Magician Harry Houdini patented a "Diver's Suit" enabling the wearer to "quickly divest himself of the suit while being submerged and to safely escape and reach the surface of the water."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6704979 | Method for producing elastic bands for the clothing industry Method for producing elastic tapes from a fabric web having at least partially synthetic fibers or filaments, especially a nonwoven fabric web, for use in the garment industry, one or a plurality of industrially produced webs (1, 2; 16) being laid on top of o... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6658709 | Method for manufacturing shrink fabric, and shrink fabric A method for manufacturing a shrink fabric, and a shrink fabric to be used for filtering. The method is used for manufacturing a shrink fabric (1, 1') comprising a seam assembly (4) which is substantially diagonal with respect to the lateral direction of ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 5189769 | Manufacture of a multiple biased fabric by folding A method of making a multi-layer non-woven multiple biased fabric is disclosed. A layer of fabric is directed in a longitudinal direction of travel, wherein the layer of fabric is comprised of a plurality of structural fibers oriented substantially parall... | 03/02/1993 |
| 4567738 | Structural fabric and method for making same A structural fabric (20, 28, 40, 48) and a method for making the same is disclosed. Structural fabric (20) is comprised of a plurality of substantially parallel, uniaxial structural yarn (22) and a secondary yarn (24) for holding the structural yarns (22)... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4357714 | Fabric articles and the manufacture thereof A fabric article comprises a piece of stretch fabric and a piece of woven non-stretch fabric in superposed relationship, the two pieces of fabric being secured together in stretch-resisting manner, e.g. by stitching, along first and second lines which ext... | 11/09/1982 |
| 4097621 | Method for manufacturing bias fabric A method is provided for manufacturing a bias fabric provided with characteristic physical properties by continuously varying the intersecting angle between the warp and the weft by a mechanical device. A fabric subjected to the process according to the i... | 06/27/1978 |