Abstract: The present invention relates to sweetened beverage compositions comprising the steviol glycoside rebaudioside D (Reb D) and combinations of Reb D and rebaudioside M (Reb M). The present invention also relates to methods to reduce the degradation and improve the stability of Reb D.

Abstract: The present invention relates to high pressure processing (HPP) methods of and containers for preparation of food products such as solid or semi-solid foods, beverages and food supplements containing high-pressure sensitive probiotics and other high-pressure sensitive substances, which maintain their viability, biological activity and other beneficial properties in the prepared food product. The present invention also relates to pasteurized food products containing biologically active high-pressure sensitive probiotics, other high-pressure sensitive substances, or their combinations.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for preservation of fresh items or produce. The apparatus comprises a closed housing (1) to enable an environment within the housing to be controlled, a shelf (3) within the housing (1) for supporting fresh items, an ozone generator (10), a humidifier (8) and a propagation or distribution system (24, 17). The propagation or distribution system (24, 17) is configured to transfer ozone generated by the ozone generator (10) and water particles produced by the humidifier (8) separately to the vicinity of the shelf (3) before releasing both the ozone and water particles into the housing (1).

Abstract: The present invention discloses a photodynamic inactivation method of Salmonella. The method using riboflavin as a photosensitizer adopts a blue light source to photodynamically inactivating Salmonella, which belongs to the technical field of sterilization for inactivating food-borne pathogenic Salmonella. The photosensitizer used in the present invention is one of essential vitamins of the human body. The riboflavin (a food-grade photosensitizer) is safe and non-toxic, and has a significant effect for inactivation of Salmonella. Moreover, the present invention is capable of controlling the risk of salmonellosis, short in treatment time, simple in operation, and capable of thoroughly inactivating Salmonella, and has certain control and prevention effects. The present invention provides a method for effective inactivation of Salmonella in food, which is low in cost, simple in operation and wide in application and can better promote the development of the food sterilization technology.

Abstract: A packaged food product with a seasoning disk is provided. The food product includes potatoes. The seasoning disk includes seasoning and fat that is in solid form at the food product's anticipated normal storage temperature. The fat includes milkfat. The potatoes can also be cooked and mashed in the package and can include a seasoning disk.

Abstract: A method of using a storage and cooking device having multiple thermal containers includes disposing a first food item in a first thermal container, a second food item in a second thermal container, and a third food item in a third thermal container. A volume of fluid is cooled and circulated through at least a portion of the device such that thermal energy from at least one of the first, second, or third food item is transferred to the cooled fluid. The device is transitioned from a first operating mode to a second operating mode in response to a criterion being satisfied. When in the second configuration, the volume of fluid is heated and circulated through at least a portion of the device such that thermal energy is transferred from the volume of fluid to at least one of the first, second, or third food item.

Abstract: A method for preparing cassava flour with a low content of cyanogenic glycosides is provided. The method includes: washing, peeling, and cutting newly harvested fresh cassava to obtain cassava pellets, cassava shreds, or a cassava pulp as a raw material. The method further includes the following steps: immersing the raw material in a solution containing cellulase and pectinase for 10-30 minutes, and then placing the raw material in warm water with a temperature of 35-50° C. and a pH value of 5.5-6.5 and ultrasonicating for 10-30 minutes at an ultrasonic frequency of 50-80 kHz, to obtain an ultrasonicated raw material; drying and pulverizing the ultrasonicated raw material to obtain cassava flour with a low content of cyanogenic glycosides, a cyanogenic glycoside content of the cassava flour is less than 15 mg/kg.

Abstract: Dysphagia patients face a number of challenges nutritionally because of their difficulty swallowing. Certain foods may be avoided altogether for fear of choking, and liquids are often avoided for fear of aspiration, so that dysphagia patients are at risk for both malnutrition and dehydration. Despite the technology of food administration to patients, there is a need to have a composition that can effectively alleviate patient swallowing difficulty and provide convenient, quick last minute meals for dysphagia patients that delivers nutrition. The invention concerns the use of a composition comprising a homogenized, comminuted pulse product, and at least one selected from the group consisting of a chemically unmodified starch and a hydrocolloid for the treatment of a patient having dysphagia.

Abstract: A multilayer edible product includes a center; a barrier layer directly encompassing at least a portion of the center. The barrier layer includes a hydrophilic powder and a source of fat. The multilayer edible produce further includes an outer layer directly encompassing the barrier layer and indirectly encompassing the center. The center has at least one of a fat content that is either greater than or less than a fat content of the outer layer, or a water activity that is either greater than or less than a water activity of the outer layer. A composition of the barrier layer is different than a composition of the center and a composition of the outer layer, and the multilayer edible product does not include any added sugar.

Abstract: A process for concentrating a maple sap or sweet vegetal water solution is provided. The process comprises collecting the solution in a tank at temperature T1, wherein T1 is between 4° C. and 10° C.; concentrating the solution by means of a reverse osmosis concentrator to produce a high Brix solution of about 15 to about 40 Brix; heating the high Brix solution of about 15 to about 40 Brix to temperature T2, wherein T2 is between 40° C. and 85° C.; and evaporating the high Brix solution by means of a vacuum evaporator at temperature T3 to produce the concentrated product of about 60 to about 70 Brix, wherein T3 is between 55° C. and 80° C. A system for concentrating a maple sap or sweet vegetal water solution is provided, as well as a concentrated product produced by the process of the present invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a coffee additive with sweet taste and flavor prepared by preparing a black garlic caramel using a black garlic extract and then adding and stirring milk and heating the mixture at 85° C. to 90° C. for 5 to 10 minutes and has an excellent effect of providing a novel food material by reducing the bitter taste of commercial Espresso and imparting physiological functions of SAC and the like to existing coffee products such as Americano.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel method of preparing a liquid flavouring ingredient by use of fermentation. In particular, the method involves recycling a part of the microorganisms used in the fermentation of flavour and aroma compounds back to the bioreactor for fermentation, while another part of the microorganisms are maintained in the ontained liquid flavouring ingredient. The obtained liquid flavouring ingredient is suitable for use as a taste enhancer and can be used in food products, such as dairy products, sauces, dressings, seasonings, meat products, bread, and sourkraut.

Abstract: The present invention provides a nutrition kit comprising: a blood sugar stabilizing nutrition of a GI of between about 30 and 40 GI to be consumed for a period of time prior to an activity; an energy supplement of between about 40 and 50 GI to be consumed for a period of time to an activity; an energy supplement of between about 50 and 60 GI to be consumed for a period of time closer to the activity; and an energy supplement of between about 60 and 70 GI to be consumed for an initial period of time during the activity.

Abstract: A multilayer edible product includes a first layer, a second layer having a water activity that may be less than the water activity of the layer, and an edible moisture barrier layer positioned between the first layer and the second layer. The edible moisture barrier layer may include high-melting fat and may mitigate moisture migration from the first layer to the second layer.

Abstract: A multilayer edible product includes a first layer and a second layer having a water activity that may be greater than the water activity of the first layer. The first layer may include high-melting fat and may mitigate moisture migration from the second layer to the first layer.

Abstract: A smokeless tobacco pastille configured for insertion into the mouth of a user is provided. The smokeless tobacco pastille can include (i) a tobacco material present in an amount of less than about 40 dry weight percent, based on the total dry weight of the pastille; (ii) at least one natural gum binder present in an amount of at least about 25 dry weight percent; and (iii) a plurality of sugar alcohols present in a total amount of at least about 40 dry weight percent, the predominant component of the plurality of sugar alcohols being isomalt or erythritol, wherein the shape of the smokeless tobacco pastille is moldable in the oral cavity.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments contained herein relate to smokeless products containing one or more non-tobacco plant materials and methods of manufacture thereof. Exemplary embodiments are related to the method of manufacture of various chew products containing non-tobacco ingredients including plant material and a starch, a sweetener, natural and artificial flavors, a pH adjuster, solvent, salt, and liquid synthetic nicotine and methods of manufacture thereof. The liquid synthetic nicotine is provided at greater volumes compared to when liquid tobacco-derived nicotine is used due to the presence of both R nicotine isomers and S nicotine isomers present in the liquid synthetic nicotine.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an aerosol generating component including a substrate impregnated with two or more aerosol forming materials, including a first aerosol forming material and a second aerosol forming material, wherein the first aerosol forming material and the second aerosol forming material each have different boiling points, different vapor pressures, or both. The disclosed aerosol generating component may be utilized in aerosol delivery devices such as heat not burn (HNB) or electrically heated aerosol delivery devices.

Abstract: A segment of a smoking article is shown, comprising a fiber-based web material and a wrapping material, which wraps the fiber-based web material, wherein the fiber-based web material comprises at least 40% pulp fibers and less than 10% non-natural polymers, respectively with respect to the mass of the web material, has a basis weight of at least 10 g/m2 and at most 70 g/m2, and has a thickness of at least 25 m and at most 400 ?m, wherein said web material in the segment has an area of at least 20 cm2 and at most 90 cm2 per cm3 volume of the segment, wherein the segment without the wrapping material has a density of at least 50 kg/m3 and at most 300 kg/m3, and wherein a parameter Z, which is defined by Z=?Web+5·?seg+12·AWeb, satisfies the inequality 1300?Z?2800, wherein ?Web is the density of the web material in kg/m3, ?Seg is the density of the segment without wrapping material in kg/m3, and AWeb is the area of the web material per volume of the segment in cm2/cm3.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic cigarette atomizer, including an atomization assembly and a liquid reservoir engaging with the atomization assembly; the liquid reservoir includes a liquid storage cavity; wherein the atomization assembly includes a lower holder, an upper holder installed on the lower holder, and a heating assembly clamped between the lower and the upper holders; the heating assembly includes a porous body and at least one heater engaging with the porous body, and the porous body has an atomizing surface and a liquid-absorbing surface; and the liquid-absorbing surface communicates with the liquid storage cavity, and an atomization cavity is formed between the atomizing surface and the lower holder. In the present disclosure, the heating assembly is a porous body and is clamped by the upper holder and the lower holder, thus, the structure is stable and the assembly of the heating assembly is facilitated.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electronic cigarette atomizer, including an atomization assembly and a liquid reservoir engaging with the atomization assembly; the liquid reservoir includes a liquid storage cavity; wherein the atomization assembly includes a lower holder, an upper holder installed on the lower holder, and a heating assembly clamped between the lower and the upper holders; the heating assembly includes a porous body and at least one heater engaging with the porous body, and the porous body has an atomizing surface and a liquid-absorbing surface; and the liquid-absorbing surface communicates with the liquid storage cavity, and an atomization cavity is formed between the atomizing surface and the lower holder. In the present disclosure, the heating assembly is a porous body and is clamped by the upper holder and the lower holder, thus, the structure is stable and the assembly of the heating assembly is facilitated.

Abstract: A smoking device includes several parts such as a bottom portion, a core portion, and a slide portion. The device also includes a bowl. The slide portion presents a rectangular plate having a first end, a second end, side edges. The bottom portion includes a bottom surface and a top surface. The top surface includes a pool defined therein to form a depth and a bottom of the pool. The pool presents a meshed surface comprised on a multitude of cavities. The core portion includes a bottom surface and a top surface wherein the width of the top surface is shorter than the width of the bottom surface whereby side walls are straight as they extend from the bottom surface and then incline as they extend to the top surface. When assembled, the bottom surface of the core portion covers the top surface of the bottom portion to cover the pool.

Abstract: A water-assisted smoking apparatus is provided having two chambers in substantially horizontal alignment and separated by a choke point. Each chamber has at least one vent configured to be sealed with a smoke generating a conveying assembly that holds a quantity of a combustible substance and conveys smoke therefrom into a lower chamber that's raised, becoming the raised chamber, through suction generated by the apparatus. The apparatus is operable with a quantity of liquid and controlled tilting to draw in the collect smoke generated from burning of the combustible substance in both a first orientation in which the first chamber is the raised chamber and the second chamber is the lower chamber and also when the apparatus is tilted to a second orientation in which the second chamber is the upper chamber and the first chamber is the lower chamber.

Abstract: A device and system for packaging, storing, and smoking an organic smoking material, and a method of using same. In one embodiment, the system includes a container that includes a housing defining a chamber, a first compartment within the chamber, the first compartment having a first depth, a second compartment within the chamber adjacent the first compartment, the second compartment having a second depth that is less than the first depth, and a lid configured to provide an airtight seal to at least the second compartment. In one embodiment, the system further includes a smoking device having a bowl portion with a sharpened free edge that can be used to simultaneously cut organic smoking material within the second compartment and load the cut organic smoking material into the bowl portion. The system may also include a loading funnel and a pushing device for inserting organic smoking material into the container.

Abstract: A rolling paper with an attached thin heat-resistant wire is manufactured and connected at the base of the rolling paper, by means of an adhesive or other substance or manner that allows the wire to be connected to the rolling paper. Wire holders can also be inserted into the rolled tobacco or cannabis product after being rolled. Wire holders may be one or more pieces, where multiple pieces can be connected together to form the wire holder assembly. Insulation or a non-heat-conducting component may be part of the wire holder, intended to be held by the user to avoid discomfort from a heated wire, or to have residue from the rolled product while smoking. Specialized dispensers hold the wired rolling papers, or the wires.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a peg system for modularly arranging cigars. The modular arrangement may include at least stacking the cigars and separating them from other cigars placed on the same tray. The peg system comprises a plurality of components including at least a wall and a connector. The wall fits into a connector gap of the connector to form the peg system. The peg system is removably attached to a tray by inserting a base of the connector into a tray gap of the tray. Thereafter, a plurality of cigars is stacked and separated on the tray by using the installed peg system on the tray.

Abstract: The invention relates to an ultrasonic mist inhaler, comprising: a liquid reservoir structure comprising a liquid chamber adapted to receive liquid to be atomized, a sonication chamber in fluid communication with the liquid chamber, a capillary element arranged between the liquid chamber and the sonication chamber, the sonication chamber comprising means of ultrasonic vibrations having an atomization surface, a capillary element retainer, wherein the capillary element retainer having a body surrounding the means of ultrasonic vibrations, the retainer body having an radial arm extending to the atomization surface for retaining the capillary element in surface contact with the atomization surface as depicted in FIG. 3.

Abstract: An electrically operated aerosol-generating system is provided, including: a heating element configured to heat an aerosol-forming substrate proximate to the heating element; a power supply; and electric circuitry in communication with the element and the power supply, and configured to regulate the supply of power during a plurality of discrete heating cycles in response to user inputs, determine a maximum electrical resistance of the heating element during each heating cycle, calculate a rolling average value of the resistance for n preceding heating cycles, n being an integer greater than 1, compare the resistance with the calculated value, determine an adverse condition when the resistance is greater than the calculated value by more than a threshold value, the threshold value being stored in the memory, and control the power supplied based on whether there is the adverse condition or to provide an indication based on whether there is the adverse condition.

Abstract: An apparatus and method to automatically insert a liquid inside components of inhalers, such as cartomizers for electronic cigarettes, includes injection means having a plurality of injectors each having an injection head having a substantially symmetrical conformation with respect to its symmetrical axis. The injection means are configured to cooperate with an empty end part of a component and at least one injection needle is configured to penetrate into an internal cavity of the component and inject the liquid, while said injection head is stationary with respect to said component, arranging itself with the symmetrical axis substantially coincidental with the longitudinal axis of said internal cavity.

Abstract: A vape pen for illuminating vapor includes a base unit defining a rectangular box shape, a charging port at a first end portion of the base unit, and a chamber at a second end portion of the base unit. The chamber is configured for receiving a portion of a pod. A first end portion of the pod has first contacts and is configured to be disposed within the second end portion of the base unit. The base unit is configured to house in electrical communication a central processing unit, a power source, a light emitting element, an actuator for activating the light emitting element, second contacts for engaging the first contact of the pod, and a display. The light emitting element is positioned such that light is emitted from the second end portion of the base unit.

Abstract: The invention relates to an inhaler, in particular an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one evaporator unit with at least one electric evaporator for evaporating liquid supplied to the evaporator and comprising an electronic controller for controlling and/or regulating the at least one evaporator unit. The inhaler has at least one replaceable cartridge, wherein the cartridge has the evaporator unit and a liquid tank which is connected or can be connected to the evaporator unit.

Abstract: An evaporator unit for an inhaler, in particular for an electronic cigarette product, comprises an electrically operable, in particular planar, heating body which has an inlet side and an outlet side, and a plurality of microchannels which each extend from the inlet side to the outlet side through the heating body, the heating body being designed to evaporate, by applying a heating voltage, liquid transferred through the microchannels. A porous and/or capillary wick structure is arranged on the inlet side of the heating body, which structure rests flat against and in contact with the heating body and covers all of the microchannels on the inlet side.

Abstract: A vaporizer comprises an absorber and a heating element. The absorber is configured to absorb the material to be vaporized and comprises a plurality of first pores of a 100-500 nm diameter and a plurality of second pores of a 20-100 nm diameter. A ratio of the number of the second pores N2 to the number of the first pores N1 in a unit area, i.e., N2/N1, is 10-50%. The heating element heats and vaporizes the material to be vaporized in the absorber.

Abstract: A communication and heating system for electronic nebulizer and related products are provided. The communication and heating system includes a battery circuit and a nebulizer circuit. The battery circuit is coupled with the nebulizer circuit through a first electrode and a second electrode which are movable. The battery circuit includes a first chip and a battery. The nebulizer circuit includes a second chip and a heating device. The first chip is configured to communicate with the second chip to perform identity authentication when the battery circuit is coupled with the nebulizer circuit. The first chip is configured to control the battery to supply power to the heating device when the identity authentication is successful. In this way, convenience of information exchange between the battery and the nebulizer can be improved.

Abstract: A coil winding apparatus includes: a cylindrical core rod nozzle configured to allow insertion of a narrowed core rod; a wire rod feeding unit configured to feeding a wire rod to the core rod nozzle; a wire rod holding tool configured to hold the wire rod fed from the wire rod feeding unit; a core rod winding unit configured to wind the wire rod drawn from the wire rod feeding unit by rotating the wire rod holding tool around the core rod nozzle; a core rod drawing unit configured to draw the core rod from the core rod nozzle; and a coil drawing unit configured to draw a wound wire formed by winding the wire rod on an outer periphery of the core rod nozzle from the core rod nozzle.

Abstract: A magnetic drive pumping apparatus for electronic cigarette liquids and an electronic cigarette product including the magnetic drive pumping apparatus are provided. The magnetic drive pumping apparatus includes a magnetic drive micro-pump including a housing body and a pump body. A pump diaphragm is arranged inside the housing body, and a pump chamber is formed between the housing body and the pump diaphragm. A valve seat and a valve diaphragm are in the pump body. The pump diaphragm, the valve seat and the valve diaphragm jointly define a flow channel of electronic cigarette liquids. The pump diaphragm is fixed with a permanent magnet, and an inner wall of the housing body is fixed with an electromagnet corresponding to the permanent magnet. A liquid storage element includes a liquid tank and an air vent. The inlet of electronic cigarette liquids is connected to the liquid tank for liquids to pass through.

Abstract: The invention relates to an inhaler, particularly an electronic cigarette product, comprising at least one evaporator device having at least one electrical evaporator for evaporating liquid supplied to the evaporator and an electronic control device for controlling and/or regulating the evaporator. A plurality of liquids are associated or can be associated with the evaporator device in such a way that the composition and/or the vapour production rate of the vapour/aerosol produced by the at least one evaporator can be adjusted and/or modified in a targeted manner, as the control device is designed for individual control of the at least one or each individual evaporator and/or for group control of the evaporators.

Abstract: A device for generating an aerosol includes: a body portion including a controller, a heater, and a magnetic sensor, and a sliding member including a magnet and configured to move between a first position and a second position along the body portion, wherein the magnetic sensor detects movement of the magnet, and wherein the controller activates the device when the magnetic sensor detects that the sliding member is moved from the first position to the second position.

Abstract: Provided is an aerosol generating device including at least one component accommodating space having an opening on an outer surface of the aerosol generating device and allowing a removable component to be accommodated therein through the opening; a controller configured to periodically generate a test signal; a detection signal generator configured to generate a flooding detection signal based on the test signal when a liquid is introduced through the opening; and a detection signal transmitter configured to receive a generated flooding detection signal and transmit the received flooding detection signal to the controller, wherein the controller determines whether the aerosol generating device is flooded based on the flooding detection signal.

Abstract: A control circuit for an electronic cigarette includes a voltage transformation device, an electronic control component and a battery; the battery is electrically connected to a voltage input terminal of the voltage transformation device, and a voltage output terminal of the voltage transformation device is electrically connected to an atomizer; the electronic control component is electrically connected to a control terminal of the voltage transformation device, the voltage transformation device controls, according to a voltage transformation signal provided by the electronic control component, a voltage transformation mode of the voltage transformation device and performs voltage transformation, such that the voltage output terminal of the voltage transformation device outputs a target voltage to the atomizer; the voltage transformation mode provided by the voltage transformation device includes at least a step-up mode.

Abstract: This flavor-generating device includes: a circuit in which a power source, a first load for atomizing an aerosol source or heating a flavor source, and a second load different from the first load are electrically connected; a control unit configured so as to acquire a request for supply of power to each of the first load and the second load, and so as to control the circuit so that power is supplied from the power supply to each of the first load and the second load on the basis of the request; and a reducing means configured so that, when the control unit simultaneously acquires the request to the first load and the request to the second load, or when the control unit controls the circuit so that the supply of power to the first load and the supply of power to the second load are performed simultaneously, the electric power discharged from the power supply or the electric power amount is reduced to less than a maximum electric power for when the power supply discharges to the first load and the second load s

Abstract: There is provided a cartridge (300) for a handheld aerosol-generating system, comprising: a cartridge body (305) comprising an outer wall (325) and an inner airflow tube (320) within the outer body, wherein the inner airflow tube is spaced from the outer wall; and a reservoir (340) of aerosol-forming substrate between the outer wall and the inner airflow tube; wherein the outer wall and inner airflow tube are connected to one another through one or more ribs (326) extending between the outer wall and inner airflow tube, and wherein the outer wall, inner airflow tube and one or more ribs are integrally moulded. With this arrangement a robust cartridge can be inexpensively and reliably manufactured. The ribs provide mechanical support between the outer wall and the inner airflow tube. The integral moulding of the outer wall, inner airflow tube and one or more ribs can ensure or minimise leakage of liquid from the cartridge.

Abstract: A noncompressive undergarment is configured to be donned by a wearer and worn underneath a garment to restrict direct contact between the wearer and the garment. The undergarment includes front and back undergarment panels each presenting a top margin extending along a neck opening of the undergarment. The undergarment includes opposite undergarment sleeves that are each connected to the undergarment panels and at least partly form respective shoulders of the undergarment.

Abstract: Designing garments that include brassiere cups can be challenging due to the natural fluctuation of a woman's breast size, as well as a possible disconnect between the size of her breasts and the size of the rest of her body. The high range of size variability places pressure on stores to stock inventories that include great ranges of sizes. This places an inventory risk to the store, since rarer sizes may never sell. The disclosed garment addresses these issues by including a fit-adjustable brassiere portion. The cups of the fit-adjustable brassiere portion include fit-modifying panels that increase their flexibility and elasticity. The rear side of the fit-adjustable brassiere portion includes a back adjuster with highly elastic regions that enables the brassiere portion to fit a broader range of chest sizes. Each of these features give the garment a more universal fit and enable stores to carry fewer sizes.

Abstract: A nursing bra assembly is adapted to be worn by a mother when nursing a child, and the nursing bra assembly includes a nursing bra portion having a bra body that includes a left cup portion and a right cup portion. The nursing bra portion includes a left strap extend from a first portion of the bra body to a second portion of the bra body and a right strap extending from a third portion of the bra body to a fourth portion of the bra body. The nursing bra assembly also includes a first attachment member having a securement portion adapted to couple the first attachment member to a portion of the nursing bra portion. The first attachment member also includes an extension portion coupled to the securement portion, the extension portion adapted to be grasped by the child when being nursed by the mother.

Abstract: A body pad apparatus with high surface friction on the inward-facing and outward-facing surfaces, to prevent slipping or repositioning of a body harnesses or personal flotation device, made of a material of a desired thickness that that conforms to stretch and pressure, and that has low profile attachments to secure the pad apparatus on, around, or to the user's body or to the harness or personal flotation device.

Abstract: A cardiopulmonary protective garment for providing limited protection from lightning is fabricated of a waterproof/breathable fabric, such as a Gore-Tex® laminate or equivalent. The garment keeps a wearer's body dry and supports a lightning flashover event when moist or wet on the outside, protecting the cardiopulmonary system. Strips of an electrically conductive fabric, such as Shieldex® or equivalent, can be attached in various arrangements on a posterior outer surface of the garment for igniting a rapid flashover. The conductive strips also provide attractive design details. In some embodiments, an inner heat shielding and flame resistant layer, made of a fabric such as NOMEX® or equivalent, can increase protection against burning caused by lightning and a flashover.

Abstract: An all-inclusive electrical heating liner for use in the fabrication of articles of different sizes requiring to be heated is disclosed. It is comprised of a thermally insulating fabric piece which is shaped to define two or more panels to which are secured patterns of heating wires at specific locations. The spaced relationship between the two or more panels is adjustable whereby the liner can be incorporated in articles of different sizes. The adjustments are made by adjustable band sections provided with delineated line formations permitting specific pleating and securement and wherein a wire interconnecting the patterns of heating wires detachably extends across the delineated line formations. The liner incorporates a power supply, controls, switches, wiring, connectors and other components thereby facilitating the incorporation of the liner into an article of different sizes resulting in a cost reduction to the manufacturer of such heated articles.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a patella protection system (1) comprising an upper member (21) designed to be positioned in proximity of an upper part of the wearer's leg, a lower member (22) designed to be positioned in proximity of a lower part of the wearer's leg and an intermediate guard member (23) designed to be positioned over the patella and operatively connected to the upper member (21) and the lower member (22). The upper member (21) and the lower member (22) are designed to move within the intermediate guard member (23) between a straight configuration and an angulated configuration. The invention also relates to a knee brace (2) comprising such a patella protection system (1).

Abstract: A dispenser of sanitary finger covers which are sanitized individually at the time of use. The system uses either a battery operated ultraviolet LED or spray disinfectant to automatically or manually sanitize the finger covers. The sanitary finger covers can be rapidly applied without contamination using a single finger. Removal and disposal are similarly rapid and easy. The finger covers are inexpensive and may be made from a variety of readily available and biodegradable materials. The dispenser is lightweight and portable. It can be carried by the user or attached to their uniform. The dispenser can be easily replenished with finger covers once empty, using a provided cartridge prefilled with finger covers.