A protective clothing system for protecting a user from high velocity particles and lacerating objects. The protective clothing system generally includes a clothing item having a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion of the clothing item is constructed of three to fifteen sheets of protective material to protect the front portion of the body of the user from high velocity particles and lacerating objects. The rear portion of the clothing item may have no protective material or significantly less sheets of protective material compared to the front portion to help reduce the weight of the clothing item. The joints of the clothing item corresponding to the human joints are relatively free moving to provide increased mobility to the user.

A multi-purpose napkin and bib device is disclosed. The device can convert from a napkin configuration to a bib configuration by pulling one or more drawstrings and from a bib configuration back to a napkin configuration by stretching out the bib body by grasping a portion of the bib body near the drawstrings and pulling so that one or more of the drawstrings is drawn back into a bib housing. The device can be worn and secured to a user using the drawstrings. The device can include an integral pouch, a crumb catcher, can be converted into a flag, or can be assembled using other specialized features or materials as discussed herein.

A multi-purpose napkin and bib device is disclosed. The device can convert from a napkin configuration to a bib configuration by pulling one or more drawstrings and from a bib configuration back to a napkin configuration by stretching out the bib body by grasping a portion of the bib body near the drawstrings and pulling so that one or more of the drawstrings is drawn back into a bib housing. The device can be worn and secured to a user using the drawstrings. The device can include an integral pouch, a crumb catcher, can be converted into a flag, or can be assembled using other specialized features or materials as discussed herein.

A bib having a first layer of a filmic impermeable material on a front of the bib having a first body portion and upwardly extending flaps, a third layer of filmic impermeable material on a rear of the bib, where the first and third layers are joined at their perimeter edges, forming a shallow cavity. The bib has a neck ring. Below the neck ring, the shallow cavity has a top horizontal opening and a bottom horizontal opening in the first body portion. A second layer, which is an absorbent material, shaped into an adjustable loop, loops through the openings, the shallow cavity, and down the front of the bib. When the outer section of the loop becomes soiled, the soiled section can be rotated into the shallow cavity, simultaneously exposing an unsoiled section of the loop, providing a refreshed unsoiled outer section.

A surface coating material is provided for forming a hydrophilic oil repellent layer on at least a part of the surface of a substrate, and the surface coating material includes one or more fluorine-based compounds represented by the following formulas (1) to (4), a binder, and a solvent.

A surface coating material is provided for forming a hydrophilic oil repellent layer on at least a part of the surface of a substrate, and the surface coating material includes one or more fluorine-based compounds represented by the following formulas (1) to (4), a binder, and a solvent.

A device is disclosed and illustrated for protecting a smoker's garment from ashes while smoking.

A device is disclosed and illustrated for protecting a smoker's garment from ashes while smoking.

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.

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.