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Patent No. 5901666

Pet Display Clothing

A vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer's body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.

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Biefeld, Diana L.


Primary examiner statistics: 272 patents; average approval time: 271 days
Assistant examiner statistics: 330 patents; average approval time: 535 days

Patents as Primary Examiner

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NumberTitleIssue Date
6094749Removable sizing band for head wear
A head wear system including a sizing band and a hat. The sizing band is distinct from the hat. The hat comprises a bill and a cap having an opening at the back as well as a headband. The head wear system also includes a first and second adjustment means ...
08/01/2000
6006362Cover for headband size regulator
A cover for a headband size regulator used on a typical baseball style cap or visor. The cover cushions the wearer's head against the gouging and discomfort of headband size regulator straps. The cover is aesthetically pleasing and allows the wearer to di...
12/28/1999
6000062Protective headband for soccer players
Improved head protection for soccer players comprising a headband formed of resilient material which may be worn alone or inside a conventional soccer helmet to cushion the effects of impacts to the head, especially for children in their formative years....
12/14/1999
5966743Substance dispensing headgear
A headgear for dispensing a substance has a container to carry the substance. A spigot is secured to the container. The spigot can be opened to dispense the substance by gravity, suction, pressure or levity flow when the container. The spigot can be close...
10/19/1999
5956760Facial sunshield with hinged visor/cap
A sunshield comprised of a large lens assembly (32) providing protection for the face and head from solar radiation wind, snow, flying objects, caustic liquids, water, and other forces. A one piece lens (12) is comprised of a tinted transparent plastic co...
09/28/1999
5956773Visor guard
A visor guard for covering the visor of a baseball-type cap having a crown with a headband about the edge of the crown and an adjusting strap at the rear of the headband for altering the cap size. The guard comprises a pocket made of a washable material, ...
09/28/1999
5937446Helmet having a body-fitted padding and device for producing the same
Body-fitted padding having a padding adapter and device for the production thereof, in particular for a crash helmet, the adapter having a ventilation system. To this end a flexible covering consisting of a hood and a sleeve is provided which form an inne...
08/17/1999
5933871Modular hat
A modular hat is disclosed. The hat includes a hat crown having an inside perimeter, a front side, a back side, a left side, and a right side. A visor is attached to the front side of the hat crown. A headband connecting member is attached along the insid...
08/10/1999
5933872Pony tail cap
A head cap having a substantially hemi-spherically shaped portion intended to be worn over hair on the head of a wearer and including at least one opening therein large enough to accommodate a bundle of hair passing through the opening and means for secur...
08/10/1999
5933870Sheathing device for adjustment straps of a cap
A sheathing device is disclosed for covering and securing the entire length of the adjustable straps of a traditional cap. In this disclosure, a traditional cap has a front, back, top, bottom, at least one strap, and an engagement mechanism for releasibly...
08/10/1999
5924129Sunguard for use with headgear
The invention relates to a sun protective shield worn with a headgear to protect face of a wearer from ultraviolet radiation. The shield is flexible, air permeable and optically transparent so as not to impede breathing or vision of the user. The shield h...
07/20/1999
5924139Cap attachment
An attachment useful for a conventional type sports cap which has a fabric dome, a headband surrounding the dome, a pair of straps at the rear of the cap for adjustment of the size of the headband and an opening in the dome of the cap above the straps. Th...
07/20/1999
5920910Sweatband for sports cap
A sweatband for use with a sports cap of the type having a crown portion with a lower margin and an inner band secured to the lower margin of the crown portion to form a channel extending about the interior of the crown portion. The sweatband has first an...
07/13/1999
5918316Promotional clip-on accessory for adjustable caps
A promotional clip-on accessory which is adapted to fold around a cap strap to carry a display panel thereon for displaying promotional material. The clip-on accessory is die cut from a vinyl plastic or cardstock sheet and is pre-scored to include two bi-...
07/06/1999
5915535Adjustable strap fastener assembly for body-encircling hat band, collar or belt
An adjustable fastener assembly for forming an adjustable loop around a portion of a wearer's body has an elongate member for encircling the body portion and first and second ends. A pair of rings are secured to the first end, and the second end is in rel...
06/29/1999
5915532Disposable headband
A disposable headband that is made from a thin sheet of non-woven material, as absorption strip and a label strip. The non-woven material is absorbent to liquid perspiration. The absorption strip is formed of material readily permeated by liquid perspirat...
06/29/1999
5915534Cap with detachable sweatband
A brimless athletic cap is disclosed that is specifically designed to unobtrusively cover a wearer's head to absorb perspiration. The device includes a bowl shaped, fabric cover member having continuous peripheral edge defining an opening for receiving th...
06/29/1999
5907871Combined cap and ball glove
A combination cap/glove selectively usable as a cap worn on a person's head and a glove worn on a person's hand for catching a ball. The cap/glove includes a concave crown having a peripheral bottom edge, an interior surface and an exterior surface. A han...
06/01/1999
5906005Process and apparatus for making photorealistic masks and masks made thereby
A method of making a mask representing a photographic subject includes the steps of: simultaneously capturing a front and two side face views of the subject using a single camera and a pair of mirrors, one mirror on each side of the subject's head; formin...
05/25/1999
5906006Adjustable bandana-type headwear
A bandana-type headwear suitable for wearing under a helmet or as a independent head piece is disclosed. The headwear is preferably of a generally polygonal shape and has attached thereto adjustment straps of the peg and hole type generally used for adjus...
05/25/1999
5903925Ornamental horns and the like with mechanism for selective attachment to headgear
A pair of ornamental horns representing a team mascot are secured to a baseball cap or other wearable base supporting structure through the use of a spring fastener permitting selective attachment and detachment of the horns....
05/18/1999
5903927Cap with sound generating novelty attachment
The invention is directed to a combination of a baseball cap, a sound generator and a three dimensional image of an object having a distinctive sound. A lower case is fastened to the baseball hat with snap fasteners and an upper case is formed in the shap...
05/18/1999
5903926Fan novelty device
A hat having a strip of fabric with an accordion folding which can be made closed or open to a fan-like structure on the top of the hat to attract attention and has entertaining and marketing values....
05/18/1999
5903923Baseball cap with distorted graphics
A baseball cap having distorted graphics applied to the upwardly facing surface of the cap's visor, wherein the graphics are distorted in such a manner as to compensate for perspective and become more easily readable when viewed from a particular viewing ...
05/18/1999
5901371Cap with adjustable side visors
A cap with adjustable side visors is disclosed having a main body portion conforming to one's head, a rear adjustable strap and a forward extending curved main visor. A pair of spaced side visors are disposed on opposite sides of the main visor extending ...
05/11/1999
5901381Interchangeable headband
A decorative headband is provided including an elastic and flexible band having a top edge, a bottom edge, an outer surface, and an inner surface. The band may be fitted about a forehead of a user. Next provided is a coupling mechanism mounted on the elas...
05/11/1999
5901375Multi-use convertible garment
A multi-purpose garment has an elongated, rectangular first sheet. The first sheet has an inside surface, an outside surface, a pair of short sides and a pair of long sides. A hood has a bottom edge attached at a central position along one of the long sid...
05/11/1999
5901380Cap with view occluding drape
An Instrument Meteorological Conditions Simulation Device including a headpiece and a drape having a viewing aperture laterally translated from the centerline of the headpiece. The off-center viewing aperture provides a pilot wearing the IFR training hood...
05/11/1999
5901370Segmented cap assembly
A segmented cap assembly comprising a crown component, a visored headband component and at least one ornamental badge. Ornamental badge is selectively attachable to either the crown component or the headband component....
05/11/1999
5898935Cap with adjustable and interchangeable visor attachments
A cap with an adjustable visor section that is adjustable between a range from a lowered position, which gives the cap the appearance of a traditional baseball cap, and a raised position based on the incident sunlight and the wearer's preference, to shiel...
05/04/1999
5898946Golf hat and ball marker assembly
A golf hat and golf ball marker assembly containing a hat, a metal strip, and a disc-shaped, metallic golf ball marker. The metal strip is affixed to the side of the hat such as by rivets. Positioned on one side of the strip is a depressed well having a m...
05/04/1999
5898947Takeup device for a firefighter garment
A first buckle having a slot therethrough is connected to the garment at a first location. One end portion of a takeup strap is connected to the garment at a spaced second location. A second buckle has a pair of slots formed therethrough with a bar thereb...
05/04/1999
5896617Water extraction cleaning machine with nesting tank assembly
An upright water extraction cleaning machine having an assembly of tanks efficiently stored on and interconnected to the machine is shown. The tank assembly has at least two tanks nested with one another and having one-way valve mechanisms on the bottom t...
04/27/1999
5896634Sizing agent-free tangled multifilament yarn and process for its manufacture
Sizing agent-free tangled multifilament yarn with an opening length of 1 to 6 cm and a knot strength of no more than 2, at least the majority of whose filaments have a thin film consisting mainly of hard wax constituting about 0.3 to 2% of the total weigh...
04/27/1999
5896583Protective garment featuring an insulative and fluid dispersive pad
The present invention relates to a protective pad which may be used in a protective garment such as firefighter's garment. The pad of the present invention is designed to provide both insulation to the area covered by the pad, and dispersal of heated vapo...
04/27/1999
5896585Device to mount items on headgear
A device or ornament to be mounted on a bottom on a cap by means of a bottom on the device or ornament having a slot or slit running from one side of the bottom with a centrally positioned opening in the bottom adapted to snap around the button attachment...
04/27/1999
5894604Multi-use cap with accessories pocket
A type of lightweight, multi-use headware is provided which has an aperture on one or both sides of the headware for temporarily receiving a small illuminating device in a non-obstructive manner that allows the handle of the illuminating device to be secu...
04/20/1999
5894601Baby mate
A carrying case for storing items used to care for an infant and which also serves to cover the infant. The case has a first section which contains a plurality of pockets for storing accessories used in caring for the infant, and a second section that has...
04/20/1999
5894603Hat of plush material having an adjustable headband
A hat of plush material configured and arranged in the form of a Santa Clause cap having a crown and an adjustable headband attached to the crown to enable the hat to be placed around the head of the wearer and maintained in a secure position, the adjusta...
04/20/1999
5893197Method for the shaping of fibres with assistance of electric charge
A method for manufacturing an absorbent structure in an absorbent product such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or similar product, which is manufactured by air-permeable forming elements. In the present method, the constituent fibres or similar ...
04/13/1999
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