe sole. Thereby, due to the amount of sole material present in the heel portion, the sole material covers the means used for connecting the shank to the heel element. Thereby, based on the properties of the sole material, the heeled shoe becomes comfortable and flexible at the heel portion. The invention further relates to a sole for a shoe with a cup-shaped shank and more specifically to a shoe with a cup-shaped shank.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an article of footwear including an upper configured to receive a foot and a sole component fixedly attached to a bottom portion of the upper. The sole component may include a baseplate having a bottom surface and at least a first ground engaging member extending substantially downward from the bottom surface of the baseplate and a first elongate support member extending substantially downward from the bottom surface of the baseplate, abutting the first ground engaging member at a side portion, and extending horizontally from the side portion of the first ground engaging member. The first support member may extend horizontally away from the first ground engaging member in a direction toward a region of the sole component adjacent to a gap in the sole component.