25th week of 2017 patent applcation highlights part 2 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20170172146 | PESTICIDE COMPOSITION DELIVERY VEHICLES - Vehicles for delivery and release of pesticide compositions are provided. In one aspect, the delivery vehicle is a capsule configured to resist release of a pesticide composition before application of the capsule at a locus where pest control is desired. The capsule is further configured to degrade following application at the locus where pest control is desired to facilitate release of the pesticide composition. In one particular but non-limiting form, the capsule includes a shell wall including a relatively high Bloom strength gelatin material and a plasticizer material, and the pesticide composition includes a fumigant such as 1,3-dichloropropene. Further embodiments, forms, objects, features, advantages, aspects, and benefits shall become apparent from the description and drawings. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172147 | BIO-INSPIRED AND ANTIMICROBIAL POLYMERS CONTAINING AMINO ACID-LIKE MONOMER BUILDING BLOCKS - Methods for killing a microbial are provided that include introducing a functionalized amide polymer to a microbe, where the functionalized amide polymer includes a polymer backbone selected from polyesters and polyurethanes; an amide group with a pendant functional group, where the nitrogen atom of the amide group is part of the polymer backbone; and a net positive charge. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172148 | Agrochemical Composition Comprising a N,N' -disubstituted (Thio)urea for the Improvement of Crop Productivity - The invention relates to an agrochemical composition containing a compound of formula (1), a glutamic acid compound, and a source of magnesium and/or a source of iron. The composition applied e.g. foliarly has demonstrated synergistic benefits that improve crop yields and quality characteristics. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172149 | STERILIZATION METHOD, FORMULATION FOR STERILIZATION USE, AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING STERILIZING LIQUID - A sterilization method is provided which acquires microbicidal activity equivalent to plasma-treated solution or more powerful than the same without the use of a plasma generation device. The sterilization method includes applying liquid containing peroxynitric acid (HOONO | 2017-06-22 |
20170172150 | SYNERGISTIC ANTIMICROBIAL PREPARATIONS CONTAINING CHLORITE AND HYDROGEN PEROXIDE - An anti-microbial preservative for use in ophthalmic and dermatologic products. The preservative includes from about 0.005 wt. % to about 0.20 wt. % chlorite compound and from about 0.005 wt. % to about 0.05 wt. % peroxy compound. Additionally, the preservative does not generate chlorine dioxide within the pH range of 5.0-8.8. Also included are an antimicrobial ophthalmic and dermatologic compositions for direct application onto an eye or skin of a living being including from about 0.005 wt. % to about 0.20 wt. % chlorite compound and from about 0.005 wt. % to about 0.05 wt. % peroxy compound. Also included are methods for treating dryness of the eyes and skin disorders (e.g., wounds, burns, infections, ulcerations, psoriasis, etc.) and for disinfecting and cleansing contact lenses while in place upon an eye by applying the composition to the eye or to the contact lens. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172151 | ANTIMICROBIAL GLASS COMPOSITIONS, GLASSES AND POLYMERIC ARTICLES INCORPORATING THE SAME - Embodiments of the present invention pertain to antimicrobial glass compositions, glasses and articles. The articles include a glass, which may include a glass phase and a cuprite phase. In other embodiments, the glasses include as plurality of Cu | 2017-06-22 |
20170172152 | LIGNO CELLULOSIC MATERIALS AND THE PRODUCTS MADE THEREFROM - A process comprising treating a lignocellulosic material preferably pulp in the presence of a transition metal catalyst with a oxidizing agent selected from a group consisting of hydrogen peroxide, hypochlorite, hypochlorous acid and any combination thereof to form a treated lignocellulosic material having a viscosity equal to or less than about 17 cp and having reducing functional groups selected from the group consisting of aldehyde and aldehyde type functional groups at the C6 and C1 positions but predominating at the C1 position. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172153 | SELF-REGENERATING ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF USE - A composition may be applied to animate and inanimate surfaces to render such surfaces antimicrobial for as long as the composition remains on the surface. The composition contains at least one pathogen-associated virus that is self-regenerating so that a user need not take steps to regenerate the material. The virus is or viruses are contained within a polymer matrix. The polymer matrix has the ability to maintain a desired moisture content to support the regeneration of the virus(es). Various methods of using the composition include the coating of animate and inantimate surfaces to prevent bacterial, viral, and fungal infections. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172154 | VIRUS-BASED BIOPESTICIDE - The invention relates to synthetic combinations of two or more pure genotypes cloned from the Colombian wild-type | 2017-06-22 |
20170172155 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING PESTS - To provide a method which shows excellent effects in controlling pests in a field of soybean, corn or cotton. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172156 | Semi-Moldable Animal Attractant Lure - Animal-attractant lure compound includes a semi-solid moldable compound having an elastic consistency, said mass including a silicone polymer material that includes a viscoelastic liquid. The compound is capable of being selectively adhered to environmental structure to which it is applied. The compound may include an animal-attractant scent impregnated therein or applied by a hunter. The compound may be a polysiloxane. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172157 | METHOD FOR FEEDING AND DISPENSING A FOODSTUFF MIXTURE TO A LINE FOR FORMING PRODUCTS FROM THE MIXTURE - A method for dispensing a mixture to a forming line includes using a hopper to produce individual batches that are fed to the forming line. A given amount of mixture is uploaded in succession, and the hopper is actuated so as to produce from the aforesaid given amount of mixture a maximum number of batches less than or equal to four. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172158 | METHOD FOR MAKING CUSTOMIZED, WOOD FIRED PIZZAS IN SITU - A method for making wood-fired pizzas at a customer designated location for an event comprises assembling a portable wood stove at the location, setting up a customized pizza assembly station adjacent the assembled stove and then individually making TO ORDER pizza pies for rapidly baking in that wood fired stove. After everyone's had their fill, the stove can be cooled, disassembled and carted off to its next event location for customized wood-fired pizza making for that event's attendees. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172159 | Method For Manufacturing A Food Product, A Food Product Produced By A Food Product Manufacturing System, And Food Product Manufacturing System - A method for manufacturing a food product includes depositing a first foodstuff; transporting the first foodstuff in a first driven direction; depositing a second foodstuff upon a portion of an upper surface of the first foodstuff; transporting the first foodstuff with the second foodstuff deposited thereupon in the first driven direction; separating the first foodstuff with the second foodstuff metered thereupon into a plurality of sheet segments; serially transporting each sheet segment of the plurality of sheet segments from the first driven direction to a second driven direction that is transverse to the first driven direction; compressing the serially transported sheet segments for forming a plurality of thickness segments including the first foodstuff and the second foodstuff that define an elongated, food product body; separating the elongated, food product body into a plurality of food product body units; and finishing the plurality of food product body units. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172160 | TORTILLA PRODUCT AND METHOD - A tortilla formed by a process that includes scraping at a least a layer of dough from the dough form used to prepare the tortilla, and a fried tortilla product formed using the same. The process yields a fried product that exhibits an unexpectedly different surface profile and texture as well as enhanced flavor. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172161 | Probiotic Fortified Food Products and Methods of Manufacture - The invention includes a method of manufacturing a probiotic fortified food product characterised by the step of applying a composition inoculated with at least one probiotic organism to at least one portion of the surface of the food product, wherein the composition includes a base which is fully milk derived and/or includes components inherently found in milk. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172162 | SKINNING KNIFE WITH REMOVABLE BLADE - A skinning knife includes a handle and a blade carrier coupled to the handle, the blade carrier including a mount having a mounting surface, a boss extending outward from the mounting surface, and a spring including a front portion, a middle portion, and a rear portion. The skinning knife also includes a blade including a sharpened edge, a body, and a slot formed through the body, where the slot extends in a longitudinal direction from a front end to a rear end and includes a narrow portion of a first width and a wide portion of a second width greater than the first width. The blade is releaseably secured to the blade carrier by interaction between the boss and the spring of the blade carrier and the slot of the blade. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172163 | CASING BRAKE ASSEMBLY - A casing brake assembly is provided for applying a frictional force to a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing being arranged on a filling tube of a production apparatus, like a clipping machine, which is used in the production of sausage-shaped products, like sausages, and for limiting the movement of said tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing at least while being filled. The casing brake assembly comprises tubular support means for supporting at least one brake element having an at least approximately ring-shaped design. The casing brake assembly further comprises a tubular bushing for accommodating the tubular support means and the at least one brake element, and an attachment device including an at least approximately tubular accommodation portion for accommodating the tubular bushing, and at least one attachment portion configured for attaching the casing brake assembly to the production apparatus. Furthermore, an apparatus for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, includes a mounting device for reversibly mounting a casing brake assembly thereto and a casing brake assembly for applying a frictional force to the tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing while being filled. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172164 | CLIPPING MACHINE WITH EASY ACCESS - The present invention relates to a clipping machine for producing sausage-shaped products, like sausages, by filling a tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing with filling material and closing said filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing. The clipping machine includes a filling tube through which the filling material is fed into said tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing which is stored on said filling tube, a casing brake assembly arranged on the filling tube for limiting the movement of the tubular packaging casing at least while being filled, gathering means for gathering said filled tubular packaging casing and for forming a plait-like portion thereto, and a clipping device for applying at least one closure means, like a closure clip, to the plait-like portion formed on the filled tubular or bag-shaped packaging casing in a closing region. The clipping machine further comprises a housing defining at least a front wall, a rear wall, and two side walls of the clipping machine, for enclosing at least the clipping device and the gathering means. The housing includes at least one housing element arranged in the front wall of the housing for covering at least the closing region, wherein the at least one housing element is coupled to the clipping machine by a linking device including a shifting mechanism for reversibly shifting the housing element relative to the clipping machine, in a shifting direction, for granting access to the closing region of the clipping machine. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172165 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROCESSING A DEFEATHERED WHOLE LEG POULTRY PRODUCT - The invention pertains to a method for processing a defeathered whole leg poultry product, wherein the method comprises the following steps: —providing a leg product which comprises: —a thigh, —a drumstick, —a knee joint, —while the leg product is suspended from a carrier of a conveyor, making a transverse cut at the knee joint, which transverse cut is made from the rear side of the leg product towards the knee cap, said cut having a cut end which is located adjacent to the rear of the knee cap so that the thigh and the drumstick remain connected to each other and the knee cap remains intact, by which cut a drumstick side cut plane and a thigh side cut plane are created, —while keeping the thigh meat and the drumstick connected to each other, removing the thigh bone from the thigh meat via the thigh side cut plane of the transverse cut, —while keeping the thigh meat and the drumstick connected to each other, severing the knee meat from the knee cap while keeping the knee meat and the thigh meat connected to each other, and subsequently severing the still interconnected knee meat and thigh meat from the drumstick. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172166 | Fish Bone Removal Apparatus - The present invention relates to a fish bone removal apparatus comprising a frame ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170172167 | INFANT FEED AND METHOD - The present disclosure relates generally to a composition for feeding an infant. More particularly, the disclosure relates to a nutritional composition for feeding an infant comprising a stem-cell deficient first component and a second component comprising breast milk stem cells (BSCs). The second component is added to the first component, and the BSCs partially or fully replenish the stem-cell deficient first component with respect to BSCs. In some embodiments the first component is stem-cell deficient human breast milk and the second component comprises BSCs from the infant's mother's own milk. The compositions of the present disclosure have been developed primarily as a personalized, nutritional composition providing the beneficial effects of an infant's mother's own BSCs to the infant while not being able to receive the full benefits of being breastfed directly. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172168 | METHODS OF MAKING REDUCED SODIUM FOOD PRODUCTS FORMED OF POTASSIUM-CONTAINING EMULSIFYING SALT MIXTURES - A method of preparing a less sodium food product involves forming a reaction mixture of one or more of liquid sodium potassium hydrogen phosphate and liquid sodium dipotassium phosphate and combining a food ingredient with the emulsifying salt mixture. A reduced sodium process cheese product is formed of a sol to gel conversion fat stabilized via a hydrated protein matrix by a combination of potassium caseinate and sodium caseinate in which the caseinates are derived from an emulsifying salt mixture of liquid sodium potassium hydrogen phosphate and liquid sodium dipotassium phosphate, which, prior to reaction, accounts for at least about 2.5 and up to about 8.32 percent by weight of a total weight of the process cheese product. The emulsifying salt mixture formed of the reaction mixture remains in solution at ambient conditions for at least two weeks prior to incorporation with a food ingredient. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172169 | SOY-BASED CHEESE - A soy-based cheese is described that includes microbial cultures or acid. The soy-based cheese is meltable and can be sliced, grated or cubed and used in place of American process cheese. The soy-based cheese can be plant-based. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172170 | PREPARATION AND COMPOSITION OF MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES CONTAINING SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF LAURIC ACID - The present invention pertains to an efficient and large-scale process to produce a medium-chain triglyceride composition with >95% content for C | 2017-06-22 |
20170172171 | COFFEE HONEY OBTAINED FROM THE MUCILAGE OF COFFEE BEANS - The present invention relates to a coffee honey obtained through a method of concentrating and conserving the mucilage of coffee beans, in order to make use of coffee processing industry by-products. Said coffee honey is suitable for use in products for human or animal consumption, drugs, or cosmetics, and reduces the pollution of the environment by avoiding the waste of coffee by-products. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172172 | HEAT RESISTANT CONFECTIONS - The present invention provides a heat resistant fat based confection wherein at least a portion of a natural and/or artificial sweetener or milk or cocoa solids component thereof has an average particle size of greater than 50 microns. Premixes are also provided including the unmilled sweetener or milk or cocoa solid and a polyol are also provided, and in those embodiments wherein the premixes are used to prepare the fat based confection, heat resistance of the same may be further enhanced. Methods of making the fat based confection, with or without using the premix, are also provided. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172173 | THERMOREGULATED DEVICE FOR MODIFYING THE CONSISTENCY OF A COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE DEVICE - The invention relates to a thermoregulated device for modifying the consistency of a starting composition that comprises a preparation at least partially mixed with a liquid. For this purpose, the device is configured to accommodate a reservoir ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170172174 | PROCESS AND APPARATUS FOR RAPID FREEZING OF CONSUMABLE AND NON-CONSUMABLE PRODUCTS USING THE EXPANSION OF DENSE GAS - The present disclosure provides, inter alia, processes and apparatuses for rapid freezing of consumable and non-consumable products. In certain embodiments, the processes and apparatuses of the present disclosure yield the rapidly frozen consumable and non-consumable products using the expansion of dense gas. The present disclosure also provides consumable and non-consumable products produced by the processes and apparatuses disclosed herein. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172175 | INNER DOOR SYSTEM FOR SOFT SERVE MACHINE - A soft serve dispensing machine includes a refrigerator cabinet. A door is hinged to the refrigerator cabinet. A freezer compartment is defined in the refrigerator cabinet and receives a soft serve product mix. Product pumps are linked with the soft serve product mix for moving the product to a dispensing portion of the soft serve dispensing machine. The product pumps are positioned proximate the front portion of the refrigerator cabinet and above the freezer compartment. A removable inner door panel is moveable between stored and deployed positions. In the deployed position, the door is in an open position and the inner door panel is attached to the refrigerator cabinet and defines a seal relative to the refrigerator cabinet and cold air within the freezer compartment is maintained in the freezer compartment while the product pumps are accessed. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172176 | PET FOOD PALATANT COMPOSITION COMPRISING MIXED ALKALI METAL PYROPHOSPHATES - The present invention relates to compositions and methods for a pet food palatant composition including mixed alkali metal pyrophosphates. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172177 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MEAT-BASED ANIMAL FEED CONCENTRATE, MEAT-BASED ANIMAL FEED CONCENTRATE AND MEAT-BASED ANIMIAL DRINK - The invention relates to a method for producing a meat-based animal feed concentrate. The invention also relates to a meat-based animal feed concentrate which can be obtained according to the claimed method, to a meat-based animal drink, to the use of the meat-based animal drink for carnivorous household pets and to a packaging unit for the meat-based animal feed concentrate and/or the meat-based animal drink. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172178 | PROCESS FOR MAKING A PET FOOD IN THE FORM OF A COATED KIBBLE - A process of making a pet food include providing a core pellet; providing at least one coating material; applying the coating material to the core pellet to form a coated kibble using a continuous fluidizing mixer; wherein application of the coating material occurs at a Froude number range of from about 0.8 to about 3 and a Peclet number greater than about 6. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172179 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING BAKED ANIMAL FEED AND BAKED ANIMAL FEED - The invention relates to a method for producing baked animal feed containing an animal feed meat product which is, optionally, in pieces. The invention also relates to baked animal feed obtained according to said method, to the use of the claimed baked animal feed as animal feed for carnivorous animals. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172180 | HYDRATION FOR ANIMALS - The invention provides composition and methods for improving hydration and water intake in an animal. In one embodiment, a hydration composition can comprise water and a hydration additive, where the hydration additive consists essentially of a sugar alcohol and a protein, where the sugar alcohol includes glycerol and the protein includes whey. Additionally, a method of improving hydration and water intake in an animal can comprise administering the hydration composition with water to the animal. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172181 | STENCIL HOLDER APPARATUS AND METHOD - A frame operable to hold a stencil taut and secure for decorating a food product such as a cookie, baked good or the like. An embodiment of the frame is comprised of a bottom sub-frame having a first height, and a top sub-frame having a second height that is less than the first height, such that the bottom sub-frame accommodates one size of cookie when the bottom sub-frame is placed around the cookie and when the frame is flipped 180 degrees along a lateral axis, it accommodates a thinner cookie when the top sub-frame is placed around a cookie. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172182 | PRE-MUDDLED DRINK MIX AND METHOD OF MAKING - A pre-packaged mixture of ingredients for making a beverage and method of making is provided. The mixture includes muddled ingredients, including, at least in part, pre-washed, pre-sized fresh ingredient(s), and optionally, additional ingredients. The muddled, and optional ingredients are package in measured amounts, such for preparing a single beverage and/or for preparing a bulk quantity of beverages. The mixture is an all-inclusive mix to which a prescribed amount of alcohol can be added or directly included in the mix to provide a finished, fresh adult beverage. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172183 | WHITENING COMPOSITION AND THE USE THEREOF - The present invention discloses a composition having whitening and brightening effect and the use thereof, the composition comprising: 1) | 2017-06-22 |
20170172184 | Methods of Improving Production of Vanillin - Methods for recombinant production of vanillin and compositions containing vanillin are provided by this invention. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172185 | PRODUCTION OF SOLUBLE SOY PROTEIN PRODUCT FROM SOY PROTEIN MICELLAR MASS ("S200Ca:) - A soy protein product having a protein content of at least 60 wt % (N×6.25) d.b., preferably an isolate having a protein content of at least about 90 wt % (N×6.25) d.b., is formed from the supernatant from the precipitation of a soy protein micellar mass. A calcium salt or other divalent salt is added to the supernatant, before concentration, after initial concentration or after final concentration, to provide a conductivity of about 2 to about 30 mS. Precipitate is removed from the resulting solution and the pH of the clear soy protein solution is optionally adjusted to about 1.5 to about 4.4. The optionally pH-adjusted clear solution is concentrated to a concentration of about 50 to about 400 g/L and the clear concentrated protein solution is optionally diafiltered prior to drying. The soy protein product is soluble in acidic media and produces transparent, heat stable solutions at low pH values and, therefore, may be used for protein fortification of soft drinks and sports drinks. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172186 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATION OF PULSED FLOW FOR IMPINGEMENT HOODS - In a freezer having an internal space therein in which a blower and an impingement plate are disposed and through which a conveyor for a food product passes, an impingement apparatus, includes a hood disposed at the internal space for coacting with the blower and the impingement plate, the hood including a sidewall defining a sub-chamber in which the blower is received; and a pipe having an end opening into the sub-chamber for introducing a pulse of cryogen to the sub-chamber for increasing a pressure in the sub-chamber and contacting the impingement plate. A related method is also provided. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172187 | ADSORPTION AND REMOVAL OF 4-METHYLIMIDAZOLE - A method for removing 4-methylimidazole (4-MEI) from solution may include contacting an alkaline earth metal silicate with a solution containing 4-MEI and adsorbing at least some of the 4-MEI using the alkaline earth metal silicate. The method may further include removing at least some of the alkaline earth metal silicate having the adsorbed 4-MEI from the solution. The alkaline earth metal silicate may include magnesium silicate or calcium silicate. A method for removing 4-MEI from solution may include contacting an adsorbent clay material with a solution containing 4-MEI and adsorbing at least some of the 4-MEI using the adsorbent clay material. The method may further include removing at least some of the adsorbent clay material having the adsorbed 4-MEI from the solution. The adsorbent clay material may include smectite, bentonite, or an activated or un-activated AOCS day material. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172188 | DRIED NOODLE - A dried noodle having a porosity in a cross-sectional area of the noodle of from 0.1 to 15%, a unit porosity in the cross-sectional area of the noodle of from 0.01 to 1%, a gelatinization degree of 30 to 75% and a porous structure, the dried noodle being produced by a process including (a) preparing a noodle dough comprising a main raw material, water and a powder oil, which is entirely derived from an oil, in an amount of more than 0.5% by weight and less than 6% by weight with respect to a total weight of the main raw material, (b) forming a raw noodle body from the noodle dough, and (c) subjecting the raw noodle body to an airflow at a temperature of 90 to 150° C. to evaporate the water, thereby foaming, drying and gelatinizing the raw noodle body, wherein the entire process does not include steaming. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172189 | Preservation of Native Fruit and/or Vegetable Coloring in Cooked Food Products - A shelf-stable snack product having visibly impactful vegetable inclusions, a composite dough for forming the shelf-stable snack product, and method of manufacture is disclosed herein. The shelf-stable snack product includes masa and a fresh vegetable ingredient, and a final moisture content in the range of about 1.7-2.5 weight percent. Additionally, the shelf-stable snack product has an l-value no less than a corresponding l-value of a plain version of the shelf-stable snack product lacking the vegetable inclusions. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172190 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING FOOD PRODUCTS, IN PARTICULAR SLEEVELESS PRODUCTS OF A SPECIFIC FORM - The present disclosure relates to a method and a device for producing food products, in particular sleeveless products of a specific form with the following steps: entry of form parameters, display of the form of the food product as a function of the entered form parameters as a 2D or 3D graphic, calculation of process parameters as a function of the entered form parameters. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172191 | Compositions and Methods for Improving Rebaudioside M Solubility - Rebaudioside M compositions with improved aqueous solubility and methods for preparing the same are provided herein. The rebaudioside M compositions include (i) disordered crystalline compositions comprising rebaudioside M and rebaudioside D, (ii) spray-dried compositions comprising rebaudioside M, rebaudioside D and steviol glycoside mixtures and/or rebaudioside B and/or NSF-02, (iii) spray-dried compositions comprising rebaudioside M, rebaudioside D and at least one surfactant, polymer, saponin, carbohydrate, polyol, preservative or a combination thereof. Sweetened compositions, such a beverages, containing the rebaudioside M compositions with improved water solubility are also provided herein. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172192 | LOW-PH SOY SAUCE - The object of the present invention is to provide a soy sauce with a pH of less than 4.6, which has reduced acidic taste and acidic odor and improved umami in the aftertaste. The soy sauce with a pH of less than 4.6, which has reduced acidic taste and acidic odor and improved umami in the aftertaste can be obtained by adjusting the ethyl lactate concentration per 1 w/v % of total nitrogen concentration in the soy sauce to 20 ppm or more. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172193 | SALAD MAKING DEVICE - A salad making device is able to be used to make a handheld salad for easier consumption instead of the typical salad in a bowl. A wrapper is able to be used to secure the compacted salad materials. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172194 | GENDER SPECIFIC SYNTHETIC NUTRITIONAL COMPOSITIONS AND NUTRITIONAL SYSTEMS COMPRISING THEM - Gender specific synthetic nutritional compositions for female or male infants up to 1 month of age wherein, the concentration of alanine, and/or histidine, and/or isoleucine, and/or proline, and/or valine is adapted based on that found in HM produced for an infant of the same gender and age, and nutritional systems comprising them. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172195 | ISOTOPICALLY MODIFIED COMPOUNDS AND THEIR USE AS FOOD SUPPLEMENTS - A nutrient composition comprises an essential nutrient in which at least one exchangeable H atom is | 2017-06-22 |
20170172196 | NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT POWDER - A nutritional supplement powder and method of supplementing the nutritional value of a food or beverage is provided. The nutritional supplement powder includes a protein system, vitamins, minerals, and fiber. The protein system has a water solubility of at least about 70% at room temperature. The nutritional supplement powder is essentially free of divalent ions of copper, iron, and zinc, and is also essentially free of vitamin C. When added to a food or beverage, the nutritional supplement powder does not substantially change the organoleptic properties of the food or beverage. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172197 | COFFEE ROASTING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a coffee roasting device, and may comprise: a body; a rotating unit rotatably fastened/fixed to the upper portion of the body, a part of one side surface of the rotating unit being incised in the longitudinal direction, thereby forming an entrance/exit, and coffee beans being contained inside the rotating unit via the entrance/exit; a heating unit positioned inside the rotating unit and supplied with external power, thereby generating heat; a driving unit positioned on one side of the rotating unit, the driving unit providing the rotating unit with rotating power; and a partition attached/fixed to the inner surface of the rotating unit so as to prevent the coffee beans from being discharged to the outside via the entrance/exit. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172198 | CRUMB COATING FOR FOOD PRODUCTS - A crumb is manufactured by a process including adding an aqueous flour mixture into an extruder, partially extruding the aqueous mixture through the extruder, adding an aqueous gelling agent to the extruder at a point downstream of the start of the extrusion of the aqueous mixture through the extruder to form a resultant mixture of the aqueous mixture and the aqueous gelling agent in the extruder, and extruding the resultant mixture at a temperature greater than 100° C. to form an extrudate. The extrudate is allowed to expand, dried and milled to form the crumb, which has moisture-resistant properties particularly well-suited for use on frozen, microwavable food products. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172199 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING TOBACCO RAW MATERIAL AND ORAL TOBACCO PRODUCT - Provided is a method of manufacturing a tobacco raw material in which the green color of the tobacco raw material is maintained and a browning-involved enzyme included in tobacco leaves is deactivated. Specifically, a method of manufacturing a tobacco raw material is provided that includes a step for heating a tobacco leaf material, which has an a* value of 1.0 or less, the a* value being expressed by the L*a*b* method, and which has a moisture content of 8 wt % or less, at a temperature of 75° C. or higher and under a humidity-controlled environment so that the a* value is 1.0 or less and the content of the browning-involved enzyme is 0.1 U/g or less. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172200 | FLAVOR ADDITIVE ACCESSORY - A method of incorporating a flavor material into combination with a tobacco product is described herein. The method may include accessing a flavor delivery insert of a flavor additive accessory, associating the flavor delivery insert with at least one of the tobacco product and a package containing the tobacco product, and actively or passively releasing the flavor material from the flavor delivery insert such that the flavor material is incorporated with the tobacco product. Also described herein are flavor delivery inserts, tobacco products having flavor delivery inserts, and flavor additive accessories having flavor delivery inserts. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172201 | HERBAL SMOKING BLEND - The disclosed embodiments relate generally to herbal smoking blends and methods for preparing and using herbal smoking blends, and relate more particularly to herbal smoking blends having terpenoids added thereto. In one aspect, a method of preparing an herbal smoking blend comprises providing a smoking herb preparation. The method additionally comprises providing a terpenoid solution comprising a terpenoid. The terpenoid solution may be added to the smoking herb preparation to, for example, provide a smoking herb preparation that achieves a desired effect on a consumer of the preparation. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172202 | TOBACCO RELATED PRODUCT CONTAINING DISTINGUISHABLE TOBACCO RELATED ELEMENTS AND METHODS - The invention relates to a tobacco related product comprising standard tobacco related fibers, elements and/or particles and further additional tobacco related elements configured to detectably distinguish from standard tobacco related fibers, elements and/or particles and methods of manufacturing and authenticating such a tobacco related product. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172203 | HOOKAH SYSTEM - A hookah system for a smoking product may comprise a head assembly and a base assembly. The head assembly may include a capsule, a cavity member, a bowl, and a ring. The capsule may include a capsule base, a capsule sidewall with a capsule interlock, and a capsule shelf. The cavity member may include a cavity base with a shaft extending therefrom and about an axis, a cavity sidewall with a cavity interlock configured to be positioned in at least a portion of the capsule interlock, and a cavity shelf. The bowl may include a bowl sidewall and a bowl base configured to engage the shaft. The ring may be configured to be positioned between the cavity member and the bowl. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172204 | STRENGTH ENHANCERS AND METHOD OF ACHIEVING STRENGTH ENHANCEMENT IN AN ELECTRONIC VAPOR DEVICE - A pre-vaporization formulation pre-vaporization formulation for an e-vaping device, the pre-vaporization formulation including a vapor former including a combination of propylene glycol and glycerol, and an additive including at least one of | 2017-06-22 |
20170172205 | OXIDATION VAPORIZER - E-cigs are on the market more than 10 years, most smokers tried it and keep smoking cigarettes because 99% smokers cannot get satisfaction from vaping due to inhaling not oxidized nicotine vapor, people been smoking for 5 thousand years, put tobacco in pipe/cigs and burn/combust it to get buzz, the active ingredient in the inhaled tobacco smoke is oxidized nicotine. after scientist and doctors discovered cigarette smoking causing cancers and vaping then invented to prevent inhaling harmful smoke produced by combustion of the tobacco plant material, but vaping cannot satisfy smokers due to vaping cannot producing oxidized nicotine as smoking does. The better/new/best/correct way to get nicotine buzz is oxi vaping by inhaling oxidized nicotine vapor because it tastes better, give better buzz, and use less material, due to combustion destroys some of the nicotine or thc in the plant material, vaping takes all nicotine or thc from plant material but not oxidized, it is not harmful as smoking but it cannot give smoking buzz. oxi vaping, takes all nicotine or thc from plant material and oxidize it, so smokers get great taste and buzz but use less material as smoking or vaping. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172206 | Method and Apparatus for Metering and Vaporizing a Fluid - A vaporization device, including a fluid supply containing a vaporizable fluid; a bubble pump operative to pump fluid from the fluid supply to an outlet of the bubble pump; and a fluid vaporization heater located adjacent the outlet of the bubble pump to receive fluid from the bubble pump. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172207 | ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE - The invention is related to an electronic cigarette, the electronic cigarette comprises an electronic cigarette body; the electronic cigarette body is provided with a smoking end, a tar storage device, an atomization assembly and a battery rod assembly; the tar storage device is arranged on one end of the electronic cigarette body away from the smoking end; a connection mechanism is arranged at the location where the atomization assembly and the tar storage device are connected with each other. Since the tar storage device is arranged on the end far away from the smoking end, a user can be effectively prevented from inhaling the non-atomized tobacco liquid and being hurt by heat generated by the atomization assembly; and furthermore, the tar storage device and the atomization assembly are mutually fastened and connected by the connection mechanism, thus the electronic cigarette is convenient in disassembly and assembly. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172208 | INDUCTIVE HEATING DEVICE FOR HEATING AN AEROSOL-FORMING SUBSTRATE - An inductive heating device ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170172209 | Vaporizer - A representative vaporizer includes a main body assembly that includes the following: a power source, and a heating element that is electrically coupled to the power source; a cartridge assembly having at least one chamber that is coupled to the heating element and is configured to facilitate vaporizing a substance that is placed within the at least one chamber; a swivel hub that is attached to the main body assembly; and a swivel structure that extends from the cartridge assembly and couples to the swivel hub enabling the cartridge assembly to revolve around the main body assembly. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172210 | CARTRIDGE FOR PUMP-OPERATED AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM - An electrically operated aerosol-generating system may include a reservoir configured to hold a liquid aerosol-forming substrate, an atomizer assembly configured to vaporize the liquid aerosol-forming substrate to form an aerosol, and a pump configured to convey the liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the reservoir to the atomizer assembly. The reservoir may include a substantially rigid housing and an inlet valve that is configured to allow air into the reservoir based on a pressure difference between an interior of the housing and an exterior of the housing exceeding a threshold pressure difference. This improves the reliability and efficiency of delivery of liquid to the wick. The system may further include a robust reservoir that is configured to at least partially mitigate liquid leakage between the reservoir interior and the reservoir exterior. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172211 | AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH MOTOR - An aerosol-generating system may include a liquid storage portion configured to hold aerosol-forming substrate, a vaporizer, and a pump. The liquid storage portion includes a movable wall and an outlet. The vaporizer includes a heating element having a structure that at least partially defines an internal passage. The pump may deliver liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the outlet of the liquid storage portion to the internal passage of the heating element. The pump may include a micro stepper motor with a drive shaft that is configured to rotate a particular amount based on performing an individual step, a piston connected to the movable wall, and a lead screw connecting the drive shaft to the piston and configured to translate rotation of the drive shaft into axial movement of the piston and the movable wall. The vaporizer may at least partially vaporize the delivered liquid aerosol-forming substrate. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172212 | AEROSOL-GENERATING SYSTEM WITH PUMP - An aerosol-generating system may include a liquid storage portion configured to hold liquid aerosol-forming substrate, a vaporizer including a heating element with an internal passage at least partially defined by a surface of the heating element, and a micro pump configured to deliver liquid aerosol-forming substrate from the liquid storage portion to the internal passage of the heating element, such that the vaporizer is configured to heat the delivered liquid aerosol-forming substrate at the internal passage to a temperature sufficient to volatilize at least a part of the delivered liquid aerosol-forming substrate. The micro pump may be configured to deliver a particular amount of liquid aerosol-forming substrate to the internal passage based on the micro pump performing an individual pump cycle. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172213 | ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE - An electronic cigarette has a power device ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170172214 | HEATING ASSEMBLY AND CIGARETTE HEATING DEVICE HAVING SAME - The present disclosure relates to an exemplary heating assembly for a cigarette heating device. The cigarette heating device is configured for heating a cigarette. The heating assembly includes at least one heating head configured for heating the cigarette, a fixing holder configured for fixing the at least one heating head, and a plurality of electrodes arranged in the fixing holder. The fixing head is detachably connected with the cigarette heating device. The electrodes is electrically connected with the at least one heating head. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172215 | CIGARETTE HEATING DEVICE - A cigarette heating device for heating a cigarette includes a main sleeve unit, a central heater, a movable element, an internal cup, and a restoring element. The main sleeve unit presets a first position and a second position along an axial direction. The movable element is movable between the first position and the second position. The internal cup is configured for receiving the cigarette. The internal cup is in linkage relation with the movable element. When the movable element is in the first position, the internal cup is adjacent to the central heater, so that the central heater heats the cigarette. When the movable element is in the second position, the internal cup is away from the central heater, so that the central heater is separated from the cigarette. The restoring element is configured for driving the movable element to restore from the second position to the first position. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172216 | Garment Having Integrated Sweat-Eliminating Front Section or Sections - Provided is a shirt garment,—a short-sleeved, or long-sleeved, waist-length, hip-length, or tunic-length—shirt, which is made of material that is a relatively non-absorbent or hydrophobic substance able to wick perspiration off of the wearer's body, and which also contains an integrated section on the front of the shirt, and at the bottom one-third, to bottom one-half of the front of the shirt, but which may extend beyond this region, which is made of a relatively absorbent or hydrophilic substance, which, when grasped by the wearer, and lifted upward by the wearer and towards the wearer's face, is capable of wiping off the sweat from the wearer's face, eyes, eyebrows, and forehead, thereby absorbing sweat from this area, all the while the wearer continues to engage in his or her physical activity. In a second scenario, and using these same principles, the absorbent layer is detachable, and while detached, is used by the wearer to wipe sweat away from the wearer's face, brow and neck. It is then re-attached all the while the wearer continues to pursue the physical activity. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172217 | Combined Collar Stabilizer and Button Closure Tool - A combined collar stabilizer and button closure tool adds a utility that facilitates securing a button to an accessory that fits into the collar pocket of a shirt, and provides an aesthetically pleasing, straight, crisp, well-groomed appearance of the shirt collar. The combined collar stabilizer and button closure tool increases the efficiency and eases the process required to secure the button closure of a shirt for buttons with a range of diameters needed for buttons of various sizes. The combined tool is made of a substantial material without limiting pliability, is a single form, consists of two distinct ends, and is shaped to substantially fit within the collar stay pocket. One end of the tool is angular in shape and accommodates the angle of the collar pocket tip. The other end, proximate to the end of the collar pocket, is designed to facilitate the closure of a button closure system. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172218 | Disposable Liners for Body Areas - Body liners for absorbing sweat and masking or adsorbing odors occurring in breast, panty, and underarm areas are sized according to area and have mesh top surface, cotton central layer and bottom surface. The mesh top surface is coated for silkiness, the central layer impregnated with plant extracts for anti-inflammatory properties, fragrance, and odor masking. Liners may line garments, or have adhesive for adhering to skin. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172219 | SHAPE ENHANCING GARMENTS WITH DISCONTINUOUS ELASTIC POLYMER COMPOSITION - A garment with shape enhancing function. The garment includes an elastic fabric and polymer composition to enhance shaping. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172220 | PAD FOR BRASSIERE - A pad for a brassiere includes: a pair of pad members having punched portions passing through inner and outer sides of the pair of pad members; an inner cover member provided on one surface that is in contact with a body in the pad member; and an outer cover member provided on the other surface of the pad member. The brassiere discharges sweat through the punched portions in a pad member for a ventilation function, may be quickly dried and absorb moisture when a wearer sweats, may correct a shape of the breast of a woman so as to feel aesthetic beauty by using a thickness reinforced pad shaped in a circle or a banana, and may decrease press applied to a nipple of a body by increasing a density of the punched portions in a region corresponding to the nipple to improve wearing sensation. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172221 | Item of Clothing Comprising an Electrical Load and a Sensor - An item of clothing includes an electrical load that consumes more electrical energy in a first operating mode than in a second operating mode, a sensor, and a controller. The sensor is configured to identify whether the item of clothing is being worn. The controller is configured to switch the electrical load to the second operating mode when the item of clothing is not being worn. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172222 | SENSOR MODULE FOR SENSING FORCES TO THE HEAD OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND WIRELESSLY TRANSMITTING SIGNALS CORRESPONDING THERETO FOR ANALYSIS, TRACKING AND/OR REPORTING THE SENSED FORCES - Sensor module for sensing forces to the head of an individual and wirelessly transmitting signals corresponding thereto for analysis, tracking and/or reporting the sensed forces. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172223 | Umbrella Weather Pack - The disclosed herein is a personal rain protection device that serves as an umbrella combined and connected with a vest. The umbrella and vest combination can function in all types of rainstorms. The vest aspect is located at the torso of a wearer and extends from the users shoulders. The vest element also includes relatively light weights at the tail end of the vest to protect against succumbing to powerful wind gusts. The present invention, including the umbrella, is not handheld, but rather it is worn along with the vest to which the umbrella is attached to. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172224 | SWIM SUIT, PARTICULARLY FOR COMPETITION SWIMMING - A swimsuit ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170172225 | CLOTHING ARTICLES ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR AQUATIC ACTIVITIES - Clothing articles (e.g., aquatic “board” shorts) are generally comprised of at least one unitary woven fabric panel having multiple seamlessly adjacent different fabric weave sections. These seamlessly adjacent different fabric weave sections may be selected from plain fabric weaves, twill fabric weaves and/or Dobby fabric weaves. Aquatic activity shorts are provided which include a one piece rear fabric panel providing a seamless back rise. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172226 | Articles of Apparel Providing Enhanced Body Position Feedback - Articles of apparel include: (a) a garment structure having one or more fabric elements structured and arranged to provide a close fit to at least one predetermined portion of a body (e.g., area(s) of the body for which enhanced position sensing and/or feedback are desired, such as the lower back, the arch of the foot, etc.); and (b) a body position feedback system engaged with or integrally formed as part of the garment structure. The body position feedback system may apply higher tensile or constricting forces to selected portions of the wearer's body, which can help stimulate or interact with nerves and deep tissue receptors located in various portions of the body. The increased forces at selected locations of the body give the wearer sensory feedback regarding the position or orientation of these parts of the body and can improve or accelerate development of “muscle memory.” | 2017-06-22 |
20170172227 | Temperature-Regulating Garment - A fabric for temperature regulation and a wearable device for regulating a temperature of a wearer are disclosed. The wearable device has a fabric and one or more microtubes woven in the fabric. Each microtube has an inlet and an outlet, and each microtube is configured to transport a gas through the microtube from the inlet to the outlet. A pump moves gas through the microtube to heat or cool the wearer. The fabric may have a plurality of warp yarns in a warp direction and weft yarns in a weft direction. The fabric also has a plurality of microtubes in a warp and/or weft direction of the fabric. The fabric is formed by interweaving the plurality of microtubes with the warp yarns and weft yarns. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172228 | BREATHABLE IMPACT ABSORBING CUSHIONING AND CONSTRUCTIONS - Disclosed herein are breathable and conformable protection pads, which can be integrated into articles such as clothing and protective cases. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172229 | Computer game controller thumb cover and protector - For computer game controller thumb protection, a sheath of resilient, breathable fabric is tailored to conform closely to the distal and proximal thumb phalanx profiles. Stitched to the sheath is a single, continuous strip of thin, elastomer permeated fabric as a taction pad. Taction pad stitching follows the pad edge perimeter. The taction pad covers the pad area of the distal phalanx with a dog-leg extension over the first interproximal joint and proximal phalanx. A hook and loop swatch at a loose distal end of the dog-leg secures the end of the extension to a corresponding swatch of hook and loop material secured to the sheath. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172230 | GARMENT HAVING INTERCHANGEABLE PORTIONS - A garment worn on the upper body is disclosed having a right and left body portions that are joined at the front and rear by a corresponding fastening mechanism. This allows the right body portion and left body portion to separated from one another and interchanged with other body portions to vary the visual characteristics of the garment. The right and left body portions can have different visual characteristics. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172231 | BATTING GLOVE WITH INTERNAL SLIP LAYER - A batting glove or sports glove includes a glove base configured to accommodate a users hand. In some embodiments, the glove base has an opening in a palmar region of the glove. Multiple palmar layers are attached to the glove base and positioned over the opening. In some embodiments, the palmar layers include a first layer of material positioned between a second layer of material and a third layer of material. The first layer of material has a lower coefficient of friction than one or both of the second and third layers of material such that the layers may slide relative to one another. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172232 | MULTIMETER INTEGRATED WITH A GLOVE - A glove is provided. The glove includes: a palm portion; first and second fingers extending from the palm portion; a first probe attached to the first finger; a second probe attached to the second finger; connectors contained within the glove operatively connected to the first and second probes; and a display operatively connected to the first and second probe. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172233 | GLOVE WITH SLEEVE AND PRODUCTION METHOD OF THE SAME - A glove with a sleeve is provided in which the bonding strength between the glove main body and the sleeve is great, allowing easy wearing and removal as well as easy overlapping of the glove main body and the sleeve upon bonding. The glove with a sleeve includes: a glove main body compromising rubber or a resin as a principal component; and a cylindrical sleeve comprising a thermoplastic resin as a principal component that is arranged to protrude from a cuff portion of the glove main body, in which the cuff portion of the glove main body is bonded to one end portion of the sleeve through a moisture-curing urethane-based hot melt adhesive. The moisture-curing urethane-based hot melt adhesive is preferably crosslinked. A post-curing thermal deformation temperature of the moisture-curing urethane-based hot melt adhesive is preferably no less than | 2017-06-22 |
20170172234 | EXOTHERMIC GLOVE INSERT - An exothermic glove insert for warming fingertips. The thermal inserts are very thin, ergonomically designed heat packs for use on each individual finger or thumb. The inserts have a non-permeable membrane heat pack cover that allows specifically placed pin holes to produce heat according to a desired profile exactly where it needs to be provided. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172235 | Midsection Shaping Garment - A midsection shaping garment for reshaping the contours of the midsection of the wearer includes a pair of pants that has a waistband. A lower edge of an annular band is coupled to the waistband. The annular band extends upwardly from the waistband and is body-shaping. The annular extends around the abdomen and lower back of the user from the waist to near the xiphoid of the user. The improvement is the annular band coupled to and extending upwardly from the waistband such that the annular band is configured to reshape the contours of the midsection of the user. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172236 | COLOR-CODED ACCESSORIES INDICATING A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS OF A PATIENT AND ENHANCING PATIENT SAFETY - The present invention provides color-coded accessories such as wristbands, bibs, and other patient wearables, color-coded pillows and pillow cases, and a universal chart wherein the color code is associated with a specific medical diagnosis. These accessories alert healthcare providers to the medical diagnosis of the patient and enhance patient safety by reducing medical errors during administration of treatments and medicines to the patients. These accessories also provide protection to healthcare providers assisting them to identify diagnostic categories and alerting them to take proper precautions with patients, for example those with infectious diseases, thereby decreasing or preventing transmission of infectious diseases. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172237 | SLEEVE GUSSET FOR AN APPAREL ITEM - A sleeve gusset for securing an exterior shell layer of an apparel item and an inner liner layer of an apparel item to a sleeve of an apparel item and a method of manufacturing a sleeve gusset is provided. The sleeve gusset comprises an interior facing with a sleeve edge and a body edge and an exterior facing with a sleeve edge and a body edge. The sleeve edge of the exterior facing is coupled to the exterior shell layer of the apparel item while the sleeve edge of the interior facing is coupled to the sleeve. The body edge of the exterior facing is coupled to the body edge of the interior facing. The body edge of the interior facing is further coupled to the inner liner layer. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172238 | ABSORBENT GARMENT UNDERARM INLAYS AND GARMENT COMPRISING SAME - The invention relates to an absorbent garment inlay configured for attachment within an underarm portion of a shirt. The inlay includes an inner layer having a wicking material, configured to wick moisture therethrough, and an outer layer having an absorbent material. The outer layer is configured to absorb moisture wicked through the inner layer. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172239 | LOW-PROFILE EDGE POCKET - An article having a panel secured between two layers of a trim piece and having a pocket affixed to a zipper, where a first zipper tape is affixed to the panel, and a second zipper tape is secured between the two layers of the trim piece such that the pocket is in communication with an incised opening in the panel is provided. The panel may be secured between the two layers of the trim piece at a first edge, and the incised opening may be formed proximate to the first edge such that the article comprises a pocket presented proximate to the trim piece. The present invention further comprises a method of manufacturing the article including a pocket presented proximate to the trim piece. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172240 | BAFFLE CONSTRUCTS FOR INSULATIVE FILL MATERIALS - The inventive subject matter generally relates to shaped battle constructs for use in consumer products, such as garments and sleeping bags. In certain aspects, the shaped baffles are arranged in a multi-level construction of baffles wherein the baffles are offset in two or more levels. In certain aspects, the entire construct is a unitary woven, seamless construction. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172241 | Slider for Slide Fastener - There is provided a slider for a slide fastener. A slider body includes an upper blade disposed at a front side of the slider body, which is a pull-tab attachment side, a lower blade disposed at a back side of the slider body, which is opposite to the front side, and a connecting post connecting the upper blade and the lower blade to each other. A fibrous fabric sheet is integrally fixed to a back surface of the lower blade at the back side, with an adhesive layer being interposed between the fibrous fabric sheet and the back surface of the lower blade. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172242 | HELMET - A helmet comprises an outer shell, an impact absorbing liner ( | 2017-06-22 |
20170172243 | PROTECTIVE HELMETS FOR DISASTER SITUATIONS - In one embodiment, a protective helmet for disaster situation includes a rigid outer shell and an electronic system integrated into the helmet that includes an electronic location system configured to transmit electromagnetic signals that can be used to locate the wearer of the helmet. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172244 | BREAKAWAY CLASP FOR HEADWEAR - Embodiments are disclosed for headwear including a crown including a cap, a strap extending from the crown, the strap including two strap portions extending from different locations of the crown, and a clasp coupled to the strap at terminal ends of the two strap portions, the clasp having a top loop and a bottom loop, wherein the top loop is joined to the bottom loop via a hinge, a top surface of the bottom loop extending from the hinge having a substantially linear declination along at least a portion of the top surface. | 2017-06-22 |
20170172245 | CONVERTIBLE FOOTWEAR APPARATUS - According to the present invention, a convertible footwear apparatus can be worn as a shoe or converted to a boot by attaching or removing an upper section from the shoe. The apparatus is configured to allow someone wearing the shoe component to attach or remove the upper section with a single continuous operation and without having to remove the shoe component from the wearer's foot. In one embodiment of the invention, the apparatus comprises a zipper. In another embodiment of the invention, the shoe component includes a heel. | 2017-06-22 |