Abstract: A protective case for a portable electronic device includes a shell, an aperture, an internal electrical connector, a rechargeable battery, docking receptacles, and an external electrical connector. The shell receives at least a portion of the portable electronic device while the aperture provides access to a user interface of the installed portable electronic device. The internal electrical connector electrically interfaces with the installed portable electronic device. The docking receptacles provide docking locations for removably stowing wireless earbuds when the earbuds are not in use. Each docking receptacle includes an electrical interface for electrically interfacing the rechargeable battery of the protective case to the wireless earbuds for recharging. The external electrical connector receives electrical power from an external power source for recharging the rechargeable battery of the protective case.

Abstract: A hat container comprises a top component, having a crown portion in communication with a bill portion, as well as a bottom component releasably engaged to the top component. A rear door hingedly engages the crown portion. The top component, bottom component, and rear door define an interior of the hat container, wherein the interior is dimensioned to contain one or more hats. An upper mating component is positioned on the crown portion and a lower mating component is positioned on the bottom portion. Each mating component facilitates stacking of two or more hat containers.

Abstract: A means for holding a plurality keys is disclosed. The means comprises: a flat card rectangular in shaped, one or more fold lines in order to divide the card into a plurality of panels. The fold lines wherein allow the plurality of panels to pivot relative to each other by 180-degree angle. One or more panels of the card comprise a sleeve which has one or more openings to facilitate the insertion of keys.

Abstract: The present invention generally relates to a conceal-carry organizer for a personal protection device. The organizer includes an insert with an internal pouch, which includes a hook-and-loop lining. A holster sized to receive the personal protection device (along with ammunition or a magazine) may be placed within the pouch to conceal the personal protection device. The holster further includes a surface with a hook-and-loop material that may be selectively engaged with the hook-and-loop lining to orient the personal protection device in a user-selected orientation. The pouch conceals the personal protection device and a locking mechanism provides an amount of controlled access to the personal protection device.

Abstract: A system for providing securement of a plurality of secure portable encasements including one or more encasements each configured to engage, and subsequently disengage, inseparable interaction with a common docking unit; and one or more common docking units.

Abstract: A hair styling apparatus includes a first and a second arm each having a heatable plate and an arm member. The first and second arms are moveable between a closed position, in which the heatable plate of the first arm is adjacent the heatable plate of the second arm, and an open position, in which the heatable plates of each arm are spaced apart. The heatable plate of at least one of the arms is coupled to a respective arm member about a pivot arranged to allow the heatable plate to move relative to the respective arm member about an axis transverse to the length of said respective arm member such that the plate pivots.

Abstract: An improved type of eyelash curler with a single pivot and direct connection between the handles and the pressing parts allowing the user to curl the eyelashes without causing the parts other than the pressing parts to touch the user's face. The shape and structure of the curler as well as the pressing parts enable a more effective curling of the eyelashes as the structural parts are kept away from the user's sensitive facial skin.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide an eyelash curler capable of separating eyelashes from each other at roots thereof and of beautifully curling eyelashes. The eyelash curler 1 has a pair of frame portions 12 and 12 extending in a vertical direction, a movable member 60 that is movable in the vertical direction along the pair of frame portions 12 and 12, a stationary member 50 fixed above the movable member 60, and an elastic member 70 placed on the movable member 60. The eyelash curler 1 has arm members 10 and 20 operable to move the movable member 60 upward to bring the contact area 70A of the elastic member 70 into contact with the stationary member 50 and a comb member 80 attached to the movable member 60.

Abstract: Aspects of the present disclosure include a hair styling device. The device includes a grip portion contoured for being gripped by a user. The grip portion includes a power cable and a power switch at a first end for supplying and controlling electrical current to the hair styling device. The device also includes a heating portion configured to generate heat based on the electrical current. The heating portion extends from the grip portion at a second end, opposite the first end, and has a cross-sectional profile with side portions between substantially circular ends along a length of the heating portion. The heating portion is configured to apply the heat to hair wrapped around the heating portion to impart a wave in the hair according to the cross-sectional profile.

Abstract: A fastener comprises a length of non-elastic material having a first end and a second end; at least two apertures positioned along the length of said material; one or more fastening objects proximate said first end; said one or more fastening objects having at least a first profile and a second profile, wherein said first profile has a dimension sized to permit passage through said apertures and said second profile has a dimension sized to prohibit passage through said apertures. The fastener can bundle hair, or can be worn as a bracelet, choker or anklet.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying a two-component liquid composition to a surface has a housing having an open end, and a roller ball disposed and rotatably retained in the housing and projecting through the open end. There are two containers disposed at least partially in the housing. Each container has a dispensing nozzle arranged adjacent the roller ball. The nozzles have an open end such that a liquid or pasty substance disposed in each of the containers flows from the containers through the nozzle directly to the roller ball upon application of pressure to the substances in the containers. Rolling roller ball across a surface mixes the two substances on the roller ball with each other. This occurs by virtue of the movement of the roller ball around the surface, which causes the substances to flow around the ball and mix with each other during rolling.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards a cosmetic assembly, of use for the treatment of keratin fibres, comprising a fluid cosmetic composition containing at least particles in the dispersed state in a liquid medium, said composition being solidifiable via the aggregation of said particles; and a device (1) comprising a mould (2), the mould (2) comprising at least one cavity (5), into which or each of which at least one of said fibres can be at least partially introduced, for the purposes of moulding said composition onto at least one part of said fibre(s) present in the cavity or cavities (5). The present invention is also directed towards a process for cosmetic treatment of one or more keratin fibres.

Abstract: A device for the treatment of the surfaces of people, animals, or objects for the purpose of inhibiting the accumulation and discharge of electrostatic energy. The invention is comprised of a handle (1) or base or some other structural support accompanied by a replaceable a dryer sheet (4). Dryer sheet (4) will be constrained in such a way that it can be easily manipulated into physical contact with the user of the device, an animal, or some other object. Using the device causes the electrostatic inhibiting properties of a dryer sheet (4) to be transferred directly to the target object, person, or animal.

Abstract: A root volume nozzle for a hair dryer is equipped at a blow nozzle part of a dryer to increase a volume of the root part of hair. The root volume nozzle may be freely separated from the blow nozzle part to make hair volume while drying the hair, and provide anions to the hair using an anion paint.

Abstract: A hood hair dryer attachment can include a hood for covering at least a part of a head of a user. The hood has spaced apart inner and outer walls defining an air channel therebetween, and the inner wall includes a plurality of holes for directing air from the air channel onto a head of a user. The hood hair dryer attachment further includes a hose connected at one end to the outer wall of the hood and in communication with the air channel. The hose comprises a collar at another end for mounting to an air delivery conduit of a hair dryer. The collar is resiliently circumferentially expandable and includes a friction-enhancing material exposed on an inner surface of the collar for contacting a surface of the air delivery conduit of a hair dryer.

Abstract: An improved conditioning comb that allows a user to distribute conditioner or other desired hair care liquid uniformly throughout their hair is disclosed. The conditioning comb is made of parts including a wide tooth and hard plastic comb attachment. The conditioning comb further consists of a detachable holding section that can be refilled with either a cartridge or other kind of liquids as desired by the user. In a preferred embodiment, the conditioning comb consists of a trigger pull or button to distribute the liquid through holes defined by the wide tooth comb.

Abstract: The present invention provides attachable upper and lower handles for attachment by insertion into the opposite the cutting ends or the distal ends of a conventional nail clipper wherein the handles define an area sized for receiving thumbs, fingers, or hand or palm portions of an individual in a comfortable, natural manner to allow the nail clipper to be held more securely and conveniently during a nail clipping operation. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention may provide attachable upper and lower handles defining a roughened broader thumb contacting area to aid in minimizing or even eliminating slippage during use by enlarging the metal lever arm to a size allowing firm thumb pressure.

Abstract: This particular design is referring to a perfume bottle. The tube inside the bottle is responsible for bringing the contents out of the bottle. This Unique flow Sprayer is a device that is inserted into a container. It is designed to reach the contents of the container at every angle of the container. Each unique design of this nature has, as its primary purpose, the withdrawal of as much of the contents of the container as possible.

Abstract: A cat eye makeup applicator with a handle and a cat eye stamping member having a base portion for detachable connection to the handle and having left-side and right-side, mirror image stamping surfaces for transferring eyeliner to a user's skin and creating perfect, symmetrical cat eyes.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying a two-component liquid composition to a surface has a housing having an open end, an inner surface and an outer surface, an applicator retained in the housing and projecting through the open end, two containers removably mounted to the inner surface of the housing, each container having a dispensing nozzle extending through an aperture in the housing and arranged adjacent the applicator. There is a cutting device arranged on the housing adjacent the nozzles, the cutting device having at least one blade, wherein pressing the cutting device causes the blades to pierce the nozzles and allow contents of the containers to exit the containers and flow to the applicator.

Abstract: A vessel cap of cosmetics includes a coupling member formed on an inner circumferential surface thereof with a female screw part such that the female screw part is engaged with a male screw part formed on an outer circumferential surface of an opening formed in an upper portion of a vessel which receives liquid-phase contents, a spuit tube which is coupled to the coupling member to suck and discharge the contents received in the vessel, and a pumping unit of the spuit tube, which sucks the contents into the spuit tube after inserting the spuit tube into the vessel in a state that internal air of the spuit tube is partially discharged. The spuit tube is inserted into high-viscosity and liquid-phase contents received in the vessel after the internal air is discharged from the spuit tube, thereby previously preventing the discharged air from being introduced into the spuit tube.

Abstract: In one embodiment, a device for dispensing a substance and a liquid is disclosed. The device includes a container having a top end opposing a bottom end. The top end comprises an opening and the bottom end defines a bottom wall. The container defines a compartment adapted to receive a substance. An upper portion of the container is the adapted to be covered by a cap. The device includes a cap having a mouth for covering an upper portion of the container. The cap also includes a cavity adapted to receive a spray bottle. A spray opening on the cap allows fluid to pass through the cap. The device also includes a spray bottle. The spray bottle is adapted to be received by and held within the cavity of the cap. The spray bottle is refillable and adapted to spray a fluid through a spray hole and through the spray opening on the cap.

Abstract: A cosmetic applicator, in particular in the form of a mascara applicator with a core which has a border consisting of fingers that protrude from the core, preferably in the form of bristles. The aim of the invention is to provide a solution for a cosmetic applicator which exhibits an increased material storage capability without substantially impairing the other relevant application properties. This is achieved in that the border has adjacent fingers which are connected together by a flat element that integrally adjoins the circumferential casing surface of both fingers and the core and has a thickness in a direction perpendicular to the main surfaces of the flat element, said thickness being lower than the maximum diameter of each of the bristles which are thus connected.

Abstract: A mascara applicator system for simultaneously separating, curling and applying mascara, stored in the system, to eyelashes having a first applicator arm with a brush on one end and a second applicator arm with a circular cylinder comb on one end with some embodiments rotateably connected to a circular U-shaped member to provide articulating surfaces for a human hand with a spring functionally mounted between for bringing the brush and circular cylinder comb on the first and second applicator arms into parallel relationship for being closed on an eyelash and being pull upward from 0-180° and away from the eye to simultaneously apply mascara and curl eyelash. The applicator arm with the brush on it being hinged to move out to 90° for use as a touch up mascara brush and returned back to its position as a first applicator arm in mascara applicator system.

Abstract: According to a first aspect, load-bearing systems can have one or more serpentine tensioners. According to another aspect, load-bearing systems can have one or more repositionable load-bearing members. Load-bearing systems having serpentine tensioners and load-bearing systems having repositionable load-bearing members are not mutually exclusive of each other. Accordingly, some disclosed load-bearing systems have a serpentine tensioner in combination with a repositionable load-bearing member. To facilitate disclosure of such principles, wearable packs incorporating one or more aspects of innovative load-bearing systems are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a backpack system. In one embodiment, the backpack system of the present invention comprises: a harness system; an interchangeable bag; and a mounting system that joins the bag to the harness and permits the wearer to manipulate the bag in several ways so as to provide rapid access to the bag and to permit repositioning of the bag from the back of the wearer to the front or side of the wearer. In one embodiment, the harness system comprises a single bifurcated shoulder strap, or even two individual shoulder straps, and a back component that is comprised of one or more alignment features to permit alignment of connectivity of the interchangeable bag. In one embodiment, the harness system can comprise two shoulder straps, a waist and/or belt strap, and a back component that comprises one or more alignment features to align and connect the interchangeable bag.

Abstract: Bladders/containers designed to hold a meaningful amount of material (in any state: solid, liquid or gas) to conductively absorb heat from the human body. In addition, the material may be consumed by the user wearing the bladder/container, thus providing a source of hydration for the user. The bladders/containers would also enhance impact and/or ballistic protection of the user.

Abstract: An ankle holster comprising a series of straps having an upper, middle, lower, and support straps and a holder further comprising a back plate having a removable elastic foam backing which overlaps the edge of the back plate and a removable pocket which is attachable to the back plate using a rail system. The rail system uses an upper and lower rail system where the upper rail system is integrally molded into the removable pocket and the lower rail system is attached to the back plate and the two connect using a latch system. The removable pocket is modular and can include any number of designs to hold any number of firearms or other accessories so long as the result is a comfortable, concealed ankle holster.

Abstract: Provided are lanyards for a handheld electronic device featuring a loop section having a section of braided or woven strands of fiber and having a section of very thin profile being adapted for fitting between a handheld device and a case or cover placed thereon. The lanyards can be used with existing cases or covers. The lanyards are very strong, lightweight and help prevent damage to or loss of the handheld devices.

Abstract: This invention is for a portable electronic device hanger, which is specifically designed to be wore as a necklace. The hanger is designed as compact as possible, lightweight and with easy accessibility to the electronic device, including an adjustable lanyard which is fully retractable to facilitate storage. The electronic device is easily attached or detached from the hanger.

Abstract: A hand-tool retractor cover includes a body portion and a handle portion attached to and extending from the body portion. The body portion has a first-side wall, a second-side wall spaced apart from and substantially parallel to the first-side wall, and a perimeter wall extending transversely between and connecting the first-side wall to the second-side wall. The body portion defines a retractor compartment between the first-side wall, the second-side wall, and the perimeter wall. The body portion also defines an entrance into the retractor compartment and a retractor cable opening. The handle portion defines a handle opening and is made of a stretchable and resilient material. The stretchable and resilient material is adapted to increase a weight rating of a hand tool retractor when a hand tool retractor is placed within the hand tool retractor cover.

Abstract: A curved waist holder having a parallel and integral neck is attached to an intermediate arm disposed perpendicularly thereto and is also integrally attached to a tong engagement portion. This has a downwardly directed internal grip arm attached further with a rest arm that attaches to an upwardly directed external grip arm.

Abstract: A mascara brush with a core comprising at least two sections of wire twisted together along a wire core longitudinal axis and a set of bristles comprising bristles of plastic formed by filaments, which are respectively clamped between the two sections of wire and are formed at their free ends with a wedge-shaped bristle tip or without a wedge-shaped bristle tip. The mascara brush provides an increased storage capacity for the mascara composition to be applied with improved delivery of stored mascara composition to the lashes. This is achieved by the bristles being formed from a plastic material extruded into a fibre, to which outwardly protruding particles are added and/or which is provided with punctiform depressions (indentations), which roughen the bristle surface, wherein the bristles that have a wedge-shaped bristle tip at their free ends comprise at least one cut surface that forms a wedge and the surface roughness of which lies between 0.2 ?m and 6.3 ?m, in particular between 2.9 ?m and 6.3 ?m.

Abstract: The present invention recognizes that there exists a long felt need for brush heads and brushes having material application and buffing properties. A first aspect of the present invention is a brush head. A second aspect of the present invention is a brush including a brush head of the present invention. A third aspect of the present invention is a method of making a brush head of the present invention. A fourth aspect of the present invention is a method of making a brush of the present invention. A fifth aspect of the present invention is a method of using a brush head of the present invention. A sixth aspect of the present invention is a method of using a brush of the present invention. An additional aspect is a brush head having an outer zone of bristles and a convex inner zone of bristles.

Abstract: An oral care implement comprises a handle having a container containing oral care fluid, A head includes tooth cleaning elements and a fluid outlet to output fluid into the vicinity thereof. A manually actuatable pump mechanism in the handle between the container and fluid outlet is connected thereto by respective first and second conduits. The pump mechanism comprises a chamber having an inlet connected to the first conduit, an outlet connected to the second conduit, and an actuatable valve mechanism for selectively opening the inlet and outlet respectively to cause fluid flow into and out of the chamber. The mechanism comprises first and second valve elements and a deformable actuator connected to the first and second valve elements. A wall which defines at least a part of the chamber is adapted to be manually moved to operate the valve mechanism.

Abstract: A hair brush with double-sided comb teeth includes two comb teeth portions with different types of comb teeth arranged and implanted on both upper and lower surfaces of an elastic clip cushion of the hair brush respectively, and a multiple of through holes formed at the periphery of the elastic clip cushion and provided for positioning. With the effects of a brush handle and a cover frame, the elastic clip cushion is clamped at a receiving slot of the brush handle, and the total area of the elastic clip cushion is slightly greater than the area of the receiving slot of the brush handle, and one of the end surfaces of the elastic clip cushion may be arched into an arc shape and the other end surface is naturally formed into a corresponding arc recession. The comb teeth portion with the arched surface is used as a hair brush, and the comb teeth portion with the recession is situated in a concealed status.

Abstract: A mount that is used to attach electronic devices to a guitar stand is made of a back panel, a clamping mechanism, a support beam and a multi-position fastener. The clamping mechanism is a user-actuated clamp that uses a fixed jaw and a movable jaw to hold electronic devices against the back panel. The back panel, which is a rigid plate, is connected to the fixed jaw to further support the clamped electronic device. Additionally, the fixed jaw of the clamping mechanism is mounted onto one end of the rigid support beam. This enables the mount for electronic devices is capable of being attached to various other pieces of musical equipment or stage equipment. Additionally, the multi-position fastener is affixed to a second end of the support beam, opposite to the fixed jaw.

Abstract: A rack component having a component body with a front, back, top, base, width between the front and the back, and an aperture extending through the component body near the top, the top of the component body configured to be the negative of a cut-out on the base, such that the cut-out on the base of one component body can receive the configuration on the top of an adjacent component body below it. Rack systems and methods of using a series of the rack components are also disclosed, including systems and methods including a bracket used with a pair of component bodies for rotating a workpiece.

Abstract: A rack structure includes a bottom, a coupling member, and a side frame. The bottom has rod-shaped support members extending out from the circumference of the bottom. The coupling member has through holes for insertion of the support members. A distal end of each support member is provided with a stop block having an outer diameter greater than the through holes. The side frame has an accommodation room therein. One side of the side frame has an opening. The side frame has a pair of hook portions located at two sides of the opening and extending toward the accommodation room. The coupling member connected with the distal end of each support member is inserted through the opening into the accommodation room of the side frame. The hook portions of the side frame enable the coupling member to lean against the stop block of each support member tightly.

Abstract: Disclosed is a mounting clip for adjustable shelf systems, which ensures reliable and durable fixing of adjustable shelf boards without leaving any screw holes or marks on the board and also provides a possibility to dismount shelf boards by being re-adjustable in the same or different location. The mounting clip automatically locks its position between the shelf board and upper part of the rail opening. When the clip reaches its final position the wings will pass through the opening and create a snap in fixation.

Abstract: A device for supporting garments in a housing space includes an upright component, a crosspiece component connected to the upright component, and an articulation group for articulating the upright component to at least one panel around a first articulation axis (x-x) between a first position or raised position and a second position or lowered position.

Abstract: An locker for storing equipment is disclosed. The locker includes at least one first member defining a storage space with an opening for a user to access the storage space, a second member adjacent to said at least one first member, and defining a first side of an open locker slot, and a door having a first portion and a second portion. The first portion of the door being shaped to enclose the opening of the storage space. The second portion of the door extending from the first portion of the door and being shaped to form a second side of the open locker slot. The door having an unlocked state and a locked state. The unlocked state provides access to the storage space and the open locker slot. In the locked state, secondary equipment is maintained in the storage space and equipment is maintained in the open locker slot.

Abstract: A furniture leg protective sock is constructed of a stretchable/expandable non-friction material, which is double-layered to form an outer layer, an inner layer, and a gap therebetween. The furniture leg protective sock includes friction material which is located on the inner surface of the furniture leg protective sock.

Abstract: A wall mounted object support system includes a grid member with a peripheral portion proximate a wall and a body portion offset from the peripheral portion and spaced further away from the wall than the peripheral portion. The grid member is formed by a plurality of spaced apart first elongated rod or wire portions each running in a first direction and a plurality of spaced apart second rod or wire portions each running in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction. One or more of a support block and/or pivoting anchor components may be used to hold the grid member against the wall.

Abstract: Providing an overturn preventing device which can easily be mounted between a top surface of a piece of furniture and a ceiling while an axis line of a damper relative to a vertical direction is inclined at an angle ranging from 15° to 25°. The overturn preventing device includes a damper, a first base portion and a second base portion. The first base portion has a first abutting surface and a first connection. The first base portion is mounted on the top surface of the furniture. The second base portion has a second abutting surface and a second connection. The second base portion is mounted on the ceiling. A relation, X+L sin 15°?Y?X+L sin 25°, is obtained where reference symbol X designates a distance from the first abutting surface to the first connection, reference symbol L designates a length of the damper and reference symbol Y designates a distance from the second abutting surface the second connection.

Abstract: Providing an overturn preventing device which can successfully prevent overturn of an article. The overturn preventing device includes a damper mounted between a piece of furniture and a ceiling and a setting member connected to both ends of the damper. The setting member has a first setting part body and a second setting part body. The first and second setting part bodies and of the setting member are spread when the overturn preventing device is mounted between the furniture and the ceiling. The setting member assumes such a shape as to extend in one direction when the first and second setting part bodies and are unspread.

Abstract: The invention relates to a chair, in particular a conference or visitor chair, which allows a coupled movement of a seat (3) and a backrest. The seat in this case is mounted in sliding bearings (4) comprising oblique guide surfaces (6) and is displaced and raised in the sliding bearings through a mounting end (5) of the backrest. According to the invention, two separate backrest bars (11) are provided, which are connected to the mounting ends (5), wherein the backrest bars can be moved independently of each other. In this way, different seat positions can be realized. Besides an upright standard position, an inclined high position, and an asymmetrical position, in which a one-sided load of a backrest bar (11) can be realized with a corresponding displacement and rotation of the seat (3).

Abstract: A ready-to-assemble upholstered and non-upholstered chair consisting of factory assembled sub-assemblies reducing the number of overall parts and assembly hardware which decreases the packaged cubic measure allowing more units to be loaded into shipping containers and trailers, inventoried in warehouses and distribution centers and displayed in retail outlets thereby reducing transportation and handling costs, while simplifying and expediting the assembly process. The invention includes a seat box sub-assembly so constructed to allow a portion of the chair back leg sub-assembly to nest therein reducing the package profile and cubic measure, as well as a front leg sub-assembly. The front leg and back leg sub-assemblies are assembled utilizing a left and right tenoned side rail which inserts into mortises on the front and back leg assemblies. The leg sub-assemblies are secured with a metal bolt, threaded on each end, housed longitudinally within a routed channel running on the exterior face of each side rail.

Abstract: Novel Seats having a plurality of defined zones for supporting the human anatomy are disclosed. Seats including one or more recoil shields and/or inserts to assist in supporting or isolating certain desired portions of the human anatomy, as well as seats including both seat back structures and seat pan structures, with one or both including zoned configurations designed to support and stabilize specific structures of the human anatomy in a defined manner are also disclosed. The novel seats are useful, inter alia, for individually supporting certain anatomical areas and provide seat zones that collectively support, cradle and permit the human anatomy to be supported in a comfortable manner.

Abstract: A piece of seating furniture includes a backrest and a seat. The seat is operatively connected to the backrest. The backrest and the seat, during a pivoting of the backrest, open one another at an opening angle. A backward-tilt stop is included for limiting relative movement of the seat and the backrest. The backward-tilt stop is situated in extension of a vertical support of a pedestal.