141 |
Interchangeable Headwear System For Waterproof Marine Garments |
US15923411 |
2018-03-16 |
US20180271196A1 |
2018-09-27 |
Thomas Kenneth Hussey; Bartosz Milczarczyk |
An detachable headwear system with a waterproof garment having a chest portion and a neck portion, a headwear article, a zipper for connecting the waterproof garment to the headwear article, the zipper having first zipper teeth on the waterproof garment and second zipper teeth on the headwear article, the first zipper teeth being engageable with the second zipper teeth, the first zipper teeth beginning in a first area of the chest portion, extending at least partially around the neck portion, and ending in a second area of the chest portion. |
142 |
Protective Hood With Improved Vision For Waterproof Marine Garments |
US15923440 |
2018-03-16 |
US20180271189A1 |
2018-09-27 |
Thomas Kenneth Hussey; Bartosz Milczarczyk |
A garment having a protective hood joined to a collar at an attachment point above a neck seam on the collar, the protective hood having a perimeter defining a hood opening, a rigid, transparent visor attached to the protective hood at the perimeter such that the visor is configured to cover eyes during normal wear. |
143 |
WETSUIT WITH ARMS-UP CONSTRUCTION AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME |
US15951812 |
2018-04-12 |
US20180242659A1 |
2018-08-30 |
Kurt R. SPENSER; Robert A. CANALES; Mark C. STEPHENS; Nathan TRACY |
A wetsuit configured to improve a user's performance, enhance a user's speed and ease with which the user moves through water, provide better control of body temperature in diverse environments and reduce overall fatigue while wearing the garment. A wetsuit having an upper-torso portion, a free-floating flexible collar, sleeves biased in an arms-up configuration and configurable with a lower torso portion. |
144 |
Article with Slide Fastener and Method for Producing Article with Slide Fastener |
US15915179 |
2018-03-08 |
US20180192748A1 |
2018-07-12 |
Morimasa Yoneoka |
There is provided an article with a slide fastener affixed thereto. Each of a pair of element members has a plurality of single elements made of a synthetic resin and fixedly integrated and connected to at least one flexible connecting string-shaped member at an equal interval. A slider is formed with an element guide path between upper and lower blades. A fastener-attached member forms an opening and closing part of the article. The pair of element members are directly sewn to a first surface of the fastener-attached member by sewing threads. The element members and the fastener-attached member are inserted into the element guide path of the slider. |
145 |
SHARK DETERRENT |
US15573416 |
2016-05-13 |
US20180154990A1 |
2018-06-07 |
Robert Joseph Carraro |
Disclosed is an apparatus that is able to generate an image to deter a shark from attacking a watercraft (e.g. a surf-craft). Also disclosed are methods of manufacturing and retrofitting watercraft to include the apparatus that is able to generate an image to deter a shark from attacking the watercraft. |
146 |
Back Entry Zipperless Wetsuit |
US15335681 |
2016-10-27 |
US20180116305A1 |
2018-05-03 |
Shuen Piu Cheuk; Fan Wung Aylwin Tsang |
A wetsuit has a back, an access opening at the neck portion, and a closure system provided at the access opening. The closure system has an internal gasket made of a generally V-shaped piece of flexible material having an upper edge and two side edges, and a collar connected to the upper edge of the gasket. An inner flap is hingedly attached to one of the side edges of the gasket, and has an outwardly-facing surface, with at least one Velcro™ pad provided thereon. An outer flap is hingedly attached to another of the side edges of the gasket, and has an inwardly-facing surface, with at least one Velcro™ pad provided thereon. |
147 |
URINATION RELIEF HATCH FOR WATERPROOF WADERS AND FOUL WEATHER GEAR |
US15782846 |
2017-10-12 |
US20180092409A1 |
2018-04-05 |
Robert A. Stevenson; Wendy L. Stevenson; Anthony Ismael Lopez |
A rainproof pair of pants or a waterproof pair of waders includes a rigid frame sealed in a waterproof. The frame forms a frame aperture and a rigid lid is pivotably connected to the frame. A seal is disposed between the frame and the lid forming a waterproof closure of the frame aperture. When the density of the frame is first set to be 0.04 pounds per cubic inch and when the frame and lid are scaled so an area of the frame aperture is first set to be 7.205 inches squared, then the following is true: a mass moment of inertia taken at the frame center of mass about the frame x-axis is equal to or greater than 0.19 pound square feet; and a mass moment of inertia taken at the frame center of mass about the y-axis is equal to or greater than 0.27 pound square feet. |
148 |
Aquatic sport performance garment with restraints and method of making same |
US15469191 |
2017-03-24 |
US09888730B2 |
2018-02-13 |
Kurt R. Spenser; Robert A. Canales; Mark C. Stephens; Nathan Tracy |
An aquatic sport performance garment comprising restraints affixed to a lateral material surface of the aquatic sport performance garment approximately parallel to a sagittal plane along each side of the garment and further comprising restraints affixed to a material surface across the back of the aquatic sport performance garment, posteriorly offset from the coronal plane of the garment in a criss-cross fashion, intersecting the longitudinal axis with the ends of the criss-cross restraints located in proximity to the ends of the longitudinally placed lateral restraints on each side of the garment; said restraints configured to inhibit side-to-side bending of the body of a user, reduce longitudinal drag, improve stroke mechanics, encourage proper torso rotation and muscle coordination about the midsection of the body of the user during movement and improve endurance when the garment is worn by the user when swimming. |
149 |
Swimwear design and construction |
US15484707 |
2017-04-11 |
US09854854B2 |
2018-01-02 |
Robert Allen Canales; Kurt Robert Spenser |
A wetsuit is provided which comprises (a) a first central region comprising a first material and having a first thickness; and (b) a second lateral region comprising a second material and having a second thickness. The buoyancy per unit area of the first region is greater than the buoyancy per unit area of the second region. |
150 |
WET SPORTSWEAR TAKEOFF HELPING MEANS |
US15524040 |
2015-11-03 |
US20170332709A1 |
2017-11-23 |
Michel Forko |
A wet sportswear takeoff helping device for the upper sportswear that is worn extremely tight to the wearer's skin; where the takeoff helping device includes one or more guides for guiding the corresponding drawstrings and a handgrip used for activation. The guides are made on the back part of the upper sportswear, each guide begins close to the hemline and propagates to the upper part of the sportswear in a continuous way, or having one or more interruptions formed along the guide. Pulling of the handgrip by the wearer's hand causes lifting of the sportswear's hemline towards the wearer's neck to facilitate removal. The invention is applicable to an ordinary T-shirt takeoff device for helping elderly or disabled people to take off the upper garment. |
151 |
SWIMWEAR DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION |
US15484707 |
2017-04-11 |
US20170215492A1 |
2017-08-03 |
Robert Allen CANALES; Kurt Robert SPENSER |
A wetsuit is provided which comprises (a) a first central region comprising a first material and having a first thickness; and (b) a second lateral region comprising a second material and having a second thickness. The buoyancy per unit area of the first region is greater than the buoyancy per unit area of the second region. |
152 |
ONE-PIECE TYPE WATER SPORT SUIT WITH EASY NECK COLLAR CLOSING AND OPENING |
US15322204 |
2016-06-21 |
US20170196276A1 |
2017-07-13 |
Hyuncheol PARK |
An one-piece type water sport suit comprises an leg portion, a torso portion, an arm portion; a neck collar coupled to the torso portion, wherein the collar is cylindrical when the collar is in a horizontally closed state; and first and second attachable/detachable members coupled to the neck collar to allow opening or closing of the collar, wherein the first attachable/detachable member is coupled to the neck collar at a first end thereof, and the second attachable/detachable member is coupled to the neck collar at a second end thereof, wherein the first and second ends are free ends when the collar is in a horizontally open state, wherein the first and second ends face each other, wherein the first attachable/detachable member is magnetically coupled to the second attachable/detachable member. |
153 |
BODY SURFING GARMENT |
US15441158 |
2017-02-23 |
US20170156417A1 |
2017-06-08 |
Nicholas Noel GADLER |
A lower body garment for wear while surfing, swimming or body surfing has a lower torso portion for enclosing the lower torso of a wearer and right and left legs depending downward for enclosing at least the thigh portion of a wearer's right and left legs, respectively, each leg having a lower end opening, the lower torso portion having an upper band portion for securing the garment around a wearer's torso, and one or more right and left thigh fins secured to the outer right and left side portions of the garment, respectively, and projecting laterally outward from the garment. The legs may be shorts length and end above the knee or extend below the knee to the lower calf or ankles. |
154 |
URINATION RELIEF HATCH FOR WATERPROOF WADERS AND FOUL WEATHER GEAR |
US15355580 |
2016-11-18 |
US20170071266A1 |
2017-03-16 |
Robert A. Stevenson; Wendy L. Stevenson |
A waterproof pair of pants and/or waders includes a sealable opening for relief of bodily fluids. A rigid frame is sealed in a waterproof manner to the pair of pants and/or waders forming a frame aperture. A rigid lid is pivotably connected to the frame. A seal is disposed between the frame and the lid forming a waterproof closure when the lid is in a closed position. An optional rigid backing forms a backing aperture, wherein a first surface of the backing and a back side surface of the frame capture there between the waterproof material. An optional roughened surface can be disposed on the first surface of the backing, on the back side surface of the frame or on the wader material itself. At least one adhesive bond is disposed between the back side surface of the frame and the waterproof material, and/or, between the first surface of the backing and the waterproof material. The backing aperture is equal to or greater in surface area in comparison to the frame aperture. |
155 |
Swimwear design and construction |
US14361296 |
2012-11-28 |
US09572378B2 |
2017-02-21 |
Robert Allen Canales; Kurt Robert Spenser |
A wetsuit (101) is provided which comprises (a) a first central region (125, 127) comprising a first material and having a first thickness; and (b) a second lateral region comprising a second material and having a second thickness. The buoyancy per unit area of the first region is greater than the buoyancy per unit area of the second region. |
156 |
Watersport hiking support system |
US14548571 |
2014-11-20 |
US09549576B2 |
2017-01-24 |
Brian John Conolly; Thomas Kenneth Hussey; Bartosz Milczarczyk; Andrue Kerr |
A device that provides support for sailors while hiking from a sailing vessel is disclosed. The device includes a garment that is shaped and/or configured to resist the backwards leaning moment of a sailor whilst hiking thereby reducing muscular strain and effort. |
157 |
URINATION RELIEF HATCH FOR WATERPROOF WADERS AND FOUL WEATHER GEAR |
US15184119 |
2016-06-16 |
US20160295930A1 |
2016-10-13 |
Robert A. Stevenson; Wendy L. Stevenson |
An improved fishing pant or hunting wader, exposure suit or foul weather pants/bib incorporates a novel waterproof connectable hatch to provide access for urination. The low profile and lightweight waterproof hatch is centered over the groin area and allows the wearer of a fishing wader, or similar foul weather gear pants, to be able to quickly open the hatch and urinate without removing the cumbersome garment. A hinged or connectable lid may swing upwards and downwards and features a hook-and-loop fastener, a magnetic, or mechanical fastener so that the lid is held up in place and out of the way. After urination, the lid may conveniently snap back into place against a seal or O-ring thereby forming a water tight seal. A middle line separates an aperture top half and bottom half, wherein the top half comprises a larger amount of surface area as compared to the bottom half. |
158 |
Textile, Garment Including The Textile, And Methods For Manufacturing The Textile And The Garment |
US14823453 |
2015-08-11 |
US20160040325A1 |
2016-02-11 |
Thomas Kenneth Hussey; Brian Conolly; Bartosz Milczarczyk |
A textile is provided that includes a plurality of warp yarns and a plurality of weft yarns woven together, the plurality of warp yarns each including an elastic warp filament and a non-elastic warp filament, and the plurality of weft yarns each including an elastic weft filament and a non-elastic weft filament. At least one of the elastic warp filament, the non-elastic warp filament, the elastic weft filament, and the non-elastic weft filament includes a hydrophobic material. The materials of the elastic warp filament, the non-elastic warp filament, the elastic weft filament, and the non-elastic weft filament are selected such that the textile has a high elastic stretchability in at least one of a weft direction and a warp direction. A garment including the textile, and methods for manufacturing the textile and the garment, are also disclosed. |
159 |
Article with Slide Fastener and Method for Producing Article with Slide Fastener |
US14764336 |
2013-01-31 |
US20150374077A1 |
2015-12-31 |
Morimasa Yoneoka |
There is provided an article with a slide fastener affixed thereto. Each of a pair of element members has a plurality of single elements made of a synthetic resin and fixedly integrated and connected to at least one flexible connecting string-shaped member at an equal interval. A slider is formed with an element guide path between upper and lower blades. A fastener-attached member forms an opening and closing part of the article. The pair of element members are directly sewn to a first surface of the fastener-attached member by sewing threads. The element members and the fastener-attached member are inserted into the element guide path of the slider. |
160 |
DROPSEAT WADERS AND SUSPENSION SYSTEM |
US14289263 |
2014-05-28 |
US20150342272A1 |
2015-12-03 |
Bart Bonime; Sarah Davison |
A trouser garment is disclosed. The trouser garment may be a fishing wader. The garment includes a quick-release dropseat to enhance the ease of personal relief, such as a WC break, without completely removing the garment. The garment may include a trouser portion, a bib portion, and a suspension system. A posterior support strap is threaded through a guide, such as a loop, to aid in the mating two ends of a quick-release dropseat buckle. The posterior support strap is coupled to left and right shoulder straps to form the suspension system. The guide and one end of the dropseat buckle are positioned on a posterior surface of the garment. The garment may include cam buckles to enable the adjustment of the left and right shoulder straps and the height of the bib portion. The garment may be worn as a full bib or as a pant. |