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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8186290 | Sewing machine and computer-readable recording medium with recorded sewing machine control program A sewing machine for a user to perform sewing while moving a work cloth includes: a detecting device that detects the work cloth; a movement calculating device that calculates, by two-dimensional coordinate data, a movement direction and a movement quantity of the w... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8181271 | Kneepad with protective flexible outer cover A kneepad includes a number of layered material portions and an inner padding portion located between the layered material portions. An integral protective covering is attached to an outer surface of the kneepad. A pair of attachment elements is adapted to attach th... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181278 | Waist protection garment The invention relates to a waist protection garment. The waist protection garment may include: a length corresponding to the waist circumference of a wearer and the length defining two longitudinal sides; a width in a direction perpendicular to the length and the wi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181585 | Apparatus and method for compressed air system A compressed air system adapted for use in connection with a tufting machine having a yarn applicator adapted to penetrate a backing of a surface covering and place a stitch in the backing of the surface covering, a presser foot and a funnel block. The compressed ai... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181279 | Multi-layered multi-purpose belt pack A multi-layered, multi-purpose belt pack, wherein each layer performs particular storage functions and acts in complementary fashion to provide a particularly effective belt pack. The multi-layered main member is secured about the waist of the user by a belt member ... | 05/22/2012 |
| RE43395 | Protective gear for a limb A protective body guard (10) providing a full range of motion that closely tracks the biomechanical movement of a joint. The device provides protection against sharp objects, impact and limb movement into positions that may cause injury. The device (10... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8176861 | Embroidery data processor, sewing machine, and computer readable medium for embroidery data processing An embroidery data processor includes an embroidery data storage that stores embroidery data for sewing embroidery patterns by an embroiderable sewing machine; an embroidery data preparator that prepares the embroidery data of the embroidery patterns to be sewn by r... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176860 | Sewing machine A sewing machine including a needle bar; a sewing needle attached to the lower end of the needle bar; a needle bar drive mechanism vertically driving the needle bar; a presser foot capable of applying releasable pressure on a workpiece cloth and that releases the pr... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8171573 | Functional clothing articles and waist supports A functional clothing article may include a body for receiving and supporting a hip region, and a waist region of a user. An abdominal support unit may be provided at a front portion of the body to support the abdominal region. The abdominal support unit may have at... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171867 | Quilting and embroidery method The present invention provides an improved method and computer program product for quilting and embroidering fabric. The method comprises securing a quilt sandwich of top layer fabric, batting and backing fabric in an embroidery hoop and attaching said embroidery ho... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171570 | Exoskeleton Exoskeleton for physical activity, specially snow skiing, for preventing knee, leg and hip injuries by preventing the excessive torsion of the knee and other movements that could be dangerous for the person wearing it. The exoskeleton diverts the potential dangerous... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8166570 | Knee protection system The invention is related to a knee protection system having a knee pad permanently attached to a garment such as pants. The pad is made of silicone rubber. The pad may be shaped and have a number of pad areas including a patella covering part of the pad, a pair of s... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8161569 | Core assembly for an athletic protective pad A core assembly for an athletic protective pad is provided. The core assembly comprises a backing member and a deflection shield overlaid on the backing member. The backing member includes a plurality of backing pieces that are assembled together. The deflection shi... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161897 | Knee lever for sewing machine A knee lever a lever including a lever detachably attached to an attachment provided on a bed of a sewing machine; a knee rest mounted on the lever and operated by knee contact, with the lever being attached to the attachment; an adjustment mechanism allowing adjust... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161570 | Catching gear with apparatus for increasing hand signal visibility Catching gear to be worn by a catcher receiving a ball from a pitcher is disclosed. The gear comprises a leg guard adapted to be worn on one leg of the catcher, and a light-emitting device on the leg guard. The light-emitting device is positioned for generating ligh... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161895 | Machine-assisted free-hand embroidery method A method and device for free-hand embroidering on a sewing material with a sewing machine which has a memory for stitch data for a sewing pattern and a processor for reading the stitch data and for causing the sewing machine to execute stitches according to stitch d... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8156878 | Pump pocket A dual access pocket for supporting and/or storing medical devices such as insulin pumps and portable defibrillation devices and methods of manufacturing a garment including same. The garment into which the dual access pocket is sewn includes one or more front panel... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8151720 | Open eye sewing needle An open eye needle including an elongated portion, a tip portion and an open eye portion. The tip portion is attached to the elongated portion. The open eye portion is attached to the elongated portion. The open eye portion includes a tongue portion, an eye region a... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151369 | Protective device An energy absorbing device suitable for wearing by humans, or for use in a prosthetic device or robot is provided. The device including support structures which may conform to the contours of limbs, and have the capability of being removeably attached to the limbs. ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151722 | Method of manufacturing airbag A method of manufacturing an airbag with which an airbag having a left airbag section and a right airbag section and constituted so that peripheral edge portions of an opening of an opposing face of each bag are sewn together can be easily manufactured. An airbag | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151721 | Thread tensioning device for a sewing machine A thread tensioning device for a sewing machine comprises a limit member fixed on the sewing machine, and an elastic pulling member mounted on the limit member. The pulling member includes an elastic extension portion which is movably disposed on the limit member. T... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151376 | Compliant impact protection pad A hip protector pad absorbs impact energy at a vulnerable area of a greater trochanter of an adult human hip. The pad has a continuous sheet of flexible honeycomb material having faces covered with a cover material and a layer of compliant and resilient foam on an i... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8146520 | Apparatus and method for feeding stacks of multiple tags to a sewing machine in automated closure and tagging of bags A tag feeding apparatus for use with a bag-closing and tag-applying sewing machine in order to attach multiple tags to each bag in a sequence of bags delivered to the sewing machine for closing of each bag and simultaneous attachment of the multiple tags by sewing t... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8146521 | Sewing machine and computer-readable recording medium with recorded sewing machine control program A sewing machine that enables a user to perform sewing while moving a piece of work cloth, the sewing machine including: a main shaft that drives a needle bar equipped with a sewing needle, a sewing machine motor that rotary-drives the main shaft, a detection device... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8141170 | Knee protection device and method A knee protection apparatus has a knee protecting portion affixed atop one or more fixator struts which surround the side of a user's lower leg, and descend behind the leg near the Achilles tendon area of the wearer and continuing into the user's shoe where a heel c... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141174 | EL power unit A safety vest is sized to be worn by a human, wherein the vest has a front and back and left and right sides each having a shoulder portion. An EL strip is provided on each side of the vest extending from the bottom of the vest upwards toward the shoulder portion. A... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141506 | System and method for control of the backing feed for a tufting machine A method of controlling the feeding of the backing material moving through a tufting machine in order to produce tufted articles such as carpets having a woven look or appearance. The backing material is indexed forwardly along its path of travel through the tufting... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8127369 | Knee-mounted air deflector for motorcyclist An air deflector is mounted to the area of the knee of a motorcyclist to prevent a stream of air from striking the motorcyclist's face. In one embodiment, the deflector is in the form of a cap visor. ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127700 | Sewing machine A sewing machine is provided. The sewing machine includes a needle, a feed dog which feeds a workpiece in a feeding direction, a stitching motor which vertically moves the needle, a needle swinging motor which swings the needle in a direction orthogonal to the feedi... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8127701 | Fabric joining method and system A fabric joining method and system for attaching a first piece of fabric having synthetic content to a second piece of fabric having synthetic content. The method includes welding the first piece of fabric to the second piece of fabric at a seam and sewing the first... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8122839 | Method for manufacturing natural fiber stripe-quilted fabric having protruded wrinkle patterns on its surface The method for manufacturing a natural fiber stripe-quilted fabric having protruded wrinkle patterns on its surface is disclosed, in which a quilting machine is installed by fixing a sewing machine support member in a diagonal direction at 70˜85° with respect to a... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8117677 | Systems and methods for providing a headgear cooling liner Systems and methods for providing an article associated with headgear that keeps the wearer's head cool and/or cushioned from the interior harness of the headgear. The article is a system, liner or pad that is inserted into the headgear or coupled to the headgear ha... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8117671 | Necktie According to one exemplary embodiment, a necktie includes a front tie material of elongated shape having first and second end portions including tips and first and second tipping pieces having a periphery complementary to the first and second end portions, respectiv... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8108948 | Method and apparatus for keeping a shirt collar aligned and fastened, magnetically A method and apparatus for holding a shirt collar in a desired position and orientation, magnetically, against a shirt front. The apparatus includes a collar stay insertable into a conventional collar stay pocket or attachable to an inside surface of a collar, and a... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8108945 | Knee pocket system The invention entitled Knee Pocket System is a pocket design that includes; a pocket made of durable material, stitches, a locking device and a uniquely fitted comfort pad. The said invention is attached to a garment, a garment consisting of two pant legs of equal l... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109220 | Device and method to align the edge surrounding an end of a tubular knitted article The device comprises a tubular member (377) on which a tubular knitted article (M) is disposed and an operating head (1432) positioned in front of an end of the tubular member, comprising a plurality of contact members (1467; 1447, 1453). The co... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8104100 | Suspenders A suspenders assembly including a pair of suspenders having a pair of front strap portions configured to be coupled to a front portion of a pair of trousers and a pair of rear strap portions configured to be coupled to a rear portion of the pair of trousers. The ass... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104101 | Integrated protective ensemble An integrated ensemble for personal protection and comfort. The integrated ensemble may generally include one or more multifunctional layers. Each layer may include functionality directed to provision of specific types of protection and/or personal comfort. A liner ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8104413 | Camless automated thread cutting system for electronic lockstitch pattern tacking sewing machines A camless automated thread cutting system for an electronic lockstitch pattern tacking sewing machine having a sewing needle driven by a main shaft and having a knife mechanism in proximity with the needle for cutting thread at the end of a pattern sewing cycle. The... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8099795 | Spear shield The aqua sport shield is used while spear fishing. The shield distributes the force of loading a spear gun over a body area such as a chest area or the thigh area of a person's leg, greater than the butt end of the spear gun. The shield is comprised of a waterproof ... | 01/24/2012 |
