Abstract: A garment which may be employed as a robe or alternatively, as a towel, is disclosed. The garment comprises a generally rectangular piece of toweling material having a predetemined length and width wherein the length is greater than the width. A narrow slit extends in the direction of the length approximately midway across the width of the garment, thus providing an opening for the head of a wearer when the garment is worn as a robe. The article further includes a second piece of material which is attached to the garment and which serves as a hood when the garment is employed as robe. The second piece of material is sized and configured so as to allow it to cover the slit when the garment is used as a towel, such as a beach towel, to minimize user discomfort due to sand contact. Fasteners may be employed to releasably connect the sides of the garment when it is used as a robe.

Abstract: A blanket device comprising a rectangular panel having at least one head accommodating opening sized for allowing a head to be inserted therethrough, and at least one pair of hand accommodating openings shaped for allowing a pair of hands to be inserted therethrough. An elastic cuff is secured to the panel around each of the head and hand accommodating openings so as to nearly or completely cover the openings. When a head or hand is inserted through one of the openings, the cuff conforms closely to the inserted portion of the body so as to prevent cold air and wind from passing through the opening.

Abstract: A fire protection garment may be constructed of a one piece woven fabric integrally formed to create a cloak-like garment to create a fire retardant emergency device. The garment contains a hood portion, a body portion formed with an entrance opening and a manipulating device on the interior of the body portion on each side of the entrance opening. The manipulating device can be hand receiving pockets. The garment is formed of a fabric selected to retain a fire retarding fluid so that the garment protects a person or persons within the garment from high intensity heat or flames. The manipulating device or hand receiving pockets provide a means for controlling the opening of the garment to enable a rescue to occur.

Abstract: The invention is a garment. The garment is at least one sheet of flexible material having portions which drape over the wearer's shoulders, upper chest and upper back. The sheet has a center and at least one peripheral edge, an axis passes from the peripheral edge through the center to the peripheral edge opposite the center. The sheet has at least two slots formed at least partially through the axis. The at least two slots, which are between the center and the peripheral edge, are for receiving at least one arm of the wearer. The sheet has at least one inner edge formed about the center defining a central hole for insertion of the wearer's head.A preferred embodiment of the garment has at least one slot disposed on each side of the center, the slots being disposed substantially equidistant from the center and between the center and the peripheral edge.

Abstract: 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.

Abstract: A combination blanket/carrying bag/apparel includes a generally rectangular sheet of fabric having a substantially central slit-like opening therein; a tubular piece of flexible material having opposite open ends, with one end being secured to the sheet of fabric around the central opening thereof; a flexible carrying bag secured to the sheet of fabric adjacent a periphery thereof, the carrying bag having an opening through which the fabric can be inserted for carrying; and at least one pillow holder secured to the sheet of fabric adjacent the periphery thereof, so as to overlie the sheet of fabric.

Abstract: A combination headgear and poncho is provided which includes a hat having a crown portion with a liner disposed therein for forming a compartment in which the poncho is contained. The liner is formed with an aperture through which the poncho is extracted from or inserted into the compartment. Complimentary fastening means, such as hook and pile materials, are disposed at the liner along the aperture to secure the compartment. The crown portion is also provided with gathering means which operatively adapts the crown portion to snugly fit the wearer's head when the poncho is contained in the compartment or when the poncho has been removed from the compartment and deployed, resulting in the weight of the crown portion being reduced.

Abstract: A protective garment-type cover for use by a child user, as well as for disposition over a carriage for the child user. The protective garment-type cover is constructed of a cloth-like material which is constructed in the form of a cloak or a poncho for wearing by a child user and which is also adapted and constructed so as to be disposed over a carriage used for transporting the child user. This carriage may be in the form of a stroller, a car seat, bicycle seat, or the like. The protective garment-type cover is also provided with a sound system for generating music or similar sounds for hearing by a child user when the protective garment-type cover is disposed on a child user.

Abstract: A skier's drag chute and system for deploying the chute. The apparatus comprises a chute portion that has leg straps in connection with the user's legs and wrist straps for attachment to the user's wrists. A shoulder attachment may be secured around the neck or shoulder of the user in order to secure the top edge of the chute to the user and prevent air from forming under the chute. The chute portion has curvilinear edges along the top and bottom edges of the chute. The chute remains in resting position on the back of the skier until the skier decides on slowing down. The skier extends his arms allowing the chute to deploy and thus slow the speed of the skier.

Abstract: A wind drag reducing suit with integrated aerodynamic modules for use by speed sport athletes such as skaters and cyclists. The wind drag reducing suit is made from flexible fabric, and the aerodynamic modules of the suit are made integral therewith and fabricated as a flexible fabric composite. One form of the aerodynamic modules is as a rearwardly extending aerodynamic wedge-shaped module disposed on the portion of the suit sleeves which cover either the rear of the athlete's upper arm or lower leg. Another form of the aerodynamic modules is as a rear spoiler board, which is integral with the portion of the suit which covers the athlete's torso back, and which therefore is disposed on the back of the athlete when the suit is worn. Another form of the aerodynamic modules is as a vortex generator which projects from the exterior surface of the suit.

Abstract: Aerodynamic enhancements and modules for cycling and other speed sports such as skating and skiing include in one embodiment a wind drag reducer including two tapered arm/leg wedges. For cycling the the tapered wedges which are held in position by a stretch fabric sleeve, are worn on the upper arm area. For speedskating the tapered wedges are placed around the calf and a slightly modified wedge is attached to the heel of the speed skating boot. Another type of wind drag reducer includes a contoured rear spoiler board which is strapped to the back of a cyclist. An aerodynamic module to improve laminar air flow according to another embodiment includes a pod with a forwardly protruding nose-cone shaped front surface. The pod is held in position around the cyclist by a stretch fabric sleeve and strap arrangement.

Abstract: A protective garment consists ofa planar fabric material section having a central area, inner an outer surfaces, top and bottom opposed ends, first and second opposed sides. A first and second independent elongated strips are partially separated from the remaining fabric and extending correspondingly along the first and second opposed sides from the bottom end in the direction of the top end. Each independent strip has a free end. The planar fabric material section further includes first, second and third securing units. The first securing unit removably secures the free end of the first independent strip to the central area of the fabric during formation of a first sleeve. The second securing means removably secures the free end of the second independent strip to the central area of the fabric during formation of a second sleeve. The third securing unit removably secures positioning of said top end around a head of the wearer.

Abstract: The present invention provides a one-piece, open-seam garment which encompasses the head, covers and conforms to the body and limbs of the wearer, and provides on-demand access to one portion of the covered body and limbs without uncovering the remainder of the body and legs. When worn, the garment provides privacy and protection for the person unlike the conventionally used johnnies and hospital gowns conventionally worn during physical examination or medical treatment in the physician's office or clinic.

Abstract: A nursing cover for use by a mother in nursing an infant is disclosed. The cover is formed of a fabric material provided with a pair of horizontal pockets or slits which allow easy access to the infant for feeding along with improved viewing of the infant by the mother. Improved ventilation for the infant is also provided even while covered. Additional features include an elastic neckline and improved closure for the ends of the cover.

Abstract: A sanitary garment comprising a coat having sleeve slits in the elbow area that permit a person's hands and forearms to exit the sleeves, and body part slits adjacent the sleeve slits to allow the person's hands and forearms to be inserted in the body part of the coat, and a simulated hand attached to the end of one of the sleeves whereby a person can relieve himself in private and in an inconspicuous manner when a public toilet or restroom is not available.

Abstract: A religious article that first functions as a canopy or chuppah for a wedding ceremony and then when cut into pieces serves as individual prayer shawls or tallitot for the couple. The religious article has two rows of heavy stitching, each adjacent to a longitudinal or latitudinal axis and perpendicular to the weft or warp of the material. The religious article also contains four reinforced corners and four additional reinforced areas each having holes provided therein. When the religious article is cut along the axis, forming two prayer shawls, each shawl has reinforced corners with holes through which are attached braided religious fringes or tzitziyot.

Abstract: A protection suit for civilian or military use comprises a poncho-like part and a protective hood joined thereto. The poncho-like art of the protection suit consists of a flat sheet of thermoplastic material folded double and provided with an opening in the front sheet portion. The protective hood is prefabricated out of two flat sheet portions of thermorplastic joined together along a continuous weld seam and having openings. The opening in the back sheet portion of the protective hood is the same shape and size as the opening in the poncho-like part and the defining edges of two openings are welded together by means of a continuous seam. The protection suit can be manufactured entirely in a two-dimensional plane.

Abstract: A weather protective garment constructed to better protect an infant seated in a stroller from rain. The infant wears a poncho to which a cape has been attached in the back. The cape is sized to be drapable over the back of the stroller to keep rain from falling into the space between the infant and the back of the stroller, and then onto the stroller seat. This prevents water from pooling on the seat while, at the same time, maintaining the infant fully protected by the poncho.

Abstract: A backpack having an integral garment includes a container portion having front, central and rear panels. Straps are attached to the front panel for support of the backpack from the wearer's shoulders. The front panel is releasably connected to the central panel for access to an internal compartment formed continuously along the central panel on the inside of the container portion for storage therein of an integral garment. The integral garment may be withdrawn from the storage compartment and donned by the wearer of the backpack without removal thereof from the wearer's shoulders, the garment at all times remaining in integrated relationship with the backpack.

Abstract: A loose fitting garment for use as a costume on a doll or an adult is styled for presentation of a first selected costume design. The loose fitting garment includes, on one surface, a design corresponding to the style for the first selected costume design. The opposite or second surface of the garment includes a design representative of a second selected costume design. The garment is reversible to convert the costume from the first selected costume design to the second selected costume design. To facilitate a change in the costume, the garment includes a mask which is featured as a part of the costume for the second selected costume design. The mask is secured to the garment in a position to be concealed from view when the garment is presented to display the first selected costume design on the wearer.

Abstract: A raincoat made out of a continuous folded web forming a subtantially rectangular shape with two long sides and two short sides. A sealed portion extends perpendicular to the fold that defines one of the long sides and extends a distance that is comparable to the diameter of the head of the user. Two parallel and spaced apart longitudinal cuts extend perpendicular to one of the short ends to define a pair of straps for the hood when the sheet is separated from the web and unfolded. A second pair of straps is formed by a third cut that extends perpendicular to the cut that is farther away from the fold. A user ends up with a raincoat that effectively protects him or her from the rain.

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 convertible, outerwear garment comprising a sleeveless vest with a jacket having sleeves attached to the interior of the vest at a pouch or pocket formed along a lower edge of the jacket. Panels at the sides of the jacket may be joined to the side of the pouch to complete the jacket structure. The jacket may be inserted into a pouch pocket when the vest is worn without the jacket. The jacket may be deployed from the pouch and the jacket sleeves inserted through the side openings in the vest, the jacket mode to provide added protection to the wearer. In this mode, the lower side panels of the jacket are secured at the side of the pouch. Another pocket may be provided in the rear of the vest to receive a rain cape or poncho which may be deployed by the user for additional wet weather protection.

Abstract: A rain coat for protecting a horseback rider and the associated riding equipment from the rain consists of a cloak having a length and width sufficient to cover the full body of a seated rider as well as a portion of a horse's body extending from approximately the front shoulders to about halfway down the animal's buttocks. A vent is formed in the lower front portion of the cloak for allowing the rider to conveniently grasp the horse's reins.

Abstract: A loose fitting garment for use as a costume on a doll or a adult use is styled for presentation of a first selected character in a costume. The loose fitting garment includes, on one surface, a design corresponding to the style for the first selected character. The opposite or second surface of the garment includes a design representative of a second selected character. The garment is reversible to convert the costume from the first selected character to the second selected character. To facilitate a change in the costume, the garment includes a mask which is featured as a part of the costume for the second selected character. The mask is secured to the garment in a position to be concealed from view when the garment is presented to display the first selected character on the wearer.

Abstract: A nursing bib completely covers the torso of a mother and her infant. The bib attaches by means of a neck band. The bib has on its front, in the area of the mother's breasts, two portals which can be opened from underneath the bib. The portals can also be opened from outside the drape with the free. These portals allow the mother to see the child while he is nursing without exposing herself or the infant to the outside.

Abstract: A hospital gown which has two sides openings and fold sections which fold inwardly to provide privacy when the garment is fastened or tied along the side openings.

Abstract: A privacy covering for breast feeding an infant in public places is provided in a simple, light weight nursing cape. The nursing cape is designed to be easily draped over and cover the shoulders of a nursing mother with her neck passed through a central neck opening and her head above the cape shoulders. The cape is structured with a one-piece back and an opening in the front producing two front panels. The front opening has releasable fasteners and the opening can be closed with the nursing cape over and protecting the mother's clothing as well as providing privacy for the nursing mother. The length of the front panels provides a covering for the feeding infant. One embodiment of the invention has two transverse openings, one on each side in the front panels, providing the mother with surveillance openings to look down at the infant without exposing herself to public view. The surveillance openings also provide additional ventilation for the nursing infant.

Abstract: A garment for nursing mothers and having arm holes and partially overlapped fabric members which may be draped individually over the nursing infant. A neckband may be closed about the neck in a removable manner. Rear edges of the fabric members terminate rearward of the wearer in a spaced apart manner while frontal edges of the fabric members terminate on opposite sides of a medial plane of the garment to provide overlapped portions for infant concealment.

Abstract: This invention pertains to a novel head or head and shoulder covering which can be used as a garment or can be modified to form an umbrella-like weather protecting device. More particularly, when used as a head covering this device contains within it a cape which may be deployed and draped about the shoulders. It is an article of clothing for a person comprising a head covering such as a cape, visor or headband, and a deployable cape for covering at least the shoulders of the person, whereby, in a deployed position the cape is draped about at least the head and shoulders of the person leaving the face of the person uncovered and in the stowed position the cape is stowed within the head covering. The cape can be sufficiently long that it covers the feet of the wearer.

Abstract: A one-piece garment is disclosed. The garment has two panels with a neck opening between the panels. The second panel has a central panel, side panels and transverse panels. The central panel covers the wearer's back and shoulders, the side panels cover the wearer's sides from under the junctions of the wearer's arms and shoulders, and the transverse panels extend substantially across the wearer's chest. The first panel may lie over or under the transverse panels. Means for closing the transverse panels is provided so that the transverse panels may be secured in position across the wearer's chest. In a preferred embodiment, the closure means allows the transverse panels to be closed in two ways: first, with one transverse panel overlying the other; second, in a draw string manner with the outer ends of the transverse panels extending toward each other. The panels of the garment are proportioned to ensure adequate coverage of the wearer.

Abstract: A scarf has a generally butterfly-like configuration formed with two mirror-image, generally triangular panels and a connecting neck portion which is preferably pleated. The scarf extends laterally along the straight grain of the fabric to two corners of the triangular panels, and along the bias of the fabric to second corners of the triangular panels. The fabric is a fluid, drapable fabric, preferably pure silk or a silk blend. The scarf can be cut as a single integral piece, or as two pieces joined in a seam at the neck portion. The dimensions of the fabric depend on the size of the person wearing it and its use. In a large size, the scarf can be draped around the neck for use as a stole, dickey, bandeau or halter blouse, with at least one pair of the corners tied at the back. In any size, the scarf can be tied and displayed to provide a wide variety of scarf bows and styles.

Abstract: A decorative garment comprising a sheet of fabric having a central opening therein sized for passage of the head, shoulders, or waist of a wearer. There is pocket structure about the cutout to accommodate a drawstring so that the size of the cutout may be varied. The garment is adapted to be draped over the body in a wide variety of fashions.

Abstract: A rain clothes includes a rain jacket having a pair of gloves built in two jacket sleeves ready for wearing service, and a rain trousers having a pair of leg hoses each having a lining of elastic hose portion and a skirt fastened to a wearer's shoe or foot for completely shielding a wearer's boot and foot.

Abstract: A mammography cape which permits the selective exposure of a breast by a subject during a mammography procedure or the like, while otherwise preventing unwanted body exposure, is disclosed. The cape is formed of drapable sheet material having a neck opening formed in the center thereof. The cape has a front and back portion of generally equal dimensions which are connected together only along a transverse center line. Both the front and back portions of the cape have distally spaced draping panels on opposite sides, the front and back draping panels cooperating together to conceal the upper torso of a wearer on both sides of the cape.

Abstract: A poncho-type garment having a head opening in the center section thereof located nearer the garment's back marginal edge and having the corners thereof substantially relieved to provide back and front panels which are transversly narrower than the centersection. When worn by a seated wheelchair occupant, the back panel substantially conforms geometrically to the chair backrest, the front panel overlies the lap and thighs, and the centersection provides open sleeves which drape downwardly from the shoulders to the area of the chair armrests. The corner reliefs eliminate those portions of the garment which would otherwise be wadded inside the chair frame or left dangling outside.

Abstract: Multi-purpose, reversible, blanket garment including a main member of a size and configuration for use as an automobile robe, blanket, and a poncho-type garment, and which is formed of at least two opposed layers, one layer being a layer of woven, wool, blanket-type material, and the other layer being a layer of water repellent material, and which includes a hood of the same two layers of materials and wherein the hood may be fastened and unfastened from the main member by mating zippers provided on the hood and main member. The multi-purpose garment may further include epaulets for enhanced visual appearance, for securing various objects to the poncho-type garment and one of which may be used as an over-the-shoulder carrying strap for carrying the main member and hood upon the main member being suitably folded for carrying.

Abstract: A nursing garment in the form of a loose fitting poncho having an opening at its upper end to enable it to be drawn down over the head of the wearer, and a rigid annular neckpiece in the form of a hoop secured to the fabric of the poncho and surrounding the opening. The poncho is intended to fit loosely over at least the upper portion of the body of the person wearing it, and the neckpiece is intended to fit loosely around the neck of the wearer. The garment provides a simple and inexpensive means for permitting a mother to nurse her baby in public without fear of exposure. Moreover, the neckpiece provides a simple means for enabling the mother to look down into the interior of the garment to observe the baby.

Abstract: An improved coat that has large sleeves and an oversized girth whereby the wearer of the coat may carry a child under the coat on either the wearer's front or back. An adjustable length belt blacks the passage of air into the coat, prevents articles stored in the sleeves under the coat from falling out, and pulls the fullness of the coat into the wearer so that coat may be worn by a single person. A deployable front hood is provided to protect the child when carried in the front. A deployable hood in the back of the coat provides protection to child and wearer when child is carried in the back. A baby carrier is provided that adequately accommodates a child from birth, through all growth stages, to as long as the parent wishes to carry the child. A vest worn in conjunction with coat is provided to protect wearer's shoulders against cold.

Abstract: A coverlet is disclosed for wear by non-ambulatory patients during transportation in shower chairs and mobile commodes. Counterpart front panels are attached together, and counterpart back panels are attached to the front panels so as to provide head and arm openings and entry from the back. Dimensions of the front and back panels are chosen to accommodate patients of varying physiques and to prevent interference with moving parts of shower chairs and mobile commodes.

Abstract: Garments are made of sets 11-14 of loosely juxtaposed strands of yarn that are spread to a single layer and stitched to tapes 16,17 at each of their ends and are bundled together intermediate their ends and stitched to a central tape 15, with the sets of strands and tapes comprising a segment of a garment.

Abstract: Garments covering the arms and upper torso made of a one-piece or multi-piece pattern in which the central axis of the sleeves are naturally positioned forward of the lateral plane of the body (rather than with the conventional fitted position placement in the lateral plane). The low point of the armhole is advantageously at the side front in the center of the armpit when the arm is raised. The garment is fitted to accommodate arms positioned at an angle substantially forward of the lateral plane of the body, preferably ranging between about 18.degree. and about 45.degree.. Contrary to conventional wisdom, the garments fit a body position which is in the center area of the natural arm movement range relative to the torso and which is naturally unsymmetric between front and back.

Abstract: There is disclosed a water-proof garment which is horizontally foldable to form a belt-like member to be worn around the waist when not in use.

Abstract: A flexible container for an article constructed in accordance with a predetermined three-dimensional shape which represents the reproduction of a desired item is now being added to the state-of-the-art. The container while being flexible is also self-sustaining so that it can retain its predetermined three-dimensional shape without the assistance of any external agent. The flexible container is stored with the article when it is not serving as a container for the article. The predetermined three-dimensional shape which the flexible container assumes when it is to serve as a container for the article is relinquished when stored with the article so as not to interfere with the intended use of the article.

Abstract: The disclosure is of a poncho for human use having an enclosed area at the center of the rear panel which may be inflated to form a cushion on which the wearer sits.

Abstract: An article of clothing is disclosed for use as an outerwear garment (100). The garment comprises a planar integral portion (101) having a elliptical configuration. Invertible sleeves (113, 114) are attached at armholes (107, 106) in the integral portion at a position allowing for use as shawl-length outerwear and additionally for inverted use as floor-length outerwear.

Abstract: A cape foldable into an enclosed handbag. A thin foldable one piece cape member has a pair of hand apertures in the sides. A pair of pockets are on the front of the cape member. A first zipper portion encircles one pocket. A second zipper portion encircles the other pocket. Whereby the cape may be folded into a package having one pocket on one side and the other pocket on the other side so that when the zipper portions around the pockets are joined and closed, the cape is completely enclosed between the pockets so that the package may be used as a handbag.

Abstract: A protective cape is formed from a continuous piece of material, such as plastic, with a centrally located neck opening. The cape is formed with generally opposed portions relative to the neck opening, one of which has a relatively large area and the other of which has a relatively narrow area. The narrow area portion overlaps the large area portion along the front surfaces of the wearer's torso, so as to close the cape along the front surfaces of the wearer's neck. Fastening means are formed along engaging surfaces of the overlapped portions adjacent the neck opening. The fastening means comprise interlocking surfaces fitted to coincide with upper edges of the neck opening, such that the neck closure lies flat against the wearer's neck contour.

Abstract: This disclosure relates to a convertible garment capable of being utilized as a blanket, a cape, and a lap robe having a foot pocket, the garment including a generally rectangular shaped piece of material having first and second opposite parallel edges and third and fourth opposite parallel edges, cooperative snap securing means along a first edge portion of the first and second edges, respectively, for forming a foot pocket upon the folding of the piece of material along a line generally parallel to the third and fourth edges, and third snap securing means along a second edge portion of one of the first and second edges for selective releasable securement to one of the first and second snap securing means for forming a cape upon the folding of the third and fourth edges toward a midline therebetween.

Abstract: A disposable garment for hunters useful for field dressing out and skinning of large animals, such as deer and elk. The garment is formed of a transparent, waterproof material, and has gloves integrally connected to the ends of the sleeves. The gloves each have at least two fingers which the hunter may insert between the hide and the carcass of the animal to form an opening for inserting a hunting knife to slice the animal's hide.