"That’s an amazing invention, but who would ever want to use one of them?"
President Rutherford B. Hayes ; Said in 1876, after Alexander Graham Bell demonstrated the telephone to him at the White House
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8024819 | Weighted undergarment The invention prevents leg chafing, and keeps the garment from riding up in the wearer's crotch area, by disposing weights on the garment. If the garment is an undergarment, then Modal® fabric, a bio-based fiber made by spinning reconstituted cellulose from beech t... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7941871 | Garment with stretchable section and related methods The present invention is directed to a garment (such as a short, shirt, pants and other garments) having a stretchable section preferably of neoprene, that provides for improved comfort and wearability. The other panels or fabric portions of the garment may be const... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7647649 | Body-worn article functioning as a positioning device allowing patient positioning relative to medical therapy or examination device A positioning device is applied in a reproducible manner to a patient, allows indication of the position of an anatomical area of the patient, allows the patient to be positioned in a reproducible manner in relation to an examination area of a medical examination de... | 01/19/2010 |
| 7093306 | Adjustable garment waistband and method of manufacture A figure defining and contouring garment, which outlines and defines a wearer's body contours in a fashionable and comfortable manner, includes a waistband coupled to a body with a rear tunnel that extends along the inside rear of the garment from the lower rise or ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7089596 | Barrel racing rodeo pant systems Barrel racing rodeo pant systems are provided with pockets which retain a protector element for the protection of the barrel racer. The pant system may comprise a pair of pants having a pocket secured to at least one leg which retains a protector element. Pant syste... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7089601 | Buttock form enhancement device The buttock form enhancement device includes a garment, two upper-buttock form pieces and two lower-buttock form pieces, wherein the garment is for covering the lower body portion of the person, and its rear side having two pockets positioned respectively adjacent t... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7086095 | Boxer-style absorbent underpant and method of making same A method of making a pant having side seams and side-to-side crotch seams from a flat web. The method can be carried out in either the cross-machine direction or in the machine direction. The method includes providing a z-slit in selected areas along the flat web an... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7062789 | Outdoors sports apparel Outdoors sports apparel for protecting the body while participating in winter sports. In particular, a pant including pads for protecting the buttocks and hips from falls incurred while snowboarding. To attain buttock protection, a protective pad arranged from the l... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7051457 | Formfitting protective footwear apparatus A formfitting protective footwear apparatus comprising, generally, a protective sheath that envelops all or a portion of the foot from the ankle forward. In all embodiments, the formfitting protective footwear apparatus of the present invention surrounds the forefoo... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7000261 | Ostomy bag support garment A torso portion is shaped to surround a torso of a user. The torso portion has an inside and an outside, as well as a leg end and a waist end. A pocket is connected to the inside of the torso portion, where the pocket has first and second sides arranged on diametric... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6993940 | Tennis vest having knit-in ball pockets A tennis vest is formed from a circularly knit fabric tube having an extended turned welt at a bottom region of the vest to form outer and inner plies. The plies are sewn together along longitudinal lines to form two pockets. A pair of openings are knitted into the ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6926702 | Diaper with legs The diaper with legs of the present invention is a lower torso garment worn by a user to retain excreted waste matter. The diaper may have fasteners to close the waist and legs, or may be of the pull-on type. The diaper includes a flat sheet wrapped around the torso... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6918140 | Protective fabric and apparel systems A multi-layer protective fabric includes an inner layer, an middle layer, and an outer wicking layer. The outer fabric layer includes an inside layer of hydrophobic material, an outside layer of hydrophilic material, and an intermediate layer of hydrophobic monofila... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6895603 | Protective undergarments having anchored pocketed-sling structures and manufacturing methods therefor A protective undergarment in the form of, for example, a short having a waistband together with extending portions of material shaped to conform to the buttock and leg region of a user, and an elongated sling of material having opposite ends connected to the waistba... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6839913 | Adjustable garment waistband and method of manufacture A figure defining and contouring garment, which outlines and defines a wearer's body contours in a fashionable and comfortable manner, includes a waistband coupled to a body with a rear tunnel that extends along the inside rear of the garment from the lower rise or ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6715158 | Padded garment to prevent pressure sores and other injuries to hips and buttocks of immobilized persons The present invention is a padded garment covering the lower torso and upper legs of paraplegics, who have lost not only control of their legs but any sensation of pain, said garments providing protection against bruises and abrasions caused by sliding about on floo... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6684410 | Athletic shorts Athletic Shorts are a tight fitted running shorts that improve the performance of running or walking by utilizing gravity as a source of energy. The shorts have elastic straps attached from the waist and extend across the front side of the leg to the bott... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6446268 | Garment support device A device for supporting a garment having a slip-resistant material impregnated into a support material, wherein selective placement of the device onto a garment increases the friction between garment and the wearer's skin without deforming the contact sur... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6363538 | Stretch pocket A pair of shorts having an expandable pocket where both the shorts and the pocket are made of a stretchable material. The expandable pocket has opposing seams that comprise the opposing seams of the pair of shorts. The pocket further has a transverse seam... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6243880 | Athletic shorts The present invention teaches novel athletic shorts for male and female wearers that permit relatively unrestricted flexion and extension of the legs, and distention of the abdomen during breathing. The preferred athletic shorts can include an anterior si... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243879 | Anatomical and shock absorbing athletic pants The present invention teaches novel athletic pants that permit the male reproductive organs to be substantially suspended naturally, in particular, when used in combination with the novel athletic shorts taught in a co-pending application. The athletic pa... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243878 | Article of clothing An article of clothing has a crotch portion separating two leg portions (10, 14; 12, 16) of openings, and having in the crotch portion a crotch fly (26) extending along the perineal region, the crotch fly being openable and closable by fastening means (34... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6205592 | Item of clothing The invention relates to running shorts which is made up of a front material panel and a rear material panel stitched together along their side edges. The combined operative top edge of the panels is elasticated whereas the respective bottom edges of the ... | 03/27/2001 |
| 6195800 | Breathable, waterproof swim diaper and method of manufacture A swim diaper for use by a child while swimming, bathing or otherwise exposed to an aqueous environment includes a main torso section formed from a sheet of breathable, waterproof material of sufficient thickness to retain solid waste and having a moistur... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6182297 | Lower torso shape enhancing garment A lower torso shape enhancing garment for changing the appearance of a portion of the wearers body. The lower torso shape enhancing garment includes a short pant comprising a front portion, a rear portion and a pair of leg portions extend downwardly from ... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6115847 | Active wear garments The process friendly garments include a waste containment structure that has an absorbent core which is positioned between a wearer and a backsheet, and a cover joined to the pant structure.... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6101634 | Transportable garment for use with non ambulatory patients A garment for wearing by non ambulatory patients is shown and described as having at least two pair of handholds near the top seam of the garment for transport of such patients. The garment is made of front and rear portions connected to one another by a ... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6092240 | Horizontally open rectangle A pair of boxer shorts for use by individuals having an ostomy bag. The boxer shorts include a pair of leg openings, a front panel, a rear panel, a waistband and a horizontal opening which is just below and parallel to the waistband and to one side of the... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6088832 | Watertight swimwear construction A watertight swimwear construction 10 for an article of swimwear 20 such as a bathing cap 21, a pair of men's swim trunks 22 and a woman's one-piece bathing suit 23 having at least one opening 24, 25, 26, or 27 which surrounds a portion of a swimmer. The ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6074274 | Undergarment A new undergarment for eliminating panty lines and panty bulges while wearing shorts or skirts. The inventive device includes a torso portion that has a front, a back, a top, a bottom, an interior, and an upper waist opening into the interior of the torso... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6041442 | Garment A garment for wear by an individual includes an upper garment portion of one-piece construction having a truncated cone-like appearance and including a hip covering segment. The segment has areas free of join seams positionable over the hip bones of an in... | 03/28/2000 |
| 6023789 | Sports short The present invention is directed to a sports short adapted to provide compressive support to the body portions covered thereby, the short comprises an elastic waistband adapted to encircle the waist of a wearer; a body portion formed of a stretchable, co... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6009565 | Protective garment for the hip area A protective garment for being disposed against a body to absorb shock and protect selected regions of the body against the shock comprises a protective area for protecting against the shock a region of the body disposed adjacent the protective area and a... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5970516 | Article of clothing for making a patterned sunburn An article of clothing having a light blocking pattern or a light transmitting pattern. The clothing article may also have a removable light blocking pattern or a removable light transmitting pattern. By wearing the article of clothing a person is provide... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5956774 | Sit-upon shorts A shorts type garment, being joined and secured on the body of a wearer with closure flaps that are easily released at the hip and waist areas. The garment protects the buttocks area from environmental elements and is easily carried and donned. The garmen... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5890231 | Clothes suitable for sporting wear Clothes suitable for sporting wear are manufactured as those clothing an upper part of a body such as a sweatshirt and an undershirt or those clothing a lower part of a body such as a pair of shorts and a pair of training pants. The sleeves of upper part ... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5870777 | Athletic pants with back pocket A single layer pocket 82 is provided in which left edge portion 88 and right edge portion 89 of the single layer 86 are spaced apart from the left edge portion and right edge portion of the back panel 14. The pocket 82 is equipped with a flexibly rigid cu... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5802611 | Releasable clothing with temperature sensor for bedridden patients The present invention relates to clothing specifically designed for incapacitated or bedridden patients. The clothing includes trousers, shorts, a shirt and an undergarment each having separable seams allowing the garments to be easily removed from a pati... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5790984 | Jumpsuit and undergarment A substantially unitary outer garment of the type worn by women generally known as a jump suit having a concealed closeable opening which facilitates urination by the wearer without need for removal or undoing of the outer garment. The closeable opening e... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5784723 | Figure enhancing garment A figure enhancing garment, which outlines and defines a wearer's body contours in a comfortable manner, includes a pair of pants having first and second pant leg portions, a front panel portion, and a waistband with a tunnel formed therein. The first and... | 07/28/1998 |