1. A gasket comprising: a gasket main body interposed between a cylinder head and an exhaust manifold of an engine; and a base plate affixed to the gasket main body,
wherein the base plate comprises a base portion including a base portion region in contact with the gasket main body, a heat shielding portion integrally formed and extended from the base portion to a side of the exhaust manifold, and a reinforcement plate laminated to an area of the base portion and the heat shielding portion, and
wherein said area does not include the base portion region that is in contact with the gasket main body, part of the heat shielding portion is formed into a reinforcement rib, and said area includes the reinforcement rib.
2. A gasket comprising a gasket main body interposed between a cylinder head and an exhaust manifold of an engine, and a base plate affixed to the gasket main body and comprising a base portion including a region in contact with a region of the gasket main body;
wherein a projected portion provided at the base portion is projected into a path for introducing secondary air from a side wall of the cylinder head to an exhaust port.
3. The gasket according to claim 2,
wherein the base plate comprises a base portion including a base portion region in contact with the gasket main body, a heat shielding portion integrally formed and extended from the base portion to a side of the exhaust manifold, and a reinforcement plate laminated to an area of the base portion and the heat shielding portion, and
wherein said area does not include the base portion region that is in contact with the gasket main body, part of the heat shielding portion is formed into a reinforcement rib, and said area includes the reinforcement rib.
4. The gasket according to claim 3, wherein the reinforcement rib extends from the base portion to the heat shielding portion.
5. The gasket according to claim 1, wherein a sliding layer including molybdenum disulfide or graphite is formed at least on a surface of the gasket main body facing the exhaust manifold.
6. The gasket according to claim 2, wherein a sliding layer including molybdenum disulfide or graphite is formed at least on a surface of the gasket main body facing the exhaust manifold.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An outer garment covering at least a portion of a wearer’s lower torso comprising:
a garment torso portion for fitting to the wearer’s lower torso having an encircling top edge; and
a tensioned transition band having an edge attached to the garment torso portion along the encircling top edge,
the tensioned transition band having face-to-face interconnected elastic inner and outer members,
the elastic inner member having a generally straight configuration when in an independent unstretched state, and
the elastic outer member having an upwardly-directed curved contour when in an independent unstretched state.
2. The garment of claim 1 in which the garment is chosen from the group consisting of pants, shorts, culottes, cargos, capris, parachutes, leggings, chinos, khakis, skirts, mini-skirts, tube skirts, flared skirts, pencil skirts, pleated skirts, and A-line skirts.
3. The garment of claim 2 in which at least the torso portion of the garment is made of a stretch fabric incorporating an elastic component.
4. The garment of claim 1 in which the stretch fabric is stretch denim.
5. The garment of claim 1 in which the encircling top edge is generally flat.
6. The garment of claim 1 in which the encircling top edge is lower at the front of the garment torso portion and higher at the rear of the garment torso portion.
7. The garment of claim 1 in which the tensioned transition band draws radially inwardly and upwardly to achieve a smooth transition against the wearer’s body when the garment is worn.
8. The garment of claim 1 in which the tensioned transition band has an upwardly directed curved contour.
9. The garment of claim 8 in which the transition band is arranged along the encircling top edge of the garment torso portion so that the lowest point along the contour is at or near the front center of the garment.
10. The garment of claim 9 in which the lowest point of the contour at or near the front center of the garment is about 1-1.5 inches below the level of the band at the back of the garment.
11. The garment of claim 1 in which the inner and outer members are interconnected along their top and bottom edges.
12. The garment of claim 1 in which the transition band is from about 0.5 to about 3.0 inches wide.
13. The garment of claim 1 in which the transition band is from about 1.25 to about 2.75 inches wide.
14. The garment of claim 1 in which the garment is a pair of pants and includes two leg portions extending from the torso portion and a central fastening system.
15. The garment of claim 14 including elastic panels attached to the inside of the pants torso portion extending from opposite sides of the fastening system.
16. An outer garment covering at least a portion of a wearer’s lower torso comprising:
a garment torso portion made of a stretch fabric for fitting to the wearer’s lower torso having an encircling top edge, the torso portion including a fastening system for closing the garment about a wearer’s torso;
a tensioned transition band having an edge attached to the garment torso portion along the encircling top edge,
the tensioned transition band having face-to-face interconnected elastic inner and outer members,
the elastic inner member having a generally straight configuration when in an independent unstretched state,
the elastic outer member having an upwardly-directed curved contour when in an independent unstretched state; and
elastic panels attached to the inside of the garment on opposite sides of the fastening system.
17. The garment of claim 16 in which the tensioned transition band has an upwardly directed curved contour.
18. The garment of claim 16 in which the tensioned transition band draws radially inwardly and upwardly to achieve a smooth transition against the wearer’s body when the garment is worn.