Coats Patents (Class 2/93)
  • Publication number: 20110113524
    Abstract: A wearable garment is provided. The garment includes an outer shell, an inner lining, a pocket, a liquid-fillable bladder, a bladder opening and a tube. The outer shell has an interior surface. The inner lining is positioned adjacent at least a portion of the interior surface of the outer shell. The pocket is located between the outer shell and at least a portion of the inner lining. The liquid-fillable bladder is removably positioned in the pocket. The bladder opening is in the outer shell and permits the bladder to be removed from the pocket. The bladder opening also includes a closure to selectively seal the bladder opening. The tube extends from the bladder and through a tube opening such that a user can withdraw liquid from the bladder via the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: May 19, 2011
    Inventor: Madeline Paige Sinder
  • Publication number: 20110088135
    Abstract: A convertible garment that is reconfigurable from a garment to a neck pillow. The neck pillow may be generally U-shaped to fit about the neck of a wearer. The garment may include a pocket generally corresponding in shape to desired shape of the neck pillow. The pocket is of sufficient size to receive the remainder of the garment so that the remainder of the garment can be inserted into the pocket. The pocket may be sized so that the remainder of the garment substantially fills the pocket, thereby providing a relatively firm neck pillow capable of providing the desired level of neck support. The pocket may have a closure, such as a zipper, to retain the remainder of the garment in the pocket. The garment may be a jacket with the pocket located in the lower back that opens to the inside of the garment. The pocket may be manufactured from or lined with a soft material, such as a brushed tricot or a fleece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: WOLVERINE WORLD WIDE, INC.
    Inventors: Brian T. Snyder, Mitchell S. Zapp, William K. Inman
  • Publication number: 20110079623
    Abstract: This invention is a system and method for constructing a handbag, purse, carrier bag with hidden backpack capable of being converted into a jacket worn with backpack; alternatively, the backpack can be used separately as another smaller carrier bag or purse; this handbag invention contains a zipper system around the bottom half of the handbag that ends at the bottom center of the handbag which hides the upper third portion of the jacket. There are pockets located in the front center of the jacket. Drawstrings at the top of the handbag are loosened to create a waistband when in jacket form. The strap for the purse becomes a belt for the jacket by the use of clips on the ends of the strap, and d-rings attached to the handbag. This method and system is capable of transforming the jacket back into a handbag, carrier bag and purse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2009
    Publication date: April 7, 2011
    Inventors: HOLLIS McCRAY-CLARK, CHARLES HENRY CLARK
  • Publication number: 20110075401
    Abstract: The present invention is a safety garment having electroluminescent strips to illuminate the garment, as well as quick-release points to allow an individual wearing to garment to quickly remove the garment in an emergency situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 31, 2011
    Inventors: Daniel Torres, Paul Torres
  • Patent number: 7900272
    Abstract: A static control garment may be worn by a user. The garment includes first and second conductive portions, a first user interface for electrically coupling the first conductive portion to the user, a second user interface for electrically coupling the second conductive portion to the user, and an insulative portion coupled to, and separating the first and second conductive portions. Preferably, the first and second conductive portions comprise substantially the same amount of conductive material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Western Digital Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Huynh P. Tan, Julius A. Turangan, Muralidhar R. Dugyala
  • Publication number: 20110047684
    Abstract: An airbag jacket having a good fitting performance of an expanded airbag for a body in the airbag jacket where the airbag is expanded along an outer surface of the body of the wearer. An airbag 2 is provided in a manner so as to cover a waistline and both shoulders of the wearer. An inside of the airbag 2 is partitioned into a plurality of cells 2a by means of that an inner panel 3 constituting a first surface on a wearer side of the airbag 2 and an outer panel 4 constituting a second surface on an opposite side to the wearer is partially stitched by means of a line-shaped stitching portion 6. Each of the cells 2a is formed to have a shape extending in a body height direction of the wearer. Thereby, the airbag 2 is brought to be expanded along an outer surface of a body portion of the wearer as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Jin-Soo Jan, Shinichi Sugimoto, Akifumi Takedomi, Tadahiro Igawa, Hiroshi Goto, Yuki Kobayashi, Masayoshi Orita
  • Publication number: 20110030119
    Abstract: Rescue harness devices are designed for incorporation into protective coats of firefighter or other types of first responders such that when deployed, the rescue harness forms a closed loop that cinches around an upper torso region under the armpits of an individual donning the protective coat, to thereby positively secure the individual and pull directly on the individual's body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Rescue Equipment Laboratories International, LLC
    Inventors: Thomas J. Fee, Michael P. Fee, Donna M. Haskell, Frank Haskell, Patricia A. Harty, Michael P. Harty
  • Publication number: 20110030118
    Abstract: A protective garment including an outer shell and a harness assembly configured to be generally positioned between the outer shell and a wearer of the garment when the garment is worn. The harness assembly includes a wrap-around portion and a shoulder portion configured to fit about the shoulders of a wearer. The wrap-around portion is movable between a retracted position wherein the wrap-around portion is generally positioned adjacent to a back of the garment and an extended position wherein the wrap-around portion is generally spaced away from the back and passable around or over the crotch of a wearer. The harness assembly includes an attachment portion configured to be attached, at a position on a front of the wearer, to the harness assembly, or to the outer shell, or to a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Applicant: Lion Apparel, Inc.
    Inventor: Vincent J. Pratchett
  • Patent number: 7874019
    Abstract: Garments and garment sets are described that include a jacket having a powder skirt and trousers that can be attached to the powder skirt via at least one fastener. One embodiment of the invention includes a water resistant jacket, an elasticized powder skirt having at least two edges, the first of which is attached to the water resistant jacket, at least one fastener connected to the second edge of the powder skirt, water resistant trousers including a waist opening and two leg openings and at least one corresponding mating fastener connected to the trousers. The fastener and the corresponding mating fastener are constructed to detachably fix the powder skirt to the water resistant trousers. In several embodiments, the fastener and corresponding mating fastener are two mating zipper portions of standard length that can be combined to form a zipper irrespective of the garment size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Volcom, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard Woolcott, Abran Abeyta, Arriana Padron, Jay Twitty, William Anderson
  • Patent number: 7856669
    Abstract: A weather resistant textile article comprising: a primary outer shell having an edge at least partially defining an opening for wearing the article; and a moisture wicking lining attached to at least the primary outer shell. In the preferred embodiment, the article includes a secondary outer shell attached to the primary outer shell. Also, in the preferred embodiment, the article includes a moisture permeable adhesive layer joining the shell and the lining.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Go! Products, LLC
    Inventors: Steven L. Sommers, Daniel H. Moss, Morrie Siegel, Randolph Loew
  • Publication number: 20100320241
    Abstract: A multi-purpose convertible garment that can be used as a traditional jacket or converted for use as a backpack. The garment includes a left, right and rear panel having a top and bottom and adapted for covering the upper torso of a human. A zipper is provided for attaching the left and right panels together along with left and right arm sleeves attached to respective ones of the left and right panels. When used as a backpack, the sleeves are rolled up and stored insider the body of the garment and a pair of shoulder harness assemblies are extended to the exterior of the garment. The bottom of the garment is closed off by a pair of adjustable straps, thus allowing the garment to be used as a backpack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventor: Alif O. Thompson
  • Patent number: 7854017
    Abstract: A thermally protective fabric includes a composition of inherently flame resistant fibers, and interstices having insulating pockets of air, wherein at least some of the air is incorporated into the interstices through a mechanical working process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: Southern Mills, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael Andrew Laton
  • Publication number: 20100306899
    Abstract: A jacket having two sleeves and at least one outside breast pocket further having a cuff-less sleeve end consisting of a hemmed finish; a cuff-less waist consisting of a hemmed finish; and an inside breast pocket inside the jacket sharing the same outline as the outside breast pocket, whereby the jacket provides a fitted and shorter fit around the sleeves and waistband without the use of a cuff fastening means, and whereby securing means securing the inside pocket are not visible on the outside of the jacket because they share the same outline. A method of making the jacket of the present invention has the steps of removing the sleeves cuffs from the sleeve ends; hemming the sleeve ends; removing the waistband cuff from the jacket waist; and hemming the waist, whereby the sleeves are shorter and fitted without the use of securing means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventor: Earle Kolb
  • Publication number: 20100299804
    Abstract: An expandable clothing includes two cloth members, and an expandable element secured between the cloth members and having a resilience greater than that of the cloth members for allowing the clothing to be expanded to fit various users having different sizes or dimensions. The clothing may be selected from pants, trousers, skirts or shorts, sweaters, shirts, jackets or coats or the like having two tubular pant-legs or two sleeves for accommodating or receiving the legs or the feet, or the hands of the users. The expandable elements may be attached to the inner portions or the side portions of the pant-legs or the sleeves, or attached to the rear portion of the coat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Cheng Han Huang
  • Publication number: 20100293696
    Abstract: A safety apparatus for a person includes a harness and jacket worn by the person. The harness includes a dorsal ring and the jacket includes a dorsal opening aligned with the dorsal ring. A safety line can be attached to the dorsal ring without interfering with the operation of the jacket. The jacket is repeatably moveable between positions covering and uncovering the harness so that the jacket can be replaced with another one without removing the harness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventors: Vince Real, Vickie Real, Vernon Heide, Doug G. Dixon
  • Publication number: 20100293702
    Abstract: A jacket includes a main jacket body configured at respective under-sleeve and side-torso areas with edges spaced apart to form respective openings respectively extending from a terminal portion of the sleeve to bottom portions of the jacket body; and a pair of inner jacket bodies, respectively disposed in the respective openings, and affixed to the main jacket body. The main jacket body can be formed, at least in part, of an abrasion resistant material that protects the person from abrasive injuries. The inner jacket body is formed, at least in part, of an elastic material that provides the person with greater flexibility while wearing the jacket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2009
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Inventor: Margaret Jane Meyer
  • Publication number: 20100287680
    Abstract: Laminates are described having a durable outer film surface for use in making lightweight liquidproof articles, including articles of apparel, such as outerwear garments. A method of making the laminate and a lightweight outerwear garment having an abrasion resistant exterior film surface is described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Matthew A. Johnson, Edward G. Gunzel
  • Publication number: 20100282803
    Abstract: A garment is disclosed that provides an integrated backpack support straps that allows user to easily attach a backpack, keep the backpack in place, and easily remove the backpack and garment simultaneously. The garment can include one or more integrated backpack support straps permanently affixed to the front of the garment. The integrated backpack support straps can be attached to the garment such that they are not visible when viewing the front of the garment. Each backpack support strap can have connector ends that attach to a backpack, either selectively or permanently. The garment may be a shirt, a sweater, a sweatshirt, a coat, a jacket or other suitable garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: Terrence Simmons
  • Publication number: 20100281597
    Abstract: A partial garment lift/quick-access system for installation in an upper body garment for wearers who have a need for immediate and unobstructed access to the waist/belt line to retrieve essential items. The quick-access system allows the wearer to immediately expose an item at the waist/belt line, for complete and unobstructed access by pulling a simple cord at the chest pocket. This act produces a curtain-like affect at the bottom hem of the garment; assisting the wearer to make rapid hand-to-item contact while keeping the hem of the garment suspended for the duration of the required activity. The pull cord may be installed on one or both sides of the shirt system to allow for the most efficient access by the wearer. The quick-access system can be installed in various types of upper body garments such as, but not limited to, short or long sleeved shirts, vests, pullovers, and jackets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: James Anthony Lang
  • Publication number: 20100282808
    Abstract: A personal weight-bearing harness that is worn over at least one shoulder of a wearer and that comprises at least one handle attached to the front of a strap of the harness provides an improved means of carrying an infant or other item in at least one arm of the wearer. The hand of the arm carrying the infant or item can grasp the handle, which results in at least some of the weight of the carried item(s) being transferred to the shoulder and/or back of the wearer. The harness is worn over, under, or incorporated into an outer garment, such as a coat, jacket, vest, shirt, sweatshirt, and the like; in the latter two cases, a handle is accessed through an opening in the outer garment disposed over the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2010
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Antwaine Ja-Quay Debnam, Nasir Mannan
  • Patent number: 7823220
    Abstract: An item of clothing is convertible between different configurations. A vest may be removably fixed onto a jacket by devices different from those which are used to fix together the front portions of the jacket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2010
    Assignee: Alpinestars Research SRL
    Inventor: Giovanni Mazzarolo
  • Publication number: 20100274176
    Abstract: A variety of article and systems including wound care systems, methods for making the wound care systems, bactericidal, and methods for treating wounds using these systems are disclosed. The wound care systems may include a first material comprising one or more fibers or porous media. The one or more fibers or porous media may be coated with a second material that is capable of inhibiting the growth of bacteria and killing the bacteria to render the wound care system sterile, increasing the absorbency of the first material, or both upon exposure to light. The first material may be cotton, or any suitable fibrous material, the second material may be TiO2, and the light may be UV or visible light. A variety of methods including ALD may be used to coat the first material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Publication date: October 28, 2010
    Inventors: Helmut Baumgart, Diefeng Gu
  • Publication number: 20100257655
    Abstract: Human clothing has inner and outer flexible layers that define a space sufficiently large to position a thermal transfer element in any of multiple, non-overlapping positions. The space and the thermal transfer element preferably have cooperating sides of a hook-and-loop attachment. All suitable items of clothing are contemplated, but especially a shirt, jacket or pants that appear to others as a substantially normal garment. Each space has one or more openings, in either the inner or outer layers, and preferably at the shoulders or sides of the torso, or at the pocket areas of pants. The spaces are preferably large, not only relative to the size of a corresponding thermal transfer element, but also to the size of the garment. Thermal transfer elements are preferably disposed in pouches having a thermal insulation on that side, and have only a very thin, thermally transmissive, fabric on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventors: Ali Nilforushan, Kevin Bello
  • Publication number: 20100251455
    Abstract: Camouflage articles are formed of arrangements of portions of different colors. The lighter colored portions or parts thereof are formed of reflective ink in that particular color. This arrangement provides the article with a camouflage appearance, altering depth perception by animals in daylight, and reflectivity at night for safety.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2009
    Publication date: October 7, 2010
    Inventor: Jeffrey L. Lampe
  • Publication number: 20100218297
    Abstract: To provide an inner garment with which an outer garment on hand can be utilized as luxurious clothes depending on the season or the place, and an effect as winter clothes can be attained in seasons of low temperatures. The inner garment comprises a jacket-like body portion (11) made of a thin cloth, and a fur portion (12) fixed to the body portion (11) to extend from the collar to the bottom. The inner garment is worn under front opening outer garment (20, 30), and, when the fur portion (12) is exposed to the outside at a portion from the collar to the bottom of the outer garment (20, 30), the front opening outer garment (20, 30) can be decorated with the fur portion (12).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2006
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: doble PLANNING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kenichi Harada
  • Patent number: 7784109
    Abstract: A firefighter jacket that comprises a torso-covering portion and a pair of sleeves, wherein at least one pocket is positioned on the torso-covering portion. The pockets comprise an interior chamber and an opening to the interior chamber. The interior chamber has a width and a depth that varies along the width. The opening to the interior chamber is of a width that is less than the width of the interior chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Assignee: Sperian Protective Apparel, Ltd.
    Inventors: Catherine Seguin, Anthony Di Giovanni, Claude Barbeau
  • Publication number: 20100212062
    Abstract: A firefighter jacket that comprises a torso-covering portion and a pair of sleeves, wherein at least one pocket is positioned on the torso-covering portion. The pockets comprise an interior chamber and an opening to the interior chamber. The interior chamber has a width and a depth that varies along the width. The opening to the interior chamber is of a width that is less than the width of the interior chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2010
    Publication date: August 26, 2010
    Applicant: SPERIAN PROTECTIVE APPAREL, LTD.
    Inventors: Catherine SEGUIN, Anthony DI GIOVANNI, Claude BARBEAU
  • Publication number: 20100192275
    Abstract: A composite fabric comprises perforated expanded low density polyethylene foam that is mechanically attached to two opposing facing layers, at least one of which outer facing layers is a non-woven material. The mechanical attachment of the perforated expanded low density polyethylene foam layer to the outer facing layers may be through stitching or quilting; through adhesive; or through thermal bonding. The composite fabric provides a textile with exceptional buoyancy, cold-resistant and water-resistant properties and which can be easily handled by conventional textile manufacturing processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Applicant: INNOVATIVE DESIGNS, INC.
    Inventor: Joseph Riccelli
  • Publication number: 20100186136
    Abstract: A high-visibility covering is removably attached to a firefighter turnout coat at the shoulders and front closure by easily separable fasteners so that the assemblage can be donned as a single coat and the high-visibility covering can be easily ripped off. In one embodiment, the covering is a single panel that wraps around the coat, extending from the shoulders to the waist or hips. In another embodiment, the covering is composed of three panels, two front panels and a back panel. Front shoulder straps on the covering are removably attached to the front of the turnout coat at the shoulders. Back shoulder straps on the panel overlap and are removably attached to the corresponding front shoulder straps. In the three panel embodiment, the back panel has a pair of lappets that overlap and are removably attached to the corresponding front panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Applicant: BLAUER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen J. Blauer, Thomas W. Ames
  • Publication number: 20100186137
    Abstract: A multi-functional, lightweight outerwear garment that transforms into a temporary freestanding shelter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventor: Linda Gutshe
  • Publication number: 20100132089
    Abstract: An embodiment is a wader system having an upper portion including a hood, a torso portion, and two sleeves. The wader system of an embodiment may further include a chest wader portion having a pouch into which the upper portion may be removably packed and/or stowed for convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Michael Myers
  • Publication number: 20100132090
    Abstract: A Korean-style woman jacket design method is used in producing a jacket well-fitted to a woman with big breasts. The method includes the steps of: determining a back cover width L1 to be equal to one quarter of an armpit-passing chest girth plus n cm; determining a chest cover width L2 to be equal to one quarter of a nipple-passing chest girth plus m cm; determining a collar-back dimension L3 to be equal to [(neck girth/2)?p cm]/2; determining an armhole dimension L4 to be equal to (arm root girth/2) plus q cm; determining a cover flank dimension L5 to be equal to armhole dimension L4 plus r cm; determining a back cover height L6 to be equal to cover flank dimension L5 plus k cm; and determining a chest cover height L7 to be equal to back cover height L6 plus s cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Tae Bok Park
  • Patent number: 7725952
    Abstract: The present invention provides a protective weather garment. The protective weather garment may include an upper portion, a body portion, and an adjustable bottom portion. The adjustable bottom portion includes an adjusting member so that the bottom portion can be adjusted to fit to the dimensions of an under garment worm by a person. The adjusting member includes a flap having a flap width disposed about a periphery of the adjustable bottom portion and extending from the adjustable bottom portion. The adjusting member is configurable to adjust a diameter of the adjustable bottom portion formed by the flap such that the flap width is adjusted with the adjusting member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Inventor: Christina Wight
  • Publication number: 20100125927
    Abstract: This invention is a unique method to manufacture, package, market, distribute and sell coordinated non-matching items which have traditionally been matched. This invention includes the creation and use of a system for coordinating the non-matching items. It further includes the packaging of the coordinated non-matching products in both traditional and non-traditional quantities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2010
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: MISS MATCHED, INC.
    Inventors: Jonah Staw, Arielle Eckstut, Leslie Jonath
  • Publication number: 20100127025
    Abstract: A system (20) having the form of a garment (22), such as a jacket or pullover top, which can be transformed into one of a number of different fully closable containers (24), such as a rucksack, bag, or daypack, or vice-versa and a method for performing the transformation. Closure of the neck aperture (15) is operated by actuating a first closure means (1) extending from a common point (14) below the neck on the back of the body (R) of the garment, over the shoulders on either side of the neck aperture down the front (F) of said body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventor: Sven Kelling
  • Publication number: 20100122394
    Abstract: The invention relates to an item of clothing that at least partially covers the body of the wearer and that comprises a back part. Said back part (2) comprises a heat insulating element (3) that extends along the spinal column and that covers at least the region of the thoracic vertebra.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2008
    Publication date: May 20, 2010
    Inventor: Bodo W. Lambertz
  • Publication number: 20100111448
    Abstract: A convertible bag comprises a main bag body (1; 21; 31; 41; 51) and a first accessory. The main bag body (1; 21; 31; 41; 51) forms a garment when it is in its expanding state and the first accessory is sewed in a proper position of the main bag body (1; 21; 31; 41; 51). When the garment is converted into the main hag body (1; 21; 31; 41; 51), the first accessory is closed so that one portion of the garment is stably hided inside the other portion of the garment. The convertible bag may be a satchel, a handbag, a handy bag or a backpack. The convertible bag may also include a bag cover (2; 22; 32; 42; 52), straps (3; 23; 33; 43; 53) and an inner bag (11; 29; 39; 59). The first accessory is a slide fastener, a buckle, a fastener, a magic patch or a four-part button. The garment is a coat, a shirt, a T-shirt, a sweater, a vest, a skirt or trousers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2007
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventor: Kowk Wa LI
  • Patent number: 7707660
    Abstract: A protective garment for a fire fighter or emergency worker is provided. The protective garment includes an outer shell and a drag harness located at least substantially within the outer shell. The drag harness includes a wearer portion, a gripping portion and a flap operably coupled to the gripping portion. The flap is releasably secured to the outer shell in a stored state. The flap and the gripping portion remaining operably coupled to one another and extend away from the outer shell in a deployed state to drag a wearer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Morning Pride Manufacturing, L.L.C.
    Inventors: Mary I. Grilliot, William L. Grilliot, Patricia K. Waters
  • Publication number: 20100078100
    Abstract: Embodiments of an appendage wallet having a variety of configurations to contain papers, currency, and small devices that are readably attachable and detachable from a region of a body appendage hidden beneath body clothing. Embodiments include vapor-blocking layers interposed between leather and other multi-layered constructions configured to restrict water vapor reaching wallet compartments storing currency, important documents, or water sensitive devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventor: John A. Orton
  • Publication number: 20100077529
    Abstract: An article includes a porous membrane having pores, a first selectively permeable coating supported by the membrane and a component protective against delamination of the selectively permeable coating from the porous membrane and/or any other coatings applied thereto. The first selectively permeable coating includes an antichemical, antibiological, antiradiological and/or antimicrobial agent. The protective component may be provided alone, or as an element of the first selectively permeable coating, or, a second selectively permeable coating. A laminate and methods of providing these are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2009
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Joshua James Stone, Gary Charles Davis, Ryan Austin Hutchinson, Vishal Bansal, Eric Clark Palmer
  • Patent number: 7685650
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protective garment made of water-tight and air-tight outer cloth formed by superimposing an external layer of a film of polyvinyl chloride and an internal layer of woven cloth, the film and the woven cloth being bonded together. At least one section of the garment is lined internally by a lining made with cloth and including a foam sheet extending in the lining, the cloth of the lining being bonded at least on its periphery to the woven section of the external cloth in bonding zones, the foam sheet being arranged substantially free between the cloth of the lining and the external cloth, the foam sheet being integral with the external cloth and/or with the cloth of the lining at least towards its upper section in order to be held and not fall in the lining. The garment can be a vest, a pair of trousers or an apron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: Establissements Guy Cotten
    Inventor: Guy Cotten
  • Publication number: 20100059067
    Abstract: A disposable hygiene article (2), surgical covering item, or surgical garment, such as an incontinence diaper, incontinence pad, surgical drape, or surgical coat, has a composite non-woven fabric (38) that is provided with at least one non-woven fabric component (16) and another non-woven fabric or foil component (10, 12). The first non-woven fabric component (14) is attached to the other non-woven fabric or foil component (10, 12) in at least some areas by means of a joining pattern (36) encompassing discrete ultrasonic welding points (30) in order to form the composite non-woven fabric (38). The joining pattern (36) extends in a first direction (32) and a second direction (34) that runs perpendicular thereto, the distance in the first direction (32) being longer than the distance in the second direction (34). At least some sections of the joining pattern (36) are not rectilinear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Bernd Frank, Ruediger Kesselmeier, Christian Koch, Rudolf Groener
  • Publication number: 20100031414
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for tending human tissue, the method including the steps of having a body part of a person covered with watertight foil; having the body part wrapped in an elastic element, the elastic element enveloping the watertight foil, and the elastic element being under strain and thereby compressing tissue of the body part; and instructing the person to exercise.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Applicant: BEAUTYDIVISION GMBH
    Inventor: Oswald Millet
  • Publication number: 20100031413
    Abstract: The present invention provides a convertible jacket system configurable between a wearable jacket and a personal sleeping environment. The convertible jacket system may be made from a lighter and more water resistant material. It may include various structural features to proportion and support the inertial loads of a sleeping bag compartment and a head covering canopy, each coupled to the convertible jacket system. By way of example, the head covering canopy may further include a bendable wire coupled to a fabric material such that the canopy may easily be popped open and then folded compactly enough to slide into a pouch coupled to a backside of the convertible jacket system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2008
    Publication date: February 11, 2010
    Inventor: Terry L. Jensen
  • Publication number: 20100024103
    Abstract: A retroreflective garment constructed of flame resistant fabric. The garment is light-weight and can be single or double layered. Garments that can be constructed of flame resistant fabric with retroreflective elements applied thereon include garments such as, for example, shirts, pants, coveralls, jumpsuits, jackets, gloves, hats, etc. The flame resistant fabric has a coefficient of retroreflection of about 10 to about 500 candelas per lux per square meter. In addition, the retroreflective elements cover at least about 5 percent of the outer surface of the flame resistant fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: Southern Mills, Inc.
    Inventors: Karen A. Kelleher, Michael T. Stanhope
  • Patent number: 7653949
    Abstract: A winter weather garment, such as an undergarment or a middle layer of winter wear, which has mittens with an extended forearm section permanently attached to the end of the sleeves so that the elements of winter never come into contact with the wearer's forearm or wrist area. The garment typically precludes the wearer, such as a child, from removing the mitten end without the assistance of an adult. The garment typically has a torso portion for substantially covering the torso of the wearer, a left distal portion, and a right distal portion, with each distal portion being permanently attached to the torso portion and protecting the respective left or right hand, wrist and forearm of the wearer from the outside elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Inventors: Trisha Kraus, Lori Mascall
  • Publication number: 20100017934
    Abstract: A garment to be worn while hunting is provided that is formed with an exterior surface having a base layer and an additional layer formed with individual sections that project away from the base layer to provide a three dimensional appearance to the garment. The sections are each formed with an irregular edge shaped similarly to items found in a natural environment to obscure the silhouette of the individual wearing the garment. Also, the colors of some of the sections are selected from those having wave lengths of between 590 to 700 nm, which are readily discernible by humans, but which the animals being hunted are much less sensitive to, rendering the garment inconspicuous to the animals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2009
    Publication date: January 28, 2010
    Inventor: Shannon Guelzow
  • Publication number: 20100015373
    Abstract: An inflatable structure includes a fabric body having three hydrophilic and vapor-transmissible plastic layers sequentially applied over an inner surface thereof, and including at least one continuous S-shaped bonding channel, along which areas on an outer surface of the fabric body at two opposite sides thereof are bonded together. The three hydrophilic and vapor transmissible plastic layers are lightweight, waterproof, vapor transmissible, and warm; and the S-shaped bonding channel has small width to allow increased inflatable space in the fabric body. The continuous S-shaped bonding channel has two ends formed into two closed circular bonding lines to avoid damage of the inflatable structure by stress concentrated at the bonding line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventor: Chiang-Chuan LIN
  • Publication number: 20100007115
    Abstract: A motorcycle grip pad comprises a base layer of elastomeric material having spaced bumps on a top surface. An adhesive layer is on a bottom surface. The area of the pad is between 1000 and 4000 mm2. A motorcycle grip system also includes a reaction patch of relatively rigid material having apertures spaced and arranged in the same way as the bumps on the pad. The patch is adapted for connection to a motorcycle rider's suit (74,88) or other apparel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2007
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: MOTO COMP LIMITED
    Inventor: Malcolm Wootton
  • Publication number: 20090313748
    Abstract: The present invention consists of an integrated monitoring and multichannel communication system for the management of rescue teams, especially those fighting forest fires, comprising a suit (1), worn by all operational suited units in the terrain; and electronic system (2); a telecommunication system (4) and an information system (3). The suit integrates fireproof, waterproof, heatproof and impact resistant materials, which as a unit integrate, protect and ease access to the electronic system. The electronic system (2) collects biometric and location data from the operational suited units in the terrain, transmitting said data to a panel located in the back of the suit. The telecommunications system (4) sends the biometric, orientation and location data, in real-time through an Ultra High Frequency network, to a computer integrated into a support vehicle, which in its turn sends the data, via terrestrial or satellite communications, to a server.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Applicant: YDREAMS INFORMATICA, S.A.
    Inventors: Tiago Benard Guedes Lopes Da Fonseca, Pedro Miguel Henriques Matos, Miguel Nuno Da Silva Leal Rios, Nuno Miguel Goncalves Borges Carvalho, Pedro Miguel Ferreira Claro, Mario Rui Santos, Jose Miguel Rodrigues Remedio, Antao Bastos Carrico Vaz De Almada, Bruno Miguel Santos Serras, David Jose Matos Palma, Ivan De Almeida Soares Franco