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Behavior Modification Wristwatch
A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6938913 | Snowboard binding A snowboard binding has a support structure with a base plate and side plates that project from the base plate. Tension cables, which hold a single instep element, are attached to the side plates. The instep element extends from a toe region of the boot up to at lea... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6826851 | Angled heel/shoes/low-friction coalescent dance shoes A heel for a shoe includes a first relatively flat surface for contacting the ground when one is walking while wearing a shoe having the heel and a second relatively flat surface for contacting the ground when one is dancing and wearing a shoe having the heel. A pai... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6735829 | U-shaped lace buckle A structure of a U-shaped lace buckle is disclosed. The U-shaped lace buckle comprises a shallow trench located at a central region. A releasing hole and a fastening hole are disposed within the central hollow region. The dimension of the releasing hole is larger th... | 05/18/2004 |
| 6532688 | Lace tightening device having a pocket for storing a blocking element, and a boot having such device A lace device for tightening or closing an article such as a boot upper, garment, or backpack including a lace and at least two series of at least one guide for said lace, the sub-assembly constituted by the guides and the lace(s) defining a lacing zone, ... | 03/18/2003 |
| 6502329 | Footwear article using a criss-crossing lacing pattern After purchase of a footwear article of manufacture, such as a sneaker, boot or the like, the substitution for the traditional lacing-up of the article of studs and lace of elastomeric construction material in a criss cross pattern to facilitate the fitti... | 01/07/2003 |
| 5687460 | Fastening device particularly for sports shoes A fastening device particularly for sports shoes of the type which includes an upper or a shell that have two flaps or a tongue to be fastened by means of laces and/or of a cable. The device includes a plurality of pulley members which are associated with... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5566474 | Sport boot having a fixed-lace closure system A sport boot including an upper equipped with an opening to enable passage of the foot, and further including an internal quarter and an external quarter connected with respect to one another by a lace or cable in connection with a blocking device or bloc... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5461801 | Cleated athletic shoe with crisscross arch reinforcement A cleated athletic shoe having a crisscross arch reinforcement extending between selected cleats on the sole of the shoe. An athletic shoe having a lacing arrangement in which the series of eyelets on the instep portion of the shoe are asymmetrical with t... | 10/31/1995 |
| 5214863 | Footwear lace locking assembly This lacing assembly is for use with an article of footwear (10) and includes lower and upper vamp sections (26 and 30) connected by a single continuous lace (36). The lower vamp section (26) includes opposed vamp portions (28) having lace-receiving eyele... | 06/01/1993 |
| 4958418 | Lace tightening apparatus A lace tightening apparatus includes hooking elements or eyelets for tightening two portions towards one another. The eyelets are positioned in a single lacing plane and are inclined with respect to the lacing plane by an angle allowing the lace to be in ... | 09/25/1990 |
| 4942678 | Footwear An article of footwear comprising a unitary shell enveloping the foot, having a heel collar and an incision therein adapted to accommodate an inserted foot and including an intrinsic pattern of elastic interconnections between predetermined points on the ... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4899466 | Footwear lace locking assembly This lacing assembly is for use with an article of footwear and includes lower and upper vamp sections connected by a single continuous lace. The lower vamp section includes opposed vamp portions having lace-receiving eyelets including opposed upper end l... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4780969 | Article of footwear with improved tension distribution closure system A shoe with an improved tension distribution closure system is disclosed. The system is accomplished by increased spacing of eyelets, and decreasing the adjacent row spacing in the lower portion of the shoelace and decreasing the spacing of eyelets and in... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4670949 | Staggered speed lace eyelets and method of lacing A laced shoe (10) having a left quarter (20) and a right quarter (18) has first and second sets of eyelet pairs (38) and (42) mounted respectively on said left and right quarters (20) and (18). The sets (38) and (42) include a set of large eyelets (62) an... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4571782 | Fastening means for a bootlace A fastening mechanism for the bootlace of a boot, which includes two upright and serrated side edges provided on either side of a cut-open portion of a boot to form teeth and notches all along the length of the edges, each tooth having an eyelet and proje... | 02/25/1986 |
