Abstract: A cartridge includes a liquid storage assembly, a connecting assembly, and an atomizing assembly. The connecting assembly is connected to the lower end of the liquid storage assembly. The atomizing assembly is received in the connecting assembly. The atomizing assembly includes an atomizing base, a liquid absorbing member, and a heating member. The upper end surface of the atomizing base is recessed downward to form a mounting groove. The liquid absorbing member is received in the mounting groove. The heating member is located above the mounting groove of the atomizing base corresponding to the liquid absorbing member, and the heating member presses and fixes the liquid absorbing member in the mounting groove. The liquid storage chamber is in fluid communication with the liquid absorbing member. The cartridge is convenient to replace the entire atomizing assembly or replace the liquid absorbing member and the heating member individually.

Abstract: A cartridge according to an embodiment of the present invention used in a non-combustion suction device having a suction port, has a tank; a first liquid retainer: and a second liquid retainer. The tank is capable of storing liquid. The first liquid retainer is capable of retaining the liquid in the tank and configured to supply the liquid to the heater. The second liquid retainer is in contact with the first liquid retainer and capable of retaining the liquid through the first liquid retainer. The second liquid retainer and the heater are separated from each other.

Abstract: A disposable capsule, containing herbal product such as Cannabis, can be used with a vaporizer for vaporizing the volatile constituents. The limited battery capacity of portable vaporizers necessitates efficient energy use in order to generate vapor from the herbal product. This is achieved through various features of the invention. Aided by airtightness of the vaporizer capsule connection, the airflow through the capsule can be guided in a controlled fashion.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a storage container containing a liquid aerosol-forming substrate; a heating element spaced from the container for vaporising the substrate to form an aerosol; a transfer element between the container and the heating element to receive and retain the substrate, and to be coupled with the heating element to supply the received substrate to the heating element, at least one of the transfer element and the heating element being movable between a loading position and a heating position, such that when the movable element is in the loading position, the transfer element is in fluid communication with the outlet of the container and/or with the heating element, and such that when the movable element is in the heating position, the transfer element is in fluid communication with the heating element and the heating element is activated to vaporise the substrate retained in the transfer element.

Abstract: A heater assembly is provided for an aerosol-generating system having a liquid storage portion configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, the heater assembly including: an electric heater configured to heat the substrate to form an aerosol; and a capillary body configured to convey the substrate from the liquid storage portion of the system to the heater, the heater being disposed on an outer surface of the capillary body and including a heating layer including a porous sheet of electrically conductive material, the porous sheet being embossed to define a plurality of recesses on its lower surface configured to retain the substrate by capillary action and a plurality of corresponding raised portions on its upper surface, and at least part of each of the plurality of recesses being spaced from the outer surface of the capillary body in a perpendicular direction.

Abstract: A housing and a flavor inhalation device have a new structure. The housing includes a first housing capable of accommodating a heat generating element, a second housing enclosing the first housing, and a heat diffusion member provided in at least a part of space between the first housing and the second housing and having a higher heat conductivity than the first housing and the second housing.

Abstract: A heating assembly for heating an aerosol-forming substrate is provided, the assembly including a cup-shaped heating chamber to receive the substrate to be heated, the chamber being formed at least by a sleeve portion and a bottom portion that is disposed at a distal end of the chamber opposite to an open proximal end of the chamber; a first electrical heater including at least one first heating element circumferentially arranged around the sleeve portion and being configured to heat the sleeve portion at least to a first temperature; and a second electrical heater including at least one second heating element arranged at an outer end face of the bottom portion and being configured to heat the bottom portion at least to a second temperature. An electrically heated aerosol-generating device and an aerosol-generating system including the heating assembly are also provided.

Abstract: According to an embodiment, provided is an aerosol generating device including: a receiving portion accommodating a cigarette through an opening formed at one end of the receiving portion; a first susceptor located in the receiving portion; a second susceptor arranged spaced apart from the first susceptor; a third susceptor arranged spaced apart from the first susceptor and the second susceptor; and a coil that induces an alternating magnetic field so that the first to third susceptors generate heat, wherein whether the cigarette is accommodated is determined based on a first temperature profile of the second susceptor and a second temperature profile of the third susceptor.

Abstract: A tobacco roaster includes an electromagnetic induction roasting module. The electromagnetic induction roasting module comprises a cup, a metal insert, and a magnetic induction coil. The metal insert is disposed in the cup. In a power-on state of the magnetic induction coil, the metal insert produces heat to heat a tobacco material in the cup to produce smoke.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides an atomization device and an electronic cigarette with the same. The atomization device includes a sleeving tube, a liquid storage cavity, and a liquid injection structure. A liquid injection opening is defined in one end of the sleeving tube, and both of the liquid injection opening and the air discharging opening communicate with the liquid storage cavity. The liquid injection structure includes a liquid injection tube, a first sealing member, and a second sealing member. The liquid injection tube runs through the sleeving tube, and a liquid inlet is formed in a side wall of the liquid injection tube. The first sealing member is arranged on one end of the liquid injection tube corresponding to the liquid storage cavity; and the second sealing member is arranged on an outer side of the liquid injection tube and seals the air discharging opening.

Abstract: Systems (200), devices (101), and methods are configured to generate and provide to users an indication representative of conversion of consumption from a first type of aerosol-generating article to a second type of aerosol-generating article. The systems (200), devices (101), and methods may be configured automatically detect and provide at least one first value representative of consumption of the first type of aerosol-generating article (2) such as, for example, combustion-style aerosol-generating articles (e.g., combustible cigarettes), and at least one second value representative of consumption of a second type of aerosol-generating article (4) such as, e.g., for example, a heated-type aerosol-generating articles (e.g., heat sticks), over a time period. The indication representative of conversion of consumption may be based on the at least one first value (2) and the at least one second value (4).

Abstract: In order to detect the occurrence of malfunction in a sensor, this power supply unit is provided with a microphone condenser which detects an aerosol generation request, a PTC thermistor which outputs a value which changes depending on electric change in the microphone condenser, and a control portion which, on the basis of the value outputted by the PTC thermistor, detects whether the microphone condenser is in a normal state or an abnormal state.

Abstract: In order to detect the occurrence of malfunctions in a sensor, this power supply unit is provided with a sensor unit which detects an aerosol generation request, and a control portion which, on the basis of an output value from the sensor unit which has detected an aerosol generation request, detects whether the sensor unit is in a normal state or an abnormal state.

Abstract: There is provided a flavor generation device that includes: a control unit configured to acquire a remaining amount value that is a value concerning a remaining amount of power stored in a power supply; a generation unit configured to atomize an aerosol source or heat a flavor source; and an auxiliary device different from the generation unit. The generation unit and the auxiliary device are electrically connected to the power supply. The control unit is configured to suppress power supply to at least one of the generation unit and the auxiliary device when the remaining amount value is higher than a discharge end value representing a discharge end state of the power supply.

Abstract: An aerosol-generating device is provided, including a cavity configured to receive an aerosol-forming substrate; an electrical heater configured to heat the substrate when the aerosol-forming substrate is received within the cavity; a power supply; and a controller configured to: control a supply of power from the power supply to the heater during a first time period and a second time period after the first time period, determine a rate of increase in temperature of the heater during the first time period by determining a time taken for a temperature of the heater to increase from a first predetermined temperature to a second predetermined temperature during the first time period, and adjust the supply of power from the power supply to the heater during the second time period based on the determined rate of increase in temperature during the first time period.

Abstract: A method for producing a vapor generation unit, which is for generating a vapor by heating a liquid and is to be used in a non-combustible flavor inhaler, includes: a support feeding step of feeding a wick support to a production line for the vapor generation unit; a wick feeding step of, after the support feeding step, feeding a wick toward the wick support and disposing the same on the wick support; a holder feeding step of, after the wick feeding step, feeding a wick holder toward the wick support and assembling the same on the wick support; and a heater feeding step of, after the holder feeding step, feeding a heater toward the wick holder and assembling the same on the wick support.

Abstract: An electronic vaporizer is provided. The electronic vaporizer includes a cartridge that facilitates provision of a vaporized solution to an individual. The cartridge includes a housing that includes an interior, wherein the housing is one of a polymer housing or a ceramic housing. The cartridge also includes a heating element located in the interior of the housing, wherein the heating element is configured to vaporize a solution for oral provision to the individual. The vaporizer may also include a power harvesting device operative to acquire energy from the environment for use with powering the heating element.

Abstract: A lower torso garment includes a body portion, a front pouch disposed about a front region of the body portion, and a support sling connected to the front pouch and configured to support the front pouch. The support sling includes a left fabric panel extending along a left side periphery of the front pouch and a right fabric panel extending along a right side periphery of the front pouch. A portion of the left fabric panel overlaps a portion of the right fabric panel at an overlap area, and the overlap area is positioned adjacent to a bottom of the front pouch.

Abstract: Shaping garments including one or more slimming elastic bands are disclosed. In some embodiments, shaping garments include a first horizontal elastic band and a second diagonal elastic band positioned to reshape the inner and outer upper legs creating a slimmer appearance, while also lifting the buttocks.

Abstract: An athletic sock or bandage made of a base textile comprises a tubular stocking leg having a collar, on which compression elements are arranged over the course of the stocking leg, which have a structure, yarn thickness, or yarn material differing from the base textile. At least two opposing helices are used as the compression elements, which are embodied circumferentially around the stocking leg from the foot arch in the direction of the collar, and which cross at least once and are connected to the base textile in that the knitting pattern or the yarn of the helices is fastened to the base textile to provide stabilizing support. At least one additional cushion is formed on the base textile on a front side of the athletic sock or bandage along a shin region, which protrudes from the collar to a foot arch and at least partially overlaps the crossing helices.

Abstract: A new or alternative swaddling garment that swaddles infants by sufficiently restraining movement of the limbs to suppress the startle reflex, yet allowing movement of hand to mouth thereby facilitating non-nutritive sucking and allowing the infant to self-soothe by sucking the hands or the fabric of the garment.

Abstract: The invention concerns a support garment for a pregnant woman, comprising tights and a belt assembled together, the tights being a medical compression orthosis or everyday tights, characterized in that the belt comprises: a first band which extends around the waist in an uninterrupted manner between two joined ends and which is intended to come into contact with the skin, on the abdomen and the back of the pregnant woman, by putting it on or by employing adjustment means disposed at the two ends, and a second band made of a material that is less elastic than the first band and disposed on the first band as a reinforcement in order to support the weight of the forwardly swelling abdomen and thus relieve the back of the pregnant woman. The invention also concerns a method for the manufacture of a support garment for a pregnant woman.

Abstract: Examples of a fastener integrated with a fabric spacer are disclosed. The fastener comprises a first part with a first fastening member that has an eyelet with a base secured to a top surface of a first tape. The bottom surface of the tape is bonded to a fabric spacer. The fastener further comprises a second part with a second fastening member that has a hooking end. The second fastening member is secured to a second fabric. The hooking end of the second fastening member is configured to releasably engage the eyelet of the first fastening member to bring close together the first part and the second part of the fastener.

Abstract: From a first sensor in a set of sensors, a set of sensor measurements corresponding to a wearer of a garment is collected. Using a model and the set of sensor measurements, a performance deviation index corresponding to the wearer is determined, the performance deviation index corresponding to a deviation from a baseline performance level of the wearer. Responsive to the performance deviation index being above a threshold, a characteristic of the garment is altered.

Abstract: A waist pack and vest assembly for attachment and detachment for switching between such form factors, including an attachment mechanism for securing the waist pack component to the vest component so as to enable the wearer to select between a hip based load and a chest/back load for carrying hydration, nutrition, personal items, and electronic devices in situ.

Abstract: An exercise garment, in a first embodiment, includes a pair of exercise pants having attachment means on the leg portions of the garment for temporarily attaching an elastic wrap thereto, so that the wrap may be removed from the temporary attachment means and wound around a body part, such as an arm, leg or torso during a workout, and which may then be unwound from the body part and re-attached to the attachment means on the legs. Another embodiment includes a pair of exercise pants having a pocket with a zipper or other closing means, wherein one end of the wrap is stitched or otherwise permanently attached inside the pocket, so that the wrap may be extended from the pocket and wrapped around a leg for a workout, and stored inside the securely closed pocket when not in use.

Abstract: Techniques are disclosed relating to apparel that incorporates features to facilitate changing. In some embodiments, a garment includes a garment structure formed of a fabric material. The garment structure includes a front portion operable to cover a front portion of a wearer's body and a back portion operable to cover a back portion of the wearer's body. The garment includes a first fastener mechanism extending along a first body side of the garment structure. The first fastener mechanism is operable by the wearer to join the front portion to the back portion to create a torso opening for the wearer. The garment further includes a second fastener mechanism extending along an inseam of the garment structure. The second fastener mechanism is operable by the wearer to join the front portion to the back portion to create a first leg opening and a second leg opening for the wearer.

Abstract: Adjustable garments are provided that have one or more features to adjust the length of one or more dimensions of the garment to fit a growing child. For instance, an adjustable jacket can have a series of stitches that allow for the adjustment of the length of a sleeve. A permanent hem stitch and a temporary stitch on the sleeve are arranged and constructed in a particular way to allow for the sleeve to extend as a child grows. In another example, adjustable pants can have a plurality of snap fasteners on an interior surface of a leg to adjust the length of the leg. The snap fasteners are arranged and constructed in a particular way so that a snap fastener at the distal end of the leg can selectively connect to the remaining fasteners to shorten the length of the pant leg.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an exercise activity suit for use by a user. The exercise activity suit includes a plurality of flexible and elastic strips and a flexible tensioner system. The plurality of flexible and elastic strips are configured in the suit, wherein the plurality of flexible and elastic strips are connected through the tensioner system. The suit according to the present invention engage the muscles and then builds and releases a combination of kinetic energy and potential energy during use.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a self-adjusting garment for lifting or lowering a wearer. It has three functionally necessary and sufficient elements, two weight bearing straps and a connecting isosceles trapezoidal fabric. These elements provide three self-adjusting openings for the legs and torso and a loop usable in combination with a lifting mean, such as a hook. In some embodiments, the connecting isosceles trapezoidal fabric has an opening usable for discharging bodily wastes. The self-adjusting garment accommodates and adapts to wide range of body sizes and shapes automatically. When suspended, the wearer's weight automatically secures and safely restrains the wearer.

Abstract: Exemplary embodiments contained herein include garments having biomechanical components including neurobands, posture mounts, expansion panels, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: A safety device adapted to be worn by a wearer (6) for preventing the injuries in particular to the hips by airbag inflation, comprises: a portable inflatable bag (1); a source (2) of releasable gas coupled to the bag (1); a belt buckle (3, 4) in which a plurality of sensors are arranged, one of which measures the ambient temperature and the other thermal sensor (5) measures the body temperature of a wearer (6) to enable triggering of the airbag in case of a fall only when the device is worn by a wearer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a protective upper and lower body assemblies and protective suit comprising the same. The protective upper body assembly comprises a ventral and a dorsal padding panels, a left and a right shoulder fasteners, and a left and a right flank fasteners. Each of the ventral and the dorsal padding panels include at least two layers of resiliently compressible material and one layer of breathable material. The protective lower assembly comprises a left and a right upper thigh portions, a left and a right lower thigh portions, a left and a right knee shells, a left and a right lower leg portions, and a left and a right feet shells.

Abstract: A mask-on-a-stick includes a holding part and a mask unit which are connected, in which the mask unit has a curved shape. When a user is holding the mask-on-a-stick, the mask unit fits naturally over their mouth and lower nose, and the mask unit surface prevents the user from spreading microbial particles to the environment. The widest part of the mask unit fits over the user's mouth, and above this area the mask unit extends to cover the lower nose. The mask-on-a-stick can be manufactured from cellulose-based material at reasonable cost, so as to be disposable, or recyclable after sterilizing, and numerous sizes of the mask-on-a-stick may be made available for customers at restaurants and other locations where people remove facemasks to eat or drink, but need to cover their mouth and nose when talking.

Abstract: A tool, such as a respirator or gas mask, is provided. The respirator includes a body, a filter, an upper and lower strap, and a locking mechanism. The locking mechanism enables quick-release for fitting and/or adjusting the respirator on a user's head or face. In various embodiments, inelastic and elastic properties of the straps and/or a cord in the entwined region of the locking mechanism enhance the quick-release fit and adjustment of the locking mechanism.

Abstract: Described herein is an antiviral face mask and methods of use thereof to inactivate a virus in contact with the face mask. The face mask may include a fibrous material with silicon nitride powder impregnated therein and a layer surrounding the fibrous material. In some embodiments, silicon nitride is present in the fibrous material at a concentration of about 1 wt. % to about 15 wt. %.

Abstract: A garment includes features of a pair of shorts and a skirt. An exemplary embodiment includes a pair of compression shorts including a waistband, legs, and a gusseted crotch made of a moisture-wicking fabric. The waistband may include a drawstring for adjustable fit, and a zippered pocket. Each of the legs of the shorts has an anti-ride-up feature disposed respectively near the inside bottom of the legs. Each of the legs includes, respectively, at least two outside pockets that lie flat against the legs when empty. A skirt is attachable and detachable by an attachment means to the waistband of the shorts. The skirt has an inner and outer side with either side being attachable via the attachment means to the waistband of the shorts to be the outside of the skirt. The skirt may have a selective shortening feature for shortening at least a part of the skirt.

Abstract: An exemplary approach toward convertible wrap around pants to jumpsuit formation where the ties on the side of a regular wrap pants can be grabbed and wrapped around neck and the rest of the fabric is hanged. The other two ties are pulled between the legs and brought to the waist level on the back. The ties are brought to the front or belly button and this creates open back jumpsuit with a cowl décolletage hanging at the front allowing ease use ability and portability. This approach is universal in size and fits to all.

Abstract: A hydration device wherein a customized bladder is secured in a fixed position within a customized glove covering the topside surface area of a hand and the full 360-degree surface area of a forearm. A chamber stitched into an internal surface of the glove and a reclosable fastener secure the bladder's fixed position. The bladder is constructed with additional material on its sides, so that it conforms to the shape of and distributes the weight of its contents 360 degrees along the contours of the appendages. Two holes stitched into the outer portion of the glove expose the bladder's reclosable aperture for filling and a spout for extracting the bladder's contents. The bladder's contoured, 360-degree design impels the hydration device to lay fitted along the appendages with the spout purposefully positioned in a mouth's path during a normal arm swing, thereby promoting the user to maintain unaltered motion while drinking.

Abstract: An impact damper for a glove comprises a solid convex element formed from a resilient material. The convex element has a zenith cavity formed at its zenith. Upon an impact on the convex element, the zenith cavity enables resilient outward deformation of the convex element, and the resilient outward deformation dissipates energy from the impact. The impact damper may further comprise an outwardly deformable wall formed from a resilient material, with the wall circumferentially surrounding and spaced from the convex element. Upon an impact on the convex element, the convex element engages the wall as the convex element deforms, and resilient outward deformation of the wall under urging from the deforming convex element further dissipates the energy from the impact.

Abstract: A glove having a dorsal portion, the dorsal portion including a first material divided into first and second sections, a fastening device for selectively attaching and detaching the first and second sections of the dorsal portion, and a fastening device gripping feature attached to the fastening device, the glove also having a palmar portion, the palmar portion including at least a section comprising a second material, and a wrist portion attached to the dorsal portion and the palmar portion, wherein the wrist portion is selectively movable between an open and a closed position about a wearer's wrist and includes a wrist opening gripping feature.

Abstract: Various different embodiments of headbands are disclosed, each having a light apparatus and, in particular, a removable light apparatus that is rechargeable through a USB connection. The embodiments each has a grommet that accommodates the passing of a portion of the light apparatus therethrough for frictional fit therewith such that the light apparatus is retained in place by the frictional fit with the grommet and light is projected by the light apparatus outwardly from the grommet when the light apparatus is turned on. The embodiments of the headband differ in the structure of the body and the relationship of the grommet to the body. A preferred embodiment is formed from a cotton elastane blend and includes a pocket from within which the light apparatus is partially received by the grommet. The pocket is formed by overlapping end portions of two interior fabric panels forming the interior surface of the headband.

Abstract: A method for providing a padding which uses 3D printing by depositing a filament according to a microarchitecture that entails the definition of superimposed matrices that are adapted to define a structure composed of individual open cells, which are mutually connected and arranged mutually opposite and side by side. The open cells each have a shape in plan view with a variable diameter which is obtained by way of superimposing elements that are substantially shaped like a truncated pyramid or like a truncated cone with a polygonal base.

Abstract: An adjustable stretch belt with a pocket allows a user to carry items securely, conveniently and in a bounce-free manner while being active, while having the ability to adjust the sizing of the belt with an internal adjustor such that one size stretch belt can fit a variety of waist sizes, and allowing a user to vary the tightness as desired.

Abstract: Provided are an artificial hair and an artificial hair unit that are easier to attach to a head of a user, a wig cap, or the like, and a method for attaching the artificial hair. The present invention provides a configuration including at least two fiber groups and an attachment part having a plurality of annular parts. The two fiber groups spread at least in a first direction, where the attachment part extends in the first direction and is sandwiched between the two fiber groups and sewn onto the two fiber groups, and where the plurality of annular parts are exposed to an outside from between the two fiber groups.

Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a hand-tied hair weft having at least two hair bundles fixed to three or more thread-like filaments that provide a cortex, where each two adjacent hair bundles are separated by one or more knots formed by the three or more thread-like filaments. In an illustrative example, the two adjacent hair bundles may be separated by, for example, at least two knots. The knots may include overhand knots. By introducing one or one or more knots, the width of the hand-tied hair weft may be customized without the weft shedding or unraveling.

Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods for full body measurements extraction using a mobile device camera.

Abstract: Software and lasers are used in finishing apparel to produce a desired wear pattern or other design. A technique includes determining a fabric's response to a laser, capturing an initial image of a wear pattern on a garment, and processing the initial image to obtain a working image in grayscale. The working image is further processed to obtain a difference image by comparing each pixel relative to a dark reference. The difference image is converted to a laser values image by using the previously determined fabric response to the laser.

Abstract: An adjustable connector strap may include two interlocking bodies, wherein one body includes a plurality of teeth located along opposing edges, and the other body includes a plurality of notches located along opposing edges. The user may select the number of teeth that are mated with the notches to adjust the size of the strap. The use of interlocking teeth and notches along the opposed edges of the strap bodies may enhances the ability of the strap to maintain its interlocking strength during tension loads. The teeth and notch engagement may also allow a user to quickly engage or disengage the strap bodies, thereby enhancing the ease-of-use of the strap.

Abstract: A protective helmet liner apparatus for prevention of head injury, concussions, and brain trauma includes a liner body dimensioned such that a bottom edge sits below a user's skull and a front edge extends from behind the user's ears, over the ears, and across the forehead above the user's eyebrows. A shock-absorptive filling is coupled within the liner body between an inside and an outside of the liner body. A plurality of engagement members comprises a plurality of first engagement members coupled to the outside of the liner body and a plurality of second engagement members coupled to an inner side of a helmet. The first engagement members are selectively engageable with the second engagement members to secure the liner body to the helmet.