Pendant Limb Encircling Means Patents (Class 2/313)
  • Patent number: 9913505
    Abstract: The shirt stay suspenders with a quick release buckle is adapted for use with a shirt. The shirt stay suspenders with a quick release buckle is an apparel stay that is used to hold a shirt in position while it is worn by a wearer. The shirt stay suspenders with a quick release buckle is worn underneath the outer apparel layer of the wearer such that the shirt stay suspenders with a quick release buckle will not been seen. From this location, the shirt stay suspenders with a quick release buckle attaches the shirt of the wearer to the foot of the wearer such that the shirt will remain in position and not become what is commonly referred to as “untucked”. The shirt stay suspenders with a quick release buckle comprises a plurality of stays. Each of the plurality of stays further comprises a first strap, a second strap, and a quick release buckle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Inventor: Dwane Wilson
  • Patent number: 8628488
    Abstract: A compression wrap for providing pressure to an injured portion of a joint of a limb is provided. The compression wrap includes a pocket portion for receiving compression insert. The compression wrap further includes a strap connected to the pocket portion and adjustably securing the compression wrap to the limb. A buckle loop connected to the opposite side of the pocket portion as the strap adjustably receives the strap to adjust the size of the strap. Further, the strap portion and the pocket portion are configured such that when the compression wrap is attached to the limb of a person having an injury proximate the joint, the pocket portion is positionable to apply a load to the location of the injury while the strap portion is spaced away from the crease of the joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Inventor: Richard J. Serola
  • Patent number: 7841020
    Abstract: A protective garment configured to facilitate easy donning of the garment is described. The garment includes one or more foreshortening structures within the garment that allows for the arms and legs to be shorted into a donning configuration. This allows the garment to be handled and donned by the wearer, without the wearer touching an exterior surface of the garment or allowing any portion of the garment to touch another surface. A method of preparing a protective garment for donning and a method of donning such a garment is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Frances W. Mayfield, Christina Mae Chingren Seward, Alice Susan Gordon, Theresa M. McCoy
  • Patent number: 7574753
    Abstract: A garter for items of apparel for providing ornamentation and selectively securing a portion of the item of apparel in a desired position. The garter for items of apparel and method of use includes a band having an engagement means for selectively engaging an item of apparel. The flexible band may be conformable around an extremity of a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Inventor: Colette Seyfried
  • Publication number: 20090106880
    Abstract: A sleep-aiding device for restricting stretching of a wearer's legs to full extension to reduce leg muscle cramping during sleep includes an adjustable belt worn about a wearer's waist during sleep, with leg members extending between the belt at the wearer's waist and attachment at lower portions of the wearer's legs, generally below the wearer's knees, e.g. in a particular implementation by engagement of the wearer's feet through end loops positioned midway between the toes and ankle. The leg members have predetermined lengths between the belt and attachment at the lower portions of the wearer's legs that are adjustably selected to restrict stretching of the wearer's legs to full extension during sleep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2009
    Publication date: April 30, 2009
    Inventor: Richard Cogswell
  • Publication number: 20040181852
    Abstract: A sleep-aiding device for restricting stretching of a wearer's legs to full extension to reduce leg muscle cramping during sleep includes a belt worn about a wearer's waist during sleep, with leg members extending between the belt at the wearer's waist and attachment at lower portions of the wearer's legs, generally below the wearer's knees, e.g. in a preferred embodiment by engagement of the wearer's feet through end loops. The leg members have predetermined lengths between the belt and attachment at the lower portions of the wearer's legs that are adjustably selected to restrict stretching of the wear's legs to full extension during sleep.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: September 23, 2004
    Inventor: Richard Cogswell
  • Publication number: 20020124297
    Abstract: The Drop No More-Baby Toy Belt is an original and newly created item (as described in this application) which will allow parents and child care givers to use on baby to protect baby toys from being thrown on the floor from highchairs and other locations. Babies can retrieve their own toys after they throw them (which they always do). The Baby Toy Belt eliminates frustration of baby, parents, and child-care givers, allowing for a safe solution to keep toys close to the baby where they belong. The Baby Toy Belt allows for multiple items and toys and becomes an extension of a toy in itself. The creative process has produced a highly flexible and useful multiple toy holder (product) and safeguard not found anywhere else.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2001
    Publication date: September 12, 2002
    Inventors: Richard Wayne Caris, Catherine Ruth Caris, Shawna Marie Caris
  • Patent number: 5913411
    Abstract: A device for compressing and concealing a boot beneath a trouser leg includes an elongated panel having an inner side, an outer side, a bottom end and a top end. Secured to the top end is a buckle means for securing the panel to a boot strap. A pair of length adjustable straps extend from the panel for encircling and compressing the upper portion of a boot. Accordingly, the compressed upper portion of the boot may be easily inserted into a pants leg and concealed therewithin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1999
    Inventor: Michael A. Spurling
  • Patent number: 5535448
    Abstract: A leg ornamentation device including an upper strap adapted to form an upper loop when worn by a user. Three upper male fasteners on the front face of the upper strap are capable of securing the upper loop around the leg below the knee by coupling with an upper female fastener on the rear face of the upper strap adjacent the second edge of the upper strap. A lower strap adapted to form a lower loop when worn by a user. Three lower male fasteners on the front face of the lower strap are capable of securing the lower loop around an ankle of the leg by coupling with a lower female fastener on the rear face of the lower strap adjacent the second edge of the lower strap. A vertical connecting strap that extends between the upper and lower strap and has a top looped portion capable of receipt therethrough the upper strap and a bottom looped portion capable of receipt therethrough the lower strap and a middle portion therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 16, 1996
    Inventors: Penny Williamson, Michael Williamson
  • Patent number: 4941213
    Abstract: An attachment device for attaching a firefighter's trousers to the firefighter's boots, in which the trousers cover a portion of the firefighter's boots. The attachment device maintains the firefighter's trousers in covering relationship to the boots, and portions of the trousers cannot become lodged on the upper edge of the boots as the firefighter bends and crawls and the like. Each attachment device has a band which encompasses one of the firefighter's boots. A strap extends from the band and has fastener elements which attach to portions of the firefighter's trousers which encompass the boot. Thus, the trousers are attached to the boot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Inventors: William L. Grilliot, Mary I. Grilliot
  • Patent number: 4932079
    Abstract: A garment supporter comprising a belt and an affixed harness the functional purpose of which is to maintain the position of an upper torso garment on the body of a wearer. The belt encircles the torso and the outer surface of the lower portion of such a garment, has at least one slip resistant surface engageable therewith, and thereby maintains its own position in relation to the garment. The harness is connected to the rear of the belt, extends through the crotch, is again connected to the front of the belt, and thereby maintains the position of the belt and the position of the garment relative to the body of the wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 12, 1990
    Inventor: Paul Bridgewater