Garments for medical or assisted living use are disclosed. A garment embodiment includes a fabric body core element having a front side and a back side, two fabric arm elements, each attached at a proximal end to an upper area of the body core element on the left and right sides, two fabric dignity panels attached to sides of the body core element to extend partially across the back side of the core section so as to at least partially cover a user's back when worn, and a fabric lower pocket attached to the back side of the body core element at a lower section of the core element.

The present invention describes methods and product for protection against microbial colonization associated with the use of hygienic products, such as diapers, bandages, sanitary napkins, tampons, gowns, facemasks, table covers, and the like, through significantly minimizing, inhibiting, or preventing microbial colonization in the hygienic product material. The present invention provides for using a hygienic product containing at least one inner layer of its composition that is integrated with an effective amount of natural, viable, non-pathogenic, antimicrobial, Terpinen-4-ol, for inhibiting the growth and multiplication of microorganisms. The method used for integrating the natural antimicrobial product, the Terpinen-4-ol, to the selected sanitary product layer utilizes, amongst others, a nanotechnology process.

A neuromuscular enhancement system comprising engineered textile structures is worn by a user to increase strength, preserve energy, and increase motion accuracy. The system can be used in surgery and interface with operating room technology, together providing the surgeon with the ability to perform surgery for longer hours and with increased accuracy. The enhancement system is a flexible structure, worn over the user's body, comprising engineered textile materials that apply forces to different areas of the user's body. The engineered materials can be activated in order to apply a force to a particular region of the body to assist in a desired user output. The engineered materials can be embedded with sensors to detect and monitor motion and other physical properties. The engineered materials can also be embedded with a communication system that conveys information between a computer system and the neuromuscular enhancement system and its various sensors and components. The enhancement system here can be configured for use in applications other than surgery.

A garment worn on the upper body is disclosed wherein the garment has partially but permanently attached convertible arm sleeves allowing wearing of the garment in a sleeves-on configuration or in a sleeves-off configuration, said arm sleeves always remaining partially attached to a garment body of the garment, and wherein the arm sleeves in the sleeves-off configuration can be left loose, folded, tied or otherwise secured on the garment, or to one another.

The present disclosure provides a method of preparing a silver alloy composite nanomaterial. The preparation method comprises forming a silver alloy comprising at least one of copper, zinc, magnesium, aluminum and titanium into a composite metal rod; evaporating the silver alloy of the composite metal rod, resulting in a gaseous alloy; rapidly cooling the gaseous alloy so as to condense the silver alloy into a solid state; and collecting the cooled powder so as to obtain the silver alloy composite nanomaterial.

A concealed carry garment manufactured and designed to conceal an item, such as a firearm, beneath the garment is disclosed. This concealed carry garment applies a stiffening material or agent to an interior surface of a garment outer material to add rigidity to a concealment areas, most commonly worn over carriage location for a firearm, thus reducing the ability for a firearm to print or show through the garment.

Multiple garment construction techniques are provided. The first garment construction technique is a method of creating ruching in a mesh material. The second garment construction technique is a method to gather a mesh material to reduce the edge length or to provide a stretch mesh fabric. The third garment construction technique is a method of creating an adjustable strap suitable using a G-clasp element for use with garments of mesh material or other fashion fabrics.

An adaptive textile that includes a plurality of a first fiber having a first expansion coefficient and a plurality of a second fiber having a second expansion coefficient. There is a difference between the expansion coefficient of the first fiber and the expansion coefficient of the second fiber; at least one of the first or second fibers is a twisted coil actuator; and linear displacement of the twisted coil actuator causes the adaptive textile to bend.

The present invention provides a glove including a coagulated film of an aqueous polyurethane composition containing anionic polyurethane (A), which has an oxyalkylene group content within a range of 4 to 12 mol/kg and a urea bond content of 0.2 mol/kg or less, and an aqueous medium (B). The anionic polyurethane (A) is preferably the reaction product of polyoxytetramethylene glycol, a glycol having a carboxyl group, ethylene glycol, and diphenylmethane diisocyanate or the reaction product of polyoxytetramethylene glycol, a glycol having a carboxyl group, butanediol, and diphenylmethane diisocyanate. The average particle diameter of the anionic polyurethane (A) is preferably within a range of 0.01 to 1 m.

An adaptive sheet that includes a first layer defining a first length, the first layer configured to assume a base configuration in response to a first environmental condition and assume a lofted configuration in response to a second environmental condition with the first layer being curled along the first length compared the base configuration. The first fabric layer includes a first material defining a second length and having a first expansion coefficient, and wherein the first material is configured to increasingly change length along the second length in response to the second environmental condition, and a second material defining a third length and having a second expansion coefficient that is different than the first expansion coefficient.