Outerwear, such as thermally insulated jackets and pants are disclosed. The outerwear may include insulative panels that are positioned, oriented, sized, and shaped according to a body mapping. The body mapping may indicate areas where insulative material should be reduced to improve the mobility of a wearer of the outerwear.

A novel pillow with a detachable hood comprising a drawstring for providing comfort, privacy, sound dampening, and protection to a user. The pillow comprises an arcuate bladder and upper half hood which may be hemispherical or semi-hemispherical. The pillow may be inflatable or stuffed.

A hood for attachment to a scarf includes a lower edge that extends between right and left front side edges of a front opening and around the back of a wearer's neck, an inner surface and an opposed outer surface. The hood includes an attachment mechanism, which is provided on the inner surface and extends no lower than the lower edge. The attachment mechanism defines an opening through which the scarf can be passed for attaching the scarf to the hood, such that the scarf retains the hood on the wearer's head, and the attachment mechanism is configured to engage the scarf adjacent each of the right and left front side edges and at an intermediate point between the right and left front side edges.

A hood for attachment to a scarf includes a lower edge that extends between right and left front side edges of a front opening and around the back of a wearer's neck, an inner surface and an opposed outer surface. The hood includes an attachment mechanism, which is provided on the inner surface and extends no lower than the lower edge. The attachment mechanism defines an opening through which the scarf can be passed for attaching the scarf to the hood, such that the scarf retains the hood on the wearer's head, and the attachment mechanism is configured to engage the scarf adjacent each of the right and left front side edges and at an intermediate point between the right and left front side edges.

A multi-purpose mat which includes a four-sided mat cover made of heavy water proof fabric. The mat cover includes a plurality of spaced apart metal snaps or similar types of fasteners. The fasteners are used for attaching one mat cover to another for forming a privacy shield, a tent or like outdoor structures. The mat cover includes corner pockets. The pockets are used for receiving opposite ends of two telescoping poles. The poles are pinned together to form an X shaped configuration. The poles are used to hold the mat cover in tension. On two of the sides of the mat cover are arm sleeves. A user of the multi-purpose mat can place his or her arms through the arm sleeves and wear the mat cover as a wrap. Also, one end of the mat cover includes a removable hood.

An article of water resistant clothing that includes a water resistant underlay layer. The water resistant underlay layer includes at least one compression panel to compress a portion of a body of a user wearing the water resistant clothing. The article of swimwear includes a water resistant overlay layer disposed over the water resistant underlay layer. The water resistant overlay layer exposes at least a portion of the water resistant underlay layer through material of the water resistant overlay layer. The article of water resistant clothing includes a set of fasteners embedded in at least one of the water resistant underlay layer or the water resistant overlay layer to couple the water resistant underlay layer to the water resistant overlay layer.

Aspects herein are directed to a garment having a hood system comprising an outer hood and a yoke structure positioned adjacent and internal to the outer hood. The outer hood is affixed to a neckline opening of the garment along the sides of the neckline opening but is detached from the neckline opening in the back. The yoke structure is selectively attached to the outer hood in two or more disparate location and is affixed to the neckline opening of the garment at the location at which the outer hood is detached from the neckline opening. The hood system is useable for distributing tension forces generated by pulling the front of the outer hood forward to, for example, cover a wearer's eyes when resting.

A bag with interchangeable elements for holding objects includes a detachable front panel, a central hollow compartment, a detachable back panel, a detachable hood, and at least two shoulder straps. The detachable front panel includes a fastening member positioned along a perimeter of the detachable front panel for fastening the detachable front panel to the central hollow compartment. The central hollow compartment accommodates multiple objects, for example, books, etc. The central hollow compartment includes fastening members positioned along opposing perimeters of the central hollow compartment. The detachable back panel includes a fastening member, positioned along a perimeter of the detachable back panel for fastening the detachable back panel to the central hollow compartment. The detachable hood includes at least two fastening members for fastening the detachable hood to the shoulder straps. The shoulder straps are attached to the detachable back panel and include fastening members for removably attaching the detachable hood.

A protective ventilated suit (10) is provided for protecting a user from environmental hazards. The suit (10) is a unitary construction and includes a unitary body portion (12), a unitary hood (14), and a releasable fastener system (16) for releasably connecting a front portion of the hood (14) to the body portion (12). The suit (10) includes a pair of donning openings (42) extending from opposite sides of a neck opening (40) across a shoulder covering part (48) of the body portion (12) to allow a user to don the suit (10).

The present disclosure generally relates to intelligent garments that provide thermal regulation in a variety of environments. The garments may include different layers such as a hydrophobic layer in direct contact with a wearer's skin surface and saturated with an aqueous mixture, a spacer layer, a reflective layer, and an outer hydrophobic layer. The layers of the garment may work together to reduce the metabolic expenditure of the wearer in extreme environmental conditions or during demanding physical activity. A variety of sensors may be displaced throughout the garments so as to enable the collection of data associated with wearers as well as environmental conditions. Wearers may control the thermal balance and other properties of the garments as desired.