Did You Know...
...that Charles Goodyear performed some of his experiments on rubber while in debtor's prison? He was there so often he referred to it as his "hotel". Chronically in debt because of poor business sense and ill health, Goodyear depended on the generosity of friends and family. Even after he unlocked the secret to vulcanizing rubber, he was unable to improve his financial situation. When he died, his estate was $200,000 in debt.
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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120079643 | HAIR COVER FOR PROTECTING A WEARER'S HAIR WHILE SLEEPING A hair cover for protecting a wearer's v-shaped hairdo while sleeping having two fabric chambers, one dome-shaped and the other v-shaped.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120036613 | SWEAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM A sweat absorbing pad for a human forehead which is filled with a fluid absorbing material or combination of materials such that the fluid and/or fluid absorbing materials are able to flow under pressure when saturated, the pad having channels with reduced flow resistan... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120027972 | FAIL-CLOSED ADAPTIVE MEMBRANE STRUCTURE Porous adaptive membrane structures having movable membranes are provided. The structures can be made to change their gas, liquid and/or particulate permeability in response to surrounding environmental conditions. Applications include protective apparel that is comfort... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20110274858 | FAIL-CLOSED ADAPTIVE MEMBRANE STRUCTURE Porous adaptive membrane structures having movable membranes are provided. The structures can be made to change their gas, liquid and/or particulate permeability in response to surrounding environmental conditions. Applications includes protective apparel that is comfor... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110252538 | Neckliner The unique quality of this device is it allows a person to trim the hair along the neckline without the assistance of another. The user would simply position the Neckliner around their head, placing the edge of the Neckliner along the hairline at the back of the neck to... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110232650 | ARTICLES OF CLOTHING COMPRISING AMMONIA OXIDIZING BACTERIA TO INCREASE PRODUCTION OF NITRIC OXIDE AND NITRIC OXIDE PRECURSORS A method of enhancing health through the generation in close proximity of a surface of a subject, nitric oxide and nitric oxide precursors using bacteria adapted to oxidize ammonia and urea derived from perspiration is described. Local and systemic effects are described... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110162124 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF COLLECTING AND/OR DISPLAYING COLLECTIBLE ARTISTIC RENDERINGS Collectible artistic renderings are integrated with an article of clothing or other clothing articles wherein the clothing article serves as a display for the collectible artistic renderings and the collectible artistic renderings serve to enhance and alter the look and... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110111673 | ANTISLIPPING TAPE AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS [Problem] There are provided an antislipping tape having an excellent antislipping effect, and comfortable to the skin, and textile products including the antislipping tape. [Means for Resolution] Using a filament yarn A with a single filam... | 05/12/2011 |
| 20110099690 | ADJUSTABLE HEADWEAR There is provided headwear comprising, a crown defining an opening for receiving a head of a wearer, an actuator configured to receive an application of a force, and a force transmission member coupled to the actuator. The actuator is configured to effect, when a head i... | 05/05/2011 |
| 20110088137 | Revesible Garment with Warming Side and Cooling Side A reversible garment with a warming side and a cooling side is comprised of a double knit fabric including a first face and a second face. The garment is reversible such that either face may be worn on the exterior of the garment. When the first side of the garment is w... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110078840 | APPAREL HAVING POCKETS PERMITTING ACCESS BENEATH APPAREL LAYER The clothes, apparel, or garment, whether it be pants, jeans, trousers, shorts, a skirt, a dress, a shirt, a hat, socks, sweatshirt, jacket, bikini, swim suit, bra, or any other possible item of clothing that has, or could have a pocket as part of the clothing, whereby ... | 04/07/2011 |
| 20110054372 | CERVICAL SPINE AND NECK SUPPORT DEVICE The present invention relates to a cervical spine and neck supporting device for stabilising the spinal symmetry of a user when seated, comprising, a head garment comprising a band of material for surrounding a user's head, and a back flap comprising a head garment-coop... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110041232 | GARMENT BANDS INCLUDING POLYMER COMPOSITIONS Articles comprising garments with at least one opening layers are included. The articles may include an elastic polymer composition such as a film, a melt or an aqueous dispersion.... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110043755 | WEIGHTING GARMENTS AND ORTHOTICS FOR IMPROVING BALANCE Weighting garment and orthotics are provided for improving balance. In particular, adjustable balance evaluation systems are used to determine placement of a weight to improve a subject's balance. These evaluation systems may be used to create customized garments for en... | 02/24/2011 |
| 20110016601 | Magazine Cover Costume A customizable costume designed to look like a magazine cover and to be worn by a wearer such that the wearer appears to be a part of the magazine cover. The costume includes a panel having a hole cut therethrough, a plurality of attachment points and at least one chann... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20110010823 | Therapeutic head covering A head covering garment designed for medical use comprising a single piece of flexible, insulating material sewn together to form a generally bag shaped article of clothing which is worn about the head of a medical patient functioning to prevent latent heat from escapin... | 01/20/2011 |
| 20100306894 | Modular hook and loop attachment cushions A system of modular, detachable cushions having surfaces containing hook and/or loop fasteners that fasten to mating loop, open weave or hook surfaces to define adjustable, conformal contoured support surfaces at user contact surfaces and appliances producing fatigue an... | 12/09/2010 |
| 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 |
| 20100275946 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL WRAP A multi-functional wrap comprising an elongated tube of fabric material having mating fastener elements at opposite ends. The tube can be wrapped around one's head forming a head covering with a bun portion in back. It can also be wrapped around one's head and neck or u... | 11/04/2010 |
| 20100251455 | Camouflage For Day And Night Use 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 percep... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100252054 | Infant headwear for treating an infant's persistently maintained head position, seen in conditions such as plagiocephaly (baby flat head) and torticollis (wry neck) An article of headwear to treat an infant's persistently maintained head position with respect to rotation about the cranial-caudal (head to toe) axis, seen in conditions such as plagiocephaly (baby flat head) and torticollis (wry neck). The headwear both permits and en... | 10/07/2010 |
| 20100205715 | Article of Clothing with Aperture An article and method is disclosed having a yarn knitted into a fabric panel including a base plurality of rows, a descending plurality of rows, and an ascending plurality of rows. The panel having interior and exterior surfaces, a first and a partially adjacent second ... | 08/19/2010 |
| 20100199408 | HEADPIECE A headpiece having a first section and a second section separated along a fold-line. The sections have a decorative design printed thereon and are cut from a piece of material such that a top edge and bottom edge have the shape of the decorative design. The first sectio... | 08/12/2010 |
| 20100107317 | IMPACT-PROTECTION SAFETY STRUCTURE OF HEADWEAR An impact-protection safety structure is provided for a headwear, including an impact protector formed by a knitted resilient net lining having a suitable thickness and fixed at a suitable location on an inside surface of the headwear to serve as padding, whereby when t... | 05/06/2010 |
| 20100011489 | Garment with Regionally Varied Evaporative Cooling Properties A garment, such as a shirt, shorts, socks, or a hat, is disclosed for efficiently cooling an individual by water evaporation, thereby reducing perspiration, dehydration, loss of electrolytes, and discomfort. The garment includes at least one property that is intentional... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090300819 | Tan-Through Sunglasses The basic object of this invention is the use of light selective materials and fabrics to increase the utility of a garment or sports article. The invention is the novel idea that light selective materials and fabrics can radically improve the usefulness, pleasure, and ... | 12/10/2009 |
| 20090293177 | Cylinder hair maintenance garment A cylinder head garment comprising an rectangular elongated body and a rectangular tuck band at top portion. The garment is formed by attaching tuck band to partially cut folded side. Full seam on opposite is sewn any remaining unconnected edges to partially cut fold ar... | 12/03/2009 |
| 20090276937 | Collapsible costumes A costume assembly has one or more structures such as headgear structures, body structures or single composite structures. Each of these structures has at least one foldable frame member that has a folded and an unfolded orientation. Each frame member can include fabric... | 11/12/2009 |
| 20090260131 | Headwear with panels coupled by adhesion and sewing The present invention relates to a headwear in which some panels of a visor part are adhered and sewed to each other and thus a wrinkle resulted from conventional simple sewing is prevented and an aesthetic sense is more increased. The head... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090241241 | Configurable headgear Headgear having a headpiece formed to cover a wearer's head, and an appendage attached to the headpiece, to which at least one attachment piece is captively secured. The headgear has a curtain with multiple appendages bearing multiple attachment pieces. A tail piece can... | 10/01/2009 |
| 20090235945 | Hairpiece Having Detachable Hair Accessory A hairpiece product includes a wig releasably attached to a hair accessory. The hair accessory can be a headband having an outer surface and an inner surface. A strip of hook fasteners can be attached to the inner surface of the headband, and a strip of loop fasteners c... | 09/24/2009 |
| 20090151046 | Shower cap A cap device for providing warmth to the head of a person including an outer cap having a water impervious outer surface and sized to fit over the hair of a person, a liner located inside the outer cap, the liner being sized to contact the hair of a person, and a heat s... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090151044 | Hooded garment having an integrated cap and visor A fashionable hooded garment having an integrated cap and visor.... | 06/18/2009 |
| 20090126077 | Wrap Snap Cap This product is made for people of all ages and is to be worn to bed in order to preserve your hairstyle. The Wrap Snap Cap stays intact leaving the hair with a smooth and healthy appearance for the next day. Finally, people everywhere will be able to get a fill night s... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090126078 | Convertible scarf A multi-piece convertible scarf. An inner head-scarf and an outer shoulder-scarf that can be styled separately or connectively to provide multiple styles in an all-in-one fashion.... | 05/21/2009 |
| 20090119818 | HIGH DEFINITION LITHO APPLIQUE AND EMBLEMS The invention provides high definition litho appliqué and emblems manufactured from appropriate fabric, such as 100% polyester twill or micro fiber material, which has been sublimated with a high definition photograph-quality print. The high definition litho appliqué ... | 05/14/2009 |
| 20090101162 | Headband apparatus A headband device includes a headband member having two end portions, an endless resilient strap, and a coupling or attaching device for detachably and changeably attaching the endless resilient strap onto the end portions of the headband member and for allowing the end... | 04/23/2009 |
| 20090089916 | Locks down My invention the Locks Down is a head covering consisting of: a hooded portion that sits on top of the wearers head, a back portion containing a pocket/passageway for the hair/braids to pass through, middle and bottom straps positioned on the back portion of the inventi... | 04/09/2009 |
| 20090025121 | Headgear to be worn around head with or without collegiate, professional, or non-professional sports teams markings-logos or with or without names/wording/numerals A headgear to be worn around head for personalization, customization, representation, and affiliation. The headgear includes a base made of flexible material, a front made of flexible material which is attached to base, application method for wording, and Velcro hook an... | 01/29/2009 |
| 20080307560 | HEAD WORN APPARATUS FOR COSMETIC AND MEDICAL APPLICATION A head worn apparatus with an adjustably attached mirror that allows for hands free close vision self-application of medication, cosmetics, inspection of the skin and teeth and similar uses. It has an adjustable head band a pair of generally parallel multiple segmented ... | 12/18/2008 |
