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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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316700 | Self 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 |
| 7316175 | Reduced-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 |
| 7213420 | Sock 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 |
| 7159621 | Elastic 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 |
| 7131296 | Footwear 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 |
| 7107621 | Optical 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 |
| 7107235 | Method 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 |
| 7048013 | Elastic 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 |
| 7040124 | Cotton 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 |
| 7016867 | Method 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 |
| 6688142 | Double-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 |
| 6668387 | Sock 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 |
| 6550289 | Double-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 |
| 6401497 | Garment 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 |
| 6292951 | Sock 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 |
| 6230525 | Sock 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 |
| 6119491 | Girdle 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 |
| 6021527 | Anatomically 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 |
| 5787509 | Stocking 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 |
| 5708985 | Enhanced 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 |
| 5321960 | Abrasion 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 |
| 5319950 | Abrasion 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 |
| 5307522 | Snowboarding 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 |
| 4732015 | Knitted 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 |
| 4412433 | Pantyhose 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 |
| 4341097 | Hosiery 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 |
| 4282728 | Knee 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 |
| 4277959 | Socks 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 |
| 4224693 | Hosiery 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 |
| 4194249 | Jogging 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 |
| 4186471 | Method 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 |