Patent application number | Description | Published |
20110203039 | Protective Garment With Curved and Protected Extremities - A protective garment including a body portion and an extremity permanently coupled to the body portion. The extremity includes a joint that provides the extremity with a bent position forming an acute angle relative to a vertical axis when the extremity is at rest without an arm or leg of a wearer received therein. | 08-25-2011 |
20120102624 | Suspenders - Suspenders have a generally U-shaped or V-shaped padded connector that has a base portion with first and second legs extending therefrom. The first and second legs of the padded connector are configured to be located on respective shoulders of a wearer, and the base portion configured to lie on a back of a wearer and is shaped and sized to align with the center of the back of the wearer when the suspenders are worn. The suspenders also include a first front strap portion connected to the first leg, a second front strap portion connected to the second leg, and a first and second rear strap portions connected to the base portion of the padded connector. The first and second rear strap portions are spaced apart from and arranged generally parallel to each other when the suspenders are worn. | 05-03-2012 |
20130074251 | BALLISTIC RESISTANT GROIN PROTECTOR - A ballistic resistant groin protector is provided. The groin protector includes a groin panel and a deployable groin wrap. The groin panel can be suspended from clothing or equipment to protect a wearer's anterior pelvic region from ballistic impact. The groin wrap is moveable from a stowed position adjacent the anterior pelvic region to a deployed position between the wearer's legs and adjacent a posterior pelvic region. One or more fasteners secure the groin wrap to the wearer's clothing or equipment to maintain the groin wrap in the deployed position. Optional left and right femoral protective portions extend downwardly from the groin wrap to protect the wearer's medial thigh regions against ballistic injury in the deployed position. | 03-28-2013 |
20140075660 | BALLISTIC RESISTANT GROIN PROTECTOR - A ballistic resistant groin protector is provided. The groin protector includes a groin panel and a deployable groin wrap. The groin panel can be suspended from clothing or equipment to protect a wearer's anterior pelvic region from ballistic impact. The groin wrap is moveable from a stowed position adjacent the anterior pelvic region to a deployed position between the wearer's legs and adjacent a posterior pelvic region. One or more fasteners secure the groin wrap to the wearer's clothing or equipment to maintain the groin wrap in the deployed position. Optional left and right femoral protective portions extend downwardly from the groin wrap to protect the wearer's medial thigh regions against ballistic injury in the deployed position. | 03-20-2014 |
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20090188940 | Toothpaste Tube and Dispenser - There is a toothpaste tube with flexible wall that deforms under atmospheric pressure. One end of the tube is closed and the other end has a head attached with an opening for dispensing. Inside the tube at the head there is a resilient dispensing member extending along a small fraction of the tube length. The dispensing member has a cavity to accommodate the paste. In the first embodiment, the dispensing member has two prongs extending from the head on the two flatter sides of the tube. The dispensing member can be squeezed together with the tube by hand or between fingers to reduce the size of its cavity and dispense the paste through the opening. Upon release of hand or finger pressure, the dispensing member returns to the original shape and brings its adjacent part of the tube into original shape. The expansion of the dispensing member and the tube adjacent to it creates a vacuum that pulls the paste from the farther parts of the tube and fills the cavity and the tube at the opening end. The tube deforms uniformly under atmospheric pressure and will be ready for next dispensing. | 07-30-2009 |
20120256840 | VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - A touch screen virtual keyboard is disclosed that allows selecting and entering any key without blocking its view by the user's finger. A touch screen in a computer or cell phone has a virtual keyboard and a text box. To enter a desired key into the text box, the user focuses on the desired key and taps the area below that key. The position of the finger is mapped to address and select the key immediately above the finger. Additional finger tap space is provided at the bottom of the virtual keyboard for selecting and entering the keys in the bottom row. In a similar embodiment, each key is extended vertically. The key character is displayed on the upper portion of the key. To select and enter a desired key into the text box, the user taps the blank lower portion of the key below the desired key character. In another similar embodiment, there is a blank row under each row of keys for addressing the keys above the blank row. To select and enter a desired key into the text box, the user taps the lower blank row below the desired key. | 10-11-2012 |
20120268388 | TOUCH SCREEN TEXT SELECTION - A touch screen text input and selection system for cell phones and computers that allows the user to select characters on a virtual keyboard for inputting, and in a text box for editing without blocking the view of characters by the touching finger. An area adjacent to and below each character displayed on the virtual keyboard or in the text box is mapped to address the respective character. The user touches the area adjacent to and below a character displayed on the virtual keyboard or in the text box to select that character. Similarly, the user can place a cursor in the space between two characters by touching the area below that space. Double tapping an area below a word in the text box selects that word. Sliding finger below a series of characters in the text box selects those characters. | 10-25-2012 |
20130080962 | TOUCH SCREEN ALPHA NUMERIC KEYBOARD - A touch screen text input system comprising an alphabet keyboard, a row of numeric keys, a text box to show the entered characters, and a word suggestion box. The numeric row and the word suggestion box share the same location and are displayed interchangeably as needed. | 03-28-2013 |