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Pneumatic Shoe Lacing Apparatus

This invention provides a pneumatic shoe lacing apparatus for the pneumatic lacing of shoe.

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Class 220/674 - Embossed


Subclass of Class 220 - Receptacles
Definition: Receptacle wherein the contour is in the form of a raised
No. of patents: 39
Last issue date: 05/13/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7370491Method and apparatus for water dispensing systems within a refrigerator
A fluid storage tank includes a wall defining a cavity therewithin. An inlet opening is formed through the wall and provides communication between a fluid source and the cavity. A projection and at least one obstruction are positioned within the cavity. The projecti...
05/13/2008
7264132Box-like container with an interpenetrating structure and process for the realization thereof
A box-like hollow body, particularly a container of various shapes and size, comprising at least an inner hollow body 3 and an outer hollow body 2, interpenetrating with each other so as to create an integral structure with particular characteristics o...
09/04/2007
7032770Container with structural ribs
A container is formed of a shell having a top section, a bottom section and a central section connecting the top section and the bottom section. At least a majority region of the central section is provided with a plurality of structural ribs about its periphery. Th...
04/25/2006
6938788Squeezable beverage bottle
A squeezable bottle is provided that has a hollow body with an intermediate panel section that is bounded by upper and lower recessed reinforcing rings. The intermediate panel comprises a plurality of recessed gripper rings, each of which is bounded by a pair a rais...
09/06/2005
6920992Inverting vacuum panels for a plastic container
A sidewall portion of a plastic container adapted for vacuum pressure absorption. The sidewall portion including generally rectangular shaped vacuum panels equidistantly spaced about the container The vacuum panels being defined in at least part by an upper portion,...
07/26/2005
6763969Blow molded bottle with unframed flex panels
A hot-fillable, slender, blow-molded plastic bottle for use in containing hot-filled beverages. The bottle has a sidewall with various interactive zones of function. For example, some of the zones are primarily responsible for accommodating vacuum absorption, while ...
07/20/2004
6662961Plastic container having structural ribs
A blow molded container is provided. The container has a base, a body portion attached to the base, a concave waist attached to the body portion, a dome attached to the waist, a plurality of structural ribs, and a finish attached to the dome. The dome has...
12/16/2003
6585123Bottle base
Biaxially oriented, hollow plastic bottle of thermoplastic material having an improved base. The base includes an outer supporting annular rim for supporting the bottle on a surface and an inwardly extending portion of the base, wherein the space between ...
07/01/2003
6426986Forged nozzle shell course for a pressure vessel
A forged nozzle shell course for a pressure vessel includes shell course comprising at least one reinforcement portion extending radially outward from an outer surface of the shell course with each reinforcing portion including a nozzle having a radius. T...
07/30/2002
6354458Top for container
A container for a fluid comprises an elongated body portion having first end and second end. There is a top portion sealing the second end and having an aperture. A cover member is provided for sealing the aperture. The top portion is movable between a fi...
03/12/2002
6331334Container liner
A flexible container liner, preferably for use in containers capable of dissipating electrostatic charges, with at least one liner wall which includes a single layer or multilayer wall material, preferably of polymers, such as LDPE monofilm, a co-extruded...
12/18/2001
6311861Laminated container
A container for a fluid comprises an elongated body portion having first end and second end. There is a top portion sealing the second end and having an aperture. A cover member is provided for sealing the aperture. The top portion is movable between a fi...
11/06/2001
6220475Expanded cans
Metal can blanks comprising a cylindrical side wall expanded by any known method so that the side wall of the resultant can includes a regular pattern (2) of individual pattern elements. In one example the pattern elements are diamond in outline and are f...
04/24/2001
6189724Container
A container has a container body formed with horizontal and vertical grooves and square cone-shaped recessed separated by the grooves in an outer surface by a first injection process. Then the container body has slide-resistant decorations of soft materia...
02/20/2001
6070753Liquid container
A container holds fluids, such as motor oil, and is sized to hold about one quart or one liter. The container has a rectangular base portion, and a top portion is formed integral with the base portion, the top portion being shaped like an offset, inverted...
06/06/2000
6056137Retrofit underground storage tank and method for making the same
The present invention is directed to a retrofit underground storage tank (30) and method for making the same. A portion of an underground primary tank (32) its uncovered and an access opening (42) in formed therein. A plurality of trifolds (50, 120, 122, ...
05/02/2000
6012601Metal can with profiled body
A sheet-metal can for foodstuffs or drink, comprising a body and a bottom fixed thereto or formed integrally therewith, which body has a generally rotation-symmetrical form onto which a pattern of depressions is superimposed and is characterized by at lea...
01/11/2000
5899355Can body having sidewall grooves
A metal container has a bottom wall and a side wall provided with a low relief pattern of shallow grooves or creases to define outwardly convex panels. The grooves or creases have a depth between 0.3 and 3% of the radius of the side wall which has thickne...
05/04/1999
5810195Sanitary cup which is inserted into drinking water can
A sanitary cup which is inserted into a drinking water can including: a body which is made of a synthetic resin; a plurality of hemisphere type of projections which are formed on the inner and outer surfaces of the body; an inclined portion which is incli...
09/22/1998
5762230Laminated container
A container is provided with grip enhancing protrusions of various shapes and sizes, which are raised and integrally formed on the container. The surface provides protrusions to enhance the ornamentation. The container is formed of two body portions which...
06/09/1998
5760805Ink supply container with improved foam retention properties
An ink container for an ink printer is disclosed of the type wherein a foam member is seated within the ink container in which ink is drawn by capillary action through an ink outlet port in the container. The interior surface of the compartment of the con...
06/02/1998
5700689Ventilated composter
In an apparatus for making compost, which apparatus comprises a preferably upwardly tapering container (1), which is adapted to be vented at its top and has an upper charging opening (4), which can preferably be closed by a cover (3) and which serves to r...
12/23/1997
5645190Aluminum beverage can
An aluminum beverage can the top wall of which, and preferably the bottom wall as well, are substantially in the form of (1) a regular polygon of at least four sides, (2) a Reuleaux triangle, (3) an extended Reuleaux triangle, (4) a symmetrical curve of c...
07/08/1997
5586681Container for dispensing liquids
A container is provided with grip enhancing protrusions of various shapes and sizes, which are raised and integrally formed on the container, thereby increasing the volume. The protrusions are arranged such that a person grasping the container will predom...
12/24/1996
5384173Container for photographic film, its production and photographic film package
A container for a photographic film wherein the container body is made of a thermoplastic resin and a roughened face having a height of 0.001 to 5 μm is formed on the inner peripheral wall portion, and a container for a photographic film, container for a...
01/24/1995
5332099Feed barrel
A generally cylindrical container includes a floor having a downwardly open channel formed therein with a center line disposed away from the center of the floor. The channel serves to divide the floor into unequally sized first and second sections, and is...
07/26/1994
5224623Fast food container
An improved open-top container which is reinforced by ribs which wrap around the container side walls to supply reinforcement in both the axial and radial directions, while also providing for nesting into a similar container for improved transport and dur...
07/06/1993
5190151Storage container with internal barrier means
A storage and carrying container (10) for children's possessions having at least a body portion (14), a handle portion (16) and internally disposed barrier elements (17), (18), (19), (20) serving to reduce the effective diameter of the body portion thereb...
03/02/1993
5178289Panel design for a hot-fillable container
A vacuum panel design for a hot-fill container which resists the increase in container diameter (barreling) which may occur during hot-filling and/or when the container is dropped on a hard surface. In one embodiment, adapted for a full wrap (360°) label...
01/12/1993
5174469Partially collapsible container with drinking straw or pour spout
A partially collapsible container adapted to contain beverages or other dispensable fluids is disclosed in which the collapsible portion of the container provides for the automatic deployment of either a drinking straw or a pour spout mounted within the c...
12/29/1992
5174458Collapsible container
A collapsible container having substantially planar front and rear walls and interconnecting side walls that define inwardly extending V-shaped panels. A plurality of transversely extending stiffening grooves are provided in the front and rear panels to m...
12/29/1992
5148930Biaxial-orientation blow-molded bottle-shaped container having opposed recesses and grooves for stable gripping and anti-buckling stiffness
A blow-molded bottle-shaped container of biaxially oriented thermoplastic synthetic resin includes a pair of recesses depressed inwardly on the right and left side parts of a rear half portion substantially at the central height position of a cylindrical ...
09/22/1992
5100017Packing can
Disclosed is a packing can having a circumferential polyhedral wall formed on a can barrel, in which as compared with boundary ridgelines of structural unit faces of the polyhedral wall and crossing points of these boundary ridgelines, the structural unit...
03/31/1992
5072884Elliptical tank portable garden sprayer
A tank for use with a portable sprayer. The tank is made of plastic and is elliptical in shape to provide increased strength for the tank when pressurized. The elliptical configuration also makes less visible the harmless distortions which tend to occur i...
12/17/1991
4960221Pressure vessel
A pressure vessel comprising a hollow cylindrical member and a cylindrical body section slidably fitted into the cylindrical member, the body section being formed as an integral member consisting of disc-like end-wall sections provided at its ends and a m...
10/02/1990
4801035Protection cover
A protection cover for a wiring distribution box in which rising walls are continuously or discontinuously formed around a label bonding position....
01/31/1989
4723681Metallic container
The invention relates to a metallic container particularly for foodstuff or beverages comprising a circumferential wall, a bottom and a lid, in which container is prevailing a lower pressure than the atmospheric pressure in the filled and closed state. Th...
02/09/1988
4050605Panel assembled tank
A high pressure resistant and water tight panel assembled tank consisting of unit panels, each unit panel is formed with a protrusion portion in the form of a pyramid or truncated pyramid progressively increasing its height toward a center of the square w...
09/27/1977
3941247Modular display means
A lightweight preformed environment resistant display block adapted to provide a display means of a plurality of like modular display blocks for exhibiting various articles in a number of different display arrangements. A modular display block of integral...
03/02/1976
 
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