Abstract: Brassieres and methods for forming brassieres are described. In one aspect, a brassiere includes a left cup, a right cup, and a pouch receiving area formed on an inside of the left cup or the right cup. The pouch receiving area includes a fastener that secures a removable pouch on an inside of at least one of the left cup or the right up.

Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosed technology relate to wire-free push-up brassieres having the versatility to provide enhanced lift, support, and comfort across a range of breast sizes. A wire-free push-up brassiere disclosed herein includes a hinge that extends along a bottom edge of the padded portions of cups of the brassiere. The hinge may be a stabilizing channel formed between the bottom edge of the padded cup portions and a top edge of the cradle. The hinge may be formed of a stabilizing material that provides the hinge with both rigidity and flexibility. In particular, the stabilizing material may impart a rigidity to the hinge that reinforces the breast support provided by the cups, thereby enhancing the push-up characteristics of the brassiere. At the same time, the stabilizing material may have enough flexibility to allow the hinge to accommodate a range of breast sizes.

Abstract: Equestrian pants garments that include rider-specific body-mapped compression panels for muscle and joint support and/or stabilization while riding or performing other activities. Hip abductor support panels, knee stabilization panels, and a lumbar panel may be formed with layers of a mesh textile combined with a base textile. Each leg portion of the pants garment may include a respective hip abductor support panel and knee stabilization panel, while the lumbar panel may extend across both leg portions on the posterior side of the pants garment. Calf panels in each leg portion may be formed using just the mesh textile, for compression combined with increased breathability in the area of the equestrian's calves. Support panels of equestrian pants garments may be sized and positioned so as to avoid the equestrian's inner knee area, and instead may wrap around to the outer knee area.

Abstract: A pediatric head covering to facilitate obtaining three-dimensional images of a head of an infant to be utilized in manufacture of a cranial remodeling orthosis for correction of an abnormal head shape comprises sheer elastic material to be drawn down over an infant's head to compress the hair of an infant and to provide a smooth surface over the infant's cranium. The elastic material has variable elasticity with less elasticity over the crown of the cranium to provide enough strength to compress the infant's hair and conform to the shape of the cranium and more elasticity at the infant's neck to control soft tissue of the infant's neck without leading to distortion of the soft tissue and causing misrepresentations of the actual neck shape in captured three-dimensional images. The head covering facilitates accurate capture and reproduction of three-dimensional images of the infant's head by a three-dimensional image capturing system.

Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to a cooling garment. The cooling garment can include a vest configured to be worn by a wearer. One or more pockets on the vest may be configured to receive one or more icepacks. The one or more pockets may include a stretch material on a front portion of the one or more pockets. The one or more pockets can further include a non-stretch material on a back portion of the one or more pockets.

Abstract: An article of manufacture and a method are disclosed including a multi-layered knee pad including an outer shell and other layers forming high sidewalls, the height of which depends on the internal width of the knee pad. The outer shell may also have an array of recesses on its outer convex surface. The other knee pad layers include one or more foam layers on the concave side of the outer shell, one or more gel layers surrounded by the foam layers, and a fabric sheet covering the foam layers on the concave side of the outer shell. The knee pad is manufactured using an injection mold to form the foam layers. The knee pad is customizable with respect to size, firmness, and structure. The knee pad may be customized by varying the layer's characteristics such as material and dimensions as well as the size and location of the recesses.

Abstract: A mask includes: a mask main body for preventing exposure of a mouth of a user; and a nose cover portion protruding from the mask main body to prevent exposure of an external nostril of the user. The nose cover portion is foldable with respect to the mask main body at a boundary with the mask main body. The mask has: a usage mode in which the mask is attached to a head of the user in a state where the nose cover portion is folded with respect to the mask main body at the boundary; and a usage mode in which the mask is attached to the head in a state where the nose cover portion is unfolded with respect to the mask main body at the boundary.

Abstract: A tactical glove (1) with a glove body (2), glove fingers (3a to 3e) and a sheath (4) adjoining the glove body (2). A closure system is provided in the form of a strap (5). The strap is fastened at one end to the tactical glove (1) and has a mechanical closure (6) that is moved onto a corresponding mechanical closure (7) by a closing movement of the strap (5) in order to constrict the sheath (4), via which a mechanical closure is formed. On the sheath (4) a zipper (8) is provided, the slider (9) of which is joined to the strap (5) by a coupling such that when a closing movement of the strap (5) is performed, the zipper (8) closes. The strap (5) forms a wrist support.

Abstract: The present application discloses anti-impact gloves, which include a glove body and an anti-impact protective layer arranged on the back of the glove body. The anti-impact protective layer includes a finger protection layer, which includes a thumb protective layer and a plurality of universal finger protective layers; an anisotropic flex slit is arranged on the first dactylus of the thumb protective layer near the first knuckle, and a flex cut structure is provided at the metacarpophalangeal joint. A plurality of full flex cuts are positioned at the fingertip part of each universal finger protective layer; the hand back protective layer includes a plurality of vertical protection blocks and a plurality of long strip-shaped flex slits arranged alternately; the bottom layer is fixed on the back of the glove body.

Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to an article of headwear having a first layer of material formed from a polyester yarn, a second layer of material formed from a polyester yarn, and an absorbent layer positioned between the first layer of material and the second layer of material at a front of the article of headwear. The article of headwear is configured to temporarily store perspiration produced by a wearer's forehead area and transport the perspiration to the sides and back of the article of headwear where it can subsequently evaporate or be harmlessly released.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with an aromatherapy delivery garment or a medicinal delivery garment. In one embodiment, the aromatherapy delivery garment includes a garment, a pocket assembly operatively connected to the garment, and an aromatherapy benefit delivery system located within the pocket assembly for providing an aromatherapy benefit to a wearer of the garment. In another embodiment, the medicinal benefit delivery garment includes a garment having at least one opening, a medicinal benefit delivery system located on a wearer of the garment for providing a medicinal benefit to a wearer of the garment, wherein the medicinal benefit delivery system is located within the opening, and a pocket assembly operatively connected to the garment, wherein the pocket assembly is located over the opening and the medicinal benefit delivery system in order to conceal the opening and the medicinal benefit delivery system.

Abstract: A cosmetic treatment method including the steps of (a) applying an adhesive to an area of the scalp, (b) applying fibres to said area covered with adhesive, belonging to a bunch of at least 50 entangled fibres, said bunch including fibres having, at least over part of their length, a radius of curvature of between 1 and 10 mm, preferably between 1 and 5 mm, the application taking place in such a way that for at least some of the fibres of the bunch, they only come into contact with the adhesive over part of their length.

Abstract: Headgear for rugby and/or soccer, comprising: an inner layer (1) configured to accommodate a wearer's head; an outer layer (2) covering at least a part of the inner layer; a padding layer (3) between the inner and outer layers, configured to absorb and/or redirect energy of an impact between the headgear and an object; and a sliding interface (4) between the inner layer and the outer layer at which the inner layer and the outer layer are configured to slide relative to each other in response to an impact between the headgear and an object.

Abstract: A face shield for use with protective headgear can be shipped flat and easily assembled from a kit of parts without the use of tools or adhesives. The face shield protects against disease, aerosols and splatter that may contain pathogens; may include a curved lower perimeter to facilitate head movements, and can be taken on and off easily.

Abstract: A face mask comprising a U-shaped headband for securing to a player's head and a wire cage attached to the headband to provide resistant to impact by balls having a spaced-apart upper bar, intermediate bar and lower bar, interconnected by a pair of opposing side bars and a front bar, which upper bar, intermediate bar, and front bar each comprising flattened wire members having in cross-section opposing curved surfaces and opposing flat surfaces and having one of the curved surfaces facing a first outward direction and the flat faces facing in opposing lateral directions.

Abstract: A helmet assembly may include a helmet and an integrated chinbar. The chinbar may include an attachment portion and the helmet may include a docking frame. Coupling together of the attachment portion to the docking frame may couple the chinbar to the helmet. The attachment portion may then be secured to docking frame to secure the chinbar to the helmet. In certain embodiments, the attachment portion may be coupled to the docking frame of an interior side of the liner. Thus, the attachment portion may accordingly be disposed on the side of the liner closer to a wearer's face.

Abstract: A headgear apparatus having a shell, an air flow structure, a thermoelectric system, a connector, and a condensate wick. The air flow structure is coupled to the shell and the thermoelectric system is configured to produce a stream of air. The thermoelectric system has a housing having at least one air inlet, a first and a second air outlet, a least one blower and at least one thermoelectric heat pump. The first air outlet provides the stream of cooled air to the air flow structure and the second air outlet vents hot air produced by the heat pump to outside the apparatus. The connector is configured to connect the first air outlet of the thermoelectric system housing to the air flow structure and the condensate wick is configured to collect condensation formed by the heat pump and evaporate the collected condensation using the hot air produced by the heat pump.

Abstract: A woven textile structure is formed by weaving a first woven layer including first yarns and weaving a second woven layer including first yarns, where the woven layers are arranged in a stacked manner and are separated from each other. During the weaving of the first and second woven layers, second yarns are inserted along an intermediate span in the weft direction of the woven textile structure, where the second yarns are elongated to an elongated length during the insertion in the weft direction. First yarns of the first woven layer are interlaced with first yarns of the second woven layer and a second yarn of the intermediate span at a plurality of interlacing locations along the woven textile structure so as to define stitches at each interlacing location, where each stitch joins the first woven layer with the second woven layer.

Abstract: A footwear for wrapping an entire foot includes a t lain body made of foam rubber. The main body is dug to embed synthetic rubber into a heel side of a bottom of the min body made of the foam rubber. The embedded part is a part from a mid point from a toe to a heel to a heel part of the bottom of the main body. Specific gravities of the foam rubber and the synthetic rubber are 0.38 g/cm3 and 1.03 g/cm3, respectively. A center of gravity of the footwear is shifted to the heel side using a difference in the specific gravity of both to increase stability such that the footwear does not fall over when the footwear is placed upside down. An opening of the footwear is further formed to be flat with respect to a ground surface when the footwear is placed upside down.

Abstract: A shoe has a main body, an ankle strap, plantar bridge, and a toe loop connected to the main body. The main body wraps around the dorsal instep area of the foot and the plantar bridge wraps around the plantar midfoot area of the foot, without covering the ball, the plantar metatarsals, the heel, or the toes. The ankle strap is attached at its ends to the main body and extends around the back of the foot above the heel for constraining the main body from forwarding movement. The toe loop surrounds one of the toes and connects with the main body from above the foot, for constraining the main body from rearward movement.

Abstract: A shoe protection apparatus, or “shoe apron”, may include a shoe apron body that covers the top of the wearer's shoe. The shoe apron may be made from a variety of materials, and may be a single layered material or multiple layers of different materials. An arch fastener, such as a band of elastic, may be attached to the shoe apron body at a position approximating the arch of the wearer's shoe. An ankle fastener may be provided at the back of the shoe apron body to further secure the shoe apron to the shoe. A toe piece may be attached to the front of the shoe apron body to provide a sock-like enclosure for the toe of the shoe to further secure the shoe apron body. The toe piece may include a skid-resistance material to provide improved traction.

Abstract: A system includes an article of footwear and a remote system. The article of footwear includes an adaptive configured to be adjusted to one of a plurality of configurations based on a command received from a processor circuit. The remote system includes an electronic data storage, configured to store a user profile including the plurality of configurations, and a processor configured to prompt, on a user interface, a user to put on the article of footwear, receive, via a wireless transceiver, a signal from the article of footwear indicating that the article of footwear has been placed on the foot of a wearer, access, one of the plurality of configurations based on a user selection, and transmit the one of the plurality of configurations as selected. The processor circuit causes the adaptive component to be configured according to the one of the plurality of configurations.

Abstract: An article of apparel, a system, and methods include a structural material configured to enable the article of footwear to the worn on a body. A wireless transmission circuit is included and a piezoelectric generator is positioned with respect to the structural material in a configuration to be flexed to induce a voltage signal output. A voltage sensor is configured to sense the voltage profile and output a sensor signal indicative of the voltage profile. An electronic data storage, coupled to the voltage sensor, is configured to store voltage profile information based on the sensor data. A comparator, coupled to the electronic data storage, is configured to identify a change in the voltage profile information over time. The wireless transmission circuit is configured to transmit data indicative of a physical status of the article of footwear based on the change in the voltage profile information over time.

Abstract: A composition contains a thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU-1), obtained or obtainable by reaction of an isocyanate composition (IZ) containing MDI with a polyol composition (PZ), and hollow glass microspheres. The polyol composition (PZ) contains at least one polyol (P1) selected from polytetrahydrofurans having an average molecular weight Mn in the range from 900 to 2,000 g/mol. The polyol composition (PZ) also contains a chain extender (KV1), selected from 1,2-ethandiol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol and 1,6-hexanediol. Ski shoes, preferably ski boots, particularly preferably the outer shell of a ski boot, can be based on such a thermoplastic polyurethane. Corresponding processes can be used for producing ski shoes.

Abstract: A footwear upper and a sole structure for an article of footwear is provided. The footwear sole can include a forefoot region having a first bottom portion extending between a lateral side and a medial side of the footwear, a heel region having a second bottom portion extending between the lateral side and the medial side of the footwear, and a midfoot region disposed between the heel region and the forefoot region. The second bottom portion can be disposed along an inclined plane defined between the lateral side and the medial side, and the inclined plane rises from the medial side to the lateral side. The first bottom portion is disposed along a reference plane, and the inclined plane is disposed at an angle with respect to the reference plane.

Abstract: A plantar energy storage booster includes a fixed plate and an elastic plate. The elastic plate is located below the fixed plate, the front end of the elastic plate is fixedly connected to the front end of the fixed plate. In a natural initial state, the rear end of the elastic plate keeps an energy storage cap of a set distance from the rear end of the fixed plate in a vertical direction, so as to be deformed under the action of the impact force generated by feet landing and the gravity of the body to buffer and store energy. Along with the forward movement of the user, the elastic plate releases it stored energy to generate an upward and forward boosting force to the fixed plate and to drive a boosting mechanism to continue to generate an upward and forward force against the fixed plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical insole technical field, more particularly, involved to an insole. The insole includes an insole body, a lower pad and a mounting box. The insole body is provided with a bottom surface, a first rear end and a first front end. The lower pad is provided with a second front end and a second rear end; the second front end is correspondingly stacked with the first front end, the second rear end is correspondingly folded with the read end; the mounting box is fixed in the mounting cavity. The lower pad of the insole is correspondingly stacked with the bottom surface of the insole body, with the stacked design, the insole can be assembled quickly and easily, with less assembly procedures.

Abstract: A shoe includes a sole, an upper portion disposed above the sole and surrounding a foot insertion part, and a buffer including a lower surface and accommodated within the foot insertion part. The lower surface of the buffer includes a projection part projecting toward a facing surface that faces the lower surface, a recess part adjacent to the projection part and recessed from the projection part toward the upper portion, and a circumferential edge projection part projecting, around the recess part, toward the facing surface side with respect to the projection part. When the buffer receives a predetermined first load, the circumferential edge projection part contacts the facing surface whereas the projection part has no contact with the facing surface, and when the buffer receives a predetermined second load, which is larger than the first load, the circumferential edge projection part and the projection part contact the facing surface.

Abstract: The subject of this disclosure is a method for manufacturing a footwear article comprising providing of a first knitted tubular part comprising at least one fusible portion, at least one sole part, at least one flattening opening of unitary knitted construction with the first knitted tubular part and extending at least in the sole part, and providing one or more functional components, disposing, at least partly, the first tubular part substantially flat using the flattening opening; functionalizing the first knitted tubular part, at least partly, substantially flat with one or more functional components to form a footwear assembly; and transforming the footwear assembly on a preform having the foot shape in an upper, transforming the footwear assembly comprising thermoforming the footwear assembly to follow the foot shape of the preform.

Abstract: A shoe may include an upper and a sole structure. The upper may include a shell and first, second, third, and fourth sets of tensile restraints. Each of the sets may have one or more tensile restraints extending over and/or through a corresponding portion of the shell. The shell may be engaged with the sole structure and define an interior void configured to receive insertion of a user's foot. The first, second, third, and fourth sets of tensile restraints may be configured so that, upon securing of one or more structures to tighten the upper and connect the sets of tensile restraints, two linear axes of tension with anchors located in the forefoot and heel region extend diagonally across the article from one side to the other.

Abstract: A rapid-entry shoe with a rotating tongue having an open configuration for ease of donning or doffing by a foot and also having a closed configuration for retention of the foot.

Abstract: A track and field shoe can include an upper, a sole structure, and a toe plate. The upper includes a medial side portion, a lateral side portion, and a toe box portion. The sole structure is attached to the upper and includes a spike plate. The spike plate has an anterior portion, a posterior portion, and a plurality of spikes. The spikes are configured for penetrating a track surface. The toe plate is attached to an anterior portion of the toe box portion of the upper. One or more portions of the toe plate are exposed from an exterior surface of the upper. The spikes are spaced apart from the toe plate such that the spikes disengage the track surface when the toe plate contacts the track surface.

Abstract: A seat belt buckle for use in vehicles is provided. The seat belt buckle includes a base and a cover removably fixed to the base. The base includes a bottom surface, a pair of sidewalls, and a plate fixed to the bottom surface and extending laterally therefrom. The plate includes an opening having a width of or greater than about 2 inches. The seat belt (webbing) can be fed directly through the opening without the need to fold the webbing inward from its edges. The webbing can also be easily manipulated around and through the opening to avoid snagging or clogging the webbing in the buckle.

Abstract: A printable structure is configured to create a temporary bind as one half of a hook and loop connection with another half of the hook and loop connection. The printable structure includes a substrate, an adhesive layer, and a print-receptive topcoat. The substrate has two opposing surfaces including a fastening surface that is one of a hook fastening surface and a loop fastening surface of the hook and loop connection and including a textured surface that is textured with surface relief in a direction parallel to a direction of thickness of the printable structure. The adhesive layer is coupled to the textured surface of the substrate. The print-receptive topcoat is coupled to the adhesive layer on a side opposite the substrate. The adhesive layer fills in the surface relief such that there are no un-filled gaps beneath the print-receptive topcoat to level the print-receptive topcoat.

Abstract: An insulated garment for covering an upper body of a patient comprising: an article of clothing having a neck opening, a first sleeve opening, a second sleeve opening, a lower opening, wherein a hood is attached to the neck opening and a first and a second resealable clasp are incorporated into the article of clothing distal to the neck opening; a first sleeve having a first end and second end and is attached to the first sleeve opening of the vest at the first end, wherein a third resealable clasp is integrated into the first opening of the first sleeve and the resealable clasp permits the formation of more than one opening; and a second sleeve, wherein a fourth resealable clasp is integrated into the second opening of the second sleeve and the resealable clasp permits the formation of more than one opening.

Abstract: A bijouterie and/or jewelry item, comprises a hollow male part and a hollow female part interacting with each other, in which the male part comprises: a first ornamental part, having a first inner surface and a first outer ornamental surface, a male coupling part, integral with said inner surface and having an outer coupling surface, the female part comprises: a second ornamental part, comprising a second inner surface and a second outer ornamental surface, a female coupling part, integral with said second inner surface and comprising an inner coupling surface shaped to interact with said outer coupling surface.

Abstract: The invention relates to a bijouterie and/or jewelry assembly comprising two items removably attached to one another by an attachment device. This assembly is remarkable in that the attachment device comprises: a first attachment element (13) having a longitudinal axis (21), comprising a locking bolt (23), a second attachment element (15), comprising a locking strike (55), said first and second attachment elements being formed to prevent the relative translation thereof along said longitudinal axis and to allow the relative translation thereof along a transverse axis (29), said bolt being movable between a locked position blocking the relative translation of said first and second attachment elements along said transverse axis, and an unlocked position allowing the relative translation of said first and second attachment elements along said transverse axis.

Abstract: A parasol includes a pole of a tension rod-type between a ceiling surface and a floor surface of a building, a lower hub penetrated by the pole and moves in the vertical direction along the pole, an upper hub fixed to a predetermined position of the pole, ribs joined to the upper hub, struts provided with respect to each rib and connecting the ribs and the lower hub, a handle operation unit for moving the lower hub along the pole, and a sheet between the ribs. The pole is divided into an outer pipe, a ceiling pipe attached to an upper side of the outer pipe, and a lower side pipe attached to a lower side of the outer pipe. The length of the pole in the vertical direction is adjustable while the position of the sheet is maintained at a height within a certain range from the floor surface.

Abstract: The present application discloses a device including a first triangular panel, a second triangular panel, a first side panel coupling the first triangular panel and the second triangular panel at a first common side of the first triangular panel and the second triangular panel, a second side panel coupling the first triangular panel and the second triangular panel at a second common side of the first triangular panel and the second triangular panel, a bottom panel coupling the first triangular panel, the second triangular panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel, and at least one shelf coupled in an interior of the first triangular panel, the second triangular panel, the first side panel, and the second side panel.

Abstract: A modular lunch box 100 is disclosed, comprising a base 102 to receive containers 104 to store food articles and having one or both of heating and cooling devices; and a top lid 106 removably received on base to cover and individually seal the containers. A control module 110 is detachably received through a first aperture 112 in top lid 106 such that control module 110 rests against a step portion of containers 104 for operative coupling with heating and cooling devices to control their temperature. Without control module 110, lunch box 100 is usable as a conventional lunch box. Control module 110 includes a wireless communication module to receive user inputs to configure the lunch box for heating and/or cooling of food article at desired times, to desired temperatures. A battery pack positioned over top lid 106, gets coupled to control module 110 to meet power requirement.

Abstract: An adjustable cooler mounted umbrella system, comprising an insulative container defining an internal cavity for reception of contents. The insulative container has an interior surface and an exterior surface. The exterior surface of said insulative container has at least one interface area. Each interface area defines an adjustable mount receiver with a plurality of horizontal recesses. The system includes an umbrella mounting sleeve rotatably coupled to the mount receiver. The umbrella mounting sleeve is configurable for adjustable angulation of an axis of reception of an umbrella shaft. The system includes a locking pin. The locking pin is configured to slide through an aperture in a flange formed on an external surface of the umbrella mounting sleeve and into an interior surface of a horizontal recess of the plurality of horizontal recesses, thereby securing an angulation of the umbrella mounting sleeve relative to the mount receiver.

Abstract: A hair styling device comprises a hair brush portion and an air mover portion comprising a heating element and a fan. The hair brush portion comprises a hollow brush head. The hollow brush head comprises bristles and apertures to allow air to exit the brush head in the region of the bristles. The brush head comprises at least one baffle arranged within the hollow brush head and extending radially inwardly from an inner wall thereof so as to peel off air from the periphery of the flow through the hollow brush head and direct it through the apertures.

Abstract: Cosmetic applicators, blenders and aids, and more particularly to a resilient blender that includes an open-cell memory foam surface component that is easily cleanable or disposable in combination with a resilient core component. Further, the core component of the system includes a spring structure for greatly accelerating the rebound of the blender surface from a compressed state to a repose memory or de-compressed state.

Abstract: A server can be connected to a dispenser configured to dispense a dispensed material. The server includes a retrieving module configured to retrieve skin information on a user's skin condition, a determination module configured to determine recipe information for the dispensed material with reference to the skin condition indicated by the skin information, a transmission module configured to transmit the recipe information to the dispenser to cause the dispenser to dispense the dispensed material in accordance with the recipe information, and an arrangement module configured to arrange for the provision of an additional cartridge to the user of the dispenser if the remaining amount of the dispensed material remaining in the cartridge of the dispenser is less than a predetermined threshold.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a cosmetic ink application device which functions by producing a region as an alignment marker on human skin and detecting the region to align an applicator with the skin, and a method thereof.

Abstract: A device for applying a liquid material to hair and detangling the hair is disclosed. The device comprises a main body having a first body and a second body. The first body connects to the second body forming a cavity. The first body comprises a plate receiving section forming an opening to the cavity. The second body comprises slots. The first body comprises a plate at the plate receiving section. The device comprises bristles connecting the second body in alignment with the slots. The plate demounts from the first body and allows for filling of a liquid material into the cavity. The plate mounts to the first body sealing the first body. The liquid material flows through the bristles for moisturizing hair. Further, the bristles detangle the hair.

Abstract: A wiper for an applicator of a liquid or pasty product, including an attaching part configured to attach the wiper to the opening of a container able to contain the product, and a tubular wiping sleeve connected to the attaching part, in which the wiping sleeve is more flexible than the attaching part, and the end of the wiping sleeve opposite the attaching part forms an annular lip, the lip defining an orifice chamfered with respect to a direction of withdrawal (X) of the applicator through the wiper.

Abstract: A device for discharging a substance has a device housing equipped with a movable support in order to act on the substance, and a rotary handle for moving the support between a lower starting position and an upper extended position of the support. The rotary handle forms a spindle part together with a spindle. The spindle part passes through a housing base, and is locked to the housing base and is sealed. A locking protrusion engages into a locking recess of the spindle part, and a seal protrusion sealingly rests against a circumferential surface of the spindle part. The locking recess of the spindle part is formed axially below the circumferential surface which interacts with the seal protrusion. The seal protrusion is formed on a sleeve section of the device housing, and a sleeve section seal edge is sealingly surrounded by the spindle part in a U-shaped manner.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for identifying ingredients or compositions, based on green chemistry performance, comprising the steps of: (a) identifying a cosmetic ingredient or a cosmetic composition; (b) calculating each of; (b1) a Green Chemistry Performance Score; (b2) a Binary Score; and (b3) a Certainty Score; and (c) selecting the cosmetic ingredient or the cosmetic composition having an aggregate score above the category average.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure of a pack article that includes an internal space configured to receive a weighted exercise plate, a lumbar support member, and sternum strap for improving stability during use.