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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6180703 | Rubber composition Rubber compositions for footwear, conveyor belt covers, rolls, hoses, cables, rubberized fabrics, and grips containing (A) an elastomer, (B) 5 to 150 parts by weight of a filler, and (C) a polysiloxane represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein... | 01/30/2001 |
| 5782017 | Coupling device for a tread insert A tread is inserted into a shoe sole. The tread includes a base portion and a stem portion which extends away from a first side of the base portion and is connectable to the shoe sole. The stem portion includes longitudinal ridges disposed thereabout and ... | 07/21/1998 |
| 5765295 | Two piece shoe bottom construction A two piece shoe bottom construction including a platform structure and a heel structure. The platform structure has a forward toe support portion and a rear raised portion, the rear raised portion being elevated substantially above the toe portion so tha... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5603170 | Fiber reinforced resin lift for shoes A lift for shoes is formed by injection molding a thermoplastic polyurethane resin which contains carbon fiber formed into linear pieces and cut to a predetermined length. This lift for shoes is a nonslip lift having a high abrasion resistance, a high imp... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5325612 | Shoe with improved dual hardness heel-lift The present invention relates to a shoe having an improved unitary dual hardness dowel-lift with superior wear and non-slip characteristics. The dual hardness dowel-lift includes a hard polyurethane top portion and a soft polyurethane bottom portion. The ... | 07/05/1994 |
| 4962555 | Plastic heels of shoes and boots A plastic heel of shoes or boots decorated with irregular figure on its surface. The irregular figure is a copy of leather or leather-like material. The heel has high quality of appearance and excellence in strength, water resistance and heat resistance s... | 10/16/1990 |
| 4928403 | Plastic heels of shoes and boots A plastic heel of shoes or boots decorated with irregular figure on its surface. The irregular figure is a copy of leather or leather-like material. The heel has high quality of appearance and excellence in strength, water resistance and heat resistance s... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4888225 | Resin-impregnated foam materials and methods The present invention relates to orthopedic splinting articles and methods for forming orthopedic splints at least part way around an animal body part. The splinting articles comprise a unitary blank formed of an open-celled foam sheet impregnated with a ... | 12/19/1989 |
| 4424635 | Shoe heel structure for a woman's shoe A shoe heel, particularly for a woman's shoe, has a body with a small cross-sectional end area and a wear piece or heelpiece of an abrasion-resistant material. The body and wear piece are connected by a pair of telescoping tubes having non-circular cross-... | 01/10/1984 |
| 4345058 | Urethane prepolymer repair system A urethane prepolymer repair system is provided by an isocyanate-terminated polytetramethylene ether glycol prepolymer of about 3,500-10,500 molecular weight that cures to an elastomer upon exposure to atmospheric moisture and is packaged in a container c... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4244070 | Sole with heel for women footwears or shoes, and method for quickly and economically making said soles with corresponding heels A sole-heel assembly for women shoes, particularly of the high heel type, made of a plastics material, is described, which is formed of a single piece and is provided, inwardly with respect to the heel, with a reinforcing core having a hole for the fixing... | 01/13/1981 |
| 4224748 | Shoe sole The invention relates to an injection molded, raised heel, shoe sole structure of improved strength characteristics. The shoe sole consists of (i) a unitary shoe sole member comprising a raised heel, a foot supporting member and a shank portion connecting... | 09/30/1980 |
| 4204344 | Shoe heels A heel for a shoe is of plastics material with a steel reinforcement member. An aperture is provided for a pin of a top piece. A cavity surrounds the top of the reinforcement member to allow for expansion on the insertion of the pin. The manufacture of he... | 05/27/1980 |
| 4203189 | Method and mechanism for applying thermoplastic heels to shoes A fastener, for instance a wide staple having holes in its legs, is heated to a temperature above the softening temperature of the material of a heel to be attached to a shoe. The fastener is then inserted through pre-formed slots in an insole of the shoe... | 05/20/1980 |
| 4111875 | Composition of heel base for shoes In a shoe construction, effective chemical bonding rather than nailing of a lower rubber heel to an inner heel base is enabled by the chemical composition and surface conditioning of the latter. The chemical composition is characterized by a mixture of a ... | 09/05/1978 |
