Abstract: A vaporizer includes: an electrically conductive base; an ejector pin disposed on the electrically conductive base in an insulated manner; and an anti-counterfeiting module electrically connected to the electrically conductive base and the ejector pin, respectively. In an embodiment, the anti-counterfeiting module is disposed in the electrically conductive base. A through hole is provided on the anti-counterfeiting module. The ejector pin penetrates into the through hole.

Abstract: An aerosol generating device has an air inlet and liquid blocking structure, and an atomizer. The air inlet and liquid blocking member includes an air intake pipe and at least two groups of liquid blocking rib assemblies. The air intake pipe includes an opening end, a closed end, and an outer peripheral wall, the opening end is provided with an air inlet, the outer peripheral wall defines an air guiding hole. The liquid blocking rib assemblies are arranged at intervals along the axial direction of the intake pipe. Each group of liquid blocking rib assemblies includes at least one liquid blocking section protruding radially along the intake pipe and arranged along a circumferential direction. One or more dripping port O are defined between the liquid blocking sections located on the same circumference.

Abstract: Provided are a vaporization core for an e-cigarette, a cartridge for an e-cigarette, and an e-cigarette. The vaporization core includes: a liquid guide body, at least a part of a first side surface thereof forms a liquid absorbing region, at least a part of a second side surface thereof forms a vaporization region, the liquid guide body includes a liquid storage portion that is a part of the liquid guide body between the second side surface and a position obtained by translating the second side surface to the first side surface by 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm, a liquid storage amount of the liquid storage portion is Q1, and quality of vaporization liquid vaporized by the vaporization core in one inhalation cycle is defined as a single-inhalation vaporization amount T1, where T1?Q1?3T1; and a heating body arranged at the vaporization region of the second side surface.

Abstract: An electronic vapor provision system can include a vaporizer for generating vapor for inhalation by a user of the electronic vapor provision system; an electrical power supply for supplying power to the vaporizer; a user input unit for detecting a manual user actuation; and a control unit configured to control an amount of the vapor generated by the vaporizer in proportion to a level of manual user actuation detected by the user input unit during vapor generation, such that an increase in the level of actuation gives an increased amount of the vapor and a decrease in the level of actuation gives a decreased amount of the vapor, and such that the amount of the vapor is generated according to the level of actuation at a time of actuation.

Abstract: A method of control for an aerosol delivery device can include measuring airflow during a plurality of inhalations of a user of the aerosol delivery device; and modelling one or more inhalation airflow profiles of the user based upon the measurements.

Abstract: An aerosol generation method of a tobacco heating apparatus.

Abstract: A power supply unit for an inhalation device configured to generate aerosol added with a flavor component is provided. The power supply unit includes a power supply, a power supplier configured to supply electric power from the power supply to the heater, a notification unit, and a control unit configured to control the power supplier and the notification unit. The control unit controls the power supplier in accordance with a predetermined control sequence, and controls the notification unit to make a notification of at least one timing including a timing at which an amount of the flavor component contained in the aerosol becomes a predetermined amount during an inhalation enable period determined by the control sequence.

Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.

Abstract: A user-replaceable e-liquid reservoir for dispensing e-liquid, the reservoir being inserted into, or otherwise attached to, a portable, personal e-cigarette device and engaging with an electrical or electronic pump fluid transfer system in the device, the device including: an electrical or electronic pump, being configured to transfer e-liquid from the e-liquid reservoir to an atomizing unit in the device, the pump delivering a pre-defined or variable quantity of e-liquid from the reservoir; and in which the reservoir is not user-refillable.

Abstract: The embodiments disclose a cessation mobile app including a user self-assessment module coupled to the cessation mobile app configured to collect user data, a vital signs module wirelessly coupled to the cessation mobile app configured to monitor and collect vital signs data from a user, at least one virtual cessation intervention game coupled to the cessation mobile app configured to provide the user with a mental health tool of smoking trigger responses, an analyzer module coupled to the cessation mobile app configured to analyze the user data and vital signs data to determine user smoking trigger conditions from the analyzed data, and a cessation regression alert module coupled to the cessation mobile app configured to use the analyzed data determinations to create and transmit alerts to the user the predetermined trigger conditions.

Abstract: The embodiments disclose a cessation mobile app including a user self-assessment module coupled to the cessation mobile app configured to collect user data, a vital signs module wirelessly coupled to the cessation mobile app configured to monitor and collect vital signs data from a user, a cessation companion diagnostic module coupled to the cessation mobile app configured to collect and monitor cessation intervention products data, and an analyzer module coupled to the cessation mobile app configured to analyze the user data, vital signs data, and cessation intervention products data to provide customized suggestions to the user on the cessation intervention products best suited for the user.

Abstract: Novel tools and techniques are provided for implementing a bib, and, in particular embodiments, to methods, systems, and apparatuses for implementing a bib configured to attach to a shoulder region of a user. In various embodiments, a bib might include a body comprising a partial opening configured to fit under a chin of a user; a first attachment end connected to the body on a first side of the partial opening; a second attachment end connected to the body on a second side opposite the first side of the partial opening; a first fastener attached to the first attachment end and configured to attach to a first shoulder region of a garment of the user; and a second fastener attached to the second attachment end and configured to attach to a second shoulder region opposite the first shoulder region of the garment of the user.

Abstract: A skid-resistant elastic waist shaping belt includes: an elastic belt, which has a shape of a long sheet; a fixing portion, which is provided at one end of the elastic belt and has a width greater than a width of the elastic belt; a first connection element, which is provided at another end of the elastic belt; and a second connection element, which is provided at a position of the elastic belt close to the first connection element. An inner surface of the fixing portion is attached to a human body; the elastic belt is wound for multiple turns along a same circumference from a position connecting to the fixing portion; and the first connection element and the second connection element are connected to bind the waist shaping belt at a waist-abdomen part of the human body.

Abstract: Provided is an adaptive strap for brassieres having at least one adaptive material layer (10) having a first strength modulus x during static loading and a second strength modulus of at least 2× during dynamic loading of at least approximately 3 Hz oscillation. The adaptive layer (10) is sandwiched between two or more elastic fabric layers (20). The adaptive strap is extendable up to 100% of its initial length during low wearer activity but is extendable not more than 50% during vigorous wearer activity, providing support during exercise and comfort during daily use. In one aspect the adaptive material is a reaction product formed by reacting a silanol terminated polydimethylsiloxane, polymer matrix, boric acid and optional fillers. The adaptive material (10) is cured in situ within the elastic fabric layers (20).

Abstract: A user worn attachment device for engaging handle straps of bags to allow for hands free carrying of the bags includes a vest, which can be donned by a user. A plurality of hooks is attached to the vest, with each hook being selectively attachable to one or more handle straps of a bag. The bag and its contents thus are attached to the vest and carriable by the user without using their hands.

Abstract: A protective headgear includes two air chambers connected through a fan. Each air chamber has a fabric filter with a large surface area. A frame with a fan compartment and headband engages a person's head and forms a boundary to air flow around the head between the two air chambers. Air flows between the two air chambers primarily through the fan. One air chamber is formed above the head and is at lower pressure than air outside the headgear. Another air chamber is formed around the face and is at higher pressure than air outside the headgear. The fan draws air through a fabric filter to provide filtered air into the air chamber around the face, providing breathing volume and positive pressure protection. Exhaled air dissipates out of the headgear through a fabric filter forming part of the air chamber around the face.

Abstract: A fabric with cool feeling function and related cloth clothing items and method and systems. The fabric comprising a first fabric layer and a second fabric layer and related method of making are disclosed, wherein the first fabric layer is formed by interweaving hygroscopic yarn materials, and the second fabric layer is formed by interweaving thermally conductive yarn materials; the first fabric layer and the second fabric layer are connected through knotting spots formed by interweaving the hygroscopic first fabric layer and the thermally conductive second fabric layer. A layered structure weaving method and resulting structure of the fabric results in an interaction between the hygroscopic yarn materials and the thermally conductive yarn materials which continuously produces cool feeling effects.

Abstract: Described is a body armour for women. The body armour has a plate with preformed breast and sternum portions which conform to the breasts and sternum of a female body. At least part of the plate is made from a pliable material that moulds to the shape of a user's body and absorbs impact energy from an object.

Abstract: Methods for the treatment of textiles used for facial masks assure for the inactivation of viruses captured by the textile. The aerosol droplets are absorbed by the textile, and any viruses in the water droplets react with a virucidal substance. The surface of textile fibers is first exposed to gaseous plasma to assure appropriate wettability. The textile is then soaked in a diluted water solution of a virucidal substance. The excessive water solution is optionally removed by draining, and the drained textile is then dried. The methods enable uniform coating of the textile fibers with an extremely thin film of virucidal substance. A typical concentration of the virucidal substance in the textiles treated according to the methods of the aspects of disclosed embodiments is about 10 g/kg. Such a small concentration is benign to humans but effectively inactivates the viruses that might be captured by the textile.

Abstract: A glove includes a capacitive sensor, and conductive threads are woven into a fabric of the glove, the conductive threads serving as the capacitive sensor configured to detect, on the basis of a change in capacitance between the conductive threads adjacent to each other, a change in pressure applied to an area into which the conductive threads are woven.

Abstract: A sports glove for being worn by a hand of a user may include a backhand panel and a palm panel joined to the backhand panel to form a palm cavity therebetween. The palm cavity extends from a base portion to a knuckle portion. The sports glove may further include a wrist sleeve extending from the base portion of the palm cavity and a wrist strap to wrap about the wrist sleeve. The wrist strap includes a pocket, wherein a protective panel is located within the pocket.

Abstract: A glove including a wrist region; a palm region extending outwardly from the wrist region; a plurality of digit regions extending outwardly from the palm region, wherein each digit region of the plurality of digit regions has a longitudinal axis extending along the digit region from the tip of the digit region to the palm region; an interior cavity bounded and defined by the wrist region, the palm region, and the plurality of digit regions, wherein the interior cavity is accessible via an opening defined by the wrist region. At least one gripping zone is provided on at least one digit region of the plurality of digit regions. The at least one gripping zone is oriented orthogonally to the longitudinal axis of the at least one digit region and extends for less than half of the circumference of the digit region.

Abstract: A glove including a wrist region; a palm region extending outwardly from the wrist region; a plurality of digit regions extending outwardly from the palm region, wherein each digit region of the plurality of digit regions has a longitudinal axis extending along the digit region from the tip of the digit region to the palm region; an interior cavity bounded and defined by the wrist region, the palm region, and the plurality of digit regions, wherein the interior cavity is accessible via an opening defined by the wrist region. At least one gripping zone is provided on at least one digit region of the plurality of digit regions. The at least one gripping zone is oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the at least one digit region.

Abstract: A glove including a wrist region; a palm region extending outwardly from the wrist region; a plurality of digit regions extending outwardly from the palm region, wherein each digit region of the plurality of digit regions has a longitudinal axis extending along the digit region from the tip of the digit region to the palm region; an interior cavity bounded and defined by the wrist region, the palm region, and the plurality of digit regions, wherein the interior cavity is accessible via an opening defined by the wrist region. A crotch area is provided between adjacent digit regions. At least one gripping zone is provided on at least one digit region. The gripping zone is oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the at least one digit region. An exterior surface of at least one crotch area and at least one gripping zone is textured, particularly by micro-etching.

Abstract: A sleeve cuff is provided for a sleeve having an anterior patch affixed to the sleeve and covering at least a portion of a cutout in the sleeve, a distal strap affixed to the sleeve and spanning over at least a portion of a cutout in the sleeve, and the distal strap overlapping at least a portion of the anterior patch to form an aperture for receiving a thumb therethrough. The sleeve cuff has a plurality of configurations, including at least a closed configuration where the aperture is closed and minimizes the wearer's exposure to wind and air elements therethrough, and an opened configuration where the aperture is opened and minimizes the air penetration around the received thumb.

Abstract: A bonding device comprises a body, a cloth guiding-and-heating device, a roll-pressing device, a plate-pressing device, a hot air device, and a tape-delivering device. The cloth guiding-and-heating device, the roll-pressing device, the plate-pressing device, and the tape-delivering device are disposed on the body. The cloth guiding-and-heating device comprises a cloth guiding seat comprising a first cloth guiding groove having a first opening, a material guiding groove, and a second cloth guiding groove having a second opening. The first opening and the second opening face away from each other. The material guiding groove is configured to guide a tape. The cloth guiding seat is disposed with two blowing pipes in communication with the hot air device. The roll-pressing device is configured for roll-pressing and bonding clothes and the tape, and the plate-pressing device is configured for plate-pressing and bonding the clothes and the tape.

Abstract: A headwear device is provided for the comfortable and secure positioning of a hat on the head of an animal, such as a dog. The device features a body having an interior adapted to engage the head of the animal with side portions having openings therein adapted for encircling the ears of the animal during wearing of the headwear. A position-adjustable fastener adapted for locating under the chin of the animal, is slidably engageable with both of two straps connected to opposing sides of the hat body. A slide adjuster on both of the first and second straps may be employed to cinch both straps and tighten the engagement on the head of the animal.

Abstract: A detachable hood for a jacket can include a top dome portion, a back portion connected to the top dome portion, and a first side portion connected to the top dome portion and the back portion. In addition, the detachable hood can include a second side portion opposing the first side portion, the second side portion connected to the top dome portion and the back portion. Further, the detachable hood can include a collar extending from each of the first side portion and the second side portion, where the collar includes a magnetic connector.

Abstract: A modular vision system, particularly for helmets and the like, which comprises a central portion adapted to support a video camera, a rear portion adapted to be coupled to a first end of the central portion and to support an electronic unit, and a front portion) adapted to be coupled to a second end of the central portion, the central portion and the rear portion being configured to conform to a profile of a shell of a helmet.

Abstract: A helmet comprises a protective shell, an energy absorbing layer defining an inner surface of the helmet and a shear component. The shear component extends over one or more areas of the inner surface of the helmet and has an outer surface removably coupled to the inner surface of the helmet. The shear component has a distal inner surface configured to contact a wearer's head, or to support and retain a separate comfort pad configured to contact the wearer's head. In response to an oblique impact to the helmet, the shear component undergoes internal shear to allow displacement between the helmet and the wearer's head.

Abstract: A cycling helmet includes an outer shell and a closed cell foam layer adjacent to the outer shell. The cycling helmet also includes an inner liner adjacent to the closed cell foam layer. The cycling helmet further includes an insert of energy absorbing material adjacent to the inner liner. The insert is configured to move in multiple directions in response to an impact to the cycling helmet.

Abstract: An impact attenuation lattice structure includes a plurality of unit cells. Each of the plurality of unit cells has a horizontal plane, a central axis, and a plurality of struts that form a plurality of sidewall frames. Each of the plurality of sidewall frames are angled relative to the central axis and the horizontal plane is perpendicular to the central axis. The plurality of unit cells are connected to one another to form a lattice structure. A first unit cell of the plurality of unit cells share one sidewall frame of the plurality of sidewall frames with a second unit cell of the plurality of unit cells adjacent to the first unit cell. The second unit cell is in an inverted position about the horizontal plane compared to the first unit cell.

Abstract: Footwear includes a capacitive sensor, and conductive threads are woven into a fabric of the footwear, the conductive threads serving as the capacitive sensor configured to detect, on the basis of a change in capacitance between the conductive threads adjacent to each other, a change in pressure applied to an area into which the conductive threads are woven.

Abstract: A sole structure of a shoe includes a rearfoot-side concave-shaped portion including a vertex region in a bottom surface of the sole in a rearfoot region. The vertex region is positioned at a highest position within the bottom surface of the sole in the rearfoot region and configured to be positioned at a position corresponding to a center of a heel of a wearer such that center of pressure of the wearer overlaps with the center of the heel.

Abstract: Various embodiments are directed to an outsole for a footwear article. In various embodiments, the outsole comprises a forefoot outsole portion defining a forefoot portion bottom surface configured for contact with a ground surface; a heel outsole portion defining a heel portion bottom surface configured for contact with the ground surface; a bridging portion defined between the forefoot outsole portion and the heel outsole portion, the bridging portion having a recessed configuration relative to the forefoot outsole portion and the heel outsole portion such that the bridging portion defines a bridging portion cavity that extends between the forefoot outsole portion and the heel outsole portion; and an arc-shaped bridge that extends along the bridging portion and is configured to be disposed out of an adjacent bridging portion surface of the bridging portion such that the arc-shaped bridge is defined by a bridge height protruding from the adjacent bridging portion surface.

Abstract: A sole includes a midsole and an outsole. The midsole includes a midsole body and a plate. The plate includes an MP portion through hole and a rear edge having a shape extending gradually frontward in the foot length direction, toward a medial foot side. The midsole body includes a reinforced region overlapping the plate in the thickness direction and being reinforced by the plate, and a non-overlapping region that is formed to be located adjacent to at least one of a medial foot side and a lateral foot side of the reinforced region in the foot width direction, and does not overlap the plate in the thickness direction.

Abstract: Footwear for healthcare operators includes a sole having an upper portion configured to come into contact with a foot of a healthcare operator, and a lower portion designed to come into contact with a floor. The lower portion of the sole has a first, substantially planar rotation zone positioned to remain at the forefoot of the operator upon wearing the footwear, so as to facilitate a rotation of the footwear around the rotation zone.

Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear comprises a midsole system with a plurality of cushioning units, each having multiple cushioning layers configured to work together as a system to absorb a compressive load, such as a dynamic compressive load due to impact with the ground, in stages of progressive cushioning according to the relative stiffness values of the layers. Various midsole systems disclosed include isolated cushioning units, linked cushioning units, sole layers having stanchions interfacing with the midsole system, midsole systems with sole layers having keyed and unkeyed portions overlying a bladder, and midsole systems with vertically-stacked cushioning units disposed in inverted relationship to one another.

Abstract: An electronically controlled bladder assembly includes an adjustable pressure bladder and a reservoir connected by an electronically controlled valve. The electronically controlled valve is operated in a manner that inflates the adjustable bladder when the current pressure is below a target pressure and in a manner that deflates the adjustable bladder when the current pressure is above the target pressure. The system and process described herein allows the bladder pressure to be iteratively increased toward and decreased toward the target pressure.

Abstract: Boot shafts can be designed for comfort by providing expansion in the shaft of a boot. Portions of a shaft can be replaced, augmented, or associated with a more deformable and elastically resilient material or materials. When effectively associated or integrated, the elastic material can allow for temporary expansion of the shaft to ease passage of the heel and foot through the shaft and into the shoe box. A long thin resilient feature can provide expansion and ease of passage of a foot down the boot shaft while also potentially minimizing conspicuous departure from conventional stylings. Such features can also be physically obscured with straps (which may rotate, for example). Such features may be curved or angled to visually in fit with and even be camouflaged by surrounding decorative ornamentation on the shaft of such a boot.

Abstract: A closure system for a shoe includes a single shoelace which can be secured and tightened through the use of one hand. The shoe includes a button around which the shoelace is wrapped to facilitate easy removal of the shoe. In one embodiment one end of the shoelace is secured under the upper of the shoe near the toe and a second end of the shoelace is secured in a slider that is slidably mounted on the rear of the shoe to provide micro-adjustments of the tightness of the shoe. Alternatively, the shoe includes a strip of piping around the rear of the shoe and a slider in which the second end of the shoelace is secured slides along the piping when the user wants to make micro-adjustments. The adjustment of the tightness of the shoe can also be made by sliding a barrel that is located over the top of the tongue.

Abstract: A method for providing a user interface for HTML SAP applications includes identifying, by a user device and among network traffic generated for at least an SAP application, representational state transfer application programming interface (REST API) calls sent to a server. The method further includes identifying, by the user device, user-filled keys in the identified REST API calls. The method further includes displaying, by a user interface on the user device, the user-filled keys. The method further includes receiving user input for the user-filled keys on the user interface. The method further includes updating the REST API calls based on the received user input and executing the updated REST API calls. The method further includes displaying responses to the REST API calls from the server on the user interface.

Abstract: An article of footwear may include a motorized tensioning system including a tensile member and a motorized tightening device attached to an outer surface of the article of footwear, the tightening device configured to apply tension in the tensile member to adjust the size of an internal void defined by the article of footwear. The article of footwear may also include a tightening device cover configured to be removably attached to the article of footwear over the tightening device.

Abstract: A fastening device includes a case, a spool, a plurality of ratchet teeth, an incremental releasing set and a knob. The incremental releasing set includes a ratchet arm and an operated portion, the ratchet arm is selectively engaged with at least one of the ratchet teeth, and the operated portion is linked with the ratchet arm. The knob is disposed at the case. The ratchet arm is engaged with at least one of the ratchet teeth to prohibit the spool from rotating in a releasing direction, and as the knob is rotated in a tightening direction, the ratchet arm is disengaged from at least one of the ratchet teeth to allow the spool to tighten the lace; as the operated portion is operated, the ratchet arm is disengaged from at least one of the ratchet teeth, such that allows the lace to be incrementally released.

Abstract: Reel devices, systems, and related methods are disclosed. The reel devices are modular and include an automatic shift assembly that shifts to provide a mechanical advantage when used to tighten a cord. For instance, the reel devices are configured to provide a first drive ratio and automatically transition to a second drive ratio in response to a torque force. The reel devices include a drive assembly and a shift assembly. The drive assembly includes a cycloidal gear.

Abstract: An article of footwear, such as a shoe or boot, includes a sole, an upper, and one or more guides that are coupled or attached with the upper. The one or more guides are configured and arranged to route or direct a tension member along a path about the footwear. The footwear also includes a panel having a fixed end that is attached to a first side of the upper and a free end that is positioned opposite the fixed end. The panel extends from the first side of the upper toward a second side of the upper. The panel is positionable over at least one guide of the one or more guides to cover and conceal the at least one guide from external view.

Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including a tapered shaft having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end is distal from the second end, where a diameter of the first end is smaller than a diameter of the second end; a fixed footwear holder secured to the first end of the tapered shaft; a fixed charm mount secured to the second end of the tapered shaft; a floating washer disposed about the tapered shaft, where an aperture of the floating washer has an inner diameter that is greater than the diameter of the first end and less than the diameter of the second end; and where the fixed charm mount is configured to securely fasten a charm; and where a length of the tapered shaft is greater than a maximum distance between the floating washer and the fixed footwear holder.

Abstract: A polyester woven-fabric hook-and-loop fastener has a warp yarn thickness Tb which is 0.94 times or less of a warp yarn thickness Ts. A selvage area having a constant width is present on two opposite ends, continuously in a line form in the warp direction, without misalignment in the weft direction. As a result, when the polyester woven-fabric hook-and-loop fastener is sewn onto a garment or the like, a sewing thread sewn to the selvage area is in a straight line without meandering, and thus a sewn product excellent in appearance can be obtained.

Abstract: Provided is a slider for a reverse opening-type slide fastener, which can reduce a catch when a lower slider of the reverse opening-type slide fastener starts to be pulled upward from its lower end position. The separable bottom end stop for a reverse opening-type slide fastener according to the present invention, in which left and right element rows (12) of left and right fastener stringers (10) can be opened from an upper end and a lower end, the slide fastener (100) comprising: a lower slider (30) for opening the left and right element rows (12) from the lower end, the lower slider (30) including a locking claw (40), which is elastically biased to a protruded position protruding into an element guide path (34) of the lower slider (30); an insert pin (50) connected to a lower end of one of the left and right element rows (12); and a box pin (60) connected to a lower end of the other of the left and right element rows (12).

Abstract: A wristlet including a first row with at least one central link, a second row and a third row disposed respectively on either side of the first row and each including at least one lateral link, a connecting rod positioned in the three aligned holes of the first, second and third rows. The lateral link is hollow and includes in its hollow an insert delimited by two external lateral walls, the connecting rod including at each end a first banking and a second banking respectively bearing on a portion of the external lateral wall when the lateral link pivots about the connecting rod so as to limit the amplitude of rotation of the central link about the connecting rod.