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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120018461 | Portable Garment Steaming System A clothing de-wrinkling device which employs clips to hold shirts and pants at two points and expose the fabric surfaces to steam communicated to a closed enclosure. The clips when engaged will hold the fabric of the shirts or pants taught and thereby increase the de-wr... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120006864 | Self Standing Display Stand The present invention is an improved self standing display for small articles and clothing. The display stand comprising an adjustable elongated shaft member and an attachable torso member. The torso member comprises a front and back flat surface area with a depth there... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120006863 | Garments Finishing Machine and Body Cover Used for Finishing Machine This invention relates to the cleaning machine arranged to the torso 2 wearing the laundry garment 1 and finishing the garment 1 while they are kept put on the torso 2. The width across the shoulders of the tors... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120006696 | Box and form for wig or hair piece An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes wig or hair piece boxes which have a form comprised of a torus-shaped doughnut and a mandrel. In use, the wig or hair pieces are wrapped about the mandrel, the mandrel is placed within the lumen of the ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120000945 | Machine for Industrial Ironing and Drying of Clothing and Relative Ironing and Drying Method Machine for industrial ironing and drying of clothing, for example overalls, jackets and the like, including at least three operating stations, namely a loading station, hot pressing station and discharge station in succession along a closed path. Each operating station... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110132942 | Jar shaped form for wig or hair piece storage An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes an form which holds a hair extension and maintains the order and curl of the strands of hair. The form provides optimum display of the wig or hair extension evaluation by the prospective user. In additi... | 06/09/2011 |
| 20110096183 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMAGE PROCESSING AND GENERATING A BODY MODEL Images of foreground objects in a scene are generated by causing electromagnetic radiation to be emitted having a first spectral power distribution from a surface of a first foreground object, which is adjacent or at least partially obscured by a second foreground objec... | 04/28/2011 |
| 20110003529 | Magnetically coupled mannequin joint The present invention is directed to a mannequin having one or more articulated joints capable of exhibiting a full range of motion and of supporting substantial weight. In particular, this invention relates to an apparatus for movably joining two parts of a mannequin. ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20100070384 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CUSTOM TAILORING AND RETAIL SALE OF CLOTHING Demonstrating a piece of real clothing to a customer to facilitate a trying-on and purchasing process includes: obtaining a set of data, representing the customer's body configuration, determining from the set of data a first standardized size for a piece of clothing th... | 03/18/2010 |
| 20100012689 | Garment De-wrinkling Device and Methods of Use A device for de-wrinkling garments comprising a torso section made from a semi-rigid and resilient polymeric sheet material adapted to fit within a body of a garment and tension the associated fabric to remove and prevent wrinkles. The torso section is further adapted t... | 01/21/2010 |
| 20090289088 | Wig or hair piece box and form An exemplary embodiment providing one or more improvements includes wig or hair piece boxes for both the efficient storage and display of wigs or hair pieces before sell, as well as providing simple, efficient and effective storage facilities for wigs or hair pieces for... | 11/26/2009 |
| 20090200344 | TORSO A torso, around which clothes can be wound, includes a curved incision on the backface. Preferably, an elastic member is provided at least on the periphery of the incision. The torso may also include a first opening on the backface, an elastic member formed to cover the... | 08/13/2009 |
| 20090188951 | HAT BRIM PROTECTOR AND SHAPER A hat pallet for use in a printer which prints an image onto a hat of the type having a cap and a brim attached thereto includes a bottom plate and a top plate mountable in a closed position over the bottom plate. The bottom plate includes a printing plate and a brim su... | 07/30/2009 |
| 20090185764 | WASHING NET BAG A washing net bag is disclosed. The bag comprises a washing net frame having a plurality of supports and ribs forming a spacing which withstands external force; a washing bag made of soft fabric material enclosing the external layer of the washing net frame, and having ... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090184141 | GARMENT DRYING DEVICE A garment drying device configured to care for drying garments, comprising: a pocket and a sachet disposed within the pocket. A loop securing member is coupled to a top portion of the device, wherein the loop securing member extends outwardly from the top portion of the... | 07/23/2009 |
| 20090145936 | Inflatable body and kit for de-wrinkling garments An inflatable body for de-wrinkling garments comprising an air inlet opening, wherein the inflatable body comprises a nonwoven substrate having an air permeability of from 0.005 m3/m2/min to 30 m3/m2/min, a kit comprising the ... | 06/11/2009 |
| 20090078725 | GARMENT WASHING DEVICE WITH REMOVABLE FORM A bra-washing device includes a shell and a divider removably insertable into the shell. The divider keeps one cup of the bra in one location of the shell and the other cup of the bra in another location of the shell. A system for washing garments includes a shell and t... | 03/26/2009 |
| 20080314939 | Device for Fixing and Tying a Necktie, a Shawl, a Scarf or the Like The invention relates to a device for fixing and tying a necktie, shawl, scarf or the like, comprising a clip device, particularly a fixing clip (3) and a tube-like element (5), wherein the clip device includes a folding aid around which at least one end o... | 12/25/2008 |
| 20080296322 | Brassier washing utensil To provide an utensil adapted to wash a brassiere without loss of shape in cup portions, damage of fabric such as lace and cloth, and deformation and twisting of wires. A brassiere holder (20) is configured by two cup receiving portions (21), a connecting ... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080296321 | MANNEQUINS AND ARTICULATING COMPONENTS THEREOF A mannequin, particularly a child sized mannequin, that includes articulating joints which permit a considerable range of movement. In accordance with a preferred variant of the present invention, special accommodations are made for wrist joints on a mannequin. The pres... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080197158 | Structure mannequin model foot An improved structure mannequin model foot comprised of a mannequin model calf and a foot piece designed to be separable into two physical entities, the foot piece and calf detachment capability enabling the assembling of different height and size heeled foot pieces to ... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080197159 | Inflatable portable wig, hairpiece and hat stand An inflatable portable wig, hairpiece and hat stand which is interchangeable between an inflated and a deflated position and includes a base member manufactured from a first predetermined material and having a first predetermined shape and a first predetermined size. An... | 08/21/2008 |
| 20080185406 | Shirt finishing machine and cover put on torso This invention comprises the torso 2 covered by the cover 1 and the press iron 4 for pressing the front part and the rear part of the torso 2 to press finish the shirt 3 put on the torso 2. The torso 2 is set such that th... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080099518 | Brassiere cleaning and storage container A container for supporting a brassiere or a similar garment for cleaning and storage includes opposed flat plate members connected by a hinge, and opposed container cup members connected to the respective plate members at hinge connections for folding the container cup ... | 05/01/2008 |
| 20080089739 | Display Form Having Magnetically Attachable Parts Forms for display of clothing and the like with magnetically attachable parts are provided. The magnetic joints comprise a magnetic assembly with a depth-of-pull sufficient to cause the attachable part to begin to pull toward the form at a distance preferably greater th... | 04/17/2008 |
| 20060261101 | Device for ironing a piece of garment A device for ironing garments, particularly shirts. The device comprises an outer inflatable member that is provided with a torso section and two sleeve sections which are laterally connected to the torso section, and an inner inflatable member essentially made of an ai... | 11/23/2006 |
| 20060049220 | Cap shape supporting and form maintaining device, aka "HatNoodle" and method of storage for cap A shape supporting and form maintaining device, known as a “HatNoodle”, for a cap. The cap includes two components, an essentially hemispherical crown component and an attached visor component. The aforementioned “HatNoodle” device is constructed from a resilien... | 03/09/2006 |
| 20050258199 | Mannequin system The present invention relates to mannequin systems that can be used for simulating motion for the performance testing of garments, including absorbent articles. The systems may include an assembled framework and a mannequin secured within the assembled framework. Motion... | 11/24/2005 |
| 20050184106 | Method of operating a drying and pressing apparatus for items of clothing and drying and pressing apparatus A drying and pressing apparatus for items of clothing has a flexible pressing dummy which can be subjected to the action, from the inside, of an air stream generated by a fan. The apparatus is equipped with an adjustable program-input device for selecting an operating p... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050184107 | Method of operating a drying and pressing apparatus for items of clothing and a drying and pressing apparatus A drying and pressing apparatus for items of clothing has a flexible pressing dummy which can be subjected to the action, from the inside, of an air stream generated by a fan. The apparatus has a top framework and a bottom framework. The pressing dummy has one section c... | 08/25/2005 |
| 20050023309 | Collapsible Outdoor Footwear and Backpack A collapsible and waterproof article of footwear includes a flexible insole, a flexible three-layer sole pad having (1) a bottom layer that is formed of a flexible material and includes a bottom surface adapted for engagement with a surface upon which a user walks, (2) ... | 02/03/2005 |