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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7267599 | Drawstring bra cup The important feature of this invention is the breast cups. Each breast cup having a circumferential perimeter with a sewn in drawstring chamber about the entire circumferential perimeter; a drawstring secured within the drawstring chamber; a drawstring having a fir... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260851 | Apron and method for using the same An apron and method for using the same is provided. In one embodiment, the apron includes a body covering having an exterior facing side and an interior facing side. An elastic strap is attached to the interior facing side along a first side edge of the body coverin... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260852 | Wraparound swimsuit A swimsuit especially adapted for use by elderly and physically challenged women includes a one-piece body having an upper wraparound portion and a lower trunk portion. The upper portion includes first and second panels or flaps that overlap one another and include ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258593 | Camisole for mastectomy patients A camisole for use by medical patients includes front and rear segments with the front segment divided into two panels which may be selectively temporarily closed. The front panels are connected to the rear panels along side seams and the garment includes a yoke-lik... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7255671 | Infant care apparatus A patient care apparatus comprises a portable patient support module having a first mattress, a first platform carrying the first mattress, and a first canopy positioned on the first platform to enclose an infant positioned on the first mattress in a first isolation... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251840 | Double reversible clothing Double reversible clothing is provided which includes four-sided double reversible pants, coveralls, a hooded sweatshirt, and a jacket. The garments are adorned in various identifying indicia, including sports team logos and camouflage patterns typically associated ... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7246392 | Wearable blanket and a swaddling accessory therefor A swaddling accessory attachable to a wearable blanket for use in swaddling an infant. The wearable blanket can be used with or without the swaddle to give the caregiver the option of using the wearable blanket without the swaddling accessory. The swaddling accessor... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241252 | Fitness wear with hidden back support A tapered elastic back support is situated in a fabric tube formed at the top edge of a variety of shorts and pants suitable for use during athletics, exercise or rehabilitative therapy. Unlike traditional back braces, the portion of the back support encircling the ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7234171 | Expandable material for use in a garment A protective garment having an expandable material incorporated therein is provided. The expandable material may be formed of a nonwoven fabric having a first fabric surface and a second fabric surface which is opposite the first fabric surface. A section of the fab... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7226454 | Warming device with varied permeability A warming device includes a clinical garment having an inside surface supporting a convective apparatus with separately-inflatable sections, each adapted to enable a particular mode of warming. Each section has a surface or region with a permeability that varies fro... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222371 | Shawl A shawl including a sheet of fabric having an inner surface and an outer surface defined by a top edge, a bottom edge, a right side edge and a left side edge. The sheet of fabric is dimensioned to allow the right and left hands of the user to each extend beyond the ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198614 | Method and apparatus for adapting clothing to allow access for medical procedures The present invention is directed to a method and apparatus for positioning and creating an opening in a person's shirt or blouse at a location that varies depending on the underlying location necessary to perform a medical procedure. The created opening allows acce... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7191720 | Method of manufacture for stitchless garment A stitchless garment and a method of making the stitchless garment are provided. The method is used in connection with manufacturing a circular knit garment using a first garment component and a second garment component. The method includes the steps of providing th... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7188372 | Infant-supporting privacy nursing apron A nursing apron that covers an infant being breastfed to thereby afford privacy to the nursing mother, and that also provides at least partial support to the nursing infant. The apron is made from a piece of material having a top end, a bottom end, and opposite side... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185370 | Infant bib The present invention introduces improved protective garments, especially in the form of safer infant bibs. An improved infant bib includes: (a) a central piece of material having right and left side edges of length Y, and configured so to cover the frontal area of ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7181771 | Child protective garment A garment designed to protect the clothing of a child from food and drink spills while a child is eating is constructed generally by two pieces, a back flap and a lower piece. The back flap covers the upper back and shoulders of the child wearing the garment and pro... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7181773 | Hospital gown A hospital gown for medical procedures such as inserting catheters, heart monitoring, wound dressing and the like and reducing exposure of the patient's “private areas”. The gown has a large upper opening extending across the front of the gown from about the are... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7168103 | Height adjustable protective garment A height adjustable protective garment including an outer shell shaped to fit about the chest, torso and legs of a wearer and having a waist portion shaped to be located at or adjacent to a waist of a wearer. The garment further includes an adjusting strip having an... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7169992 | Guitar strap A guitar strap, for supporting a guitar, having a guitar body, and a pair of attachment knobs affixed to the guitar body. The attachment knobs have a neck and a flange, the flange larger in diameter than the neck. The guitar strap has a belt having a first and secon... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7162746 | Body form-fitting rainwear A non-terminated, multi-aperture body form-fitting rainwear is provided. In the rainwear, a first waterproof moisture vapor permeable hydrophobic layer couples to a first fabric layer. The first fabric layer faces the body and couples to a first side of the first wa... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7155746 | Anti-wicking protective workwear and methods of making and using same The present invention relates to protective outerwear for covering a body portion. The protective outerwear has an inside surface and an outside surface, with at least the outside surface including thereupon an ink jet printed low surface tension liquid blocking mat... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7125400 | Wearing article A wearing article such as a disposable diaper is provided in predetermined regions of the article with hook members. These predetermined regions are elastically stretchable at least in one direction. Each of the hook members includes a plurality of hook assemblies w... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7114500 | Surgical draping system A draping system provides a continuous sterile field between a patient incision area and one or more medical practitioners. The draping system has a quick release system incorporated into the drape that enables a medical practitioner to separate from the continuous ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111344 | Infant sleeping system A crib sheet with attachment points used to attach to the crib rails or bed frame. The crib sheet is used in combination with an infant sleep garment that attaches to the crib sheet by hook and loop mechanism. Attachment to the crib frame or bed frame, rather than t... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7111328 | Hybrid ventilated garment A hybrid, ventilated garment is provided. Another aspect of the present invention employs a jacket having a body portion with sleeves and a torso, and a removable shell portion having sleeve and a torso segments. A further aspect of the present invention provides wi... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7093304 | Surgical gown donned through the self-assisted use of inflatable chambers The invention relates to a gown having a gown body, an inflatable chamber capable of selectively inflating and deflating carried by the gown body, and a shaping element carried by the gown body. The shaping element is directly responsive to inflation of the inflatab... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086925 | Cushioned fastener A brassiere fastener system having a cushion structure is provided. Preferably, the cushion structure is a pouch with at least one cushion insert therein. ... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7082617 | Mommy bib Provided is a protective garment, much like a bib having an outer surface and inner surface for disposition over a user's clothes. The bib comprises, a back panel having an upper and a lower edge, a pair of shoulder panels extending from the upper edge of the back p... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7073204 | Garment with a compartment Certain exemplary embodiments comprise a garment comprising a compartment that can comprise a volume substantially sufficient to contain a medical apparatus. A compartment can be comprised of an inner and an outer layer of material, with the outer layer comprised of... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7047569 | Child's cape coat A garment for children is provided having a body portion formed from a single piece of material in a simple geometric design. A generally curved body portion uses as few as four slits to form a front portion, back portion and opposing arm portions. A front slit can ... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7013488 | Surgical gown with a panel section of elastomeric barrier material A protective garment, such as a surgical gown, includes a body having a closed front, an open back, and sleeves. The closed front extends below a wearer's knees when the garment is donned. The closed front incorporates a section of elastomeric material that extends ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7010812 | Papilla gown A papilla gown includes a cloth web that is adapted to cover the body of a patient, an elongated hole provided on the cloth web communicating the inside of the cloth web with the outside of the cloth web, a pocket attached to the cloth web, a cover portion that is p... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7003804 | Surgical gown incorporating a skin wellness agent A protective garment, such as a surgical gown, includes a front portion, a back portion, and sleeves. A skin wellness agent is deposited on an inner body-facing surface of at least one of the front portion, back portion, and sleeves, and may also be provided in the ... | 02/28/2006 |
| 7003825 | Cruciform pocketed blanket construction A blanket construction (10) primarily designed for airline passengers wherein, the construction (10) includes a blanket member (20) having a vertical stem portion (23) including a criss-cross pocket arrangement (27) on its lower en... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6978479 | Garment for preventing a baby from rolling over A garment for swaddling a baby includes an elongate shell having an outer surface, and an inner surface opposite the outer surface defining an interior volume for receiving the arms, legs, and trunk of a baby therein. The shell has a head end, a foot end opposite th... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6973673 | Intrusive device-supporting apparel The present invention relates to intrusive device-supporting apparel for covering at least a portion of an upper body of a wearer, which includes a garment adapted to cover a portion of an upper body area, of a wearer, which has a front and a back. There are at leas... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6941584 | Universal earth suit A jump suit having features effective for both male and female users includes a central zippered opening extends downward from waistband along the crotch between left and right pants legs. A main zipper controlled by a pair of keepers and opens and closes the openin... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6936021 | Compression garment for dorsocervical surgeries A close-fitting, compression garment is described for providing adjustable compressive force over a surgical site in the dorsocervical region of the human body below the neck, above and between the shoulder blades of the upper back. The vest body portion of the inve... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6934969 | Anti-wicking protective workwear and methods of making and using same The present invention relates to protective outerwear or workwear for covering a body portion. The protective outerwear has an inner surface and an outer surface, with the outer surface including thereupon a low surface tension liquid blocking material in a continuo... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6927385 | Optical sensor and method of suppressing interference light therefor An optical sensor includes a light transmitter for transmitting pulsed light signals and a light receiver for receiving them. In order to suppress the effects of interfering noise light, the light signals are transmitted according to a specified pattern including pu... | 08/09/2005 |
