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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8161574 | Apparel with raised course crease An article of apparel may include a textile element that defines a crease. The textile element may be knitted to have a first course and a second course that are adjacent to each other in some areas of the textile element and spaced from each other by a raised cours... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8065746 | Multi-scored winged collar support A winged collar support for a shirt collar including an elongated body portion having a first end, a second end and a center portion. A pair of wings protrudes from one of the first and second ends of the elongated body portion. The pair of wings has an inner side f... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8042196 | Camouflage for hunter or soldier or the like Camouflage apparel for a hunter or solder or the like comprising a cape or sheet composed of camouflage material. The cape may be separate or attached to a pouch or hood of camouflage material. The cape and hood may be separate or attached to a portion of a vest whi... | 10/25/2011 |
| 7849520 | Laminated collar and a garment having such laminated collar A garment and a collar for such garment, the collar having a lower zone and an upper zone, the lower zone having a greater rigidity than the upper zone. ... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7302710 | Hooded garment with circular knitted collar A garment for protecting the head and neck of a user including a garment body with a neck opening. A hood attached to the garment body. A stretchable tubular knitted collar, attached to the garment body approximate to the neck opening of the garment body and inside ... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7146647 | Expandable, no-shrink shirt collar A shirt collar having a stretchable neckband made of a woven fabric with at least some of the threads on a bias so that in the event the length of the threads shrinks there is only a negligible reduction in the circumferential size of the collar, and the collar is c... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7069598 | Necked garment having built-in receptacle for air activated heater A necked garment having at least one receptacle for efficiently heating the neck of a wearer. The receptacle holds a heater packet. Heat from the heater packet transfers to the neck of the wearer wearing the garment. The receptacle and heater packet are preferably h... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7058986 | Socks with snap fasteners A sock has a cuff with an inner fabric layer and an outer fabric layer folded over at least a portion of the inner fabric layer. A snap fastener is secured to the inner fabric layer. A slit or opening extends through the outer fabric layer to expose the snap fastene... | 06/13/2006 |
| 7043765 | Shirt with cooling collar and cooling pockets A shirt includes a collar with inner and outer layers forming ice pockets spaced around the collar. The pockets are for ice to cool the main blood vessels and spinal nerves in the neck of the wearer. In use, the collar is either in an upstanding closed position arou... | 05/16/2006 |
| 6986165 | Extendable collar A shirt collar for dress or sport shirts with an adjustable collar secured to the shirt body by a collar stand. An elongated fabric strip positioned within a fold in the collar band with one end projecting through a slot and with a button secured to its end and with... | 01/17/2006 |
| 6938566 | Garment adapted for label attachment A garment adapted for attachment of a label subsequent to the substantially complete manufacture of the garment, where the garment comprises a joining seam between two garment components joined together to form a collar portion of the garment; and a strip which cove... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6874164 | Expandable shirt collar An apparatus for increasing the comfort and flexibility of a shirt collar has an extender tab that is coupled to a collar band with an elastic material that can expand to compensate for shrinkage of the collar due to laundering or an increase in the neck size of the... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6611960 | Two-ply neck collar and method for making same A neck collar and method are described for a two-ply neck collar for attachment to a neck opening of a garment body to help maintain a proper shape along the neck line. In one embodiment, the two-ply neck collar is made of two strips of knitted fabric mat... | 09/02/2003 |
| 6490735 | Garment having a comfort element A garment adapted to cover the body of a wearer at least partially and including a covering for one or more of the extremities of the user. Depending upon the type of garment, such covering(s) can include a collar and/or sleeves and/or legs. The garment i... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6477713 | No-shrink shirt collar A shirt collar in which the material forming at least the neckband, but alternatively both the neckband and the collar, is arranged with the weave thereof on a bias so that in the event the length of the threads shrinks there is only a negligible reductio... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6412116 | Article with magnetic collar closure An article, such as a cape, with an adjustable magnetic collar closure includes an cloth portion having a collar formed therein with pockets formed in each end of the collar, a flexible magnetic strip inserted into one of the pockets and a separate flexib... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6314581 | Shirt with messages under collar A shirt which can be used to discreetly convey messages to other persons. The shirt includes a body and a collar which is foldable between up and down positions. A message on the shirt is hidden by the collar when the collar is in the down position. The c... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6301714 | Upper garment with an inflatable collar An inflatable collar of an upper garment comprises a sealed cavity and an air cock communicating into the sealed cavity for injecting and discharging therethrough. The cavity may be formed by placing an arc shape tube with an air cock on the inner or oute... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6250116 | Textile support for reinforcing a shirt collar or similar piece The invention relates to a textile support (1) for reinforcing a shirt collar or a similar piece of clothing, in the form of a nonwoven textile lap (2) reinforced by a knitted fabric (3) and comprising capstan yarns (4, 5), extending along the warp, betwe... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6212686 | Expandable shirt collar An expandable shirt collar in which the material forming at least the neckband, but preferably both the neckband and the collar, is arranged with the weave thereof on a bias so that it is stretchable in a direction parallel to the circumferential directio... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6112329 | Shirt with collar The invention relates to a shirt with a collar attached thereto and a left-hand and a right-hand chest blank which close in the chest area with an underlap having buttons and overlap having button-holes. A reinforcement area is provided which is bounded i... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6089422 | Collar stiffening device and method The invention is a collar stiffening means comprising a base with two surfaces wherein the base has depicted upon one of its two surfaces one or more geometric shapes and upon the other of its two surfaces, an adhesive with a removably affixed cover so th... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6081926 | Expandable shirt collar An expandable shirt collar has one or more transverse reinforced cuts or openings in the neckband which spread apart or open when a longitudinal force is applied to the neckband to effectively elongate the neckband to compensate for shrinkage of the shirt... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6070434 | Ornamental neckpiece An ornamental neckpiece for a shirt with a buttoned collar, which is intended to be worn when the collar is unbuttoned, comprising an ornamental chain or cord having an attachment on one end suitable for attachment to the shirt collar button and an attach... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5956769 | Shirt with snap fastened collar points A shirt with snap fastened collar points for holding down in place the collar points of a plain collared shirt. The inventive device includes a shirt body having a front with a collar being coupled to said shirt body. A snap fastener is located on each of... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5940882 | Detachable collar protector device A detachable protector device 10 for the interior surface of the neck 101 of a shirt wherein the device 10 includes a permanent anchor component 11 fixedly secured to the interior surface of the neck 101 of a shirt 100, and a detachable protector componen... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5920998 | Fitting device for articles of clothing A new tape measure system and a new combination collar-and-tape measuring tool, actually worn by the user, is described. The collar-and-tape measuring tool allows for adjustments to the fitting that befits individual preferences and natural fit selection.... | 07/13/1999 |
| 5898941 | Collar with a reinforcing base fabric The present invention concerns a reinforcing base fabric (1) for fabrics, cloths, clothing, consisting of a weft knit fabric (2) comprising an insertion of reinforcing and stabilizing yarns (3) extending in the direction of the weft between the rows, the ... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5771491 | Jacket and interchangeable lapel A jacket is provided made with a conventional continuous folded collar and lapel and having a zipper for attaching an interchangeable collar and lapel member with the conventional collar and lapel providing support. and shape for the interchangeable membe... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5761744 | Shirt collar hidden snaps A pair of concealed, vertically spaced snaps underneath each side of a shirt collar to cooperate with snap fasteners concealed on the shirt, to make the collar looked pressed and attractive at all times.... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5692240 | Adjustable shirt collar device A method and apparatus for adjusting a collar. A flexible fastener is attached to a first side of a neck-band, underneath an under collar and out of sight, and removably attached to a second side of the neck-band, also underneath the under collar and out ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5626267 | Garment shaping tape and method A tape for shaping garments comprised of a thin narrow malleable metal strip, a thin narrow backing strip of a flexible material, coated on one side with a pressure-sensitive adhesive, bonded to the metal strip, and an easily removable protective strip ov... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5406648 | Thermal protective overjacket A protective thermal overjacket for being worn over an outer protective shell and/or inner thermal liner of a person such as a firefighter, and for providing additional flame and thermal protection to the upper torso of the firefighter particularly the up... | 04/18/1995 |
| 5400438 | Garment with convertible collar A garment with a convertible collar includes a garment, a collar secured to the garment and defining a pouch with an open-top end, and a fleece-like sheet secured to the garment. The sheet is movable between a storage orientation, wherein substantially al... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5371904 | Collar construction An edge construction for a garment. The construction includes a garment body provided with a finished lower edge and sleeves suitably attached opposite side of the upper end of the garment body. The body is cut away in the usual manner at its upper extrem... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5274853 | Adjustable shirt collar An adjustable shirt collar has an integral tab extension on the stand element of the collar. The extension has a length to it to span the distance across the necktie space on the front of the shirt from underneath one end of the shirt collar element to a ... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5241705 | Reversible collar for clothing The invention is a collar especially adapted for children's clothing that may be reconfigured in order to present a clean front or, simply, change in the pattern that is showing. The garment has an outer layer and a second layer folded on the inside of th... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5128197 | Woven fabric made of shape memory polymer A woven fabric woven from fibers of a shape memory polymer alone or a blend of said fibers and ordinary natural or synthetic fibers.... | 07/07/1992 |
| 5070542 | Collar construction A collar edge construction for a knitted garment. The construction includes a garment body provided with a finished lower edge and sleeves suitably attached opposite side of the upper end of the garment body. The body is cut away in the usual manner at it... | 12/10/1991 |
| 4980927 | Adherent protective collars Disposable adherent collars based on low cost supple sheets carrying a low-adherency pressure sensitive adhesive are disclosed. The adherent collars of the present invention are significantly more comfortable to wear than prior art adherent collars due to... | 01/01/1991 |
