Bizarre Patents
Process For Propelling Foodstuffs or the Like into a Crowd
A method of launching foodstuffs into a crowd for promotional and entertainment purposes.
PatentStorm News
Make the Most of Our Site
See this month's Top Inventors and Most Cited Patents.
Stay on top of the latest innovations by subscribing to an RSS feed.
Registered users: Manage your profile.
| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7849609 | Interior and upper members for articles of footwear and other foot-receiving devices Interior members for foot-receiving devices, such as bootie elements for articles of footwear, include a material element at least partially defining a foot-receiving chamber. This material element may include, in some examples, a heel-surrounding portion, a lateral... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7347011 | Article of footwear having a textile upper An article of footwear and a method of manufacturing the article of footwear are disclosed. The footwear may include an upper and a sole structure. The upper incorporates a textile element with edges that are joined together to define at least a portion of a void fo... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7168184 | Shoes A shoe incorporates a flexible member which, by itself, is capable of a variety of configurations. A heel incorporates a stiffening member which mechanically interlocks with the flexible member to both shape it and provide it with sufficient rigidity to support a fo... | 01/30/2007 |
| 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 |
| 6427363 | Reversible shoe A reversible shoe that can be taken apart and reassembled with inside and outside faces reversed includes: (a) a reversible sole; (b) two side flaps, each affixed to the sole along a longitudinal side edge of the sole; (c) a heel flap attached at one end ... | 08/06/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4355473 | Molded shoe A shoe has a preformed lower portion which is molded preferably from plastic material, and which has on its top surface, around the upper peripheral edge and slightly inward thereof, a plurality of downwardly directed slots for receiving a selected upper ... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4194308 | Boot blank There is provided a boot blank for a wading boot or the like, and as well a boot assembled from the boot blank with a leg encircling member for the assembled boot for hip-high wading boots. The boot blank has a novel structure with upper and lower portion... | 03/25/1980 |
| 4149323 | Footwear upper construction There is provided a footwear upper construction which includes a toe panel which defines a toe portion and two rearwardly extending side portions, and two ankle panels adapted to be stitched to the inner margins of the rearwardly extending side portions. ... | 04/17/1979 |
