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...that the Eveready Battery began as an invention called the "electric flowerpot," which was a tube with a battery and light bulb inside? The idea was to fasten this gizmo to the side of a flowerpot so it would illuminate the flowers from the bottom. The idea died on the vine and the businessman who licensed the flower pot, Conrad Huber, was left with a pile of useless tubes -- until he found a way to market them as batteries to light the world!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7810258 | Boot articulation support system The present invention relates to a support system for use in relation to an articulation region of a boot. Embodiments of the present invention relate to a boot with a dorsal metatarsal articulation region that allows for articulation in the sagittal plane such as a... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7428789 | Sports shoe for running or cross-country skiing The invention relates to a sports boot (1) for walking or cross-country skiing, with a flexible shaft (2) receiving the foot, and a reinforcement (5) surrounding the shaft (2) on its external side by sections and being connected with the ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7270343 | Flexible connection between sports device and shoe The invention describes a pivotable binding system (1) for mounting between a sports device (2) and a tread surface (5) for a user's foot, in which the tread surface (5) is pivotable about an axis extending more or less parallel with the ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7257908 | Boot having a floating articulation An item of footwear is intended for sports practice and is used to protect the feet and legs of a user. The footwear includes: a first rigid shell defining a body (2) which is designed to receive the foot of the user and which extends in a horizontal directio... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7231729 | Ski boot providing longitudinal torsion A ski boot comprises an essentially stiff outer boot and a soft inner boot or inner lining for receiving the foot of a skier. The sole of the outer boot is made of an essentially rigid material, preferably plastics, comprising an elastic zone in the metatarsal regio... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7219917 | Cartridge radius surface The present invention relates to a radius surface for use on a ski binding resistance mechanism cartridge. The radius surface of the present invention enables a cable coupled to the resistance mechanism cartridge to bend directly adjacent to the cartridge. Since the... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7219450 | Shoe support system An exemplary shoe support system is provided to facilitate a support of an ankle of a foot. The support system can include a sole inliner, a coupling, a back inliner, and an upper. The coupling allows movement between the sole inliner to the back inliner, while the ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216890 | Ski binding The present invention relates to an improved telemark ski binding. More particularly, the present invention relates to a dual front cable under-foot telemark binding. The two front cables attach to a linkage point within the toe receiving portion. The front cables a... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7111865 | Binding device having a pivotable arm A device for binding a boot to a sports article allowing the heel of the boot to be raised with respect to the sports article, of the type in which the boot has a first connecting zone positioned at the front of the boot, and a second connecting zone positioned rear... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7040633 | Rolling or gliding sports equipment Rolling or gliding sports equipment, such as an in-line roller skate, including such equipment or skate adapted to receive an independent boot. The equipment/skate according to the invention includes a frame, a base connected to the upper portion of the frame, and h... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7036244 | Rigid articulated Pointe shoe The invention is a Pointe shoe for ballet. It has a rigid mid-foot section and a rigid toe loop connected by a transverse axis joint located at the metatarsal-phalange joint (M-P). With the foot in Pointe position, the weight of the dancer is supported by the rigid ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7000336 | Training shoe, in particular ski-shoe A sports boot, in particular a ski boot, which is capable of being connected to a sports tool, e.g. a ski, movable along the ground, wherein the center of the pad axis is located between the longitudinal axis of the sports ski and the inner edge of the ski. The axis... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6938362 | Reinforcement for a boot, in particular a sports boot, more specifically a cross-country ski boot, and a boot having such a reinforcement A reinforcement for a boot, in particular a sports boot, more particularly a cross-country ski boot. The boot reinforcement makes it possible to improve the torsional stiffness, efficiency, durability, lightness, cost, foot protection, and industrial workability. To... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6922916 | Footwear with outsole wear indicator The invention is a wear indicator for a footwear outsole. The wear indicator includes a plurality of strata that each have different properties, such as color. As portions of an individual stratum are worn away, corresponding portions of an underlying stratum are re... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6708425 | Ski boot A ski boot, in particular a ski-mountaineering or telemark boot, having a shell made of plastic material; a shank hinged to the shell; and a control mechanism, located at the rear portion of the boot, for controlling the tilt of the shank and having a lever hinged t... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6665960 | Ski boot A ski boot, in particular a telemark boot, having a shell made of plastic material and in turn having a bottom wall, two lateral walls, a toe portion, and a flexible portion extending crosswise with respect to the shell, from one side to the other of the ... | 12/23/2003 |
| 6453580 | Cross-country ski boot A cross-country ski boot having a collar that is pivotally mounted by journals on an upper, and a device for retaining the collar that is active from a angular position and only in the front-to-rear direction by means of a fixed abutment located on the up... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6446363 | Alpine ski boots having a flexible upper An alpine ski boot has a flexible upper and a sole permitting the flexing of the foot during walking. The boot comprises essentially a flexible upper (1), an intermediate sole (2) having rigid extremities (7, 8) extending beyond the upper at the front and... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6409204 | Telemark ski boot and releasable binding assembly A boot and binding assembly is arranged for use with a ski. The boot has a toe portion, a flexible sole and a heel portion. A rigid interconnect member is mounted to the toe portion underneath the sole of the boot. The binding includes a toe piece, a latc... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6374517 | Sole for a sport boot and a sport boot including such sole A sport boot sole of the type having on its lower surface two connecting members, offset one with respect to the other in the longitudinal direction of the boot, and arranged substantially transversely, wherein the first connecting member is arranged in t... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6289610 | Sole for a sport boot and a sport boot including such sole A sport boot sole having at least one arrangement for connecting the boot to a sport article along an axis substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the boot, this connecting arrangement having an anchoring device in the sole, wherein the ancho... | 09/18/2001 |
| 6260290 | Quarter for skate boot A one-piece quarter for a lasted skate boot. The quarter comprises a quarter medial portion and a quarter lateral portion. The quarter medial and quarter lateral portions each comprise, respectively, foxing medial and lateral portions. A tendon guard is d... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6247252 | Ski boot A telemark ski boot including a shell of plastic material and a sole is provided. The shell is provided with a pair of lateral walls and a flexible portion extending transversely to the shell in the metatarsus area from one side to the other of the sole. ... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6216366 | Sole for a sport boot and a sport boot having such a sole A sole, especially for a sport boot, adapted to sports that require a foot movement or to gliding sports. The sole, especially an external sole, is constituted by a front part and a rear part. The rear part covers at least the base of the heel zone and is... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6202326 | Sole for a cross-country, trail or telemark ski-boot Sole for a cross-country, touring or Telemark ski shoe the front section of which comprises, for the purpose of binding a shoe of this type onto a cross-country, touring or Telemark binding between ball area and rear end, in particular at its rear end, me... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6128836 | Sport boot A sport boot having an external upper for protection against external damage, an assembly insole and an outer sole, and comprising an internal tightening system comprising two tightening quarters each having a lower end and being attached to said external... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6098317 | Boot intended for cross-country skiing A boot is intended for cross-country skiing, ice skating or roller skating, the boot including an upper that includes stiffeners. The boot has a cuff mounted on the upper so that the cuff can articulate forward and rearward. The boot includes two rivets h... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6076286 | Sport boot A boot especially adapted to sports that require movement of the foot, or to gliding sports, including an upper provided with a rear stiffener surrounding the heel and an external sole. According to the invention, the stiffener is rigid and substantially ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6035558 | Snowboard boot A snowboard boot includes a foot portion, an ankle portion formed of a flexible material disposed above the foot portion and extending forwardly for covering an anklebone, and a leg portion disposed above the ankle portion. The ankle portion includes a fi... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6018892 | Internal collar device for an article of footwear An internal collar device for an article of footwear. The internal collar device includes ankle wraps, a pivoting spine and a heel cup. The pivoting spine is a relatively narrow portion of the internal collar device which is flexible so that it pivots wit... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6016614 | Laterally articulated ski boot A boot for alpine skiing with a rigid lower boot (12) pivotably connected to s rigid cuff (10). The pivot means enables the skier to perform edging by swinging the lower boot laterally in an arc relative to the cuff using muscular inversion or eversion at... | 01/25/2000 |
| 5966841 | Sport boot A sport boot having an external upper for protection against external damage, an assembly insole and an outer sole, and comprising an internal tightening system comprising two tightening quarters each having a lower end and being attached to said external... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5903984 | Sports boot having an energizing device A sports boot, especially intended for the practice of gliding sports, made from an external sole adapted to be affixed onto a glide member and including an upper equipped with a stiff rear portion on which is laterally journalled a collar adapted to surr... | 05/18/1999 |
| 5899006 | Sole for sport boot and a sport boot having such a sole, and a method of manufacturing same The present invention relates to a sole, especially for a sport bdot, adapted to sports that require a foot movement or to gliding sports. The sole, especially an external sole, is constituted by a front part and a rear part. The rear part covers at least... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5884420 | Sport boot The present invention relates to a boot especially adapted to sports that require movement of the foot, or to gliding sports, including an upper provided with a rear stiffener surrounding the heel and an external sole. According to the invention, the stif... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5675917 | Sports boot with a journalled collar A sports boot, especially for cross-country skiing or walking, including an upper, a reinforcement extending at least vertically upwardly on each side of the heel, and a rigid collar encircling at least the ankle, and connected by its sides to the reinfor... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5664797 | Cross-country ski binding and complementary cross-country ski boot In a combination of a cross-country ski binding and a complementary cross-country ski boot, the boot comprises engagement elements in the front part of its sole which are complementary to and insertable into engagement elements of the binding to form a jo... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5625966 | Highly flexible item of sports footwear A highly flexible item of sports footwear in which the bottom of the toe portion of the upper and the toe portion of the sole member define a free space in the form of a wedge-shaped gap which is sealed by a bellows extending around the periphery of the t... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5499461 | Boot for guiding sports A boot for gliding sports, and more specifically, for "snowboarding". The boot includes two distinct zones with different characteristics and functions, including a first relatively rigid energy/power circuit, distributed with respect to the foot, so as t... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5454173 | Sports boot with a journalled collar A sports boot, especially for cross-country skiing or walking, including an upper, a reinforcement extending at least vertically upwardly on each side of the heel, and a rigid collar encircling at least the ankle, and connected by its sides to the reinfor... | 10/03/1995 |
