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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7039977 | Contoured skate boot Embodiments of the present invention contemplated herein describe a contoured skate boot having contour seams formed therein for introducing preferential biases in the boot material. By strategically creating notches in the boot upper material and subsequently rejoi... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6910288 | Footwear incorporating a textile with fusible filaments and fibers The invention is an upper for an article of footwear that includes a textile having fusible filaments or fibers. The textile is incorporated into the upper and specific areas of the upper are heated such that the fusible filaments or fibers fuse with other filaments... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6298583 | Camp shoe This disclosure relates to a camp shoe that is similar in most aspects to a typical shoe. However, to make it easy to pack and tote in a knapsack, for example, this shoe has construction features that permit it to be folded flat to conform with sole of th... | 10/09/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6237174 | Cloth slipper A method of making a slipper from a rectangular blank of terry cloth, a strip of rectangular lace and an elastic strip.... | 05/29/2001 |
| 5932056 | Method for making stretch leather laminates and finished articles containing such laminates A method for making a stretch leather laminate of stretch fabric and stretchable leather so that the high-stretch directions of the fabric and the leather are substantially aligned in a preselected region of the leather. Finished articles containing such ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5784737 | Folding shoes and process for manufacturing the same This invention relates to folding shoes made with the use of shape-memory resins at least in their instep or, where a shaft is present, at least in their instep and shaft and transformable by folding into a given shape or restorable from the folded shape ... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5604997 | Shoe upper and method of making same The invention is directed to a shoe upper formed from a blank of material. The upper has a toe portion, a pair of side portions, a heel portion, and a bottom portion. The bottom portion of the upper is formed from the blank by folding the blank about a fo... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5185944 | Shoe having an upper formed with an inward projection in a foot arch region A shoe for e.g. sporting activities is disclosed. The shoe has a peripheral portion including a pair of sections divided in a longitudinal direction of the shoe along a foot-arch portion thereof. The sections are configurated so that the sections are over... | 02/16/1993 |
| 4642915 | Article of footwear and method of making same An article of footwear comprising a flexible top portion of the upper, and a flexible under portion of the upper. The top portion and under portion are joined at their overlapped perimeters by handsewing or by machine stitching to form a forepart of the a... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4607439 | Laminated sheet and a method for producing the same According to the invention, a novel laminated fabric sheet of excellent air permeability and a method for producing the same are provided. The laminated sheet comprises a first base fabric including spun yarn and having previously been treated with a wate... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4592152 | Unlasted shoe An unlasted shoe construction of the sandal type in which an upper is formed from one-piece of flexible material with vamp tabs and instep tabs integral therewith so that the tabs will be fully clear of the connection of the upper with a bottom. The inste... | 06/03/1986 |
| 4417458 | Pattern matrix for skiving shoe parts In a patterned matrix for use in conjunction with the skiving of shoe parts upon a splitter machine, the pattern matrix being applied contiguous with the intended shoe part for application to the machine, the pattern matrix including along its edge a reli... | 11/29/1983 |
