A messaging apparatus for wearable items. The messaging apparatus may comprise a light source, at least one sensor to detect an event, and a controller to control the flashing of the light source in response to the detection of the event. The controlling of the flashing of the light source may generate at least one visible element that is visible to a viewer. Further, the light source may not be adapted in the form of the at least one visible element, but rather, the controlled flashing of the light source may be in the form of the at least one visible element.

A tag, label or ticket simulating cork in appearance and method of manufacturing the tag for use in brand identification or embellishment on garments, apparel items and accessories. The invention utilizes Jacquard weaving and printing in order to create patterns which have the appearance of natural cork. The apparel tag, ticket or label can then be readily attached to the wearable article or apparel item by weaving, sewing, heat transfer, bonding or other suitable means.

A display arrangement 10 is to be worn when playing sport. The arrangement comprises a first part 12 in the form of a planar piece 16 of textile material which decal may be applied. A second part 14 in the form of a length of a textile tape 24 is provided which threads through slots 20 in the first part 12 and can be formed into a loop to retain the arrangement 10 on a person's leg.

A seat accessory (10) comprises an elongate, generally planar member which is deformable in order to secure the ends to the opposite edges of a seat back. The elongate, generally planar member comprises two generally planar deformable elongate portions (16a, 16b) which are separably joined to one other. At least one of the portions (16a, 16b), when separated, comprises a wearable item which is deformable to wrap around a body portion of a wearer.

The interchangeable patch baseball cap is a baseball hat that gives the wearer the ability to swap out the front patch for another patch. Each patch can depict a company or sport logo, a slogan, or some other symbol of the like. Each patch is required to have a loop backing to connect to the baseball cap by hook-and-loop. The baseball cap is designed to be comfortable and utilitarian. The material of the cap body is breathable and somewhat stretchable to accommodate different shapes and sizes of heads. The bill of the hat is stiff to block the sun from the wearer's eyes.

A lighting system for a hat includes a front housing containing lighting elements that mates with a back plate positioned on the inside of the hat. Driver circuitry controls operation of the LEDs for various lighting modes, and a cover for the front housing is translucent and designed in the shape of a recognizable logo or other design. Electric power comes from a battery located on the back plate, and is provided through the hate using prongs or projections that pass through the hat, from the back plate to a circuit connector in the front housing. The circuit connector is electrically coupled to circuitry on a circuit board in the front housing.

The user wearable devices are configured to allow attendees of events to exchange their information upon a simultaneous input into their respective device. The simultaneous inputs initiate a verification that the two users are registered for and present at the same event before initiating a pairing through single direction short range antennas. The simultaneous inputs can also verify whether the two users are facing one another and an appropriate distance apart to coordinate the simultaneous input.

A helmet including a protective head covering, information carrier, adhesive, and flap. The information carrier includes a first panel having a terminal edge, and a second panel having a fold line. The second panel is joined to the first panel to define a pouch having an interior space and an opening to the interior space. The opening is defined by the terminal edge disposed proximately to the first panel below the fold line. The adhesive is configured to affix the first panel to the exterior surface. The flap is pivotally attached to the second panel about the fold line, wherein the second panel is bendable away from the exterior surface at least between the terminal edge and the fold line to enable the flap to pivot about the fold line toward the exterior surface in connection with insertion of the flap into and removal of the flap from the opening.

An article of manufacture for providing clothing with detachable hand-painted pictures is disclosed. The article includes an article of clothing having an attachment location, a removable picture having a size and shape matching the attachment location, a plurality of attachment devices coupled to the article of clothing about the attachment location, and a plurality of mating attachment devices coupled to the removable picture about its outer edges.

Some implementations of this disclosure provide an electronically customizable article comprising a fashion article selected from the group consisting of a handbag, a shoe, glasses, a tie, and a bowtie wherein the fashion article comprises an electronic visual display, a processor, a communication interface for communication between the fashion article and a network, and a non-transitory computer readable medium containing instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the fashion article to connect to a server over the network, receive data from the server, and display one or more images associated with the data on the electronic visual display.