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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20100281592 | LEG PROTECTOR AND PROTECTIVE SKIRT INCLUDING A LEG PROTECTOR A protective skirt for use in martial arts provides leg protectors for providing protection to the thighs of the user in the event of a full-forced attack to the thighs. The leg protectors are removable elements allowing the skirt to be used with out the leg protectors.... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281593 | Protective sports garment A protective trouser sports garment is made of an elastic fabric both in the longitudinal direction and in the transverse direction, and has respective longitudinal reinforcements both in the front part of the garment intended to act on the quadriceps muscles and in the... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281594 | Knee Protection Device and Method A knee protection apparatus has a knee protecting portion affixed atop one or more fixator struts which surround the side of a user's lower leg, and descend behind the leg near the Achilles tendon area of the wearer and continuing into the user's shoe where a heel cup g... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281595 | GARMENT WITH POCKET A garment, for example, an undergarment, that includes a pocket is described. The pocket is positioned on the interior of the garment and can be positioned against the wearer's body. The pocket is generally aligned with the centerline of the wearer's body. In an example... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281596 | CHILD GARMENT AND RESTRAINING DEVICE A garment and restraining device is provided comprising an attachment for attaching a leash or tether and a tether attached to the attachment of the garment for controlling or restraining a child.... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281597 | Partial Garment Lift/Quick-Access System 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 ... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281598 | BREAST FEEDING COVER Presented is a nursing cover with a neck strap which attaches the cover to a nursing mother's neck. The cover body of the device covers the nursing mother's front torso, and specifically covers a nursing infant. The cover includes structure which holds the cover slightl... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281599 | GLOVE HAVING A FLEXIBLE CUFF WITH INTEGRAL VENT A glove comprising a hand portion having a palm portion and an opposing back side portion, the back side portion including a plurality of protective portions formed therein, the palm portion and opposing back side portion defining a cavity, a cuff portion, a band dispos... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281600 | Support hat A support hat for maintaining a person's head upright. The support hat is comprised of a fabric cap for snugly engaging the person's head and a support strap passes through spaced openings in the back of the cap, and the strap has two tether ends that extend from the sp... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281601 | CONVERTIBLE GARMENTS A convertible garment with legs (4,5) that can be shortened. The legs (4,5) extend to below knee length and each have a bottom hem end (6,7). Releasable seams (9,10) extend from each hem (6,7) along an inner leg side of the legs (4,... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281602 | Sock with Grip A sock for helping to retain a pant leg in position on a leg of a wearer of the sock, includes a leg portion that extends along the leg of the wearer and over the pant leg, the leg portion having a grip on its inner surface for gripping the pant leg to resist upward mov... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281603 | Fixing structure for safety helmet fastening strap A fixing structure for safety helmet fastening strap, including a frame body mounted under a bottom of a helmet shell. The frame body has multiple fixing seats each of which is formed with a passage and an opening through which a fastening strap can pass. The fixing sea... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281604 | BICYCLE HELMET ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM A helmet adjustment mechanism is adapted to adjust the size of a helmet having first and second retention members (e.g., plastic straps) movable with respect to each other. The adjustment mechanism includes an actuating member (e.g., a pinion) coupled to at least one of... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281605 | EAR MUFFS Ear muffs including a pair of arm members, each arm member provided with a noise suppression portion mounted rotatably thereto adjacent a first end of each arm member and having a first portion of an attachment system located at a second opposite end of each arm member,... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281606 | Protective Shoulder Pads with Release Mechanism This invention concerns protective shoulder pads (2) having a release mechanism (7). The shoulder pads (2) protect an individual wearing the protective shoulder pads (2) against impact to the superior, anterior, posterior and/or lateral regio... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281607 | Protective Rib and Lower Back Pads with Release Mechanism This invention concerns improved protective rib and lower back pads (2) for protecting an individual wearing the protective rib and lower back pads (2) against impact to the ribs and/or lower back region of the human body. The improvement comprises protect... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281608 | SYSTEMS AND METHOD FOR VENTILATING A TOILET A ventilation system for a toilet includes a seat that forms a substantially airtight seal with an upper rim of a bowl, an aperture extending from the inner surface to the outer surface, and a conduit coupled to the bowl outer surface at a first end and forming a substa... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281609 | Cover Intended for a Pool Unit within a Pool System The present invention relates to a cover (10) intended for a pool system (1), the cover being lightly flexible and formed as a pool-covering structure and serving as a protection, where said cover (10) is adapted to cooperate in edge-related fashion... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281610 | SWIMMING POOL COVERING SHEET, SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF USE A pool cover, pool covering apparatus, system and method for covering a pool: A swimming pool cover consisting of two layers, suitably bonded together, with air trapped in gas tight compartments extending across the width of the cover. These features give the cover impr... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281611 | SPA DOCKING STATION AND ADJUSTABLE SEAT A spa apparatus including a basin releaseably coupled to a base assembly. The basin and base assembly may be configured for quick coupling and releasing. Coupling the basin and base assembly may simultaneously couple electrical components and/or plumbing components. The... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281612 | WATERPROOF JUNCTURE A waterproofing flashing and resulting juncture, comprising in a first embodiment a generally horizontally positioned planar member which is positioned in sandwiched engagement between the upper peripheral edge of a shower pan or shower bench sidewall (or equivalent wal... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281613 | PATIENT POSITIONING DEVICE A patient positioning device for restoring a patient to a desired position in a hospital bed. An example patient positioning device may include a flexible track positioned along each of the lateral edges of a sleep surface and extending substantially the entire length o... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281614 | Mattress/boxspring encasement and pillow cases with smart zipper - mattress bug seal. The Smart Zipper is designed to seal off all openings for bugs to escape from. The encasements come with a 3 sided zipper that come around and ends at the extended zipper part. The extended zipper is about 5 5/12 inches and has an extra lining inside to eliminate all sp... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281615 | Headboard and/or footboard cover for bed A headboard and/or footboard cover for a bed comprised of a back panel with at least one cinch cord and at least one tie back on each side of said back panel; a front panel with at least one cinch cord and at least one tie back on each side of the front panel; wherein t... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281616 | Axillary support device An axillary support device is provided for decompressing the axilla (armpit) and associated structures in a sidelying position. A thoracic cushion provides firm axillary support to a user at the level of the mid to upper thorax, distal to the axilla. A head cushion conn... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281617 | ASYMMETRIC BODY PILLOW FOR USE IN THE 3/4 PRONE POSITION The pillow (10) comprises two adjacent portions, a lower portion (12) with an elongated shape extending in a longitudinal direction substantially parallel to the human subject's body and a truncular portion (14) extending the lower portion on the pr... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281618 | INTERNAL STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS OF BLADDERS USED IN PATIENT SUPPORT SYSTEMS A bladder comprising an outer and inner surface having a length, height and width, first and second ends, and an internal volume. A support structure is disposed within the bladder and has a length, width, height as well as an inner and outer region. The outer region of... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281619 | AIR MATTRESS SYSTEM WITH INFLATABLE LIMB CHAMBER A system and method for controlling the flow of fluid for an inflatable mattress having multiple, non-interconnected inflatable chambers and a moveable inflatable limb elevation chamber. Each inflatable chamber can be selectively inflated and deflated to vary the pressu... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281620 | Multifunction tool for servicing chain saws A single tool functioning as a screwdriver, a socket wrench and a brush. A shaft serves as an element of a screwdriver, the shaft of a socket wrench and a handle and support for a brush; In one embodiment, a tube with sockets at both ends is attached at its center to on... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281621 | COMBINATION TOOL WITH HAMMER AND WRENCH HEADS According to the present invention there is provided a combination tool with a hammer and wrench. The tool may include an elongated handle having a first and a second end and a hammer head formed substantially perpendicularly and extending from the first end of the elon... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281622 | LOW-VOC LEATHER This object relates to a natural leather which is obtained by forming a coating film through the greasing step following re-tanning and dyeing and the drying step. The purpose of this object is to provide a natural leather, wherein the generation of free formaldehyde an... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281623 | DECOLORIZATION OF FABRICS USING PHOSPHORIC AND PHOSPHOROUS ACID DERIVATIVES The present invention is directed to a method of removing colorants from a material. The method includes providing colored material, providing an oxoacid or oxoacid ester of phosphorous acid, and combining the colored material and the oxoacid or oxoacid ester of phospho... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281624 | METHOD OF TREATING FABRIC The present invention provides a method or treating a fabric comprising the steps of: a) contacting the fabric with a compound of an alkaline earth metal, titanium or zinc, followed by; b) contacting the fabric with C8-C24 soap, and; contacting the fabric with a water s... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281625 | Method And Apparatus For Treating Laundry A laundry treatment method and apparatus are provided. The laundry treatment method includes (a) measuring the amount of detergent in wash water in a tub during a rinsing operation; and (b) automatically determining whether to continue performing the rinsing operation b... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281626 | Method Of Washing A Nappy And An Apparatus Therefor A toilet (13) has a nappy holder mounted thereon. The nappy holder (15) contains a nappy ((1),also known as a diaper) of the type comprising a main body portion (3) and a tongue portion (5) for collecting excreta from a baby. The nappy... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281627 | SECOND PART COMPOSITION FOR HAIR DYEING OR BLEACHING Provided is a second part composition for hair dyeing or bleaching, which is mixed with a first part composition containing an alkali agent before use, the composition containing the following components (A) to (D): (A) an organic amine having at least one hydrophobic c... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281628 | BLUING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR TREATING TEXTILE ARTICLES USING THE SAME A bluing composition concentrate comprises an aqueous medium and at least one colorant that exhibits a blue or violet shade when deposited onto a textile material. The concentrate can be used to produce a bluing composition, and the bluing composition can be used to tre... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281629 | AZO DYES FOR DYEING AND PRINTING HYDROPHOBIC MATERIALS The invention relates to a dye of the general formula (I) where
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| 20100281630 | Article of Footwear with Mesh on Outsole and Insert An article of footwear including a mesh disposed on the outsole and an insert of the outsole is disclosed. The outsole includes tread elements that extend farther from the outsole than the mesh, providing protection to the mesh. Additionally, the mesh on the insert pref... | 11/11/2010 |
| 20100281631 | ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR HAVING A FLAT KNIT UPPER CONSTRUCTION OR OTHER UPPER CONSTRUCTION Flat knitting allows production of textile structures (e.g., for use in footwear uppers) of a final desired shape such that textile cutting steps can be avoided. Flat knitted elements also can be formed directly in desired three dimensional shapes, which can help avoid ... | 11/11/2010 |
