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Andrew S. Hocking, Ithaca, NY US
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20120205752 | Strengthened Micro-Electromechanical System Devices and Methods of Making Thereof - In an embodiment, a micro-electromechanical device can include a substrate, a beam, and an isolation joint. The beam can be suspended relative to a surface of the substrate. The isolation joint can be between a first portion and a second portion of the beam, and can have a non-linear shape. In another embodiment, a micro-electromechanical device can include a substrate, a beam, and an isolation joint. The beam can be suspended relative to a surface of the substrate. The isolation joint can be between a first portion and a second portion of the beam. The isolation joint can have a first portion, a second portion, and a bridge portion between the first portion and the second portion. The first and second portions of the isolation joint can each have a seam and a void, while the bridge portion can be solid. | 08-16-2012 |
Ashlie Benjamin Hocking, Charlottesville, VA US
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20160085883 | Verification System for System Design Consistency - An example system is executable by one or more processors to retrieve a development model and a production model; translate the development model and the production model into formal specifications; generate a set of theorems for checking constrained equivalence between the development model and the production model; combine formal specification of the development model, formal specification of the production model, and the set of theorems into a combined specification; and prove the constrained equivalence based on the theorems. | 03-24-2016 |
Christopher Hocking, Richmond AU
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20110121976 | ALERTNESS SENSING DEVICE - A head worn device for monitoring alertness and attention which includes a) sensors to monitor eyelid and eye movement, b) a motion sensor and c) data storage means for storing data from said sensors. The motion sensor is an accelerometer to provide data that allows the head position to be analysed and to determine the direction of gaze. The device collects data from an accelerometer worn by the driver to detect if the vehicle is in motion and whether the head is tilted vertical plane. If the vehicle is not in motion data is not processed. When the direction of gaze is downward sensor signals from the eye movement sensors is ignored. However if the duration of downward gaze is greater than a predetermined minimum period and the vehicle is in motion, an alarm is triggered because the driver is inattentive. The device may be used to assess whether workers are sufficiently alert before they commence work. The method of measuring a subjects fitness for a particular task uses the alertness monitor or a video camera to monitor eye and eyelid movement with or without head movement data while the subject is tested with a series of tests that require the subject to follow predetermined images or lights. If the subject is unable to satisfactorily track the images the subject is not fit for work. | 05-26-2011 |
Damien Hocking, Calgary CA
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20130081325 | SOLVENT DE-ASPHALTING WITH CYCLONIC SEPARATION - The present invention relates to a method of improving a heavy hydrocarbon, such as bitumen, to a lighter more fluid product and, more specifically, to a final hydrocarbon product that is refinery-ready and meets pipeline transport criteria without the addition of diluent. A solid asphaltene by-product is created for easy handling and further processing. The invention is targeted to enhance Canadian bitumen, but has general application in improving any heavy hydrocarbon. | 04-04-2013 |
20130098735 | ENHANCED METHODS FOR SOLVENT DEASPHALTING OF HYDROCARBONS - Improvements to open-art Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) processes have been developed to reduce capital and operating costs for processing hydrocarbon streams are provided whereby open art SDA scheme is modified to include appropriately placed mixing-enabled precipitators (MEP's) to reduce solvent use requirements in an asphaltene separation step and to increase overall reliability for SDA processes, particularly suitable for Canadian Bitumen. When integrated with a mild thermal cracker, the improved SDA configuration further improves crude yield to be pipeline-ready without additional diluent and for use to debottleneck existing facilities such as residue hydrocrackers and coking units. | 04-25-2013 |
20130180888 | LOW COMPLEXITY, HIGH YIELD CONVERSION OF HEAVY HYDROCARBONS - A process for producing pipeline-ready or refinery-ready feedstock from heavy hydrocarbons using a high-performance solvent extraction process with high local solvent-to-process fluid ratios yet maintaining low overall solvent-to-process fluid ratios, by first performing mild thermal cracking on the heavy hydrocarbons and then separating asphaltene-rich fractions from a resulting thermally affected fluid so that the high solvent-to-oil ratio portion of the process acts only on those asphaltene-rich fractions, and producing a dry, solid asphaltene as an end-product. | 07-18-2013 |
20140246357 | SEPARATION OF SOLID ASPHALTENES FROM HEAVY LIQUID HYDROCARBONS USING NOVEL APPARATUS AND PROCESS ("IAS") - An apparatus and process is provided for improved asphaltene separation from heavy hydrocarbon or bitumen with low process complexity through mass transfer using solvent and counter-current flows, with three sections: an upper DAO/solid-asphaltene separation zone, a middle solvent mixing and segregation zone, and a bottom clarification zone. Solvent mixed with heavy hydrocarbon forms a process feed introduced to the process vessel's upper zone and exposed to counter-current solvent removing DAO from solid asphaltene particles in the feed, the particles fall through the middle zone and are mixed with introduced solvent, which introduced solvent segregates DAO-rich solution in the upper zone (for extraction from that zone) from solvent-rich mixtures in the middle mixing and lower clarification zones. Solvent flows and precipitate movement are controlled to optimize mass transfer in process, resulting in high DAO recovery and dry, solid asphaltene product. | 09-04-2014 |
20150361348 | SOLVENT DE-ASPHALTING WITH CYCLONIC SEPARATION - The present invention relates to a method of improving a heavy hydrocarbon, such as bitumen, to a lighter more fluid product and, more specifically, to a final hydrocarbon product that is refinery-ready and meets pipeline transport criteria without the addition of diluent. A solid asphaltene by-product is created for easy handling and further processing. The invention is targeted to enhance Canadian bitumen, but has general application in improving any heavy hydrocarbon. | 12-17-2015 |
20160040079 | ENHANCED METHODS FOR SOLVENT DEASPHALTING OF HYDROCARBONS - Improvements to open-art Solvent Deasphalting (SDA) processes have been developed to reduce capital and operating costs for processing hydrocarbon streams are provided whereby open art SDA scheme is modified to include appropriately placed mixing-enabled precipitators (MEP's) to reduce solvent use requirements in an asphaltene separation step and to increase overall reliability for SDA processes, particularly suitable for Canadian Bitumen. When integrated with a mild thermal cracker, the improved SDA configuration further improves crude yield to be pipeline-ready without additional diluent and for use to debottleneck existing facilities such as residue hydrocrackers and coking units. | 02-11-2016 |
20160046879 | LOW COMPLEXITY, HIGH YIELD CONVERSION OF HEAVY HYDROCARBONS - A process for producing pipeline-ready or refinery-ready feedstock from heavy hydrocarbons using a high-performance solvent extraction process with high local solvent-to-process fluid ratios yet maintaining low overall solvent-to-process fluid ratios, by first performing mild thermal cracking on the heavy hydrocarbons and then separating asphaltene-rich fractions from a resulting thermally affected fluid so that the high solvent-to-oil ratio portion of the process acts only on those asphaltene-rich fractions, and producing a dry, solid asphaltene as an end-product. | 02-18-2016 |
David Hocking, Signal Hill, CA US
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20090320259 | SWAGE COLLAR WITH INTERNAL SEALING INSERT - A swage collar and an internal sealing insert form a swage collar assembly used in combination with a structural fastener to prevent leakage through a connection of workpieces fastened together by the structural fastener. The swage collar has a hollow, generally cylindrical main body portion with a main central bore, and a base portion with an internal shoulder formed in the main central bore so as to form a seal receiving guide. The shaft of the fastener typically includes a threaded section and an unthreaded section, and the internal sealing insert interfaces with the threaded section and the unthreaded section of the shaft of the pin. In an alternate embodiment, the internal sealing insert interfaces with the unthreaded section of shaft of the pin. The swage collar assembly is fitted over the fastener, a swaging tool is fitted over the swage collar assembly, and the swaging tool is forced over the swage collar assembly with sufficient force to cause plastic deformation in the swaging collar to force the swaging collar and internal sealing insert into engagement with the shaft of the fastener. | 12-31-2009 |
20120240376 | SWAGE COLLAR WITH INTERNAL SEALING INSERT - A swage collar and an internal sealing insert form a swage collar assembly used in combination with a structural fastener to prevent leakage through a connection of workpieces fastened together by the structural fastener. The swage collar has a hollow, generally cylindrical main body portion with a main central bore, and a base portion with an internal shoulder formed in the main central bore so as to form a seal receiving guide. The shaft of the fastener typically includes a threaded section and an unthreaded section, and the internal sealing insert interfaces with the threaded section and the unthreaded section of the shaft of the pin. In an alternate embodiment, the internal sealing insert interfaces with the unthreaded section of shaft of the pin. The swage collar assembly is fitted over the fastener, a swaging tool is fitted over the swage collar assembly, and the swaging tool is forced over the swage collar assembly with sufficient force to cause plastic deformation in the swaging collar to force the swaging collar and internal sealing insert into engagement with the shaft of the fastener. | 09-27-2012 |
Denise Hocking, Rochester, NY US
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20120141552 | ULTRASOUND TECHNOLOGY TO CONTROL THE SPATIAL ORGANIZATION OF CELLS AND PROTEINS IN ENGINEERED TISSUES - The present invention is directed to methods of inducing spatial organization of cells an in vitro culture system using ultrasound technology. The invention is further directed to methods of inducing extracellular matrix remodeling and neovessel formation in an in vitro culture system and generating vascularized engineered tissue constructs using ultrasound technology. | 06-07-2012 |
20130337038 | CHIMERIC FIBRONECTIN MATRIX MIMETICS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to recombinant fibronectin peptide mimetics and wound healing compositions containing the same. Other aspects of the present invention include wound healing dressings that comprise the wound healing composition of the present invention and a wound dressing material and methods of treating wounds using these compositions. | 12-19-2013 |
20150283214 | CHIMERIC FIBRONECTIN MATRIX MIMETICS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to recombinant fibronectin peptide mimetics and wound healing compositions containing the same. Other aspects of the present invention include wound healing dressings that comprise the wound healing composition of the present invention and a wound dressing material and methods of treating wounds using these compositions. | 10-08-2015 |
Dianna M. Hocking, Victoria AU
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20100034908 | Porphyromonas gingivalis polypeptides and nucleotides - The present invention relates to isolated | 02-11-2010 |
20130149325 | PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEOTIDES - The present invention relates to isolated | 06-13-2013 |
20140302083 | PORPHYROMONAS GINGIVALIS POLYPEPTIDES AND NUCLEOTIDES - The present invention relates to isolated | 10-09-2014 |
Gordon Hocking, Tokyo JP
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20110160741 | MEDICAL TREATMENT TOOL FOR TUBULAR ORGAN - The invention is to provide a medical treatment tool for tubular organ which can surely capture or pick foreign substances such as calculi, other living tissues, etc. generated in a tubular organ or a body cavity and which can discharge or collect those foreign substances, other living tissues, etc. smoothly. | 06-30-2011 |
Gordon Donald Hocking, Chiba-Ken JP
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20130053882 | EMBOLIC MATERIAL EXCISION TRAPPING DEVICE - To provide an embolic material excision trapping device capable of excising an embolic material in an arteriole or vessel without blocking the blood flow, and further, trapping the material with reliability. A device for removing an embolic material in a lumen in a living body has a long shaft member | 02-28-2013 |
Gordon Donald Hocking, Chiba JP
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20130060276 | CATHETER APPARATUS - To provide a catheter apparatus capable of performing removal of an embolus such as a thrombus, administration of a drug, etc. and sampling of body fluid such as blood at the same time inside a lumen of the human body, the catheter apparatus has a catheter | 03-07-2013 |
20130066415 | STENT - To provide a stent for enabling injuries to the wall of a lumen to be reduced, a stent | 03-14-2013 |
Harold P. Hocking, Manhattan Beach, CA US
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20110298202 | Sheets formatted for use in binding machines - Sheets for use in a binding apparatus, the sheets being conditioned by removing the outer layer of the sheet on one or both surfaces along the sheet edge that will be bound. | 12-08-2011 |
20140178153 | Paper sheet having a hinge adjacent to its spine edge, a plurality of the sheets being bound into a book whereby the sheets lay flat when the book opened - A method for binding a plurality of paper sheets to form a book, grooves being formed in both surfaces of each sheet adjacent the sheet spine. The sheets lay flat when the book is opened. | 06-26-2014 |
Ian Michael Hocking, London GB
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20110285826 | 3D CAMERA AND IMAGING METHOD - A 3D camera comprises first and second laterally displaced optical imaging systems each comprising one or more lenses. The optical imaging systems also each comprise one or more actuators arranged to move one or more lenses of the respective optical imaging system, and a digital image analyser configured to evaluate the respective field of view of first and second images of a stereoscopic image pair obtained respectively from the first and second optical imaging systems and to generate a disparity value based on a disparity between the respective fields of view. The 3D camera is arranged in operation to adjust the field of view of one or more images generated by the first and second optical imaging systems responsive to the disparity value so as to reduce the disparity between the respective fields of view of stereoscopic image pairs obtained from the first and second optical imaging systems. | 11-24-2011 |
20110306413 | ENTERTAINMENT DEVICE AND ENTERTAINMENT METHODS - An entertainment device comprises a display, an object position detector to detect a three-dimensional position of an object in front of an image plane of the display, and a source position detector to detect a source position of a pointing source with respect to the display. A pointing direction indicates a direction in which the pointing source is pointing. The device also comprises a direction detector to detect a pointing direction of a user control device. The pointing direction of the user control device is associated with the pointing direction, so that a change in the pointing direction of the user control device causes a change in the pointing direction of the pointing source. The device also comprises an alignment detector to detect whether the three-dimensional position lies on a line passing through the source position in the direction of the pointing direction of the pointing source. | 12-15-2011 |
20130300767 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - A method of augmented reality includes associating tint information with a predetermined graphical object, and receiving a video image of a real scene comprising a feature for detection. The method further includes detecting the feature in the video image of the real scene and selecting a graphical object responsive to the detected feature, and augmenting the video image with the selected graphical object. If the selected graphical object is the predetermined graphical object, the method further includes retrieving the tint information associated with the predetermined graphical object, and modifying the colour balance of the video image responsive to the tint information. | 11-14-2013 |
20130303285 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUGMENTED REALITY - A method of incorporating an augmented reality video image into a virtual environment comprises detecting a state of a real-world control object captured in a video image and augmenting the video image responsive to the state of the control object. The method further includes calculating trajectory parameters for an action with respect to a local co-ordinate system of the video image, responsive to the state of the control object, and embedding the augmented video image within a 3D virtual environment. The method also includes calculating the trajectory parameters for the action with respect to a local co-ordinate system of the 3D virtual environment, and rendering a graphical effect corresponding to the action within the 3D virtual environment. | 11-14-2013 |
Kyle Hocking, Nashville, TN US
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20160073959 | HYPOVOLEMIA/HYPERVOLEMIA DETECTION USING PERIPHERAL INTRAVENOUS WAVEFORM ANALYSIS (PIVA) AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME - Aspects of the invention relates to systems and methods for hypovolemia and/or hypervolemia detection of a living subject using peripheral intravenous waveform analysis. In one embodiment, the method includes: acquiring, from a vein of the living subject, peripheral venous signals; performing a spectral analysis on the acquired peripheral venous signals to obtain a peripheral venous pressure frequency spectrum; and performing a statistical analysis on amplitudes of peaks of the peripheral venous pressure frequency spectrum to determine the blood volume status of the living subject in real time. Specifically, at least two peaks, respectively corresponding to a first frequency and a second frequency, are obtained on the peripheral venous pressure frequency spectrum. Amplitude change of the second peak is used to determine the blood volume status of the living subject. Hemorrhage may be detected when a significant amplitude decrease is detected from the second baseline peak to the second peak. | 03-17-2016 |
Kyle Hocking, Alpharetta, GA US
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20140073973 | INTRAVENOUS ACCESS DEVICE HAVING INTEGRATED HEMODYNAMIC RESUSCITATION SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - One aspect of the present disclosure is a system for hemodynamic resuscitation. The system includes an intravenous access device having a pressure sensor element configured to detect a peripheral venous pressure value in response to an occlusion of a peripheral vein. The system also includes a controller device that is configured to receive a signal from the pressure sensor comprising the peripheral venous pressure value, to process the signal to determine a hemodynamic parameter based on the peripheral venous pressure value, and to generate a resuscitation score based on the hemodynamic parameter. | 03-13-2014 |
20160058876 | Polyplexes - The present disclosure relates to compounds comprising (i) an active agent, wherein the active agent includes a charge at a predetermined pH, (ii) a polymer, wherein the polymer includes an opposite charge than the active agent at the predetermined pH; and (iii) a polyplex comprising the peptide and the polymer electrostatically bond together at the predetermined pH. In some embodiments, the active agent is a peptide, such as a peptide comprising MAPKAP kinase II inhibitory peptide, and in some embodiments the peptide includes a cell-penetrating peptide. In further embodiments, the disclosure provides methods for treating a disease or condition by administering a composition according to the present disclosure to a subject in need thereof. | 03-03-2016 |
Kyle M. Hocking, Nashville, TN US
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20110190572 | Methods and Compositions for Vein Harvest and Autografting - The leading cause of graft failure is the subsequent development of intimal hyperplasia, which represents a response to injury that is thought to involve smooth muscle proliferation, migration, phenotypic modulation, and extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition. Surgical techniques typically employed for vein harvest—stretching the vein, placing the vein in low pH, solutions, and the use of toxic surgical skin markers—are shown here to cause injury. The invention therefore provides for non-toxic surgical markers than also protect against stretch-induced loss of functional viability, along with other additives. Devices and compositions for reducing physical stress or protecting from the effects flowing therefrom, also are provided. | 08-04-2011 |
20140220547 | Methods and Compositions for Vein Harvest and Autografting - The leading cause of graft failure is the subsequent development of intimal hyperplasia, which represents a response to injury that is thought to involve smooth muscle proliferation, migration, phenotypic modulation, and extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition. Surgical techniques typically employed for vein harvest—stretching the vein, placing the vein in low pH, solutions, and the use of toxic surgical skin markers—are shown here to cause injury. The invention therefore provides for non-toxic surgical markers than also protect against stretch-induced loss of functional viability, along with other additives. Devices and compositions for reducing physical stress or protecting from the effects flowing therefrom, also are provided. | 08-07-2014 |
Kyle Mitchell Hocking, Nashville, TN US
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20140207062 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MEASURING PERIPHERAL VENOUS PRESSURE AND APPLICATIONS OF SAME - In one aspect, an apparatus for measuring peripheral venous pressure includes a tubing having two ends with one end connectable to a fluid source and the other end connectable to a vein, a fluid controlling device configured to have an on position and an off position, and at least one pressure sensor configured to measure fluid pressures therein. When the fluid controlling device is in the on position, fluid flow in the tubing is allowed to pass through the fluid controlling device, such that the at least one pressure sensor measures both a fluid pressure from the fluid source and a distal venous pressure from the vein. When the fluid controlling device is in the off position, no fluid flow in the tubing is allowed to pass through the fluid controlling device, such that the at least one pressure sensor measures the distal venous pressure from the vein only. | 07-24-2014 |
Marc Hocking, London GB
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20090070576 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING A SECURE COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for providing a secure computing environment to untrusted computer systems is described. A carrier media and an interface are provided, the interface being connectable to a computer to enable communication between the computer and the carrier media. The carrier media encodes a secure computing environment and a boot system, upon connection of the system via the interface to a computer system and booting of the computer system, the boot system is operative to take over the boot process of the computer system and to authenticate the user, wherein upon successful authentication, the boot system is arranged to load the secure computing environment on the computer system, the secure computing environment being configured to prevent predetermined interaction from outside the secure computing environment when it is running. | 03-12-2009 |
Matthew Hocking, Cirencester GB
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20120000597 | Method of manufacturing composite parts - A method of manufacturing two or more composite parts, the method comprising: assembling the composite parts on a mandrel by laying a series of layers of bands of composite material onto the mandrel with a placement machine,—rotating the mandrel as the bands are laid onto the mandrel; attaching two or more debulk frames ( | 01-05-2012 |
Matthew Hocking, Seattle, WA US
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20150269501 | SYSTEM AND PROCESS FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION TO RELOCATE PHYSICAL OBJECTS - A machine server system includes a video processor adapted with logic to identify a physical object representation in a video, an object fingerprinter adapted to assign an object type to the physical object representation, a resource allocator adapted to match the object type to pre-defined relocation resource values for physical objects having the object type, and weighting logic adapted to adjust the pre-defined relocation resource values for physical objects having the object type by an adjustment amount that varies according to geolocation coordinates correlated to the physical object representation. | 09-24-2015 |
Monte Hocking, New South Wales AU
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20110294583 | DRILLING APPARATUS - The invention discloses a cushion sub-assembly ( | 12-01-2011 |
Philippa Hocking, Calgary CA
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20130149657 | REDUCING FOULING IN HEAT EXCHANGERS - In the solution polymerization of ethylene co and homopolymers the solution leaving the reactor is heated to separate polymer from solvent and residual monomers. Fouling in the heat exchanger may be reduced by by adding to the solution from 0.01 to 100 ppm by weight of a polyoxyalkylene compound of the formula | 06-13-2013 |
20150344683 | REDUCING FOULING IN HEAT EXCHANGERS - In the solution polymerization of ethylene co and homopolymers the solution leaving the reactor is heated to separate polymer from solvent and residual monomers. Fouling in the heat exchanger may be reduced by adding to the solution from 0.01 to 100 ppm by weight of a polyoxyalkylene compound of the formula | 12-03-2015 |
William Mark Hocking, Cardiff GB
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20130133509 | Modular Emergency Stretcher System - A modular stretcher system includes a pouch having a releasable outer cover and an inner surface, and a stretcher comprised from a lightweight sheet material and stored within the pouch, wherein the stretcher is accessible upon release of the cover, and wherein the stretcher further includes at least two integrated load-bearing system fixings that engage the lightweight sheet and extend through the inner surface. The modular stretcher system may also be incorporated within a protective anti-ballistic jacket. | 05-30-2013 |
20130212791 | ARMOURED OVER-TROUSERS - Armoured over-trousers ( | 08-22-2013 |
20130291269 | Anti-Ballistic Paneled Protective Undergarments - A protective undergarment ( | 11-07-2013 |
20140331374 | Anti-Ballistic Protective Undergarment - A protective undergarment ( | 11-13-2014 |