Abstract: A heat-management material that includes a base fabric having an externally facing surface and an internally facing surface; and a plurality of multilayered multifunctional heat-management elements coupled to the externally facing surface of the base material wherein the heat-management material has weighted average thermal emittance of less than 0.8 (or 80%). The multilayered multifunctional heat-management elements include a low thermal emittance layer and a high solar absorptance layer.

Abstract: Thermal insulation packages (10) that are porous, air permeable, waterproof water vapor permeable, durable, and conformable are provided. The insulation packages include an insulation material (40) that is fully encompassed by at least one expanded polytetrafluoroethylene (ePTFE) membrane (20, 30). Two or more thermal insulation packages may be interconnected by sealed regions (50) to form an insulation construct. The thermal insulation packages and constructs may be used as inserts for garments or other articles.

Abstract: Included is a stretchable fabric composite laminate, which includes two outer layers of fabric with a bonded inner layer of elastomeric fibers. The stretchable fabric composite laminate is attached to the garment fabric as an edgeband or strap or within an edgeband or strap to provide a more comfortable garment or greater fit range.

Abstract: A compressible liner for a helmet or other apparatus subject to shock loading comprises three substantially co-extensive layers mutually engaged by respective cone-like protuberances and cone-like recesses. The intermediate layer is of a different compressibility and provides for de-coupling of the layers in an oblique impact.

Abstract: A bra including a closure system, the closure system including a first layered fabric body, a second layered fabric body, a loop assembly secured to the first layered fabric body, and a hook assembly secured to the second layered fabric body. The hook assembly is configured to interface with the loop assembly to secure the first layered fabric body to the second layered fabric body, and the first layered fabric body includes a flexible supporting layer, where the flexible supporting layer is configured to provide rigidity to the second layered fabric body such that the second layered fabric body maintains a flat configuration when it is secured to the first layered fabric body.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including: a clasp, the clasp comprising: a body; one or more magnets of the clasp attached to an outside portion of the body; and a middle portion configured to extend away from the body such that hair is configured to go between the middle portion and the body to secure the clasp to the hair; a stay, the stay comprising: one or more magnets of the stay; where the clasp is detachably attached to the stay via the one or more magnets of the clasp and the one or more magnets of the stay; and where the stay is configured to attach to a hair piece

Abstract: Baseball caps to be worn on a person's head are provided. According to one embodiment, a baseball cap includes a dome configured to be placed on the wearer's head, wherein the dome includes one or more panels and one or more cooling channels. The baseball cap also includes a hub positioned at a top of the dome. The hub comprises a central cavity and one or more conduits in gaseous communication with the one or more cooling channels of the dome. A coolant output port is provided in gaseous communication with the central cavity of the hub. The coolant output port is configured to supply a coolant gas to the one or more cooling channels of the dome via the central cavity of the hub.

Abstract: A hinge mechanism for attaching ear accessories to a helmet allows an accessory to be attached at a point outside the helmet shell utilizing, for example, a slidable mounting rail, and to reach under the edge of the helmet shell so that the accessory is supported in contact with the wearer's head. The hinge mechanism is well suited for use in connection with military helmets that have a “bulge” or protrusion over the ear.

Abstract: An inner buffering structure of a helmet comprising an air bladder, wherein the air bladder comprises a detachable inner-layer air bladder and an outer-layer air bladder, and the inner-layer air bladder is used for being in contact with a user's head; a plurality of ventilation openings is formed in the inner-layer air bladder and the outer-layer air bladder; the portions where the inner-layer air bladder and the outer-layer air bladder correspond to the ventilation openings are provided with inner convex edges extending towards the interior of the ventilation openings; a first air valve is arranged on the inner-layer air bladder, a second air valve is arranged on the outer-layer air bladder, and a reserved hole allowing the first air valve to pass through is formed in the outer-layer air bladder.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed herein for a Horus flight helmet is for pilots to be used in general, transport and long-range aviation. The invention includes an impact resistant helmet; the invention has high noise reduction system and helps to hear the clear message even in high noise environment. The visor come in as MBU-20/P Oxygen Mask trim in different colors. By keeping in mind, the safety of the pilots we have used energy-absorbing, pressure molded, low density, expanded-polystyrene, had been increased in thickness, secure fixing of helmet on the head of the pilot is provided, comfortable wearing due to the helmet's smaller size and better alignment.

Abstract: The improved chincup relates systems and methods for a chincup comprising additional comfort relief during use. The chincup may comprise a first and second padding layer, which the first padding layer is positioned at, above or below the alveolar line of the mandible to further protect the chin from abrasions or other injuries during use. Furthermore, the first padding layer may comprise an elastic material to allow the first padding layer to decompress or deform from an uncompressed, original position prior to impact, to a compressed position after impact, and returning to its uncompressed state after the impact is removed.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a protective sports helmet including a helmet shell, a face guard and an internal padding assembly positioned within the helmet shell. The internal padding assembly includes a brow pad having a first peripheral connection portion and a second peripheral connection portion. The internal padding assembly also includes a first jaw pad having an upper connection portion that mates with the first connection portion of the brow pad, and a second jaw pad having an upper connection portion that mates with the second connection portion of the brow pad. The internal padding assembly also includes a crown assembly with pad elements that include an internal separation layer that partitions the element into a first inflatable section and a second un-inflatable section. The connection portion of the jaw pads also mates with frontal pad elements of the crown assembly.

Abstract: A smart helmet, a method and system for express delivery inspection. The smart helmet includes a helmet body, a controller provided on the helmet body, a wireless communication module and a camera electrically connected to the controller. Wherein the controller includes a memory and a processor. Executable code is stored in the memory, and the executable code can be executed by the processor to implement the following steps: the camera is started to perform video recording after a video recording instruction is received from the cloud server; the video information captured by the camera that the user performs the face-to-face inspection on the express delivery is acquired.

Abstract: A headwear insert system is provided comprising a headwear insert having a planar multilayered substrate with a first side and a second side. The planar multilayered substrate may comprise a substantially oblong shape with a rounded plateau protruding from a top portion of the planar multilayered substrate. The planar multilayered substrate may further comprise a polyester mesh layer, a stabilizing layer, an absorptive layer and a neoprene layer. The stabilizing layer and the absorptive layer may be disposed between the polyester mesh layer and the neoprene layer. A seam may couple the polyester mesh layer and the neoprene layer together. The stabilizing layer and the absorptive layer may not be coupled to the seam, the polyester mesh layer nor the neoprene layer.

Abstract: As described above, one or more aspects of the present disclosure provide articles having structural achromatic color, and methods of making articles having structural achromatic color. The present disclosure provides for articles that exhibit structural color upon exposure to white light (e.g., sunlight, artificial light, or a combination) that shifts based on the angle of observation and/or incident light. At least one shift in the structural color is between an achromatic structural color and a chromatic structural color. The shift occurs at different angles of observation and/or angle of incident light.

Abstract: A footwear accessory overlays and mimics the upper part of the cowboy boot to alter the appearance of the boot as if the wearer is wearing a boot with a different design and presentation (via the designs & colors and other aspects) than the actual boot being worn. The footwear accessory is shaped and designed to mimic the upper portion of the underlying cowboy boot and it not be an obvious overlay.

Abstract: A rapid-entry shoe includes an actuator arm, having a pivot point, and a closure system. Movement of the actuator arm from an uncollapsed position to a collapsed position opens the closure system and movement of the actuator arm from the collapsed position to the uncollapsed position closes the closure system, according to various embodiments.

Abstract: An assembly-type insole of the present invention is a shoe insole arranged on an inner bottom surface of a shoe so as to protect the sole of a wearer's foot, the insole comprising: a heel bottom-support configured to support a bottom part of the heel of the wearer's foot; a heel bottom support plate configured to allow the heel bottom support to be attached thereto; an inner arch support configured to support the inner arch part of the wearer's foot sole; an arch inside-support plate positioned inwardly from the longitudinal center of the arch of the foot sole to allow the inner arch support attached thereto; an outer arch support configured to support the outer arch part of the foot sole; an outer arch support plate positioned outwardly from the longitudinal center of the arch of the foot sole to allow the outer arch support attached thereto; an insole base configured to support the arch of the sole and the sole positioned at the front of the arch; and a support plate engagement member configured to allow th

Abstract: A method, computer program product, and a system where a processor(s), in a computing environment comprised of multiple containers comprising modules, includes a processor(s) continuously obtaining pressure data from pressure sensors embedded in electrostatic dissipative (ESD) footwear. The processor(s) determines that the obtained pressure data indicates a pressure level of a pre-determined threshold and the given threshold is sustained for a pre-determined interval of time in some of the items. The processor(s) accesses one or more voltage sensors embedded in each item of the items and obtains voltage data by utilizing an ESD floor that the items are in contact with as a ground reference. The processor(s) validates functionality of some of the items and functionality of the ESD floor, based on monitoring the voltage data from the one or more voltage sensors.

Abstract: A rapid-entry shoe having a sole portion and a rebounding portion being comprised of the same material and being a unified structure. The rapid-entry shoe has a collapsed configuration in which a perimeter of the topline is expanded and an uncollapsed configuration in which the perimeter of the topline is unexpanded, and the rapid-entry shoe is biased by the rebounding portion toward the uncollapsed configuration.

Abstract: A footwear article includes an asymmetric ankle collar that may expand in a manner that facilitates donning and doffing the footwear article, such as when the wearer slides his or her heel out of the footwear article. The footwear article may also include a collar elevator.

Abstract: A system and method for footwear with a handless entry construction. A heel band may be provided in the footwear that is sufficiently deformable and sufficiently resilient to handlessly a) facilitate insertion of a wearer's foot into the footwear and b) move upward relative to a ground surface to engage a heel of the wearer's foot in order to aid in securing the wearer's foot within the footwear.

Abstract: An article of footwear comprising an upper defining a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region of the article of footwear, and a sole structure coupled with the upper. The sole structure includes a midsole and an outsole coupled with a bottom surface of the midsole. A void structure is provided within the sole structure, which includes a plurality of voids defining channels that extend through an entire width of the sole structure. The void structure includes a plurality of first voids in the shape of a vertical lemniscate and a plurality of second voids in the shape of a horizontal lemniscate.

Abstract: A sole assembly for an article of footwear having a cushioning sole and a support frame fitted about the cushioning sole. The cushioning sole defines the primary ground-engaging surface. The support frame is substantially harder than the cushioning sole. In one embodiment, the support frame includes a perimeter member extending about the perimeter of the cushioning sole, a rear lateral support member disposed toward the forward extent of the heel region and a forward lateral support member disposed in the forefoot region. The cushioning sole may include a support frame recess configured to seat the support frame. The frame recess may include a plurality of channel set into the face of the cushioning sole to recess the support frame from the outer surface. The support frame may include a pair of post that extend through and are affixed to the top surface of the cushioning sole.

Abstract: A footwear including an outsole portion; an insole portion, wherein an upper surface area of the midsole portion being operable for contacting a wearer's foot; a midsole section, the midsole section is disposed between the outsole portion and upper or strap portion, wherein the midsole section is configured to be operable for absorbing a shock imposed on the footwear; a predetermined amount of fluid; a fluid compartment disposed in the midsole section, wherein the fluid compartment is configured to house the predetermined amount of fluid, in which a perimeter area around the fluid-filled compartment comprises a translucent or clear material, and wherein the housed fluid can be seen or observed through the compartment; and in which an upper surface area of the fluid-filled compartment that is into engagement with a top layer of the midsole portion comprises a pliable material that is configured to stretch under pressure.

Abstract: Orthotic sole devices, systems, methods, and computer readable media are for use with footwear. Three-dimensional scans are used to shape the devices to match the user's feet with the footwear. Each of the devices includes a sunken heel portion, a stopper portion, an arch portion, metatarsal pads, a bunion-cut out shape, and a built-in toe crest portion, all to help redistribute the user's weight away from their forefoot. The devices are infused with eucalyptus oils and silver ions. The devices are automatically manufactured via computer numerical control (“CNC”) software on a computer readable medium. Milling machines and 3D printers can be used in association with the systems, methods, and computer readable media.

Abstract: A fiber bound engineered material is provided that imparts an intended characteristic at an intended relative location. A fiber layer is entangled with additional fibers in a manner to create a non-uniform engineered material. The lack of uniformity of a fiber bound engineered material may be accomplished through manipulation of the fibers and/or through fiber binding a scrim. The fiber layer binds with additional fibers through entanglement such that a mechanical connection between the entangled fibers is provided. This entanglement allows the fibers to bind without supplemental adhesives, interlacing, or connections. Variations in the fibers and/or inclusion of scrim materials prior to entanglement allows for an intended characteristic (e.g., a functional characteristic) at an intended relative location (e.g., a position determined by an article to be formed therefrom).

Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole structure comprising a midsole, an upper attached to the sole structure, and an adaptive actuation system coupled to the upper. The adaptive actuation system includes a cable configured to compress a portion of the upper in response to movement of at least one of the sole structure or the upper by the user.

Abstract: A lace includes recesses, concave portions or cavities, effective for abutting against eyelets or hooks found in skates and effective to lock the laces at a given position when the lace is inserted into the eyelets or hooks.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole structure, a footwear upper, and a closure system. The sole structure may have a front sole portion and a rear sole portion pivotable relative to the front sole portion between a use position and an access position. The footwear upper may be fixed to the front sole portion and to the rear sole portion. The closure system may comprise an adjustment cord and a cord lock. The adjustment cord may be operatively secured to the footwear upper at an anchor location. The cord lock may be secured to the footwear upper and may be configured so that the adjustment cord slides through the cord lock when under tension to tighten the footwear upper in the use position, and the adjustment cord is repositionable relative to the cord lock to lock to the cord lock and retain tension in the adjustment cord.

Abstract: A lock for an adjustment cord of a wearable article includes a body defining a first passage extending through the body from an entrance opening of the body to a first exit opening of the body, and the body defining a second passage extending from an intermediate portion of the first passage to a second exit opening of the body. The body is configured with a segment of the first passage extending from the intermediate portion to the first exit opening in communication with the second passage. At least a portion of the second passage is narrower than the first passage so that a portion of the cord disposed in the segment of the first passage is movable relative to the first passage when tensioned and is repositionable to the second passage where the cord locks to the body and retains tension. A wearable article including a lock is disclosed.

Abstract: Provided is a last for shaping a shoe upper. The last includes at least an outer peripheral portion composed of a plastic material that is reversibly transformed between a solid state where the plastic material has a certain shape when the shoe upper is shaped, and a plasticized state where the plastic material has fluidity and is thereby deformable.

Abstract: A footwear component manufacturing fixture secures a component, such as a shoe sole, in a manner that allows for the processing of one or more surfaces of the component without obscuring the surfaces. The fixture has a fixed portion with a first compression surface and an adjustable portion having a second compression surface. The adjustable portion moves in relation to the fixed portion to compress one or more protrusions of the component between the compression surfaces to secure the component to the fixture for processing.

Abstract: A ring system having a first ring and a second ring, each ring having an inner circumferential surface, an outer circumferential surface, a first surface and an opposing second surface. The first ring and the second ring each have a fastener on the respective first surfaces and the first ring and the second ring each releasably fasten to each other causing the first surfaces of the rings to abut. Each outer circumferential surface has an outer diameter, the outer diameter being the largest diameter of the outer circumferential surface. The first ring and the second ring each have an edge where the first surface and the outer circumferential surface intersect. The diameter of the edge of the first ring is equal to the outer diameter of the first ring and the diameter of the edge of the second ring is equal to the outer diameter of the second ring.

Abstract: A necklace accessory, the necklace accessory comprising: a folded strap, the folded strap comprising: an inner portion located on one side of a fold of the folded strap; an outer portion located on the opposite side of the fold of the folded strap; an inner internal volume located inside the inner portion; an outer internal volume located inside the outer portion; a first magnet located inside the inner internal volume; a second magnet located inside the outer internal volume, and configured to be magnetically attracted to the first magnet; where the folded strap is configured to removeably attach to a necklace, and the first magnet is configured to magnetically attach to the second magnet with a shirt between the first magnet and second magnet whereby when attached to the necklace and shirt, the necklace accessory prevents the necklace from rotating about a user's neck.

Abstract: The invention relates to a gemstone arrangement, that comprises a first gemstone element, a second gemstone element, which is connected to the first gemstone element, and at least one decorative element, which is arranged between the first gemstone element and the second gemstone element. Furthermore, the invention relates to a method for producing the gemstone arrangement. A further aspect of the invention relates to a jewel with a gemstone arrangement.

Abstract: Provided are a silver jewelry article formed using pure silver, which has high Vickers hardness and prohibit the occurrence of discoloration and its method. Disclosed are a silver jewelry article and its method, wherein the Vickers hardness is adjusted to 60 HV or higher, and when the height of the peak of 2?=38°±0.2° by an XRD is designated as h1, and that of 2?=44°±0.4° is designated as h2, h2/h1 is adjusted to 0.2 or greater.

Abstract: A tilt device for an umbrella is a guide track assembly disposed in one of a first tilt member and a second tilt member. The guide track assembly has a first guide track member and a second guide track member. An enclosed guide track is within the guide track assembly. The guide track assembly is slideably received within the first tilt member. A driver that has an upper portion disposed in the second tilt member and a lower portion. The lower portion is disposed in the enclosed guide track. The enclosed guide track is configured to guide movement of the lower portion of the driver within the first tilt member. Movement of the driver causes the second tilt member to tilt relative to the first tilt member. The guide track assembly includes an open channel forming a part of a cord channel through the tilt device.

Abstract: An outdoor umbrella frame has a telescopic structure, and includes an umbrella pole, a pull rod assembly and a rib assembly. The pull rod assembly includes a first pull rod and a second pull rod. The rib assembly includes a longer rib and a shorter rib, the umbrella pole may be telescopic along a length direction, and one or more of the first pull rod, the second pull rod, the longer rib and the shorter rib may be telescopic along a length direction. When the outdoor umbrella frame is assembled, the umbrella pole, the first pull rod, the second pull rod, the longer rib and the shorter rib are all in an extended and fixed state. When the outdoor umbrella frame is disassembled for packing, any one or more of the umbrella pole, the first pull rod, the second pull rod, the longer rib and the shorter rib are in a retracted state.

Abstract: A rib assembly for an outdoor umbrella is capable of being telescopically packed. The rib assembly includes a longer rib and a shorter rib. When the rib assembly needs to be disassembled for packing, the longer rib or/and the shorter rib is able to be superimposed and retracted along a length direction. A locking mechanism is disposed on the longer rib or/and the shorter rib. When the rib assembly needs to be extended completely, the longer rib or/and the shorter rib are locked by the locking mechanism.

Abstract: A wallet includes a first shell with one or more openings on a shell perimeter adapted to clip one or more objects to the one or more openings; and a second shell coupled to the first shell, the second shell including a storage compartment; and first and second rails on each side of the second metal shell to slideably receive one or more cards in the storage compartment.

Abstract: A money and card carrier assembly includes a first component having a first portion, wherein the first portion includes a plurality of pockets formed therein. Each of the plurality of pockets is sized to allow a credit card to be releasably retained therein. The assembly also includes a second portion, with a first hinge connecting the first portion and the second portion. A second component has a sleeve sized to allow the second portion of the first component to be removably inserted therein and a plurality of pockets located on either side of the sleeve. Each of the plurality of pockets is sized to allow a credit card to be releasably retained therein. A third component has a first generally planar portion, a second generally planar portion, and a second hinge connecting the first generally planar portion to the second generally planar portion. Each of the first and second generally planar portions is sized to be removably insertable into the sleeve.

Abstract: A compactible reusable shopping bag devised to incentivize reuse is presented herein. The compactible reusable shopping bag is compactible down to a discrete, folded stack enabling ready storage and portage when not in use. The compactible reusable shopping bag is securable in the folded stack by securement of a pair of handles around the folded stack and, in an alternative embodiment, by action of fasteners. The compactible reusable shopping bag further includes handle loops enabling carriage of fewer items in the bag and attachment of a shoulder strap to enable over-the-shoulder carry when at capacity. The compactible reusable shopping bag is lightweight, capacious, and durable.

Abstract: A multi-purpose folding bag system with a handle, having the form of a decorating element-keyring, consisting of the main body of cylindrical shape, at the one end of which there is a detachable head, which when detached, allows the net bag located in the storage place of the main body to unfold, and when it is then fitted to the other end of the main body, an anatomical handle is created for the easy and safe transport of the items placed into the net bag. Following its use, the net bag is repositioned within the storage place, whereas the detachable head is attached to the free end of the main body which again acquires the form of a decorative element-keyring.

Abstract: A water and dust proof multi-functional package for receiving a tablet electronic device comprises a seat; an upper cover; one side of the upper cover being pivotally connected to the seat and thus being turnable with respect to the seat; the upper cover having a transparent portion; the transparent portion being a transparent film which is adhered to the upper cover by waterproof glue; four buckles being positioned on lateral sides of the seat; each buckle containing a pivotal sheet and a buckling portion; the pivotal sheet being pivotally installed to the seat and being rotatable with respect to the seat. When the upper cover is closed, the outer side of the pivotal sheet is smooth to prevent dusts from adhering to the buckle. The buckle further comprises a waterproof adhering sheet for waterproof. Moreover, dusts are impossible to enter into the structure.

Abstract: A hair accessory can include an elongate member constructed of an elastic material formed into a helix having a plurality of coils. The elongate member can include a first end segment, a second end segment, and an intermediate segment located between the first and second end segments. The first and second end segments can have a smaller average diameter than the intermediate segment.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a miniature, multiple-angle accessible nail gel curing lamp that minimizes the size of a light exposure area, while at the same time providing access to the light exposure area for a customer's hand, and both of technician's hands. This lamp is particularly useful for performing the “gel-press on” technique of applying artificial nails with a UV-curable nail gel.

Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein relate to a miniature, multiple-angle accessible nail gel curing lamp that minimizes the size of a light exposure area, while at the same time providing access to the light exposure area for a customer's hand, and both of technician's hands. This lamp is particularly useful for performing the “gel-press on” technique of applying artificial nails with a UV-curable nail gel.

Abstract: A make-up article (1) comprising a primary terracotta container (2) which directly holds at least one make-up product (3), the area of the primary terracotta container (2), when seen in a plan view, being greater than the area of the make-up product 3 when seen in a plan view, so that the primary container can be easily handled by a user without touching the make-up product.

Abstract: The invention relates to a cover intended to close a vial for dispensing a fluid product, the cover including a hollow body and an insert inserted in the hollow body. The insert includes a platform including an upper face delimited by a peripheral edge and featuring a central axis; a skirt extending along the central axis from the platform and featuring an outer surface; an empty volume defined by: a base corresponding to a surface of the upper face included between, on the one hand, the peripheral edge and, on the other, a joint between the platform and the outer surface of the skirt, and a height corresponding to the height of the skirt; The insert further includes the means for filling the empty volume.