Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6868556 | Shirt with hook and loop fasteners The shirt with hook and loop fasteners has a front panel, a rear panel, and a collar portion. The front panel is split, defining an overlap and an underlap. The overlap and underlap are detachably connected together by mating hook and loop fastener segments which ar... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6484325 | Athletic garment and equipment system An athletic garment and equipment system according to the present invention includes an athletic garment having at least one section of knitted elastomeric raised loop fabric of a preferred design. The system also includes an athletic pad, pad assembly or... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6233739 | Vest for a golfer A vest for a golfer. The vest includes a carrying mode, a wearing mode, a chest-engaging portion that engages the chest of the golfer, a back-engaging portion that is attached to the chest-engaging portion and engages the back of the golfer, and a, knock ... | 05/22/2001 |
| 6192137 | Garment capable of outputting a sound In a garment which can receive a printed circuit board having a sound synthetic chip (10), a sound outputting element (12), a switch (14), a battery (15) and the like mounted on the printed circuit board (20) and which is capable of outputting a sound or ... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6115840 | Medical access shirt A medical access shirt which includes a lower portion adapted to cover a person's torso, a right sleeve portion and a left sleeve portion connected to the lower portion. The upper part of the shirt includes front, back, right and left flaps. The front and... | 09/12/2000 |
| 5924133 | Garment fastening system A garment fastening system for use with a pair of pants having a pair of adjoining leg segments joined at a crotch area, a waistband encircling the top opening of the pants which parts at a fly opening, wherein the fly opening consists of adjacent fly fla... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5688137 | Athletic training device An athletic training device to keep an athlete's arms or legs in a releasably fixed position adjacent to the athlete's torso. The device is primarily for boxing, but has application in any sport where a "ready" position requires arms or legs to be held in... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5661852 | Orthopedic surgical shirt An orthopedic shirt used by a patient during a post-operative stage of a repair procedure or treatment involving a patient's shoulder, arm or upper body region, and used with an upper body immobilization device such as an abduction pillow, brace, cast, sp... | 09/02/1997 |
| 5640717 | Comforting clothing for newborns This invention relates to clothing that comforts newborns in periods of stress. The clothing holds arms of the newborn close to its body and is easily put on and taken off. The clothing comprises first and second sections fitting on the newborn's torso, s... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5624429 | Mechanical fastening system with grip tab A distinctive article can include an elastomerically stretchable side panel having a longitudinal dimension and a lateral dimension. A member of hook material is operably connected to a first, laterally outboard edge portion of the side panel, and each me... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5611087 | Separable garment A garment for permitting ease of enclosing portions of a human body. The inventive device includes a front garment panel positionable over an anterior portion of a human body. A rear garment panel is positionable over a posterior portion of the human body... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5603123 | Invalid garment and method for making the same An invalid garment 10 having at least one seam 12-18. The seam 12-18 includes mating attaching members 36, 38 which are adapted to selectively close and open the seam. A method of making garment 10 is also disclosed and includes the steps of opening a clo... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5440763 | Multi-purpose gown A multi-purpose gown comprising a front and a back defining a body portion having arm openings and a neck opening. The front portion is dividable into a plurality of segments by various openings releasably closable by a plurality of fasteners. A strap ext... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5123120 | Protective pants A set of protective pants which includes a waist band for attachment around a waist of a wearer, a pair of leg portions affixed to the waist, each having a crotch edge extending from a front of said waist band to a rear thereof. The crotch edges are uncon... | 06/23/1992 |
| 5079777 | Top cover accessory to be worn about the neck during hair dressing Disclosed is a protective cover combination for professional use in hair salons wherein a relatively small separate top cover accessory is secured about a person's neck at a position above the collar portion of a hair dressing cape and any towel captured ... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5072457 | Custom-fitted harness for an aviator The harness of a pilot may be custom fitted in the field by temporarily fitting front and back vest panels. The vest includes strips pre-sewn thereon which serve as passageways for harness straps. The straps are tightened and temporarily secured to the ve... | 12/17/1991 |
| 5052055 | Apron Apron using a rectangular towel and having elongated elastic belt clamped to and connecting the upper corners of the towel.... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5036547 | Baby feeding bib A baby feeding bib comprises an apron-like member made of flexible material, with sleeves openable along their length so as to be easily positioned around the baby's arms. Fastening material extending along the seams defining the opening along the sleeve ... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5033115 | Protective garment A protective garment for emergency personnel includes a body in the form of a surgical gown, an over-the-shoulder tab for extending behind the wearer's neck and holding the protective garment in place, attached latex gloves, and an attached face mask. The... | 07/23/1991 |
| 5023953 | Garment and protective sleeve A sleeveless shirt and a detachable cut-resistant full length protective sleeve. The sleeveless shirt has a neck, a front panel, a back panel, a yoke panel and two elongated tabs secured to the yoke panel, one on each shoulder of the wearer. The tabs each... | 06/18/1991 |
| 5007112 | Protective coveralls with improved ventilation An improved one-piece protective coveralls of the type affording a barrier and thermal protection against hot and/or corrosive liquids. The coveralls include a generally continuous outer shell of woven aramid fabric covered by a liquid impervious layer an... | 04/16/1991 |
| 5005217 | Nursing bib A protective garment for use by a person holding an infant comprising a back portion which is of waist length to permit the person to sit comfortably. The garment has a front portion of thigh length to protect the clothing of the person against being soil... | 04/09/1991 |
| 5003634 | Belt type garment with foldable seat cover A pair of straps project from opposite ends of a pouch for use in securing the pouch around a person's waist with an elongate opening in the pouch positioned above the person'seat. The opening is releasably closed by two separate (inner and outer) zippers... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4987610 | Slide garment for athletic uniforms A slide garment for use in athletic activities and particularly for use by baseball players in which an apron or a separate material flap is secured to the jersey or shirt of the uniform in an area such that the upper edge of the apron will extend above t... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4984303 | Rain chaps A set of rain chaps which includes a belt for attachment around a waist of a wearer, a pair of leg portions affixed to the belt, having a lower substantially rectangular portion with an elongated inside edge of one leg portion extending from an ankle regi... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4975987 | Clothing ornamentation system and attachment mechanisms An attachment mechanism and system, for the ornamentation of and on articles of clothing (i.e., shirts, blouses, dresses, pants, skirts, shorts, overalls, jackets, etc.). The article of clothing has a first strip of material, the system's receiving loop f... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4975984 | One-piece garment A one-piece garment is disclosed. The garment has two panels with a neck opening between the panels. The second panel has a central panel, side panels and transverse panels. The central panel covers the wearer's back and shoulders, the side panels cover t... | 12/11/1990 |
| 4969214 | Jacket for displaying information A jacket comprising a pair of front panels, a back panel, a collar, and sleeves. The outer surface of the jacket having vent panels attached to front and rear panels which create accessible, upwardly extending vent panel pockets. Inside each vent panel po... | 11/13/1990 |
| 4963138 | Neo-natal net A neo-natal safety net for selective connection between a delivery table and an attending obstetrician, or between a delivery table and a neo-natal table, thereby providing a safety net for the space therebetween for catching a newborn infant in the event... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4924527 | Garment protector A garment protector which may be folded to form a pocket includes a sheet of flexible material which has transverse and oblique folding zones along which the sheet can be folded to form the pocket, and fastening means for maintaining the sheet in its fold... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4891846 | Medical absorption garment A medical absorption garment for use by wearers with medical appliances connected to their body in the vicinity of their upper chest or neck. The garment comprises a frontal bib member which has a neck yoke at its upper end, and an attenuated yoke panel i... | 01/09/1990 |
| 4875237 | Jacket for displaying information A jacket comprising a pair of front panels, a back panel, a collar and sleeves. The outer surface of the jacket having vent panels attached to front and rear panels which create accessible, upwardly extending vent panel pockets. Inside each vent panel poc... | 10/24/1989 |
| 4873725 | Infant care apron An apron-type garment for the u se of parents of infants in which many of the necessities for child care are kept close at hand. Specialized pockets conveniently located on a front panel of the garment provide for the storage of milk bottles, bibs, diaper... | 10/17/1989 |
| 4850051 | Apron fastener A shop apron is provided with two straps extending from the upper right and left corners, respectively, of the apron, and two grommets having holes of a predetermined diameter, with the grommets being secured in and to the right and left sides of the apro... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4843641 | Radiation shield garment A garment for use in a radioactive environment comprises a front portion, a rear portion, a shoulder portion used for suspending the garment over the body of a wearer, and an elasticized belt fixed to the garment at substantially waist or hip level. The b... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4837859 | Supplementary clothing There is disclosed a supplementary clothing article suitable for outdoor use to provide an insulated area between a user and a substrate surface, such as a cold surface. The article is adapted to be worn about a user's torso in a folded condition when not... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4833731 | Reversible lap robe A lap robe for wheel chair or sitting patients is disclosed as including a waist section having detachable fastener elements attached thereto, and a lower body and leg wrapping section which is attached to the waist section. The lower body and leg wrappin... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4825472 | Shirt construction and adapter A shirt construction includes an adjustable collar for accommodating different neck sizes, and an adaptor is operable in combination with a conventional shirt for adapting the collar thereof for adjustability. The shirt construction includes an extension ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4820164 | Toddler's training apparel Training apparel for a toddler with awardable visual prizes available upon successfully reaching selected training stages, the apparel comprising a releasably attachable pad to be worn on the front of the apparel in the vision of the toddler and the toddl... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4817210 | Protective coat for firefighters A protective coat for firefighters comprises an outer shell, an inner liner and a flap. The outer shell has a front and back portion defining a neck opening and right and left sleeve openings, and right and left sleeves attached to the right and left slee... | 04/04/1989 |
