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"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4253197 | Indication assembly An indication assembly of the type used to facilitate the teaching of relatively young children and persons of limited learning ability to dress themselves with limited instruction comprising the use of wearing apparel or garments which include a pluralit... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4249267 | Magnetic fabric fastener and closure means A fastener means for fabrics and clothing and which includes a magnetic tape material which is sewn into or otherwise applied to next adjacent edges of cloth material intended to be overlapped. Such magnetic material being relatively thin and light weight... | 02/10/1981 |
| 4240158 | Pants-type garment and method of making the same A pants-type garment comprises two panels of material each comprising a lower leg-forming portion and an upper body-forming portion having a contoured edge defining a generally U-shaped cutout for the formation of a crotch. A crotch band has opposite side... | 12/23/1980 |
| 4230114 | Exercise pants A pair of exercise pants comprised of pant material which throughout its length and width is non-porous and non-absorbent, said pants having cinching elements for cinching the pant material about the waist and legs of the user in a manner which substantia... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4215435 | Convertible trousers Convertible trousers including a body portion configured to be placed on the lower half of a human torso in a conventional manner, a pair of leg portions for accommodating therein a pair of human legs, the leg portions each comprising a plurality of flexi... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4215685 | Trouser construction A pair of anatomically fitted trousers with an improved construction of the crotch and front region consisting of the usual leg portions, the usual waistband and a novel combination crotch/front panel. The conventional leg portions with one, two or variou... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4200937 | Method of manufacturing garments In a method of manufacturing garments, a mold is provided in the shape and size of the desired garment. The mold includes a matrix of conductors by which variable predetermined electrostatic fields can be established over the mold. A plurality of fiber la... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4198916 | Process and apparatus for making garments formed of helically joined pieces Strips of material fed from a supply roll are propelled helically around a cylindrical form with edges of adjacent convolutions of the material contiguous with one another and the contiguous edges of the material are joined together to form a tubular stru... | 04/22/1980 |
| 4190908 | Convertible garment A convertible garment convertible to long pants that can be converted to short pants, and a skirt, to be worn separately, and if desired, convertible back to the original convertible garment, the long pants comprising a short pants having short leg enclos... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4179752 | Protective suit A protective suit is provided in order to protect the wearer from skin abrasions as he slides along or otherwise comes in contact with a rough surface. The protective suit includes an outer material as well as a lining. Intermediate these are a plurality ... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4176408 | Garments formed of helically coiled pieces A body-type garment, i.e. a garment intended to cover at least a portion of the torso of the wearer comprises a strip of material having generally parallel side edges and inclined end edges defining at least approximately a parallelogram shape. String pas... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4149273 | Full length split bell trousers A full length split bell pair of trousers in which the front portion of each trouser leg from approximately the knee area to the leg bottom has a cut-away portion to provide a visual entrance to the wearing apparel on both legs, such as boots, socks or ev... | 04/17/1979 |
| 4123804 | Glove pockets A pocket for garments defined by a half-glove or half-mitten sewn to the exterior or interior of a pair of trousers, so as to define a hand engaging concavity. The pocket may be in the form of a regular glove with particulate finger portions or a mitten a... | 11/07/1978 |
| 4117609 | Rip cord safety device for waders A rip cord safety device providing an easy escape means from wading boots filled and drawing the wearer beneath the water. The rip cords are positioned so as to open the wading boots from toe to top with a single upward pulling motion.... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4104742 | Convertible garment A convertible short pants and skirt garment is disclosed including releaseable fastening hook and pile fabric means connecting the front and back portions to form a crotch whereby the garment is a pair of pants with depending legs. Each of the front and b... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4103363 | Methods of manufacturing pants Methods of manufacturing pants from heat-settable textile material, with molding of the material for a good fit, in which two flat tubes of such material are assembled, seamed to form a crotch seam, applied to a mold shaped to impart appropriate form to t... | 08/01/1978 |
| 4091466 | Hockey garment A unitary hockey garment formed of material comprising a body portion adapted to be snugly worn about the lower trunk area of the body and conforming to the contours thereof, with an integral crotch area associated with the body portion, and a pair of leg... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4069513 | Form-fitting trousers There is provided an outer garment including an outer portion intended to embrace the lower torso, an internal body hugging portion made of power net having front and rear sections, means securing the outer portion to the internal portion approximately ab... | 01/24/1978 |
| 4068320 | Method of producing knitted slacks Knitted outerwear slacks produced of thermoplastic fibers, of permanently finished natural fibers, or of a thermoplastic and natural fiber blend. Both legs of the slacks are of seamless tubular knitted fabrics shaped by molding and terminated on one or bo... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4068321 | Adjustable pants A pair of pants having an adjustable lower body portion made of two overlapping frontal triangular flaps extending from the back and sides of the body portion. The triangular flaps have their apex at about the crotch of the body wearing the pants and thei... | 01/17/1978 |
| 4065814 | One piece elastic body suit A one piece elastic body suit worn by a person to coordinate and tone the body includes an outer and an inner layer joined together, wherein each layer has a shirt and trouser section. A plurality of elastic band members are disposed between the inner and... | 01/03/1978 |
| 4035844 | Novel trouser-like article of clothing A novel trouser-like article of clothing is provided which combines the functions of underwear, socks, garter belts and crotch protector, while providing an attractive, light-weight and durable garment which may be worn under conventional sporting clothin... | 07/19/1977 |
| 4034417 | Protective garments A protective garment, jacket and/or pants, made of a fabric unit which includes an outer shell and an inner shell with a liner therebetween, these being secured together at edges thereof. The outer and inner shells are formed of light, non-moisture-absorb... | 07/12/1977 |
| 4006494 | Pants with front pocket A pair of dress pants or slacks has a wide and deep pocket across the front between the center creases on the legs. The pocket has a top opening with a slide opening and a lower end flap that is not attached directly to the front of the pants or slacks. O... | 02/08/1977 |
| 4004297 | Trouser construction A trouser construction in which the front part of the waistband is much lower than the back. The back portion of the waistband fits around the "small" of the back of the wearer, i.e. in the waist region of the body, and the side portions of the waistband ... | 01/25/1977 |
| 3996622 | Form-fitting trousers Buttock-fitting trousers suitable for wear by both men and women. The trousers include leg portions and a separate seat portion shaped to fit the buttocks and attached to the leg portions by sewn seams passing rearwardly of said trousers to define the jun... | 12/14/1976 |
| 3985003 | Preseamed and preformed knitted garments and method of making same A knitted structure and method of making same which includes simultaneously knitting two concentric tubes and interconnecting the tubes by knitting to produce seams which define a garment of juxtaposed portions of the two tubes. Each concentric tube inclu... | 10/12/1976 |
| 3959826 | Method of skewing twill fabric to avoid leg twist Leg twist in jeans made of twill fabrics may be avoided by skewing the fabric clockwise or counterclockwise depending on the twill direction before making the garment so that when the garment is laundered the positions of the warp and filling yarns will r... | 06/01/1976 |
| 3938196 | Trousers For increased comfort and durability of appearance, each leg of a pair of trousers is provided with a plurality of ribbed creases extending generally longitudinally along its periphery.... | 02/17/1976 |
| 3936886 | Trousers To facilitate forming the inside seams of trouser legs, the trouser back panels are made with the so-called bottom or fork point projecting only slightly and with a fairly pronounced convexity in the upper region of their outer longitudinal edges. Increas... | 02/10/1976 |
