Putting-on Accessories Patents (Class 2/101)
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Patent number: 11470891Abstract: Long sleeve exercise apparel with weight lifting wrist wraps/lifting straps attached at the cuffs of the sweatshirt sleeves. The invention is the ultimate lifting sweatshirt. It is a sweatshirt that is used as a training aide to force users to sweat more and lose more weight, all while providing wrist support and aiding in allowing the user to lift more than usual by enhancing ones grip.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Inventors: Colleen Amrhein, Timothy John Amrhein
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Patent number: 11344069Abstract: Apparatus are described herein for providing a garment (e.g. a bra) that can be used by a wearer during extraction of breast milk using a breast pump. In some embodiments, a garment can include an inner panel that defines one or more openings and an outer panel that can cover the openings. Each of the openings can receive a portion of a breast pump, and the inner panel can provide support to the breast pump during milk extraction. The outer panel can be removably coupled to the inner panel with a clasp such that the outer panel can be at least partially removed from the inner panel to gain access to the opening(s). In some embodiments, the inner panel can be removably coupled to another portion of the garment such that the inner panel can be partially removed and/or fully removed from the remaining portions of the garment.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: May 31, 2022Assignee: Simple Wishes LLCInventor: Joy Kosak
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Patent number: 10905173Abstract: Apparatus are described herein for providing a garment (e.g. a bra) that can be used by a wearer during extraction of breast milk using a breast pump, and/or during breast feeding. In some embodiments, a garment can include a support strap having an adjustable portion, a shoulder strap, and a back panel. The support strap can be coupled to the shoulder strap via an engagement mechanism. The adjustable portion of the support strap can be configured to be adjusted relative to the engagement mechanism to change a length of the support strap between the engagement mechanism and the back panel so that the support strap can be disposed over a flange of a breast pump to hold the flange against the breast of a user. An outer panel can be coupled to the back panel and the engagement mechanism. In another embodiment, an inner panel can be removably coupled to the inner panel and the engagement mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Inventors: Joy Kosak, Debra Abbaszadeh
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Patent number: 8955165Abstract: A clothing article surrounds a wearer's upper torso. The article includes connected front portion, a collar. A sleeve is formed in the front portion. A jacket, and coat with an attachable/detachable scarf will be folded and stored in the inter portion of the front side of the collar area with elastic at each end and Velcro onto the inner portion of your collar, therefore eliminating the lost of them by any consumers, and especially children. A sleeve like collar attached to the coat and jacket for storing a scarf and making it easily deployable while in use.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: The United States of America as Represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationInventor: Robert Romero
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Patent number: 8505114Abstract: A garment attachable retention system for securing a device, such as game call, dog whistle, training device, protection devices, sharpeners, clippers, lights, work tools, other electronic devices, other hunting or fishing devices, and etc. to a garment in a retractable manner. The retention system generally includes a garment, a substantially sealed first pocket secured to the garment, a retracting mechanism positioned within the first pocket and having an elongated member retractably connected thereto, and a device connected to the elongated member and adapted to retractably extend from the retracting mechanism via the elongated member. The first pocket may be located along an exterior surface of an interior surface of the garment. Various types of garments may be utilized, such as a coat, vest, pants, waders, suspenders, hat, cap, shirt, face masks, gloves, etc. In addition, a heating pad may be utilized to keep the device warm during non use.Type: GrantFiled: February 16, 2010Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Inventor: Austin Earley
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Patent number: 8291514Abstract: A protective garment (10) is provided for use by a firefighter or other emergency worker. The garment includes a torso covering portion (20, 50), a belt (24, 54) having a length extending around the torso covering portion, an attachment (25, 56) between the belt and the torso covering portion to limit relative movement of the belt along the length of the belt relative to the torso covering portion, and a belt receiving tunnel (28, 58) on the torso covering portion, the tunnel including a wall portion (40) that is movable between a closed position enclosing the belt in the tunnel and an open position allowing access to the attachment.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2008Date of Patent: October 23, 2012Assignee: Morning Pride Manufacturing, L.L.C.Inventors: Patricia K. Waters, Mary I. Grilliot, William L. Grilliot, William L. Grilliot, Jr.
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Patent number: 7464075Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for efficiently computing personalized rankings of web pages or other interconnected objects. The personalized rankings are produced by efficiently computing an approximation matrix to an ideal personalized page ranking matrix. The methods and systems provided herein can be used to produce search results with particular relevance to an individual searcher.Type: GrantFiled: January 5, 2004Date of Patent: December 9, 2008Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Frank David McSherry, Demetrios Achlioptas
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Publication number: 20080178365Abstract: An upper garment has a torso section and a pair of sleeves connected to the torso section. The torso section is provided at a lower end with an inner tail section and an outer tail section. The inner tail section can be tucked into a lower garment to maintain core warmth, while the outer tail section hangs freely for a desired fashion appearance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2007Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventors: Brandt Furgerson, Patricia Nilsen, Marirose Charbonneau
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Patent number: 7240404Abstract: A fastening system for objects, such as pockets, that can be attached to an item of clothing in various positions includes a mechanism with an interlocking action for objects, e.g. pockets and a buckle located on the object to be fastened to the item of clothing, below the upper fastening region of each fastening strap. The lower section of the contact surface of the object to be fastened to the item of clothing is provided with one or more pocket loops arranged next to one another, their number corresponding to the number of fastening straps that are situated on the object. The free end of the fastening strap(s) that is/are situated on the object is equipped with a respective gripper element including a hook, the element being used to secure the fastening strap(s) to a clothing loop lying below the pocket loop.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2004Date of Patent: July 10, 2007Inventor: Uwe Flössner
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Patent number: 6772166Abstract: A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for performing data mining applications in a relational database management system. An analytic algorithm for clustering is performed by the computer. The analytic algorithm for clustering includes SQL statements performed by the relational database management system for reducing data retrieved from the relational database in bulk, and programmatic iteration for operating on the reduced data to find clusters therein. The analytic algorithm for clustering creates at least one analytic model within the analytic logical data model from data residing in the relational database.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 1999Date of Patent: August 3, 2004Assignee: NCR CorporationInventor: James Dean Hildreth
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Patent number: 6748388Abstract: The present invention provides a method and mechanism to store and manage self-descriptive heterogeneous data in a database system. In one embodiment, a generic datatype is defined which encapsulate type descriptions along with the actual data itself. Another generic datatype is defined to encapsulate structural information for new datatypes. By using these generic datatypes to encapsulate heterogeneous data, the database system can be made aware of the exact structure and format of the heterogeneous data. This permits users and the database system to store, manage, and access the heterogeneous data like known datatypes in the system. Other objects, advantages, and features of the invention are described in the Drawings, Claims, and Detailed Description.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2001Date of Patent: June 8, 2004Assignee: Oracle International CorporationInventors: Ravikanth Kasamsetty, Ravi Murthy, Rajagopalan Govindarajan
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Patent number: 6378134Abstract: An elastically stretchable sheet used, for example, as stock material for front and rear waist regions includes an elastically stretchable first sheet, a third sheet longer than said first sheet and bonded to said first sheet so as to form pleats, and a second sheet longer than said first and third sheets and bonded directly or indirectly to said first sheet so as to form pleats.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2001Date of Patent: April 30, 2002Assignee: UNI-CHARM CorporationInventor: Hiroki Goda
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Patent number: 6192360Abstract: A text classifier and building the text classifier by determining appropriate parameters for the text classifier.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 1998Date of Patent: February 20, 2001Assignee: Microsoft CorporationInventors: Susan T. Dumais, David Heckerman, Eric Horvitz, John Carlton Platt, Mehran Sahami
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Patent number: 5624296Abstract: In order to facilitate the handling of items of clothing having an arrangement for connecting and separating two coupling elements (2, 5), a pocket (7) or bridge which serves to receive the tip of the thumb (8) or of a finger of the wearer is assigned to at least in each case one coupling element (5). With the aid of the thumb tip inserted into the pocket (7), the coupling elements (2, 5) can be easily separated and also connected again.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 1995Date of Patent: April 29, 1997Assignee: Anita International Dr. Helbig GmbH. & Co. KGInventor: Georg Weber-Unger
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Patent number: 5474487Abstract: A support for a brassiere shoulder strap has an elongate bridge plate of desired rigidity with a curvature sized and shaped to form-fit on a woman's shoulder beneath a brassiere strap between an area proximate the clavicle bone in the front and a position proximate a downward-curving rear portion of the shoulder. A bottom surface of the bridge plate is provided with walls, at least two of which are recessed, surrounding a cushion receptacle into which a cushion pad can be inserted and held in cushioning relationship between the bridge plate and the woman's shoulder. The cushion pad can be attached to and detached from the bridge plate conveniently and easily for cleaning, servicing and replacement. The elongate bridge plate can be shaped variously, preferably having a generally elliptical form. Each shoulder strap of a brassiere is positioned on top of a bridge plate and extended down through a T-shaped strap-attachment bay and onto a shoulder of the woman forwardly and rearwardly.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 1994Date of Patent: December 12, 1995Inventors: Warren H. Roush, Anne F. Roush
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Patent number: 5308278Abstract: The present invention relates to a bra strap retainer that is in the form of an elongated flexible string-like retainer that is adapted to be attached to the shoulder portion of an upper garment or to an upper garment accessory such as a shoulder pad. In a fully attached mode the string-like brassiere strap retainer forms a closed loop and the brassiere strap is threaded through the formed loop and is securely confined within that loop assuring that the bra strap does not fall down the sleeve of the subject wearing the same.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 1992Date of Patent: May 3, 1994Inventor: Lindy W. Huang
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Patent number: 5222258Abstract: An improved medical garment is provided which consists of a flexible fabric shell for enveloping a portion of a body and two limbs of a patient. The flexible fabric shell has a first overlapping openable seam on the front covering the portion of the body, a second overlapping openable seam on a first side covering the first limb and a third overlapping openable seam on a second side covering the second limb. A first structure is for releasably fastening the first overlapping openable seam, so that the flexible fabric shell can be put on and taken off the body of the patient. A second structure is for releasably fastening the second overlapping openable seam for a quick easy access to the first limb. A third structure is for releasably fastening the third overlapping openable seam for a quick easy access to the second limb.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 1992Date of Patent: June 29, 1993Inventors: Joanne Mucci, George Spector
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Patent number: 5149293Abstract: A brassiere accessory comprises two elongated bands that can be fastened together at one end and is threaded through a grip means at the other end, said grip means having two slot openings for passage therethrough of a shoulder strap of a brassiere, and serrated edges opposite said slot openings for gripping said shoulder straps, and an arcuate opening through which an elongated band is threaded. The elongated bands can be fitted with length adjusting means.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 1991Date of Patent: September 22, 1992Inventor: Lisa Gable
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Patent number: 5032104Abstract: A brassiere for handicapped people provides detachable and adjustable fabric fastening pads to temporarily hold the two halves together, and finger loops for those who cannot grip. The brassiere has a front opening with an overlapping portion joined to one brassiere cup which overlaps an underlapping portion joined to the other cup. Detachable and adjustable fabric fastening pads or the like are provided on the underside of the overlapping portion to engage with one or more corresponding support pads on the top surface of the underlapping portion. Fabric loops for fingers are provided attached to the overlapping and underlapping portions to avoid a person having to grip the edges of the two portions.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 1990Date of Patent: July 16, 1991Inventor: Francine J. Rainville
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Patent number: 4947489Abstract: A shirt-type garment, for example for an infant, has first and second female fasteners mounted thereto spaced apart on the side of the garment above the lower edge and a third female fastener located, generally centrally, on a center line above and between the first and second female fasteners. A T-shaped element has a strip carrying fourth and fifth male fasteners for detachable engagement with the first and second fasteners, and a stem depending therefrom constructed of an adjustable elastic strip which carries a sixth male fastener at its distal end. The elastic strip extends through the leg opening of the diaper worn by the person, is folded back upon itself, and the sixth male fastener is detachably engaged with the third female fastener for urging the garment and the diaper towards one another.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 1989Date of Patent: August 14, 1990Inventor: Penny R. Greenwood
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Patent number: 4917651Abstract: A brassiere for handicapped people provides detachable and adjustable fabric fastening pads to temporarily hold the two halves together, and finger loops fopr those who cannot grip. The brassiere has a front opening with an overlapping portion joined to one brassiere cup which overlaps an underlapping portion joined to the other cup. Detachable and adjustable fabric fastening pads are provided on the underside of the overlapping portion to engage with support pads on the top surface of the underlapping portion. Fabric loops for fingers are provided attached to the overlapping and underlapping portions to avoid a person having to grip the edges of the two portions.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 1988Date of Patent: April 17, 1990Inventor: Francine J. Rainville
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Patent number: 4879766Abstract: A brassiere or article of clothing such as a bathing suit top having sufficient elasticity to permit donning thereof when the article or clothing is snaped together or closed before putting on, by stepping thereinto or by slipping over the shoulders and means thereby of pulling into place by means of a strap in the back portion and/or loops in the front portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 1988Date of Patent: November 14, 1989Inventors: Harold L. Hull, Althea P. Tafte
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Patent number: 4878879Abstract: A simple yet extremely effective closure device for a nursing bra is provided which enables a nursing mother to quickly and inconspicuously close a cup on a nursing bra. The closure device includes an elongated flexible strip which is provided with a cup attachment clip at one end thereof, a stop at the other end, and a clip for attaching the strip to a bra strap intermediate the two ends. The bra strap clip is configured to enable the strip to slide relative to the bra strap, so that by pulling on the stop, the cup may be lifted into position for attachment by suitable snaps or the like.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 1988Date of Patent: November 7, 1989Inventor: Maria A. Kunstadter