Abstract: An embodiment includes a multi-functional garment, such as a towel.

Abstract: A unitary sleeved partial undershirt may be configured to be worn as an outer garment or beneath an outer garment. The partial undershirt may include tubular first and second sleeves of at least 12 inches in length, each having tubular construction that is void of any fastener. The first and second sleeves may be sized to conform to contours of arms of the wearer. The partial undershirt may additionally include a yoke including a front yoke portion, a back yoke portion, an undershirt neck edge defining an undershirt neck opening, and an undershirt torso opening edge defining an undershirt torso opening. The yoke may extend continuously and non-separably between the sleeves, and the front and/or back yoke portions may be sized such that the distance between the undershirt neck edge and the undershirt torso opening edge at the front yoke portion and back yoke portion is in a range between 1.35 and 8.8 inches.

Abstract: A support shirt including a shirt body and a pair of shirt body sleeves positioned adjacent to an upper shirt body is provided. The sleeves are attached to the shirt body at sleeve body holes, with each of the sleeves including sleeve reinforcement regions extending at least a portion of the distance from the sleeve holes to an outer edge of the sleeves. The sleeve reinforcement regions extend substantially along a centerline extending longitudinally across the sleeves and the upper sleeve body to stabilize and provide support to the shoulders of a wearer during an upward lifting motion.

Abstract: An article of apparel is configured to be worn on a torso of a wearer. The article of apparel includes a plurality of textile panels including a first textile panel and a second textile panel. The first textile panel is spaced apart from the second textile panel to define a gap between the first textile panel and the second textile panel on the article of apparel. An elastic textile material spans the gap and extends from the first textile panel to the second textile panel on the article of apparel. The first textile panel and the second textile panel possess a first elongation value, and the elastic textile material possesses a second elongation value that is greater than the first elongation value.

Abstract: Garments, garment systems, and methods of using garments and garments systems useful for warming and protecting the body, especially the upper body. A garment may be a sleeved partial undergarment accessory that may be worn under an outer garment and may be removed without requiring removal of the outer garment. A garment may include first and second tubular sleeves with a continuous front region extending between the sleeves and from a neck opening down to a torso opening, a continuous back region extending between the sleeves and from the neck opening down to the torso opening. The opening extends from and is continuous with a distal-most region of the proximal sleeve openings so that the front region and the back region do not connect to each other around the first and second sleeve openings.

Abstract: An under body armor hybrid fabric garment has first and second fabric portions. The first fabric portion, configured to cover an upper torso region of a user's body left exposed by the body armor and extending into a second body transition region covered by the body armor, is formed of low stretch or no stretch fabric of woven or knit construction. The first fabric portion comprises yarns and/or fibers having flame retardant properties. The second fabric element, configured to cover a lower torso region of the user's body underneath the body armor, is formed of stretchable fabric. The second fabric portion comprises yarns and/or fibers having flame retardant properties and/or yarns and/or fibers resistant to melting and dripping when exposed to fire or high heat.

Abstract: A shirt supports and shapes the mid-section of a wearer. Support and shape thereby provided minimizes the appearance of the waistline. The shirt includes a top-section and a mid-section having lateral regions constructed to engage with a waistline of the wearer when the shirt is worn. At least two lateral portions are integrated within the lateral regions of the mid-section. These lateral portions are appointed to minimize the appearance of the waistline to optimally provide an hourglass shape. The lateral portions are preferably constructed having a substantially elongated oval shape, and are preferably composed of a substantially non-stretching material. These lateral portions provide support for the lateral abdominal wall of the abdominal region and back of the wearer where “love handles” and thick waists sometimes develop. Advantageously, the shirt may be worn as an undershirt or as outerwear to discretely minimize the wearer's waistline.

Abstract: A medical undergarment system effective for supporting an ostomy system consists of a first diagonal catheter channel, a second diagonal catheter channel, a first vertical catheter channel, and a second vertical catheter channel. The system consists of tubing, a base undergarment, and a fluid bag. The medical undergarment system provides a comfortable yet stable ostomy system that can easily be slipped on and off by a user. The system enables convenient and easy removal of bodily fluid when using a catheter.

Abstract: A shirt for improving a swinging motion of a user wearing the shirt includes front and rear panels each having corresponding top, bottom and generally opposing side edges, wherein the front and rear panels are adjoined to each other by the top and side edges, defining an interior space of the shirt. The front and rear panels include sleeve cutouts formed on each side edge adjacent the top edge, and a neck cutout formed on the top edges of the front and rear panels. At least one tubular sleeve is permanently joined to the front and rear panels of at least one of the sleeve cutouts, the tubular sleeve defining an inside area, the inside area being fluidly connected to the interior space of the shirt. A member is substantially adjacent to the sleeve cutout and the side edges of both the front and rear panels.

Abstract: Described herein are various embodiments of a cold-weather garment. In one exemplary embodiment, a long-sleeve upper-body cold-weather garment includes a torso portion and two sleeve portions that are attached to and extend from opposite edges of the torso portion. The torso portion is made from a first material and the sleeve portions are each made from a second material. The first material is lighter per unit area and more breathable than the second material. The second material is heavier per unit area than the first material, but is more resistant to cold-weather environmental conditions. For example, the second material is water resistant, flame resistant and comprises an outer surface having a camouflage pattern.

Abstract: An under body armor hybrid fabric garment has first and second fabric portions. The first fabric portion, configured to cover an upper torso region of a user's body left exposed by the body armor and extending into a second body transition region covered by the body armor, is formed of low or no stretch fabric. The second fabric element, configured to cover a lower torso region of the user's body underneath the body armor, is formed of stretchable fabric.

Abstract: The shirt for supporting and shaping the mid-section of a wearer provides a shirt having a top-section and a mid-section. The mid-section of the shirt includes an upper and lower region each constructed having a plurality of fabric densities or integrated elasticity portions. These elasticity portions provide support for the abdominal region, back, and back-side regions of the wearer where “love handles” sometime develop. The top-section of the shirt has a substantially loose fitting construction to yield a simple, clean and comfortable fit that facilitates breath-ability and comfort to the wearer. The shirt may be worn as an undershirt or as outerwear to minimize the wearer's torso. In another embodiment, the shirt further comprises an outer portion that extends over and covers the mid-section so that the mid-section acts as an internal support structure when the shirt is worn as a T-shirt or outerwear.

Abstract: A garment, particularly a shirt, is made from a number of fabric portions which are sewn together, each of the portions having different performance characteristics. The front of the shirt is finished so as to be stain-resistant with a chemical water- and oil-repellent finish. To mitigate moisture accumulation on the wearer's skin, the back and sleeves are treated with an absorbency-enhancing finish, the collar and cuffs having a soil-release finish. In manufacture, the different portions are cut from differently treated sections of a mill run of fabric, the sections being processed under constant conditions so that the different sections have consistent shrinkage properties and colours.

Abstract: A universal compression undergarment holster apparatus, pant/shorts and shirts worn under a users clothing for the concealment and simultaneous carry of more then two weapons and other items such as handcuffs, extra ammunitions, batons, flashlights, knives, radios, pen, and the process that permits for weapons and or other items located in the apparatus to be safely carried and quickly drawn from the users outer clothing from over 12 conventional modes on the human body, such as but not limited to under the arm on either side thereof, on the chest thereof, on either leg thereof, on the back thereof, on either waist thereof, also having a safety straps integrated with a quick release mechanism.

Abstract: A sports garment including a pullover shirt having inner and outer lower layers. The inner lower layer is almost always worn tucked into pants to provide comfort and support to the wearer. The outer lower layer may be worn outside of the pants to provide the wearer with a neat and trim appearance.

Abstract: An article of apparel having a substrate layer and an incised layer is disclosed. The substrate layer is at least partially formed from a material having a first degree of stretchability. The incised layer is secured to the substrate layer and at least partially formed from a material having a second degree of stretchability, the first degree of stretchability being greater than the second degree of stretchability. In addition, the incised layer includes at least a first incision and a second incision that are concentric, the first incision being positioned within the second incision.

Abstract: An athletic shirt which has triple gussets on each side providing an unparalleled range of motion and freedom. Each of the gussets have a specific function in the overall performance of the shirt. And, each gusset, of the present invention, is named in accordance with the particular group of muscles it provides unrestricted movement for. The gussets are named: 1.) Pectoralis major gusset; 2.) Serratus Anterior gusset; 3.) Latissimus dosi gusset.

Abstract: An interactive-design garment which has heat-affixed thereto a flexible substrate formed of a laminate including a layer of plastisol ink which includes a primary graphic image therein of a particular theme and a plurality of flexible PVC sheet appliques which have secondary graphic images thereon and are positionable onto the substrate by a user to cooperate artistically with the graphic theme of said substrate on the garment.

Abstract: The shirt with hook and loop fasteners has a front panel, a rear panel, and a collar portion. The front panel is split, defining an overlap and an underlap. The overlap and underlap are detachably connected together by mating hook and loop fastener segments which are affixed to corresponding positions on an inner face of the overlap and an outer face of the underlap. A series of buttons are affixed to an outer face of the overlap but do not serve as fasteners. A neck button, disposed proximate the top edge of the underlap may be inserted through a buttonhole proximate the top edge of the overlap to hold the collar around the neck of the wearer. Once the overlap and the underlap are connected, the shirt may be worn with the collar open or closed and still resemble a conventional button shirtfront.

Abstract: An abrasion resistant garment and method of producing same. A garment that is highly ventilated while providing abrasion protection for a wearer during a slide, as for instance that may occur during a fall from a motorcycle. A material is produced wherein abrasion-resistant, low sliding friction, beads are held within a matrix of high-tensile strength, abrasion-resistant, cords. The beaded matrix within the garment can be augmented with layers to form a lining and exterior layers to enhance visibility. The force of a sliding rider is retained over the beaded matrix, away from the road surface. Under abrasive sliding friction, the beads additionally rotate to an extent which tightens the cord matrix and thereby helps constrain the skin surface of the wearer from making contact with the roadway surface.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A garment is provided having at least one pocket that is attached to the garment and accessible via a zipper or other fastener that provides access to an interior compartment formed by the pocket as well as a method for providing a garment with a waterproof compartment. The fastener is preferably a waterproof zipper that is attachable via a process requiring the pocket and the zipper to be attached by gluing, stitching and/or heat-sealing the same. As a result, a completely watertight and waterproof pocket is formed allowing the user of the garment to carry items therein that typically may not be exposed to water.

Abstract: A garment fastening system for use with a pair of pants having a pair of adjoining leg segments joined at a crotch area, a waistband encircling the top opening of the pants which parts at a fly opening, wherein the fly opening consists of adjacent fly flaps, comprising hook and loop fastener strips permanently secured to each of the adjacent fly flaps to help individuals who have a difficulty in manipulating a zipper to dress into or out of the pants. In another embodiment, the garment fastening system is used with a dress shirt consisting of a pair of adjacent shirt halves, and a pair of shirt sleeve having a cuff opening, wherein the cuff opening consists of a pair of adjacent cuff flaps.

Abstract: A method for ultrasonically joining flashspun bonded polyolefin sheets and a seam generated by the method is provided. The method includes the steps of overlapping at least two polyolefin sheet edges, and connecting the overlapped edges by feeding the overlapped portions between an ultrasonic horn and a patterned backup roll. The connected first and second sheet edge portions have a tensile strength across the overlapped and welded portion that is at least 75% of the tensile strength of the sheet material joined. The seam is generated with just one pass between the ultrasonic horn and the patterned backup roll.

Abstract: A shirt or shirt-like garment having a large cutout section in the torso is constructed in the neck and shoulder region so as to be symmetric across a plane passing laterally therethrough, whereby the "fit" of the shirt is the same whether put on "frontwards" or "backwards." As a consequence, the same shirt or shirt-like garment can be worn in one disposition with the cutout region in the front for cooling and the back covered for protection against the sun, or in the opposite disposition.

Abstract: There is provided a method for accessing a handgun concealed beneath an upper body garment. The method is carried out by providing the upper body garment with an access port through a front portion of the garment. A panel is provided in covering relationship with the access port. A portion of a perimeter of the panel is secured to the garment with a releasible fastener. A portion of the perimeter of the panel is released to expose the access port and the handgun is then accessed through the access port. A garment suitable for carrying out the invention is further disclosed, as is a method for concealing a handgun with the garment.

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: Disclosed is a method of producing a barrier fabric having stretch and recovery properties. The method includes the steps of heating at least one nonwoven web containing meltblown non-elastic thermoplastic polymer fibers to a temperature at which the peak total energy absorbed by the nonwoven web of meltblown fibers is at least about 250 percent greater than the amount absorbed by the nonwoven web of meltblown fibers at room temperature; applying a tensioning force to neck the heated nonwoven web; and cooling the necked nonwoven web so that the nonwoven web has at least the same hydrostatic head and/or particulate barrier properties as the nonwoven web before necking. Also disclosed is a stretchable barrier fabric composed of a nonwoven web of meltblown non-elastomeric thermoplastic polymer fibers, the nonwoven web being heat treated so that it is adapted to stretch at least about 10 percent more than an identical untreated nonwoven web of meltblown non-elastomeric thermoplastic polymer fibers.

Abstract: A one-piece, snug fitting, sleeveless garment covering the core or torso of the body is intended to be worn by persons susceptible to cold and chills. The garment includes plural layers, including an insulative intermediate layer, and a hood integrally connected to the garment. The garment opens flat to enable the wearer to be easily clad in the garment.

Abstract: A garment resembles pajamas and includes a shirt which has openable sleeves and pants which have openable legs. The sleeves and legs are openable for the entire length thereof so some or all of the wearer's limbs and body can be exposed for providing health care to that wearer. The legs and arms can be closed to cover the wearer so the garment can be both aesthetically pleasing, warm and yet still provide access to the patient for the purposes of providing health care.

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: An athletic shirt made of relatively non-absorbent synthetic material has a member of highly absorbent material secured thereto around the front of the neck opening and normally disposed inside the shirt and easily pulled up with the shirt in one version, or out of the neck opening in another version, to facilitate wiping perspiration from the face of the wearer.

Abstract: A combined article of clothing as disclosed, having an upper torso portion suitable for outerwear along with a lower portion adapted to serve as underwear for the midsection of the body. The garment is particularly adaptable for men and boys, and serves to maintain shirt tails and the like neatly tucked into the overlaying trousers, while providing all of the comfort of conventional underwear briefs.

Abstract: A reversible garment has two overlying generally co-extensive sheet members, each having two opposite generally co-extensive surfaces, the sheet members having a plurality of corresponding edge pairs, the two edges of each pair of a subset of the edge pairs being parallel and proximate, and strips or other couplers pivotably coupling the two edges of at least one edge pair of such subset of edge pairs. This allows reversal and/or pivoting of the sheet members to expose any one of four surfaces as the outer surface.

Abstract: This invention relates to a unitary garment which includes an upper and lower portion. The upper and lower portions of the unitary garment are configured to fit the top and bottom of a human torso respectively. The lower portion further includes a detachable drop-seat panel which is fastened along its side edges toward the front of the unitary garment and in the pocket area. The unitary garment further includes two pockets associated with the lower portion such that the pockets are configured to substantially conceal the fastening means and resulting fastened side edges of the drop-seat panel.

Abstract: An infant stroller blanket composed of a rectangularly shaped front and back section of blanket material having lower and upper portions is disclosed. The lower front and back portions are joined together and are bifurcated to form leg elements. The front upper portion has a zipper fastener or the like along its longitudinal center line and the corners of the upper portions of the front and back sections may be joined together by a clasp. Adjustable features are provided to shorten the legs if desired, and draw strings may be employed at the mid portions and in the legs to draw in the covering around the child more snugly.Additional optional features are the provisions of a hood, forming the legs boot shaped, providing elastomer soles for the leg portions, and providing additional fasteners in the leg portions.