121 |
Equipment for engaging snowmobile throttle and method of use therefor |
US582123 |
1996-01-02 |
US5758364A |
1998-06-02 |
F. John Rewoldt |
The present field of the invention is related to the operation of snowmobiles. More specifically, the invention is related to equipment used by a snowmobiler when operating a snowmobile. Specifically, the present invention relates to a glove adapted to engage the throttle of the snowmobile and a method of use therefore. |
122 |
Garment with structural vent |
US718222 |
1996-09-20 |
US5752277A |
1998-05-19 |
Michael F. van der Sleesen |
A ventilated garment is provided having at least one substantially non-stretchable front panel and at least one rear panel, in which the front and rear panels have an opening therein, and in which the front panel includes a substantially non-stretchable, air permeable, vent panel, having a shape substantially corresponding to the front panel opening, affixed to the front panel along the periphery of the front panel opening. The front panel further includes a cover element having a shape substantially corresponding to the front panel opening. A first portion of the cover element periphery is affixed to the front panel substantially along a first portion of the periphery of the front panel opening. A first adjustable closure element adjustably couples a second portion of the cover element periphery to the front panel substantially along a second portion of the periphery of the front panel opening, and a second adjustable closure element adjustably couples a third portion of the cover element periphery to the front panel substantially along a third portion of the periphery of the front panel opening. The second and third portions of the cover element periphery extend between opposite ends of the first portion of the cover element periphery and the second and third portions of the periphery of the front panel opening extend between opposite ends of the first portion of the periphery of the front panel opening. |
123 |
Safety vest and method for use in water and other applications |
US404901 |
1995-03-14 |
US5619751A |
1997-04-15 |
Eric Ray; Todd Schmidt |
A marine vest 10 designed to be worn by an operator of a personal watercraft while wearing a life jacket. The vest 10 includes a back section comprising a pair of shoulder straps positioned to fit over the shoulders of the operator. The straps are attached to a waist section which wraps around the operator's waist. This waist section has free ends which terminate near the middle of the front upper torso of the operator. Each free end has attached to it one component of a two-component buckle, so that the operator can manually buckle and unbuckle the two-component buckle while the vest is being worn. A pair of handles are attached to the waist section, each handle at one side of the operator. A second rider immediately seated behind the operator can thus grasp firmly these handles and more securely maintain his or her seated position on the watercraft. The vest 10 being sized to fit over the life jacket and is made of buoyant materials so that it will float in water. |
124 |
Motorcyclist's air strips II |
US251405 |
1994-05-31 |
US5535446A |
1996-07-16 |
Pavo Pusic |
Inflatable air strips for protection of a motorcyclist body in case of a traffic accident are disclosed. The air strips comprise plurality of horizontal and vertical air strips which are all interconnected and inflated with gas from two gas inflators. A gas diffusing process is initiated by an activating cord which is extended from the ignitor unit and attached to the motorcycle. |
125 |
Garment with structural vent |
US384779 |
1995-02-06 |
US5507042A |
1996-04-16 |
Michael F. van der Slessen |
A ventilated garment is provided having at least one substantially non-stretchable outer panel having inner and outer surfaces. The panel has a vent region including one or more openings. A substantially non-stretchable, air permeable material spans the vent region. An air impermeable sheet having a central void region is affixed to the inner surface so that the void region is substantially in registration with the vent region and so that the sheet is coupled to the inner surface about those regions. A cover element having a shape substantially corresponding to at least a portion of the vent region is affixed to the air impermeable sheet substantially along a first portion of the periphery of the void region. Adjustable closure elements adjustably couple the sides of the cover element to the air impermeable sheet so that the closure element may be selectively positioned to control the effective vent area of the vent region. |
126 |
Multilayer grooved protector for body joints |
US397541 |
1995-03-02 |
US5477558A |
1995-12-26 |
Alfred Volker; Hans-Georg Plecity; Jorn Steffens; Anselm Zessler |
A protector, particularly for protective clothing of motorcyclists, comprises an underlay comprising shock-absorbing segments, a covering layer of a yielding material, grooves having a wedge-shaped section located between the segments, and empty spaces between complementary outer edges of the protector that disappear on bending it into the form of a shell. |
127 |
Protective belts with garment attachment means adjustable in a plurality
of vertical positions |
US179772 |
1994-01-10 |
US5471680A |
1995-12-05 |
Yrjo H. Vesterinen |
The belt for protecting the lower spinal region of a wearer from injury by impact or abrasion when engaging in a hazardous activity, such as motocross, is provided with sets of male press studs and/or touch and close fasteners. Cooperating sets of female studs and/or touch and close fasteners are provided on the inner waistband of trousers to enable the belt and the trousers to be secured together in a variety of different relative vertical positions to suit the body shape of the wearer. |
128 |
User wearable inflatable garment |
US345287 |
1989-05-01 |
US4977623A |
1990-12-18 |
Vincent J. DeMarco |
A garment such as a vest or jump suit containing one or more inflatable gas-bags which will automatically expand upon appropriate signals from remote and garment contained deceleration sensors. A unique coded signal system is employed to insure that in fact inflation is required of the gas-bag or gas-bags prior to inflation to prevent accidental inflation. |
129 |
Motorcycle safety apparel |
US83563 |
1987-08-07 |
US4825469A |
1989-05-02 |
Dan Kincheloe |
Motorcycle safety apparel is disclosed which may be made in stylish and unencumbering designs to encourage regular use by motorcycle riders, and the like, which in the event of an impending or actual accident will inflate to provide a protective enclosure for the parts of the body most susceptible to critical or fatal injury. In the motorcycle application, the apparel is coupled through an umbilical cord to a container of compressed or liquified gas, with a much shorter pull cord being coupled between the rider and the valve of the container to rapidly inflate the apparel on separation of the rider from the motorcycle prior to separation of the umbilical cord. In one embodiment, the apparel is in the form of a jacket which includes a pleated hoodlike portion normally folded and resting under the jacket collar, and a pleated lower portion so that on inflation the hood will expand upward and then forward around the top and sides of the head, and the lower portion will inflate and expand downward below the knees. Another embodiment comprises a simple belt or cummerbund like device, which on inflation will expand upward and downward to protect the torso. A third embodiment comprises a sleeveless jacket wherein protective sleeves expand from the shoulder portions of the jacket in the inflated condition. Various aspects and features of the invention are disclosed. |
130 |
Well-shielded rain clothes |
US79711 |
1987-07-30 |
US4773100A |
1988-09-27 |
Ming-Tsen Kuo |
A rain clothes includes a rain jacket having a pair of gloves built in two jacket sleeves ready for wearing service, and a rain trousers having a pair of leg hoses each having a lining of elastic hose portion and a skirt fastened to a wearer's shoe or foot for completely shielding a wearer's boot and foot. |
131 |
Ski glove with a protector |
US127575 |
1987-12-02 |
US4768234A |
1988-09-06 |
Tamenobu Yamamoto |
The glove with the protector wherein the protector provided on the back of the glove is constituted by a multiplicity of protector elements, each protector element has its margin curved, the margin being gradually inclined, possesses the sliding surface, is formed of the material whose quality is harder than that of the surface material of the glove, being different from the latter quality thereof, an exposure of the sliding surface from the back enables the impact caused by the collision against the obstacle and the friction against the obstacle to be given a relief, a disposition of each protector element at certain amount of intervals between protector elements ensures a free action, such as the expansion, the contraction, the griping and the like, of the hand and the arm drawing on the glove, and the cost for producing the glove is reduced. |
132 |
Gloves for skiers, motorcyclists, and others |
US59793 |
1987-06-09 |
US4757556A |
1988-07-19 |
Donald A. Girard |
A glove for a skier or motorcyclists or other person wearing goggles or glasses. The glove has a front glove portion for covering the palm and adjacent forward portions of the fingers, and an enclosing portion connecting the opposite sides of the front portion and enclosing the rest of the hand and fingers. A short, flexible, though somewhat stiff, squeegee is secured to said enclosing portion and extends outwardly therefrom, so that the user can employ the squeegee to free his goggles or glasses from snow or rain deposited thereon. |
133 |
Protective garment |
US897020 |
1986-08-15 |
US4700407A |
1987-10-20 |
Heikki Mattila |
The invention relates to a protective garment, especially a sports garment, which includes a layer made of a wear-resistant, resilient basic material (1) for protecting the person who wears the garment. In order to provide an efficient protective effect, the garment is provided with resilient, shock-absorbing pads (3, 4). The pads (3, 4) are fitted in openings formed in the basic material (1) and fastened stationarily to the basic material (1) in such a manner that part of the layer protecting the person wearing the garment is formed solely by the pads (3,4). |
134 |
Upper body protector |
US745123 |
1985-06-17 |
US4610035A |
1986-09-09 |
Heikki Mattila |
The upper body protector comprises a semirigid chest plate portion, a suspender portion and left and right shoulder portions said portions adapted to conformably embrace the corresponding parts of a wearer. According to the invention an adjusting device connects said suspender portion and said chest plate portion together so that they are adjustable in a mainly vertical manner with respect to each other. |
135 |
Racing glove |
US675814 |
1984-11-12 |
US4570269A |
1986-02-18 |
Remo Berlese |
A vented racing glove suitable for motorcycle use in which a flexible protective pad is attached over the top of the gloove. The pad has various integrally formed upstanding air scoops which receive air when the glove is in motion to provide positive ventilation to its interior, and protect the wearer's hand in case of a fall. Ventilation grills are also provided in the pad in the form of parallel upstanding ribs with vent openings in the pad between adjacent ribs. The grills likewise provide both ventilation and protection. The fingers of the pad include forward facing air scoops behind the finger joints and rearward facing air scoops forward of the finger joints, with the air inlets of both scoops facing forward when the wearer grips a motorcycle hand grip. |
136 |
Variable ventilation system for garments |
US468584 |
1983-02-22 |
US4513451A |
1985-04-30 |
Michael A. Brown |
A system is described for controllably ventilating garments such as protective suits and jackets, especially garments which are worn by the occupants or operators of moving vehicles such as motorcycles, bicycles and some aircraft. Vents are provided in the front of the garment for controllably admitting air into the garment by means of flaps or other devices which cover the vents and which can incrementally be removed to control the amount of air entering the garment. Additional vents are provided at the back and sides of the garment to allow the exiting of air and prevent billowing of the garment due to air being trapped inside. The various vents which are provided in the garment are covered with air permeable material such as mesh which advantageously is stretchable to provide greater flexibility to the garment both while it is being worn and to facilitate putting on and taking off. The ventilation system of the invention can be used in conjunction with garments of various configurations and materials including leathers, woven fabrics and waterproof material. |
137 |
Motorcycle safety-release back rest |
US83647 |
1979-10-11 |
US4359129A |
1982-11-16 |
Gregory K. Schultz |
Ordinarily uncovered vehicles on which the driver is at least substantially exposed and unenclosed, such as motorcycles and their likes and equivalents, are provided with a safety-release back rest rig that is comprised of and contains a vest-like garment for the driver to wear, which body-retaining garment is strapped ahead of the driver in sling-like fashion to the vehicle structure so as to provide secure and comfortable, lean-back support for the drive during running of the vehicle while at the same time being automatically disengageable from the vehicle structure when the driver dismounts and/or has at least a portion of his or her weight removed or uplifted from and/or off the seat for mounting the driver on the vehicle. |
138 |
Garments for motorcycling |
US46599574 |
1974-05-01 |
US3921224A |
1975-11-25 |
INGRAM III ROBERT F |
Improved garments for motorcycle riding which include lengthened sleeves to avoid exposing a rider''s wrists, pleats in the knees of the pants to insure full ankle coverage, means to avoid wind flap, increased garment storage space and means for flow through body ventilation.
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139 |
PERSONAL PROTECTION DEVICE WITH INFLATABLE BAG AND GARMENT INCLUDING SUCH A DEVICE |
PCT/IB2008054177 |
2008-10-10 |
WO2009047733A3 |
2009-07-30 |
PRETTO PAOLO |
A protection device (1) for the personal protection of a user, apt to be contained in a garment (4) wearable on by said user, the inflatable device (1) comprising at least one inflatable bag (11), a support structure (2) arranged at the user's spinal portion and connected with that inflatable bag (11), and means (3) for inflating said at least one inflatable bag (11), characterized in that said at least one inflatable bag (11) has an operative configuration apt to provide an active protection both at the user's cervical region and at the chest region, as well as at the user's sides (Figure X). |
140 |
NECK BRACE |
PCT/IB2008052880 |
2008-07-17 |
WO2009010936A3 |
2009-04-30 |
LEATT CHRISTOPHER JAMES; HOPKINS MARK ERIC; NELSON GRANT LEIGH; KEEVY PIETER ANDRE |
A neck brace (10) is provided, which has an impact surface (30) which that can limit movement of a helmet by contacting an underside of the helmet, bearing surfaces (44,72,88) configured for bearing on the body of a wearer, and a structure (24,66,94,100) between the impact surface (30) and the bearing surfaces (44,72,88), that can transfer impact loads of the helmet on the impact surface (30), to the wearer's body. Parts (92,98) of the neck brace (10) that defines part of the impact surface (30) are displaceable towards the wearer s body and the structure (94,100) is configured to permit the displacement at rates slower than a predetermined rate, but to resist displacement if the rate exceeds the predetermined rate. The displacement of the parts (92,98) allow the wearer to move the helmet to positions not otherwise permitted by the impact surface (30), but the resistance to displacement ensures that impact loads can still be transferred from the helmet to the body, during impacts. |