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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4235240 | Undergarment reinforcements A stiffening structure for use in a woman's brassiere to replace bones or wires, which features a main support member and a flange appended thereto. The flange includes either bifurcations or notches at desired locations to render flexibility to the struc... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4228547 | Reinforced clothing component and method of making same This disclosure has to do with the stiffening of clothing components, such as collars, cuffs, etc. which, in the past, has been effected by means of separately formed stiffening elements. In lieu of providing a separately formed stiffening element which m... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4226137 | Screw and nut mechanism A recirculating ball screw and nut mechanism wherein the screw of the mechanism comprises a shaft having an external helical groove, and the nut comprises a sleeve encircling the shaft and having an internal helical groove defining with the groove a helic... | 10/07/1980 |
| 4222388 | Feminine brassiere cup fur lining Individual fur-like lining cup inserts for each cup of a feminine brassiere garment having breast supporting cups and adapted for loose insert within each brassiere cup, and for pressure holding therein on brassiere with cup insert lining wearing. Another... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4222387 | Prosthesis brassiere This invention relates to a prosthesis brassiere for use by a woman who has gone through a mastectomy. The brassiere, which comprises one cup provided with a conventional filler and a second cup shaped for receiving and supporting the remaining breast, is... | 09/16/1980 |
| 4217662 | Comforter and robe combination A comforter having a blanket-like body member is provided with closure members for enclosing a lower portion thereof so that one lower side edge is secured to a corresponding opposite lower side edge and the bottom edge is secured together to define a sac... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4217906 | Shoulder straps A shoulder strap has upper and lower outer portions extending from one side edge of the strap to the other, the upper and lower portions having laterally inturned side positions at at least one side edge of the strap, and a double layer of filler strip lo... | 08/19/1980 |
| 4215434 | Patient's hospital gown A patient's hospital gown having two flaps formed thereon, one of which is adapted to overlap the other and to be wrapped around the body of the patient for attachment to the other of the flaps. The flaps of the hospital gown may be secured to one another... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4215432 | Roll of disposable aprons Roll of disposable aprons formed of flat, unfolded strip of plastic monofilm or film laminate having spaced, transverse perforations and predetermined cut-out areas and packaged in a roll from which discrete aprons can be removed by tearing at the longitu... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4215589 | Self orienting power transmission belt A self orienting power transmission belt is provided which has a round cross-section and a triangular core. The belt is constructed by wrapping a rubberized fabric about a triangular core comprising a plurality of longitudinally extending load-carrying me... | 08/05/1980 |
| 4213203 | Woman's outer garment and pattern therefor A woman's outer garment made from a single piece of fabric material. The garment has both the bodice and the lower garment portion integrally formed from a single piece of material. The bodice has a neck opening formed therein and a back panel with ties t... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4213205 | Ski mitten A ski mitten is disclosed comprising a cuff of flexible material for encircling the wrist with a thumbless enclosure of flexible hand-protecting material extending forwardly from this cuff and having a rounded configuration of sufficient size to enclose t... | 07/22/1980 |
| 4211125 | Plural lead ball nut screw actuator Ball nut and screw in which the nut has a ball pickup and return fixture on either end, each providing arcuately spaced ball pickup and returns to and from the spiraling lands associated with plural lead helical ball tracks of the screw. With plural lead ... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4209857 | Process for manufacturing work gloves Two layers or cloth or other material are quilted together by embroidery stitching to outline on the material multiple rows of repetitive glove body shapes. The multiple pre-stitched glove bodies thus formed integrally with the quilted material layers are... | 07/01/1980 |
| 4208744 | Genuine leather fabric and method for making same Genuine leather fabric in the piece comprising a plurality of geometrical sections cut from genuine leather left over scrap, said sections being of selectively predetermined configurations and being secured to each other in end-to-end and side-by-side rel... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4208742 | Coat construction with seamless shoulders A garment construction for a coat in which a plurality of panels are sewn together, front and back torso panels being seamlessly connected at the shoulder, having been cut from a single piece of fabric. Similar left and right torso panels are longitudinal... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4205397 | Bathing drawers Bathing trunks made of an elastic and preferably plasticized cloth, formed by a single piece shaped in such a way as to reproduce, in succession, one rear half, the front portion and the remaining rear half, the longitudinal edges of said rear halves bein... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4205398 | Medical examination robe A shift-type strapless examining robe designed to give a female patient a sorely needed psychological lift during the physical examination. The upper portion of the robe is provided with elongated openings of different lengths at the front and back thereo... | 06/03/1980 |
| 4203177 | Castor A castor comprising a socket member defined by a base portion and a cup portion extending from the base portion, the base portion being adapted to be affixed to the underside of an article, and the cup portion defining a generally dome-shaped cavity there... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4203449 | Stretchable underwire casing for breast pockets A foundation garment having stretchable breast cups, stretchable frame and an underwire casing adapted to conform to the contour of the bottom of the wearer's breasts, which casing is comprised of stretchable fabric. Zig-zag stitching forms the stretchabl... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4202343 | Jogger's brassiere A brassiere comprising a body encircling band having a pair of breast cups and shoulder straps, and a pair of midriff straps secured at the bottom of the breast cups and attachable at their opposite ends to a waist encircling garment such as a belt or sho... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4200938 | Adjustable pant leg system An adjustable pant leg system includes a pair of trouser legs having a row of synthetic hook and loop material affixed to an inner surface at the bottom edge portion of the trouser legs. A plurality of rows of synthetic hook and loop material is also spac... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4201220 | Brassiere wires The present invention provides an improved wire stiffening member for use in a garment such as a brassiere wherein the wire member has a flexible end provided by forming a sheath about the end, which end has a line of weakening therein, and subsequently b... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4200260 | Picket fence structure A picket fence structure comprising a plurality of coplanar contiguous vertical pickets which have at least one key slot cut into each edge, so that the mating edges of two adjacent pickets have their key slots in the same position. A key is placed in eac... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4199822 | Blouse A unique female garment is provided which comprises a first and a second garment member. Each garment member is planar and substantially triangular in shape and is fashioned from stretchable material which is relatively non-stretchable along a front edge.... | 04/29/1980 |
| 4195639 | External breast prosthesis To provide a universal breast prosthesis usable as a substitute for either the right or left breast and for patients who have had varying degrees of surgery, scarring, muscle removal and the like, a breast prosthesis is provided having an upper flap and s... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4195640 | Lower torso support appliance A fully adjustable lower torso support appliance which includes an elastic portion extending around the back of a wearer, and a removable inelastic front panel which is adjustably connected to the ends of the elastic member, the front panel being adapted ... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4194265 | Door holder A door holder includes an elongated housing which has at least one first fixing member which is located on the housing in correspondence with a desired open position of the door. An elongated guiding sleeve is movably mounted in the housing for movement l... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4193162 | Flexible bushings Flexible bushing for supporting a pipe conduit on each side of a wall having an opening for receiving the bushing. The bushing includes an inner component forming a pipe portion adapted for mounting the pipe conduits coaxially thereof, an outer fastening ... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4190903 | Neck protector A neck protector has a fluid absorbent band placeable about a neck in overlapping relationship and includes a foldable retaining means for retaining the band in the overlapping relationship. The retaining means includes at least one wire which may be bent... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4168544 | Article holding system An article-holding system in which a first piece having fabric fastening means thereon is adapted for attachment to a base member and a flap having a piece of complementary fabric fastening means on opposite faces at its ends is attached to said first pie... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4164792 | Device for tightening the waist of a garment A device for tightening the waist of a garment comprising a sheath provided around the waist of a garment which has an opening near each end thereof and a pair of strings, each of which is secured to one end of said sheath and is passed through the sheath... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4164228 | Pad for nursing brassieres An absorbent pad for nursing brassieres with a cap-shaped part proportioned to the shape of the breast and with an absorbing apron attached to the cap-shaped part which apron increases the absorption volume of the pad as a whole.... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4164043 | Fingerless glove A fingerless glove suitable for use in sport games particularly those in which rackets are used, e.g. tennis, squash, racket ball and so forth. The fingerless glove is characterized by comprising three gore tabs spaced from each other and projecting from ... | 08/14/1979 |
| 4156293 | Pocket construction In a method of constructing pockets, a pocket blank is preferably folded first along both longitudinal edges, and then transversely so that the folded edges are inside the two resultant pocket panels. Preferably, the lower edge sections of the pocket pane... | 05/29/1979 |
| 4154249 | Midriff controlling undergarment A midriff controlling undergarment includes an upper torso encircling portion and a lower torso encircling pants portion releasably connected together at a parting plane located approximately at the waist of the user. A plurality of circumferentially spac... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4153062 | Brassiere underwire construction and method A brassiere underwire construction and method of making the same incorporating a U-shaped underwire portion and an extension portion with the extension portion overlaying the U-shaped portion and extending beyond the U-shaped portion.... | 05/08/1979 |
| 4151614 | Protective device for the knee or elbow The invention relates to a protective device adapted to protect the elbow or knee of a person while engaging in various sports and work. The device is constructed from a resilient energy-absorbing material such as plastic foam and comprises a generally re... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4151613 | Protective device for the buttocks and hips of a person for use in skateboarding This invention relates to a protective device adapted to protect the buttocks and hips of a person engaging in the sport of skateboarding. The device is constructed from a resilient material, such as plastic foam which may be covered with a tough, pliable... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4150814 | Electric fence post and insulator holder A fence post and an insulator holder for an electric fence. A post has an insulator holder mount on its normally upper end portion. An insulator holder is mountable with the post in a depending relation. An insulator is mounted in the insulator holder and... | 04/24/1979 |
