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Forehead support apparatusĀ 

A forehead support apparatus for resting a standing users forehead against a wall above a bathroom commode or urinal or beneath a showerhead.

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Class 66/182 - Reinforced


Subclass of Class 66 - Textiles: knitting
Definition: Provided with an additional strand incorporated with the
No. of patents: 31
Last issue date: 01/08/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7316700Self optimizing lancing device with adaptation means to temporal variations in cutaneous properties
A lancing device, an embodiment of which controls the advancement and retraction of a lancet by monitoring the position of the lancet in conjunction with a lancet controller which incorporates a feedback loop for modulating the lancet driver to follow a predetermine...
01/08/2008
7316175Reduced-bulk, enhanced-resilience, lower-drag netting
Netting (15) includes mesh bars (26) made from twines (11, 13) which possess physical properties that vary, change or alternate along a series of collinear mesh bars (26). The non-homogeneous media obtained by arranging in this way mesh b...
01/08/2008
7213420Sock
A knitted sock has an inner layer 2 comprising a toe end 4 and an outer layer 3 comprising a toe end 7. The inner and outer toe ends are aligned and joined wale stitch to wale stitch to form a composite toe end, which is closed to provide...
05/08/2007
7159621Elastic material having variable modulus of elasticity
An elastic material includes a plurality of zones. Each of the zones has a particular modulus of elasticity associated with it and the distribution of the zones throughout the elastic material causes the material to have a variation of modulus of elasticity along a ...
01/09/2007
7131296Footwear with knit upper and method of manufacturing the footwear
An article of footwear with a knit upper and a method of manufacturing the footwear are disclosed. The upper is formed through a knitting process to include a plurality of sections formed of different yarns and knits to provide the sections with different physical p...
11/07/2006
7107621Optical illusion wear
The present invention is a variety of wearing apparel which employs two-dimensional patterns of optical illusions in three-dimensional applications in or upon the material of said wearing apparel. The applications of said patterns in the design of the apparel are fo...
09/19/2006
7107235Method of conducting business including making and selling a custom article of footwear
The present invention teaches a method of conducting retail and Internet business including making and delivering a custom article of footwear. The article of footwear taught in the present invention includes a spring element that can provide improved cushioning, st...
09/12/2006
7048013Elastic material having variable modulus of elasticity
An elastic material includes a plurality of zones. Each of the zones has a particular modulus of elasticity associated with it and the distribution of the zones throughout the elastic material causes the material to have a variation of modulus of elasticity along a ...
05/23/2006
7040124Cotton jersey fabric construction having improved stretch characteristics
A knitted fabric constructed from cotton yarns and synthetic yarns of polyester. The fabric is knitted with courses of cotton yarns, with a polyester yarn knitted with at least every fourth course of cotton yarn. ...
05/09/2006
7016867Method of conducting business including making and selling a custom article of footwear
The article of footwear taught in the present invention includes a spring element that can provide improved cushioning, stability, and running economy. Unlike the conventional foam materials presently being used by the footwear industry, a preferred spring element i...
03/21/2006
6688142Double-layer sock having inverted, side-by-side toe closure seams
A double-layer sock includes substantially coextensive, separately knitted inner and outer layers that cooperatively form a fabric receptacle dimensioned to fit over the foot and at least a portion of the leg of the wearer. The separately knitted inner an...
02/10/2004
6668387Sock with reinforced foot sole region
A sock with reinforced toe and heel areas, and a tread area located between these areas. The tread area is reinforced between the toe and heel areas. A sock comprising: a reinforced toe region; a reinforced heel region; and a reinforced sole region betwee...
12/30/2003
6550289Double-layer sock having inverted, side-by-side toe closure seams
A double-layer sock includes substantially coextensive, separately knitted inner and outer layers that cooperatively form a fabric receptacle dimensioned to fit over the foot and at least a portion of the leg of the wearer. The separately knitted inner an...
04/22/2003
6401497Garment with figure control or muscle support function
A garment with a figure control or muscle support function which includes a warp knit fabric having ground stitches by jacquard knitting of inelastic yarn, in which elastic yarn is further inserted and/or knitted. Portions with relatively strong and weak ...
06/11/2002
6292951Sock with reinforced foot sole region
A sock with reinforced toe and heel areas, and a tread area located between these areas. The tread area is reinforced between the toe and heel areas. A sock comprising: a reinforced toe region; a reinforced heel region; and a reinforced sole region betwee...
09/25/2001
6230525Sock with impact absorbing sole and method
A sock knit on a circular knitting machine is provided in which the sole has increased comfort, impact absorption and abrasion resistance. The sock is knit utilizing conventional yarns and a certain restricted elongation covered elastomeric yarn. The elas...
05/15/2001
6119491Girdle for tights, substantially the region that constitutes the panty, formed by a tuck-stitch mesh, so as to give the mesh a high relief effect with alternating undulations
A girdle for tights or pantyhose, in which the regions that constitute the panty and the initial portions of the stretch hose are constituted by a tuck-stitch mesh, formed starting from a plain background mesh so as to obtain, by combining and knitting in...
09/19/2000
6021527Anatomically designed sock
A sock knit throughout of at least one body yarn including an integrally knit leg portion and a foot portion. Additional yarn is knit in plated relationship with the body yarn in the ball portion of the foot, providing a thickened fabric area. This thicke...
02/08/2000
5787509Stocking having a comfort foot area
A fine hosiery stocking has a comfort foot area. The comfort area encompasses the toe, sole and heel areas of the foot. A pad is sized to cover and be secured to the comfort area or integrally knit or woven into the comfort area to act as a liner to prote...
08/04/1998
5708985Enhanced frictional engagement sock
A sock comprises a sole portion knitted with successive courses of yarn with a thickness defining an outer layer having a first surface, and which further includes a number of spaced ribs extending in a longitudinal direction between the heel and toe each...
01/20/1998
5321960Abrasion resistant reinforced fabric
A reinforcing yarn and an abrasion resistant knitted fabric made therewith are disclosed. The reinforcing yarn is made by Z twisting one end of a "Z"-twist textured yarn together with one end of a "S"-twist textured yarn to yield an S/Z yarn pair, which i...
06/21/1994
5319950Abrasion resistant reinforced fabric
A reinforcing yarn and an abrasion resistant knitted fabric made therewith are disclosed. The reinforcing yarn is made by pairing one end of a "Z"-twist textured yarn together with one end of an "S"-twist textured yarn to yield an S/Z yarn pair. The S/Z y...
06/14/1994
5307522Snowboarding sock
A cushioning pad of heavy fabric thickness (P-2), including double terry loops (T-1 and T-2), is formed in the high pad area (12) at the medial portion of the rear of the leg (L) to provide cushioning characteristics in this area to protect the rear of th...
05/03/1994
4732015Knitted article
A knitted athletic sock having a double terry cushion area having two sets of terry pile loops of differing sizes and shapes and staggered walewise with respect to one another to provide upstanding support and resist flattening of the terry loops for impr...
03/22/1988
4412433Pantyhose with integrally knit crotch area
The crotch area is integrally knit with the pantyhose blanks to eliminate the need for separately knit and cut crotch patches. The integrally knit crotch area includes a repeating four-course pattern of course portions with certain of the course portions ...
11/01/1983
4341097Hosiery article with a reinforced toe with varying density
A reinforced toe with varying density is provided for hosiery articles such as sheer stockings, pantyhose and the like so that there is no sharply contrasting line of demarcation between the sheer fabric in the foot portion and the reinforced fabric in th...
07/27/1982
4282728Knee protective sock
A knee protective sock is disclosed which is particularly designed and useful in skateboarding wherein the sock comprises distinct but integrally knitted foot and calf portion, below knee portion and knee portion. The below knee portion is of a tight stro...
08/11/1981
4277959Socks with integrally knit cushions in heel, arch and ball
The present athletic socks are particularly suitable for jogging and running and are provided with shock absorber cushion pads in the heel (11), ball (15), and in the inner portion (16a) of the arch area (16) and being formed by a sufficiently greater amo...
07/14/1981
4224693Hosiery product
A sheer hosiery construction and method is useful with sheer knee-high hosiery, panty hose, and other types of sheer, circular knit hosiery in which an appearance of substantial uniform color and sheerness, as worn, together with a reinforced toe are desi...
09/30/1980
4194249Jogging and running athletic sock
The present athletic sock is particularly suitable for jogging and running and is provided with terry loop shock absorber cushions in the heel and ball areas to form a relatively great terry loop density for protecting and cushioning the heel and ball are...
03/25/1980
4186471Method of making hosiery
A sheer hosiery construction and method is useful with sheer knee-high hosiery, panty hose, and other types of sheer, circular knit hosiery in which an appearance of substantial uniform color and sheerness, as worn, together with a reinforced toe are desi...
02/05/1980
 
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