Abstract: In some embodiments, a heavyweight jacket includes a main body configured to fit on the torso of a wearer and sleeves that are fully detached from the main body. The sleeves advantageously facilitate putting on the heavy jacket, while providing a jacket of high weight. To form the heavyweight jacket, a pre-bonded fabric may be used. The fabric is pre-bonded and may optionally be further layered to increase the garment's weight without sacrificing flexibility or breathability. The layered fabric distributes the garment's weight evenly and ensures that the garment does not excessively restrict a wearer's freedom of movement or cause the wearer to overheat. The weight of the fabric may be increased by using a heavyweight glue to bond various layers of material together.

Abstract: A harness (10) is provided for retaining a pair of electrical rubber insulating workman sleeves (12) on the shoulders (14) of a worker (16). The harness (10) is configured to grip a portion of the worker and thereby provide better anchoring of the electrical rubber insulating sleeves (12) to the worker. The gripping feature of the harness (10) is provided either in the form of a gripping collar (24) or a pair of fabric gripping sleeves (26), or a combination of the collar (24) and sleeves (26). Further, a C-shaped connector is configured for attaching the electrical rubber insulating sleeves (12) to a single point on a harness, which allows for an increased range of motion of the sleeves (12).

Abstract: A method for removably attaching a clothing item to a sleeveless dress. The dress wearer has an undergarment with straps. One end of a fastener is coupled to the one end of the, clothing item, the other end of the fastener being coupled to the item strap. The wearer has the option of replacing the clothing item with a different item by removing the fastener end from the strap and the original clothing item.

Abstract: An attachment apparatus for selectively attaching a device to a flexible material, includes a first member, a second member, and a void. The first member has a first wall defining a first opening. The first member includes a first retention feature. The second member has a second retention feature selectively attached to the first retention feature in an attached state to connect the second member to the first member and to the flexible material. The void is formed between the second surface of the first wall and the flexible material when the second member is in the attached state. The first member is operable to support the device within the void between the second surface of the first member and the flexible material when the second member is in the attached state.

Abstract: An adaptable garment includes a garment body and right and left removable sleeves, attached to right and left partial upper peripheries of respectively right and left arm openings. The right and left removable sleeves can be attached with zippers or hook and loop fasteners. The adaptable garment can be an adaptable leotard. An adaptable garment system includes a garment body and a plurality of removable sleeve pairs, which can include a pair of short sleeves and a pair of long sleeves.

Abstract: An adaptive shirt that includes: a front half; a back half; a first connective seam where the first connective seam includes a resealable sealing mechanism; a second connective seam, where the second connective seam includes a resealable sealing mechanism and where the first connective seam and second connective seam secure and seal together the front half and back half of the adaptive shirt. In any particular embodiment, the sealing mechanism may be selected from the following group: a hook and loop strip, a zipper, a set of buttons, snaps and magnets.

Abstract: An exercise garment is formed of a pair of shorts and an accompanying vest which are worn by an exerciser to enhance strength, conditioning, power, endurance and agility. The shorts include a pelvic portion with a pair of leg sections depending therefrom. Each leg section terminates at a leg opening having a circumferential zipper strand adjacent thereto. Immediately above the zipper strand are a plurality of juxtaposed, segregated pockets for receiving a weighted bar. A leg extension having multiple weight pockets includes a peripheral zipper strand at an upper end for mating engagement with the zipper strand of either leg section allowing the effective length thereof to be increased. The accompanying vest is formed of a torso portion with a pair of separable sleeves extending therefrom. A plurality of weight pockets are positioned on the front and rear of the torso portion and each sleeve. A torso extension having multiple weight pockets is removably attachable to the lower edge of the torso portion.

Abstract: A jacket and method for surviving an avalanche. The method includes inflating an expandable member to generally encapsulate a head of a person. The jacket may comprise a pair of expandable members disposed in pockets of the jacket, and a canister communicating with one of the expandable members. Apparel comprising an inflated expandable member having a depending inflated portion that at least partly covers another inflated expandable member.

Abstract: A hunting and sporting garment includes a means of concealing a user's face comprising a hood, a face covering, means for attaching the face covering and the hood so as to form the concealing means, and means for storage of the face covering. The garment further includes a lower portion having a crotch opening between the leg portions thereof, extending from the waist in the front of the lower portion to the waist in the back of the lower portion wherein the crotch opening is capable of being closed by a closure means.

Abstract: A slide fastener and related pull are disclosed. The pull is formed of an elongate strip of material defining a handle portion between a first end and an opposite second end. The first end of the pull is attached to the article bearing an elongate set of engaging structures for the slide fastener. A slide for operably engaging the set of engaging structures is attached to the pull toward the opposite second end. Accordingly, the handle portion forms an easily graspable quasi-pull chord for opening and closing the pull fastener. In a preferred embodiment, a tab portion of the pull extends from the slide attachment point on the pull to the second end of the pull, and it is detachably secured to the article when the slide fastener is in its closed position. Accordingly, the pull itself can be used as a storage device to hang objects such as a towel, a pair of shoes or the like therefrom. The pull can also serve as a protective cover for the pull fastener and have surface ornamentation thereon.

Abstract: The general method and apparatus of the invention comprises an adjustable strap system to secure one object to another, or one or more objects in a folded, rolled, or gathered position. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a single elongated strap of material having a first end and a second end, one end narrower than the other, a first side and a second side, four fastening surfaces or fasteners, three on one side and one on the opposite side, two positioned on each side of the narrow strap, and two positioned on the wide strap same side opposite the narrow strap. In the fastened state, the adjustable strap system secures the narrow strap by mating four opposing fastening surfaces thereby resulting in a dual locking adjustable strap system. In an alternative embodiment, two separate straps may be utilized with the dual locking mechanism of the present invention.

Abstract: A wetsuit is provided having a torso portion arranged to be secured about a torso of a person. The torso portion includes a neck opening, a pair of upper limb openings and a pair of lower limb openings. A limb extension can be attached to each of the limb openings for covering a respective limb of the person. Each limb extension comprises an elongate tubular member extending longitudinally between an inner end arranged to be secured to the torso portion and an outer free end. The limb extensions can thus be added and removed as desired such that a single wetsuit can be modified for use in varying dive conditions. The use of a single adjustable suit is considerably less costly as compared to purchasing several different types of suits while being convenient enough to adjust to different dive conditions without the need to even remove the torso portion of the suit.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shirt which has a lower adjustable sleeve segment that is capable of being removably attached to an upper fixed segment. The shirt includes first and second indexing mechanisms which, when aligned, provide desired circumferential orientation of the lower section with respect to the upper section. The indexing mechanism may embody patches affixed to the upper and lower segments. The indexing mechanism may also be incorporated into the attachment mechanisms, such as distinctly colored buttons or distinctly colored thread which secure the buttons or form the button holes.

Abstract: A garment for providing a user with multiple looks and comfort levels from a single pair of pants and a shirt. The garment includes a main portion designed for covering a portion of the body of the user. A pair of appendage portions each is designed for receiving an appendage of the user. Each of the appendage portions is coupled to the main portion. Each of the appendage portions has an upper portion and a lower portion such that the lower portion is removably coupled to the upper portion.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a shirt which has a lower adjustable sleeve segment that is capable of being removably attached to an upper fixed segment. The shirt includes first and second indexing mechanisms which, when aligned, provide desired circumferential orientation of the lower section with respect to the upper section. The indexing mechanism may embody patches affixed to the upper and lower segments. The indexing mechanism may also be incorporated into the attachment mechanisms, such as distinctly colored buttons or distinctly colored thread which secure the buttons or form the button holes.

Abstract: The present application describes an item of clothing whose length is to be adjustable, or which has a component part—e.g. legs, sleeves—which is to be adjustable, the clothing item comprising at least one line (4) running from a lower part (2) of the clothing to an upper part (1). The line (4) is pullable by the wearer to lift the lower part relative to the upper part. The clothing item has a pocket (3), at the upper part for receiving at least some of the length of the line after it is pulled so as to shorten the clothing, as well as line gripping means to hold the clothing in its shortened condition.

Abstract: An interchangeable three in one cycling jersey for providing a cyclist with a jersey vest, a vest with short sleeves and a vest with long sleeves. The cycling jersey allows the cyclist to quickly and conveniently convert the jersey vest using a pair of hidden sleeve zippers to a short sleeve or a long sleeve jersey. The jersey includes a jersey vest with a pair of attachable short sleeves and a pair of attachable long sleeves. The short and long sleeves include upper and lower arm openings for receiving the cyclist's arm therethrough. The jersey vest includes a front portion, a rear portion, a first side with a first arm opening, a second side with a second arm opening, an open bottom portion for putting on the jersey, a top portion with head opening and a collar therearound. The jersey vest is characterized by having one half of a narrow nylon hidden sleeve zipper attached to and disposed around a side of the first and second arm opening.

Abstract: A sleeve is held in a gathered postion with an elongated strap having an elastic loop on one end and a fastener on the other end. The fastener is passed through the loop and then folded back against itself to hold the fastener to the loop. The sleeve holder may also have one or two labels to add decorative graphics to the device.

Abstract: The invention is an improved process for promoting bonding between parent and infant. The invention is also a garment for use with this process. The garment is a shirt made from scent-absorbing fabric. The shirt's sleeves and torso portion are secured together using hook and loop fasteners, allowing the sleeves to be detached. The parent wears the shirt for a period of time long enough for the shirt to absorb the scent. The parent then detaches a sleeve, using it or the torso of the garment to form an infant's blanket. After wrapping the infant in the blanket, the parent can then leave the infant in the care of someone else, and the infant will still be able to smell the scent of the parent.

Abstract: A new sunlight blocking sleeves for protecting the skin on the arms and shoulders of a wearer from sunlight. The inventive device includes a pair of sleeves with each sleeve having opposite wrist and shoulder openings and which is adapted for wearing on the arm and shoulder of a wearer the sleeve. An elongate flexible strap is coupled to the sleeve around the periphery of the shoulder. The flexible strap has a free end portion which is attachable to another portion of the flexible strap to hold the sleeve over the shoulder of a wearer.

Abstract: A fashion sleeve to be worn by a person, the fashion sleeve comprising a hollow tubular cloth or woven member having a wider upper opening and a narrower wrist opening, with the sleeve being tapered from the upper arm opening to the wrist opening and the upper opening having means to engage snugly the arm of the person.

Abstract: A wedding dress design kit which enables a wide variety of wedding dress designs to be created from a relatively small number of dress components. The present invention provides a kit which can be used by bridal shops to create customized wedding dresses without the need of maintaining an expensive inventory of single-sized wedding dresses. The present invention provides a kit comprised of a number of differently shaped bodices, a number of differently shaped sleeves, a number of differently shaped skirts, and a number of differently shaped trains. Each bodice, sleeve, skirt, and train is provided with a mechanism for adjusting the respective dimensions of each piece so that regardless of the size of the bride attempting to try the dresses on, the component parts will be able to be adjusted to fit each bride.

Abstract: Separatable clothes including a base panel for covering a part of the body, and a plurality of auxiliary panels detachably fastening to one another or to the base panel by zippers, hook and loop materials, and snaps for covering the limbs or a part of the body.

Abstract: An arm protective garment includes an elongated tubular sleeve made of a flexible fabric and defining an elongated internal cavity extending between opposite ends. The sleeve is open at one end for slipping over a driver's hand and arm and for receiving the driver's arm in the internal cavity of the sleeve. The garment also includes a mitten of flexible fabric disposed on the other end of the sleeve and defining an internal pocket for receiving the driver's hand therein. The mitten has only a thumb opening defined therein for extension of the driver's thumb from the mitten. The garment further includes a flexible strap attached to the one open end of the sleeve for encircling the neck or chest of the driver for releasable reattachment to the one open end of the sleeve to retain the sleeve on the driver's arm.

Abstract: Athlete's arm jacket which includes a first shell portion for covering one side of the upper torso of a person wearing the jacket. A sleeve is secured to the shell portion for covering one arm. A mesh covers the opposite side of the upper torso, and a second shell portion is detachably secured to the first shell portion. Another sleeve is attached to the second shell portion. The jacket may be worn and used as a traditional jacket, or one shell portion may be detached so that only one arm, shoulder and one side of the upper torso of the body are covered.

Abstract: An adjustable children's garment is provided that utilizes hook and loop type connections for adjustments. There is also provided an adjustable connection for garments that includes three flaps. The second flap may be adjustably or removably connected to the first flap and a third, cover flap may be connected over the first and second flap to protect the hook and loop connection. The three flap a arrangement provides for a more secure fastener.

Abstract: A self-contained clothing system comprising a foundation garment, typefied by a shirt-jacket and a pant, and several removable components, typefied by a hood, a sleeved yoke, and two chaps, which, all together and in conjunction with normal undergarments, serve to protect the wearer from the elements in changing weather conditions. This versatility of function is achieved through a design which incorporates removable components, pockets to carry said removable components, adjustable ventilation openings, and the use of appropriate fabrics.

Abstract: A sleeveless shirt and a detachable cut-resistant full length protective sleeve. The sleeveless shirt has a neck, a front panel, a back panel, a yoke panel and two elongated tabs secured to the yoke panel, one on each shoulder of the wearer. The tabs each have fasteners which are one part of a two part fastening system. The detachable cut-resistant sleeve has a tightening system, a placket and the second part of the fastening system. The fastening system is utilized to connect the detachable sleeve to the sleeveless shirt. The combination is utilized to protect the wearer's arm from injury while the wearer is engaged in activities in the meat packing industry.

Abstract: A firefighter's garment of the type having an outer shell layer and a moisture barrier layer and a thermal barrier layer. This invention pertains primarily to a firefighter's bunker coat having these three layers. In a firefighter's bunker coat of this invention the thermal barrier layer is composed of a plurality of sections. For example, there may be a pair of sleeve sections and a vest section. Each of the sections is separately releasably attached within the bunker coat, and therefore can be easily removed from the bunker coat and easily reinserted into the coat and attached thereto, as desired.

Abstract: A sleeve to be worn by a sports player, such as a baseball pitcher, is disclosed herein for covering the favored pitching arm of the player and the sleeve includes a pair of inside pockets located adjacent to the elbow and shoulder joint areas intended to be kept warm. The pockets insertably receive a therapeutic pack, either an electrical heating device or a cold pack as desired. The sleeve is attached to a partial torso covering portion to which securement straps are attached for releasably retaining the sleeve and torso covering portion on the body of the player.

Abstract: A medical garment for covering a patient's arms and shoulders. The medical garment includes first and second sleeves which are adapted to enclose the arms and shoulders of the patient and which are releasably joined together by respective elongated straps, and one of the sleeves is operable to open thereby allowing therapeutic or diagnostic procedures to take place without requiring removal of the medical garment.

Abstract: A costume includes a pair of arm pieces, a pair of leg pieces, and an optical hood, each of which is made from a compressible tubular conduit including a helically wound coil of resiliently flexible wire material and a covering material for encasing the wire material. The arm pieces are connected together by an adjustable strap which extends over the wearer's back. The leg pieces include hooks for securing over the wearer's pants. Both the arm and leg pieces include end caps with small diameter openings for closely encircling the wearer's wrists and shins, respectively, thus preventing the coil of flexible wire material in each piece from extending beyond the length of the wearer's arms of legs.

Abstract: A garment, sleeping bag, tote bag combination formed from a plurality of sections made of flexible material joined to form a bag having a closable opening therein, sleeves associated with the bag, and adjusting means to include or remove sections to adjust its size. The bag has identical ends and is foldable upon itself to form a jacket or vest of a predetermined size when the ends are aligned.

Abstract: A garment which converts from a jacket to a vest and vice versa. The garment has retractable sleeves which are rolled or folded into sleeve storage compartments which encircle the arm holes. In one embodiment, the sleeves have a longitudinal slit which runs the length thereof to facilitate folding for storage in the compartment. The garment has a retractable hood which stores in a hidden compartment in the collar. The garment has one or more retractable safety panels which can be colored international orange and/or have enhanced light reflective properties. The safety panels cover a substantial portion of the back of the garment when in use. The garment has a day pack as an integral part thereof. The garment has means to adjust the fit around the midsection of the torso by constriction of the garment.

Abstract: An athletic garment for the insulation of heat radiated from a body extremity of a user or for the application of a cooling medium to a body extremity of a user having a limb enclosing means for enclosing the body extremity and a harness for supporting the athletic garment from the body of the user. The limb enclosing means, which may be a sleeve or a legging, encloses the body extremity for insulating the heat radiated from the limb of a user. In another embodiment, an athletic garment comprises limb enclosing means to which a pocket containing a cooling medium is attached for applying a cooling medium to the extremity.

Abstract: A garment having differential thermal properties for retaining heat adjacent to the arm and shoulder muscles of an athlete, while allowing the remaining body muscles to naturally cool. The garment comprises a sleeve for covering the arm and a skirt attached to the sleeve for covering the deltoid, pectoral and tarus major and minor muscles adjacent the throwing arm. A coupler is provided for removably attaching the skirt and sleeve to the uniform of the athlete. In a first preferred embodiment this coupler may be a plurality of Velcro patches.

Abstract: Disclosed is new combination garment useful both as a jacket and a bag having a trunk portion for covering the upper half of a human body, and formed with an opening through which a human head passes, sleeve portions through which both arms extend sideways and a head portion detachably secured to the trunk portion, in which the human head is received. When using the trunk portion as a bag, the sleeve portions are received in the trunk portion so that any part of the sleeve portions which doesn't protrude outside and the openings through which the arms and head pass are closed.The first opening is formed at the joint between the trunk portion and sleeve portion so that the latter is received in the former through the first opening. The first opening can be closed by means of a fastener which is operated after receiving the sleeve portions in the trunk portion. In the meanwhile, the second opening is formed at the joint between the trunk portion and head portion and can be closed by a hook device.

Abstract: A garment including a vest and a pair of sleeves attached to the vest. Each sleeve has a closable opening near the shoulder of the vest and is adapted to be tucked up with its lower part passed through the opening and stowed inside the vest. The garment is convertible from a jacket-type vest with sleeves to an ordinary sleeveless vest, and vice versa, without the necessity of the wearer taking off the garment.

Abstract: An insulation-filled jacket has removably fastened sleeves, and retaining means for attaching the sleeves, when removed, to the inside of the jacket thereby increasing the depth of insulation over substantial surface areas of the jacket. The retaining means are positioned to hold the sleeves so as to maximize the surface area of the sleeves presented, and the depth of insulation afforded to the wearer at critical heat loss locations of his body, in order to minimize critical heat loss and to retard hypothermia. The retaining means may include fastening components constructed integrally with the removable sleeves.

Abstract: A safety glove for a workman is shown having a fingerless body portion for covering the palm and top of the hand, and attached finger and thumb as well as palm and top hand covering portions that can be easily separated from the main body portion by a pulling motion exerted lengthwise or otherwise along any one of the separable portions, which pulling motion would be produced, for example, when the top end of one or more of these finger portions or top hand sections is caught in a machine or snagged by a drill bit and the workman, with a reflex action, pulls his hand in an opposite direction. The instantaneous separation of the finger, thumb, palm or top hand covering portions from the main glove body portion prevents the entire gloved hand from being pulled into the machine and thus permits the workman to remove his hand from the danger zone.

Abstract: A convertible garment is provided which can be worn either as a sleeved jacket, such as a parka, or as a sleeveless vest. The garment of the invention has fully attached sleeves, and it includes a linear zipper, or equivalent straight-line closure device, extending along the outside of each sleeve from the shoulder seam of the sleeve to a point just above the elbow. The zipper is long enough so that when opened, a hole is produced in each sleeve which corresponds in size with the arm holes in the jacket itself. When the garment is to be converted from a jacket to a vest, the zippers are pulled open and the sleeves are turned inside-out deploying them into the interior of the garment. The wearer then puts his arms through the holes in the sleeves, and the garment is worn as a vest.

Abstract: A pair of long sleeves of a shirt are severed above the elbow to provide short sleeves extending from the shirt and a pair of arm covering parts independent therefrom. The arm covering parts are zipped to the short sleeves by zippers which are covered by inner flaps to prevent contact between the zipper and the arm and outer flaps to hide the zippers.

Abstract: A coat garment having semi-detachable sleeves and pocket means for receiving such sleeves in their semi-detached condition; the sleeves having essentially longitudinal, selectively openable seams for accommodating arm removal from such sleeves even while the coat is worn; the sleeves can then be tucked into the pocket means provided, preferably in storage pouch means provided by the back of the coat proximate the sleeve openings, so that these sleeves may be stored, and all of this without necessitating coat removal, whereupon the user enjoys the warmth of the body of the coat without encumbering his arms by sleeves; such sleeves being constructed for easy withdrawal and reinsertion of arms therein prior to reconstitution of the sleeves as respective arm coverings.