Dress Weights Patents (Class 2/273)
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Patent number: 12121089Abstract: A wearable article is provided that includes embedded fidget elements that may be manipulated by the wearer. The fidget elements can be discreetly incorporated into various locations on the wearable article such as at hemlines, pockets, and other areas accessible to the wearer of the article of clothing. Incorporating fidget elements into a wearable article reduces distractions caused by using fidget elements while also maintaining benefits such as comfort, focus, concentration, reduced stress and entertainment that fidget elements provide to the user. The type and locations of the fidget elements on a wearable article may be customized to the needs and desires of the wearer of the clothing article, as are the properties of the fidget elements themselves.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 22, 2024Inventor: Emily I Jorgensen
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Patent number: 11406150Abstract: A weighted garment tab in the form of a weighted disk that has a fabric-safe and reusable adhesive on the back surface. The adhesive generally includes a cover or release member that protects it before application to the garment. This tab has a smooth, hard finish that does not catch onto or snag onto the dress fabric and is smaller, flatter, and smoother compared to the prior art devices mentioned above, so that it is much less noticeable to the wearer during use. Also, a method of preventing upward movement of a garment in an air current by applying one or more tabs onto the hem or lower portion of the inside of the garment.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Inventor: Jillian Tessler
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Patent number: 11259574Abstract: Provided is a weighted shirt comprising a shirt bottom disposed beneath a shirt body, the shirt bottom comprising an outer bottom and an inner bottom, a bottom stitch configured to join the inner bottom to the outer bottom, and a hem cavity bound by at least the outer bottom, the inner bottom, the inflection point, and the bottom stitch. The weighted shirt may comprise a weight disposed within the hem cavity, where the hem cavity is sized to accept the weight. The weight may be an annular member, where the weight comprises an outer face, an inner face, an upper part, and a lower part.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2021Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Capped Out MediaInventor: Waynard Schmidt
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Patent number: 10974018Abstract: A therapeutic blanket including first and second outer layers that are attached together, and an internal matrix of generally equal sized cells. Each cell containing a measured weighted mass, the mass being held within the respective cell. The matrix being secured to the first and second outer layers along an outer perimeter of the blanket.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignee: CapeAble Sensory Products, LLCInventor: Marna G. Pacheco
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Patent number: 9427033Abstract: A device for warming a first arm and shoulder of a wearer includes a single arm portion and a torso portion. The single arm portion is comprised of a substantially flexible material and is configured to substantially cover the first arm of the wearer from the shoulder to a position beyond an elbow of the first arm. The torso portion is connected to the single arm portion and includes at least one pocket. At least one weight is retained in the pocket of the torso portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 20, 2012Date of Patent: August 30, 2016Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.Inventors: Kyle Sanders Blakely, Jeffrey Allen Dorton
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Publication number: 20130104291Abstract: A garment weight allows women to keep the bottoms of their skirts and dresses against their bodies, regardless of wind currents. The first part of the garment weight may be pinned on the inside hem of a skirt or dress, and the weighted second part may snap into the first part. An individual may use as many pins as she feels necessary for the fabric and the conditions. The pins are removable so they may be utilized on any skirt or dress in a user's wardrobe. The garment weight is ideal for use by women who want to be sure that their skirts and dresses will not blow upwards on a blustery day.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 1, 2012Publication date: May 2, 2013Inventor: Kathryn Lee Daniel
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Patent number: 8393015Abstract: A device to hold a garment in place, particularly the event of a gust of air, comprising an attachment member, a connecting member, and a weight, which can be worn either on the inside or outside surface of the garment. In operation the device attaches to a garment and pulls the garment vertically in accordance with gravity.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2011Date of Patent: March 12, 2013Inventor: Catherine Ann Jones
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Publication number: 20120137412Abstract: A device to hold a garment in place, particularly the event of a gust of air, comprising an attachment member, a connecting member, and a weight, which can be worn either on the inside or outside surface of the garment. In operation the device attaches to a garment and pulls the garment vertically in accordance with gravity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2011Publication date: June 7, 2012Inventor: Catherine Ann Jones
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Patent number: 7900277Abstract: A garment, such as a woman's slip, that includes a skirt portion weighted so as to induce tension into the garment when worn by a wearer standing erect. The skirt portion is weighted by securing one or more concentrated tensioning weights to the skirt portion proximate its bottom. The tension induced into the garment by the concentrated tensioning weight(s) inhibits the garment from riding-up on the wearer. The amount of weight provided by the concentrated tensioning weights and the location of the tensioning weights on the skirt can be carefully selected to minimize swinging, for example, while walking and climbing stairs.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2007Date of Patent: March 8, 2011Assignee: Her Look Enterprises LLCInventors: Kerry K. O'Brien, Louise Gagnon
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Publication number: 20090025124Abstract: The invention prevents leg chafing, and keeps the garment from riding up in the wearer's crotch area, by disposing weights on the garment. If the garment is an undergarment, then ModalĀ® fabric, a bio-based fiber made by spinning reconstituted cellulose from beech trees, is especially preferred, as it is extremely soft, and wicks away moisture in an effective manner. It is an object of the invention to reduce leg chafing. It is a further object of the invention to teach a method of preventing garments from riding up into the wearer's crotch area.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2008Publication date: January 29, 2009Inventor: Elizabeth Gearhart
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Publication number: 20080189831Abstract: A device to hold a garment in place, particularly the event of a gust of air, comprising an attachment member, a connecting member, and a weight, which can be worn either on the inside or outside surface of the garment.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2007Publication date: August 14, 2008Inventor: Catherine Ann Jones
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Patent number: 5782671Abstract: A liquid adjusting type magnetic brassiere including an oval sac in each cup of the brassiere, the sac having a curved chamber at a lower half portion for containing a liquid, and a plurality of air vents at an upper half portion. The liquid in the chambers provides a natural and elastic support for the breasts. A plurality of small magnets are radially arranged on the surface of the sac to generate lines of magnetic force which may promote blood circulation and metabolism in the breasts.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 1997Date of Patent: July 21, 1998Inventors: Yi-Mou Suen, Kuo-Liang Liou, Liang-Hung Ho
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Patent number: 5570474Abstract: A drape for nursing and so forth may have a flat member having opposing ends, for lying over a shoulder and to cover a breast and baby of a nursing mother, with the member containing weights about the opposing ends. Another drape for nursing and so forth has a flat member generally in the shape of a semicircle, for lying over a shoulder and to cover a breast and baby of a nursing mother, which has an arc-like recess to accommodate the neck of the mother. A further drape for nursing and so forth has a flat member with two elongate members attached thereto, with the elongate members containing weights at distal ends thereof, wherein the flat member is to cover at least the upper chest area of a wearer with said elongate members lying over the shoulders of the wearer. The drape is generally made of a soft material, and is useful not only for mothers who would nurse their infants in public but also may find utility as an apron or bib for hospital, nursing home or kitchen use.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 1995Date of Patent: November 5, 1996Inventors: Elizabeth F. Berry, Dana A. Sullivan, Karen R. Leslie, Pamela E. Leslie
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Patent number: 4578823Abstract: The present invention is a two-part interconnected protecting device which when properly used will enable the user to release a pressure cap or close a valve while simultaneously preventing the hot spraying fluid from striking the user. The first part is a hand protector of a heat-resistant, water-impermeable material. The second part is a circular skirt of preferably the same type of material which is secured to the base of the hand protector.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 1984Date of Patent: April 1, 1986Inventor: William E. Hudson, Jr.