Articles comprising an outer fabric layer and a laminate are provided. The laminate may include a barrier film layer and an inner fabric layer, in which the outer fabric layer at least partially encircles and overlies the laminate. The outer fabric layer comprises an outer fabric layer seal and the laminate comprises a laminate seal that is separate and distinct from the outer fabric seal. The articles may be devoid of any bonds between the outer fabric layer and the laminate.

A system and a method for an energy harvesting and storage apparatus including a flexible substrate, an energy harvesting device disposed on the flexible substrate, the energy harvesting device is configured to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy, an energy storage device disposed on the flexible substrate and in electrical communication with the energy harvesting device and configured to receive and store the electrical energy from the energy harvesting device.

A protective facemask configured to block and redirect exhaled breath from a wearer in order to inhibit spread of respiratory droplets disposed in the exhaled breath. The facemask of the present invention includes a body that is manufactured from clear plastic. The body includes an upper portion and a lower portion wherein the upper portion has a defining upper perimeter edge. The body has a width proximate the lower end that is less than that of the width proximate the upper end. A pair of opposing wing members are contiguous with the body and extend around the cheek areas of the wearer. The body is engaged and adjacent the nose and cheeks of the wearer but has a void between the inner surface and face below the nose and cheek area. The lower end has a bottom perimeter edge that is arcuate in form so as to redirect exhaled breath.

A protective facemask configured to block and redirect exhaled breath from a wearer in order to inhibit spread of respiratory droplets disposed in the exhaled breath. The facemask of the present invention includes a body that is manufactured from clear plastic. The body includes an upper portion and a lower portion wherein the upper portion has a defining upper perimeter edge. The body has a width proximate the lower end that is less than that of the width proximate the upper end. A pair of opposing wing members are contiguous with the body and extend around the cheek areas of the wearer. The body is engaged and adjacent the nose and cheeks of the wearer but has a void between the inner surface and face below the nose and cheek area. The lower end has a bottom perimeter edge that is arcuate in form so as to redirect exhaled breath.

Issue

To make available clothing that supports the wearer's muscles to enable capacity for and flexibility in movement to be improved in situations such as during sports, during heavy lifting, or being under nursing care.

Resolution Means

Clothing 100 involving the present invention is furnished with an upper-body piece 10 for covering at least a portion of the upper half of the body, and an upper-body support unit 20 formed on the upper-body piece 10. The upper-body support unit 20 includes an upper-body first support section 21 situated in sites following at least a portion of the psoas major muscles (901), an upper-body second support section 22 situated in sites following the supraspinatus muscles (903), and an upper-body third support section 23 situated in sites following the teres major muscles (904).

A for a worker in the cannabis industry. A shirt is provided having at least one magnet embedded therein, a pocket for holding at least one tool and accessory chosen from a set consisting of: identification badges, sunglasses, goggles, writing instruments, razor blades, and scissors. Trousers or pants are provided having at least one magnet embedded therein, a pocket for holding at least one tool and accessory chosen from the set consisting of: identification badges, sunglasses, goggles, writing instruments, razor blades, and scissors. Goggles or a mask is also provided for protecting the worker's eyes.

Protective garments and face masks are provided that include a body portion having a plurality of exterior pleats configured to elongate in a first direction. The body portion further has an outer surface and an inner surface. The body portion further has an inner portion with a plurality of interior pleats connected between an upper edge of the body portion and a sealing surface. The inner portion is configured to elongate in a second direction at an acute angle from the first direction. In certain implementations, the sealing surface simultaneously contacts a nose and cheeks of a wearer in response to the elongation in the second direction.

Protective garments and face masks are provided that include a body portion having a plurality of exterior pleats configured to elongate in a first direction. The body portion further has an outer surface and an inner surface. The body portion further has an inner portion with a plurality of interior pleats connected between an upper edge of the body portion and a sealing surface. The inner portion is configured to elongate in a second direction at an acute angle from the first direction. In certain implementations, the sealing surface simultaneously contacts a nose and cheeks of a wearer in response to the elongation in the second direction.

A task is to provide a cloth which is advantageous in that the cloth has extremely excellent flame retardancy, and further has excellent washing shrinkage resistance and excellent hand as well as excellent antistatic properties, preferably in that the whole of the cloth can be uniformly dyed, and a fiber product, and the task is achieved by obtaining a cloth using a spun yarn which comprises a meta-type wholly aromatic polyamide fiber, a modacrylic fiber, and a conductive fiber.

A wettable SMS material for personal protective equipment, such as a SMS fabric that has been treated to improve the wettability and absorbency properties of the SMS fabric is provided. A treated SMS fabric for personal protective equipment can retain its durability, breathability, and comfort, and may also provide the fabric with wettability and absorption properties. An article for personal protective equipment formed from a wettable SMS fabric is also provided.