Abstract: The full-face protective shield is a type of protective equipment designed to protect the entire face area from the intrusion of particles or viruses. A water-resistant membrane that adheres to the bottom edge of the shield from below the chin and tucked into the user's clothing to close out any possible entry of particles or viruses from below through the neck area. It also wraps around the side of the face all the way up to the edge of the ears. It is lightweight, disposable, and simple to use.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a combination of detachably integrated mask and a detachably integrated face shield.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are face shields, eyewear, and kits which provide a user the ability to protect their face from solids or liquids while simultaneously providing the ability to manipulate any eyewear the user may desire to wear.

Abstract: Provided is a reversible shirt that can be worn irrespective of whether the side to be worn is the inner side or the outer side and that can be worn while maintaining a desired wear comfort and a desired appearance irrespective of whether the side to be worn is the front side or the rear side by removing the distinction between the front and rear sides. A reversible shirt 1 includes a front piece 2, a rear piece 3, a left sleeve 4, and a right sleeve 5 that are made of a reversible fabric and are joined to each other, in which the front piece 2 and the rear piece 3 have the same shape and the same size.

Abstract: The present invention provides a mitt dispensing system having a mitt dispensing device and a plurality of finger covering mitts in a stack. Each finger covering mitt has a base sheet and a cover sheet sealed together around the entirety of each sheet. Each cover sheet defines an opening therethrough and the edges defining the opening have at least two flaps. The dispensing device has a body with a base wall, four side walls, and a top wall and a saddle disposed in the body and having a top surface and two angled support walls extending downwardly and outwardly from the top surface. The saddle defines two cavities within the body for receiving a stack of finger covering mitts. The flaps of a top finger covering mitt in the stack of mitts orient in a generally inclined direction away from the underlying base sheet when the plurality of finger covering mitts are disposed on the top surface of the saddle.

Abstract: A glove includes a main body, and a picking member. The main body is in a bag shape, and is put on a hand. The picking member is fixed to a portion other than an outer surface of the main body. The picking member is capable of being picked up with fingers. The picking member has an inner part, and an outer part. The inner part is a part that is hidden inside the main body when the glove is worn. The outer part is a part that protrudes outside the main body when the glove is worn.

Abstract: Disclosed is a combination of a headscarf and at least one element of trimming for the headscarf. The trimming is intended to alter the appearance of the headscarf to make it more suitable in settings where such a headscarf would otherwise create a color or stylistic dissonance with other clothing items worn by the user, or where the headscarf style or color would not be appropriate for a particular mood or social setting. The user is able to replace existing trimming and replace it with additional or other trimming that is more suitable or appealing to the user.

Abstract: A garment assembly has a left sleeve member, a right sleeve member and a fastener member connecting the left sleeve member and the right sleeve member together across a front portion of the garment. A shaped hem member connects the left sleeve member and the right sleeve member across a back portion of the garment. One end the shaped hem member is secured to one side of the fastener member and an other end of the shaped hem member is secured to an other side of the fastener member.

Abstract: A form-fitting garment with an elastic fabric having a first modulus of elasticity, the form-fitting garment when worn by a user generates an elastic tension pressing the fabric against a user's body; and provides a pattern of elastic bonding material having a second modulus of elasticity so that the elastic bonding material is bonded to the elastic fabric to form a composite garment material that has the elastic fabric as a first layer and the elastic bonding material as a second layer. A joint third modulus of elasticity of the composite material is more than twice the elastic fabric's first modulus of elasticity so that the elastic tension pressing the fabric against the user's body forms a pattern of pressure spaces of higher pressure where bonding material is located in comparison to spaces where no bonding material is located.

Abstract: The subject of the invention is a magnetically closing zipper device, without slider, which is equipped with two chain rows including chain links, the material of the links is magnetic metal, the link comes into contact with the link in the same chain row and adjacent to it in such a way, that by magnetic attraction, the north pole is connected to the south pole and the south pole is connected to the north pole, the zipper structure is connected to the target material directly or by a ribbon, the links are connected to each other with a curved surface.

Abstract: A hair bundle, including: at least one hair; and at least one linear core material that is bundled together with the hair. The core material is capable of maintaining a deformed state when deformed together with the hair.

Abstract: A headwear article that converts between a headwear configuration and a mask configuration. The headwear article has a crown for covering at least a portion of a head of a wearer, a visor attached to a front portion of the crown, and at least one mask support element coupled to the crown. From the headwear configuration, at least a portion of the rear portion of the crown is collapsible into the front portion of the crown to position the headwear in the mask configuration. In the mask configuration, the at least one mask support element is configured to secure the headwear over a portion of a face of the wearer.

Abstract: A helmet includes an outer shell with an inner and outer surface, a first impact mitigation layer of a first stiffness coupled to the inner surface of the outer shell, a supplemental shell coupled to the outer surface of the outer shell, and a second impact mitigation layer having a second stiffness positioned between the outer surface of the outer shell and an inner surface of the supplemental shell. The supplemental shell can flex from a first position to a second position upon impact to the supplemental shell. A difference between the first stiffness and second stiffness allows the first and second impact mitigation layers to absorb impacts of different impact force. The supplemental protection component can be optimized for protection against impacts experienced by a particular position, including the location on the helmet, shape, materials, and impact mitigation structures.

Abstract: A communication-enabled hard hat includes a control panel mounted in one side of the hard hat for establishing a Bluetooth connection with an external device.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure relates to an article at least partially formed by a knitted component. In some embodiments, the article may include an upper for an article of footwear. The knitted component may include a seamless portion extending from a toe area, through a midfoot area, and to a heel area of the upper on at least one of a lateral and a medial side of the upper. A first course may at least partially form the knitted component, and the first course may extend from the heel area to the toe area of the upper. The knitted component may include one or more scallop elements at least partially overlapping.

Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole structure. The sole structure includes a plate having a first surface defining a ground-contacting surface and a second surface disposed on an opposite side of the plate than the first surface. The plate includes a recess formed into the second surface, which is defined by a first sidewall, a second sidewall, and a bottom wall. The plate includes a first channel, a second channel, a third channel, and a fourth channel each extending from and in fluid communication with the recess. The first channel, a second channel, a third channel, and a fourth channel cooperate with the recess to form a substantially H-shaped structure in the second surface. The article of footwear also includes a cable lock disposed within the recess. The cable lock includes a housing disposed in the recess and a plurality of cable elements received within the channels.

Abstract: An article of footwear with a dynamic support system that controls arrays of tiles in the upper of the footwear to adjust the level of support provided in different regions of the upper. Sensors in the sole of the footwear, in the upper of the footwear and/or in an article worn by the wearer of the footwear measure the level of stress or other characteristics and provide input to one or more microprocessors that control motors located in the sole or in the upper of the footwear. When the motors are activated, they may compress or loosen arrays of tiles to adjust the stiffness of the upper in one or more regions of the upper.

Abstract: An article of footwear can include provisions for facilitating the installation of various components. During manufacture of the article of footwear, the upper and/or sole structure can include one or more specialized compartments designed to receive the components. The components can be installed in compartments after manufacture of the article of footwear. In some cases, the components can be used to perform different functions in a motorized tensioning system.

Abstract: The present application discloses a pad structure that includes a stretchable cuttable material with beveled edge.

Abstract: A sole structure including a midsole, an outsole, and a plate disposed between the plate and the outsole. The plate includes a first portion having an arcuate shape extending through a forefoot region and a mid-foot region, and a planar second portion connected to the first portion along a joint and extending in a first plane at an oblique angle from the joint. The plate includes a first channel extending from a first end of the plate along the first portion and in a direction toward the second portion. A second channel extends from a second end of the plate along the second portion and in a direction toward the first portion. The first channel separates the plate into a first pair of tabs formed at the first end and the second channel separates the plate into a second pair of channels formed at the second end.

Abstract: Soles for an article of footwear with a three-dimensional mesh having a plurality of interconnected unit cells composed of one or more soft sub-cells and one or more stiff sub-cells. The arrangement of one or more soft sub-cells and one or more stiff sub-cells for the interconnected unit cells can provide the three-dimensional mesh with anisotropic properties, for example, anisotropic lattice shear moduli. In particular embodiments, the arrangement of soft sub-cells and stiff sub-cells for the unit cells can create a three-dimensional mesh predisposed to deform forwards when a sole including the three-dimensional mesh contacts the ground.

Abstract: Soles for articles of footwear including a mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh. The mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh can include one or more mechanically anisotropic regions with a first lattice shear modulus measured in a first direction and a second lattice shear modulus measured in a second direction opposite to or orthogonal to the first direction. The first and second lattice shear moduli are different to provide the three-dimensional mesh with mechanically anisotropic properties. The mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh can be three-dimensionally printed.

Abstract: An article of footwear may include a sole and an upper connected to the sole. The sole may include a first solid component and a second solid component. The sole may further include an additively manufactured mesh component that is arranged between the first solid component and the second solid component. The mesh component may be connected to each of the first solid component and the second solid component.

Abstract: Provided is a shoe that includes a sole that: (i) has a bottom surface that is adjacent to the ground in normal use, and (ii) is comprised of both a base material forming a main structure and individual leather particles attached to the base material on the bottom surface of the sole. The individual leather particles may have a median size within a range of 0.3 to 4.0 millimeters (mm). In addition, or instead, individual second particles made of a material other than leather also are attached to the base material on the bottom surface of the sole.

Abstract: A shoe comprises an upper portion, a sole, and a sheet of material. The upper portion is configured to receive a foot of a user. The sole is attached to the upper portion. The sheet of material is coupled to the sole. The material includes a substrate and one or more movable projections. The one or more movable projections are configured to extend from the substrate. The one or more movable projections are configured to move between a first orientation and a second orientation relative to the substrate, in response to the sole of the shoe moving between a generally flat configuration and a generally flexed configuration. The movable projections can have a triangular shape, a concave shape, a convex shape, a rectangular shape, or a barbed shape; and can be arranged in a one-direction pattern, a three-column pattern, a half pattern, a 16x2 pattern, or a checkerboard pattern.

Abstract: An insole for offloading injuries on an area of a plantar surface of a patient's foot includes a body having a shape corresponding to the plantar surface of the patient's foot including a top surface and a bottom surface; and at least one supportive, deformable, deflatable bubble chamber. The at least one bubble chamber extends from the top surface of the body. The at least one bubble chamber is configured to be deflated to relieve pressure on the plantar surface of the patient's foot. A kit including the insole and an article of footwear including a sole, an upper connected about a periphery of the sole defining an interior of the article of footwear, and the insole positioned in the interior of the article, are also provided.

Abstract: Embodiments of footwear, in particular, a shoe, sandal or boot, that have the unexpected benefit of reducing the pressure on the plantar surface of the foot while also reducing metabolic demand of walking while also gait speed and improving walking, running, hiking, as well as jumping, hopping, and other motion involving the ankle, lower leg and Achilles tendon, through integration of force-carrying mechanisms within footwear that manage the forces and energy associated with such motion by productively harvesting and storing energy during dorsiflexion motion and releasing and returning energy during plantar flexion and limiting range of motion that conduce towards ankle inversion and eversion. Such footwear may comprise a yoke connected to footwear at a pivot region in parallel to the axis of rotation of the ankle and a tension spring region suspended between the yoke and the posterior portion of the footwear sidewalls or sole.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a three-dimensional (3D) footwear product may be provided. The method may include obtaining foot feature data. The foot feature data may include a size of a foot. The method may also include constructing a planar model of the 3D footwear product based on the foot feature data. The planar model may include a body region and a connection structure connected to the body region. The method may further include printing a planar product of the 3D footwear product using a 3D printing method based on the planar model.

Abstract: A spool includes a shaft, a trunk portion, and an upper lid portion. The shaft rotates around a central axis extending vertically. The trunk portion has a lower portion connected with the shaft, a radially outer surface wound with a string material, and an upper surface having a groove portion disposed with the string material. The upper lid portion is disposed on the upper surface of the trunk portion. One of the trunk portion and the upper lid portion has an engagement protrusion portion protruding in an axial direction, and the other has a first recess portion which is recessed in the axial direction and engaged axially with the engagement protrusion portion disposed inside. The upper lid portion covers at least a part of the groove portion.

Abstract: A shoe may include an upper portion constructed from a continuous textile (e.g., a knit textile) that includes an elastic region and a structural region. The elastic region may be positioned about a perimeter of an opening into a cavity configured to receive a wearer's foot, and the elastic region may be configured to secure the shoe to a wearer's foot. The elastic region may have a first elasticity that is greater than a second elasticity of the structural region. In an unworn configuration, the elastic region may cause a tread surface of a sole of the shoe to have a continuous curvature. In a worn configuration, substantially all of an intermediate section of the tread surface may contact a surface on which the shoe is placed. The elastic region may improve the performance of the shoe, including the comfort and durability.

Abstract: An upper for an article of footwear includes a fixed closure disposed on one of a medial side and a lateral side of the upper, a plurality of parallel first strands each extending from a first end attached to the other one of the medial side and the lateral side of the upper to a second end attached the other one of the medial side and the lateral side and including a first intermediate portion formed between the first end and the second end, and a plurality of parallel second strands each extending from a third end attached to the one of the medial side and the lateral side of the upper to a fourth end selectively attachable to the fixed closure. The second strands are looped around the first intermediate portion of respective ones of the first strands.

Abstract: A spool includes a shaft, a trunk, and a connection connecting the shaft and trunk. The shaft rotates around a central axis. In the trunk, a string is wound on a radially outer surface. The trunk has a flange, and a recess recessed axially upward from a lower surface of the trunk. The flange protrudes radially outward from a lower end of the trunk. The connection is disposed inside the recess and engaged with the trunk in a circumferential direction and a lower surface is connected to the shaft. The connection has a groove recessed axially downward from an upper surface of the connection and is disposed with the string, and an engagement claw disposed in an upper end of the connection. The trunk has an engagement portion disposed on a radially inner surface of the recess and engaged axially with the engagement claw.

Abstract: Embodiments are described of an object designed as an accessory to neckwear which is a substitute for a knot and which is able to display promotional and other information.

Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are generally directed to a buckle assembly for sharpening a cutting tool. A quick release buckle assembly is provided including: a male buckle component having a pair of resiliently flexible legs and a sharpener receiver disposed between the pair of resiliently flexible legs; a female buckle component having a socket portion configured to receive the pair of resiliently flexible legs and the sharpener receiver disposed between the pair of resiliently flexible legs; and a first sharpening rod having a first sharpening edge and a second sharpening rod having a second sharpening edge.

Abstract: A closure portion for a brassiere includes an inner face configured to contact a wearer's skin while the bra is worn. An outer face faces away from the wearer's skin while the brassiere is worn. A first end is attached to a wing of the brassiere. A free second end is opposite the first end. The eyes on the outer face of the closure portion are arranged in a first column of eyes next to a second column of eyes and a third column of eyes next to the second column of eyes. A first lateral spacing is provided between the first and second columns of eyes, which first lateral spacing is different from a second lateral spacing between the second and third columns of eyes. A brassiere with such a closure portion is also provided according to the present disclosure.

Abstract: A jewelry piece is disclosed which is constituted of an otherwise conventional jewelry item with a decorative body that defines the jewelry item, but which includes a trademark indicia appended to the decorative body and formed to appear as a part thereof. The trademark indicia includes a rearward located plate with a trademark, preferably registered, comprising one or more of a logo, a symbol, a word or words or a series of alphanumeric letters formed thereon and superimposed over the rearward plate an ornamental component that normally conceals the trademark indicia. The ornamental component of the trademark indicia is configured to be moveable relative to the rearward plate to expose the registered trademark.

Abstract: An umbrella repair assembly for reattaching a canopy of an umbrella to a rib of the umbrella includes a first shell that has a first slot integrated therein to accommodate a rib of an umbrella. A second shell is hingedly coupled to the first shell and the second shell is positionable in a closed position having the second shell abutting the first shell. The second shell has a second slot is integrated therein to accommodate the rib of an umbrella when the second shell is closed. In this way a canopy of the umbrella is compressed between the first shell and the second shell for reattaching the canopy to the rib.

Abstract: A soft-side container is sized to fit inside larger luggage such as a suitcase. It has a peripheral zipper that aids in compressing the contents of the container when it is loaded, such as with clothing, thereby tending to take less space in the suitcase. It also has a suspension system permitting the container to be hung from a hanger rod, or from another container of the same type, in a cascade of shelves. To aid in this function, the container has an expanding side wall, and also a form-preserving spreader that tends to cause the container to hold itself in a generally planar configuration to function more effectively as a shelf.

Abstract: A soft-side container is sized to fit inside larger luggage such as a suitcase. It has a peripheral zipper that aids in compressing the contents of the container when it is loaded, such as with clothing, thereby tending to take less space in the suitcase. It also has a suspension system permitting the container to be hung from a hanger rod, or from another container of the same type, in a cascade of shelves. To aid in this function, the container has an expanding side wall, and also a form-preserving spreader that tends to cause the container to hold itself in a generally planar configuration to function more effectively as a shelf.

Abstract: Disclosed is a holder for cards, including a housing which tightly fits around a stack of cards and has a card opening for locating and removing cards. Within the housing a card eject feature is provided such that the cards through the card opening can be partly slid from the housing. The card eject feature has an ejector arm which is moved by operating a finger button and forces the cards simultaneously to partly exit the housing. The card eject feature includes a barrel for normal duty operation and a trigger for heavy duty operation to engage and force cards to partly exit the housing.

Abstract: A container device that has an outer shell with an opening that is sealed by a closure mechanism. The closure mechanism can include magnetic strips that are configured to partially or wholly seal the opening.

Abstract: A securing strap for a wheeled suitcase with a telescopic handle is formed as an elastic strap provided with a securing device at each narrow side.

Abstract: A hair styler generally comprises an upper arm, a lower arm, and a hinge. The upper arm includes an upper grip and an upper clamp head. The upper clamp head includes an upper hair contact surface. The upper hair contact surface is twisted relative to the upper grip. The lower arm includes a lower grip and a lower clamp head. The lower clamp head includes a lower hair contact surface. The lower hair contact surface is twisted relative to the lower grip. The hinge attaches the upper and lower arms together such that the upper and lower arms are openable and closeable relative to one another. The hair styler is configured to receive hair between the upper and lower hair contact surfaces when the hair styler is in a closed position.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hair treatment method for curling a lock of hair (H) using a hair holder (1). The hair holder (1) includes a tubular body (2) which has an opening (21) located at a first end of the tubular body and an opening (22) located at a second end of the tubular body, and which is configured to allow a lock of hair (H) to be inserted from the opening (21) toward the opening (22) and to be capable of being rolled up.

Abstract: A heat-retaining clip assembly providing a convex surface nested in a concave surface in a closed position, wherein the convex and concave surfaces are pivotably connected to move between the closed position and an open position. The convex surface has a higher thermal conductivity that the concave surface. The present invention includes a system providing an arcuate heating element that can be sandwiched between the convex and concave surfaces in the closed position, while the convex surface conducts most of the heat. Then the heat-retaining clip assembly may be moved in the open position from the heating element to a user's hair so that the heat stored in the convex surface transfers to the hair to form textured waves in the hair after the clip is moved back to the closed position.

Abstract: A system to hold a hair dryer or other item adjustably in position to allow a user to realize hands-free use of the item. The system is designed to make hair drying and/or the hands-free use of any other items in, for example, a bathroom setting, easier and more efficient. The item holder of the present invention is formed of an approximately vertically mounted bar, with a slider slideably connected to the bar. The slider can be loosened, moved, and tightened into positon. An item can then be connected to the slider, and held in place in a position.

Abstract: A dual-power portable-use hair dryer system and method for drying hair providing a hair dryer which can be carried on the back or the side of a user who can be a person whose own hair is being dried or a person acting as a stylist drying the hair of others, which can be operated either on AC mains power or on an incorporated DC battery array, where AC mains operation provides free movement within the range of the AC cord and DC battery operation provides unlimited free movement, and where use with a soft bonnet hair-drying attachment allows hands-free use, and use by a stylist allows free movement from person to person. The dual-power portable-use hair dryer draws pre-heated air away from the electric and electronic components for the dual purposes of cooling the components and reducing the expenditure of energy through the heater.

Abstract: A packaged deodorant stick product comprising a deodorant stick composition mounted on an upper surface of a retaining member, a lower surface of the retaining member being reversibly connected to an upper surface of a holder enabling the deodorant stick product to be held in the human hand, wherein reversible connection between the retaining member and the holder is achieved by means of tongue and groove connection elements.

Abstract: An applicator includes a product-dispensing cartridge assembly insertable within a shell, and a separate, decorative case that covers at least a portion of the shell. A cap closes off the open upper end of the shell through a magnetic attachment. The cartridge assembly includes a product cartridge, threaded jackscrew and riser. The jackscrew includes lever and a knob that fits onto the lever, such that when the knob is rotated, the riser slides up and down within the cartridge to advance and retract the product. The cap, case and knob may have outer side surfaces that are flush, at least when the knob is at particular degrees of rotation. The product to be administered is a preferably a waxy or semi-solid such as a lip balm, deodorant or other cosmetic or personal hygiene or protective product.

Abstract: Methods, apparatuses, electronic devices, and storage media for makeup look processing are provided. In one aspect, a method includes: displaying a collected face image; in response to a selection of a makeup look from one or more makeup looks, identifying a face part area matching the makeup look from the face image and providing an instruction for a making-up content for the face part area; detecting, from an updated collected face image, pixel change information of the face part area; and determining whether the pixel change information of the face part area meets a makeup effect condition for the first makeup look.