Abstract: A T-shirt on which a graphical representation comprises a portion imprinted on the T-shirt is a design of an overall object to be displayed with a 3-dimension self-supporting structure temporarily connected to the T-shirt completing the design.

Abstract: A bulletproof dress shirt is disclosed which incorporates the following features: ease of installation, adjustability and removability through the use of VELCRO fasteners; lightweight design and removable bulletproof pads for ease in laundering; optional vital area protection; and design resembling a dress shirt so as to prevent other persons from discovering the fact that the garment is bulletproof, which design includes snap fasteners to permit attaching the dress shirt front over top of shoulder straps attached by the aforementioned VELCRO fasteners, to prevent detection of the shoulder straps.

Abstract: An upper-body garment, such as an athletic jersey, has a facility whereby its characteristic color may be changed so that a wearer while participating in a team sport may switch teams without having to change jerseys. The garment has an inner shell and an outer shell. The outer shell comprises front and rear panels having one color on the outside and another color on the inside which is the same as the color of the inner shell. The panels may be attached together over the shoulders when the one color is to be exposed, and the panels may be detached so as to hang down from a midriff section of the garment when the other color is to be exposed.

Abstract: An article of clothing in the nature of a T-shirt having a semi-stiff bill at the rear of the neck opening. The clothing can be worn as an ordinary shirt with the bill depending from the back of the neck opening or it can be worn over the head with the bill in front serving as an eyeshade.

Abstract: A relatively simple and low-cost body puppet is disclosed comprising a garment worn about the trunk of a user which includes artwork and other indicia depicting a humanized face and mouth. The garment is formed of a substantially resilient material which when manually stretched by the hands of the user, causes the indicia on the puppet to momentarily distort and assume varying facial expressions. The body puppet of the present invention is additionally adapted to serve as a teaching aid, permitting children to non-verbally communicate with others and predict and record the actual response of a viewer.

Abstract: A garment to be worn on a body torso while playing an active sports game. The garment includes a front panel for support from and positioning in overlying relation to the chest area of a person wearing the garment and further includes indicia associated with each distinctive color area with the indicia indicating the score values of successive scores of a predetermined sports game. At least one marker of another distinctive color is provided and selectively registrable over the distinctive color areas. Further, the distinctive color areas and the marker include coacting structure operative to repeatedly removably support the marker from selected distinctive color areas for indicating the last scored game point.

Abstract: This shirt is to be worn by children, and it consists primarily of inflatable chest muscle portions, inflatable stomach muscle portions, and inflatable biceps portions in the arms. It further includes an elastic neck band and elastic wrist bands, for securing it to the child, when it is being inflated, and it also includes an optional cape, that may be snapped on, or adhesively secured to the shoulder portions.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improved device for supporting arms. More particularly, this invention relates to an improved device to be worn by runners to support arms and to guide arm movements so as to increase running efficiency.

Abstract: A one piece athletic jersey on which the identification number or color can be quickly changed without removing the jersey. The jersey has a full flap of material hinged along the top of the shoulder seam which flap can be switched from the front or back by raising the flap over the head of the wearer. If the jersey is two-colored, the opposite sides of the flap are different colors corresponding to those of the jersey so that depending upon the position of the flap, the jersey will be one or the other of the two colors.

Abstract: An athletic jersey (2) having a body portion (4) of a first color. At least one color changing panel (20) is relatively permanently secured to the outside (10) of body portion (4). Panel (20) is folded over with an upper half (34) covering the lower half (36) to give jersey (2) a uniform color appearance. However, when panel (20) is unfolded and placed in a spread-out condition on body portion (4), the side (22) of panel (20) which is exposed is of a second color different from the color of body portion (4) to effectively change the color of jersey (2).

Abstract: A cold weather jersey to be worn by participants in activities requiring the use of ungloved hands includes an upper body encasing portion made of warm material and suitable for wearing by a person while taking part in outside activities having attached thereto armlength sleeves for encasing the arms of a wearer, pocket structure being provided near the armpit area of the jersey either on the inside of the sleeves themselves or opposite thereto on the body portion of the jersey. The pockets may be fastened along three edges to provide a single opening thereto, or may be attached along the upper and lower parallel edges only so as to provide opening from the both the front and back of the jersey. This also permits the jersey to be made in a symmetrical manner and permits same to be quickly donned without regard to front or back. The pockets may be attached by sewing in the case of knitted, woven, and like material, or attached by heat sealing in the case of plastic material, or material including plastic.

Abstract: The chest muscle and posture developer includes an elongated, partially elasticized strip of fabric having at least one arm band attached to each end thereof. The elastic strip stretches length wise across a user's back and exerts a force which draws the arms and shoulders rearwardly. The user counteracts this force through use of the chest muscles, thereby resulting in chest muscle development. The device is easily concealed in clothing and may be attached to a shirt or similar garment.

Abstract: An indication assembly of the type used to facilitate the teaching of relatively young children and persons of limited learning ability to dress themselves with limited instruction comprising the use of wearing apparel or garments which include a plurality of indication elements affixed thereto. Each of said indication elements is disposed on an exposed surface portion of the garment and being structured to include visual indicia arranged in predetermined sequence so as to accomplish presentation of visual cues for proper sequence of holding the particular garment for placing the garment on the body.

Abstract: There is provided a garment consisting essentially of a main fabric having a plurality of loop elements on an outer surface thereof for removably attaching ornaments thereto. The garment includes a neck opening adapted for insertion of a wearer's head when the garment is donned, and a portion surrounding the neck opening is formed of a stretchable fabric to permit the wearer's head to pass through the neck opening in the case when the neck opening is smaller than the wearer's head.

Abstract: A portion of an article of clothing is provided with a sheet of material that is placed in confronting relation with and affixed to an inner surface of the portion to form a pocket for holding a number of novelty-type objects. An aperture is formed in an outer surface of the portion to communicate the outer surface to the pocket and to allow the objects contained therein to be dispensed therefrom. The outer surface is provided with an illustrative design that draws a viewer's attention to and suggests the aperture as a dispensing point for the objects.

Abstract: There is disclosed a shirt in which the lower portion thereof resides between the belt line and a thigh of the wearer. One or more flaps are provided on the sides of the shirt allowing easy access to the pants pocket when the shirt is worn outside the pants.

Abstract: A shirt having a tubular body portion whose axis would be substantially vertically oriented when being worn by a person. The tubular body portion has a front section and a back section. It also has a top, middle and bottom area. At least four arm sections extend outwardly from the tubular body portion somewhere between its top and middle area and at least two of these arm sections extend from the front section and at least two of the arm sections extend from the back section. The tubular body portion has a body aperture formed in the lower edge of the bottom area and has only one neck aperture formed in the top edge of the top area.

Abstract: An athletic jersey has a body portion with differing first and second panels at the front and rear respectively. A flap is attached to the body portion and movable over the head of the wearer to first and second positions on the body portions. The flap has differing first and second panels corresponding to the first and second body panels so that in a first position on the body the jersey presents a first appearance for identification purposes and, thereafter as the flap is transposed to the second portion on the body the jersey presents a second appearance for identification purposes. Snap fastener elements are provided to secure the flap in the selected position on the body portion.

Abstract: A shirt type garment or the like includes means associated with the upper side chest and upper side arm portions of the garment to assist the wearer in maintaining the arm in intimate contact with the side chest.

Abstract: Fine gauge knitting machines utilized in the production of hosiery and comprising needle cylinders three and three-quarter to four inches in diameter and carrying 300 to 469 needles are modified for the production of outerwear garments and the like knitted with relatively large loose loops by replacing the sinker caps thereof by sinker caps which are 0.060 to 0.100 of an inch less in interior diameter than those used in such machines for the production of hosiery, and replacing the sinker throw-in cam and the sinker throw-out cam by cams which differ from those used in the machine for the production of hosiery to use this additional space for sinker movement, by replacing the sinkers by sinkers having bottom legs 0.030 to 0.075 of an inch shorter than those used in corresponding conventional machines for the production of hosiery, and by replacing a stitch cam or cams by those which are 0.038 to 0.