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A vest or belt is integrally formed with tubular, pet receiving passageways which extend around the wearer's body and terminate in pocket-like chambers for feeding and retrieval.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8060995 | Closing system A closing system having an item to be closed and opened, a clasp, and a receiver. The clasp has an anchoring end and a lace end, where the lace end is adapted to hold a part of the item and the anchoring end includes a first part and a second part that are movable a... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7392573 | Lacing system The invention relates to a method and apparatus for providing an improved lacing system having a clasp with an anchoring end and a lace end, where the lace end is adapted to hold a lace. An anchoring end is also included having a first part and a second part where t... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7069626 | Lacing system An improved lacing method and apparatus as provided, having a clasp with an anchoring end and a lace end, where the lace end is adapted to hold a lace. An anchoring end is also included having a first part and a second part where the first and second parts are movab... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6954996 | Sports boot A sports boot including a sole, an upper, at least one flap fixed to the sole or to the upper, the flap covering at least partially a portion of the upper, and at least two keepers and a lace for reversibly tightening the upper, by a relative bringing together or sp... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6796008 | Reflectorized lace and the like A reflectorized lace or the like includes an inner layer, a reflectorized outer layer encasing the inner layer, and a protective layer covering the reflectorized outer layer. The protective layer is made of a woven material having a number of open spaces to allow pa... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6779281 | Shoe with lace tightening assembly A lace tightening assembly is applied to a shoe body having eyelet tabs, and includes a mounting seat, a tightening member mounted pivotally in the mounting seat, and a pull cord for operating the tightening member to pivot between a shoe lace tightening position an... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6536086 | Double-bow shoe lace device A double-bow shoe lace device for a shoe includes six lace sections, a clamp member, and a decorative knot. The lower ends of the first to fourth lace sections are anchored on the eyelet tabs. The upper ends of the first and second lace sections and those... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6502286 | Device for immobilizing the ends shoe laces A device (1) for securing end portions (4) of ribbon (3), including a base (6), having at least two openings (17), a cap (5), including at least two openings (11), wherein cap (5) and base (6) are rotatable relative to one another wherein openings (17) co... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6470542 | Device and method for tassels A method and apparatus of preserving and protecting decorative tassels after they have become unsightly from wearing of an item, or to prevent their becoming so, particularly on shoes to which they are attached. Typically, one or more tassels are made up ... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6289558 | Footwear lacing system Disclosed is a footwear lacing system comprising a lace attached to a tightening mechanism. The lace is threaded through a series of opposing guide members positioned along the top of the foot and ankle portions of the footwear. The lace and guide prefera... | 09/18/2001 |
| 5761777 | Guide device for boot lace The guide device for boot lace is constituted by an outer framework (11) possessing mechanical strength properties and capable of being fastened to the boot upper, and by an insert (12) made of a material having a low coefficient of friction fastened insi... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5682654 | Closure element A closure element for attachment to an item is disclosed. The closure element has a helical lacing structure, at least one support brace and a base. In an alternate embodiment, at least one hook structure is part of the helical lacing structure.... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5535531 | Shoelace rapid tightening apparatus A friction reducing shoe device for easing tightening and untightening of the shoe laces. The friction reducing device is positioned atop a tongue portion of a shoe between two opposing edges of an upper cover of a shoe atop. The device and includes a fri... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5377430 | Shoe with elastic closure system The present invention is directed to a shoe having an upper and a sole including an elastic closure and fit system for securing and fitting a shoe to a foot. Elastic material is secured along the base of the upper on the medial and lateral sides of the sh... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5349764 | Shoe securement apparatus Laces are secured through a shoe by a plurality of guides and indentations along the ankle portion of the shoe to tighten and take up slack of a shoelace which includes mating material attached to the ends and which is secured to a shoe by mating surfaces... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5271130 | Lacing system for shoes The invention is a lacing system for shoes employing a plurality of strips, wherein the lower ends of the strips are rigidly attached to the lower portion of the shoe and the upper portion of the strips have a lacing ring fixed thereto. The upper ends of ... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5259094 | Shoe lacing apparatus A shoe lacing apparatus includes an elongate housing having a pull rod structure directed therethrough, with the pull rod in operative association with lateral hook members, with each hook member directed into a shoe lace opening of an associated shoe, wh... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5184378 | Lacing system for shoes The invention is a lacing system for shoes employing a plurality of strips, wherein the lower ends of the strips are rigidly attached to the lower portion of the shoe and the upper portion of the strips have a lacing ring fixed thereto. The upper ends of ... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5158428 | Shoelace securing system A shoelace retaining system for securing individual free ends of shoelaces after the shoelaces have been tightened on the shoe, with a quick and easy engagable and disengageable retaining means. The shoelace retaining means has an open slot on one side th... | 10/27/1992 |
| 5109581 | Device and method for securing a shoe A device and method for securing onto a foot a shoe having openings adjacent opposed edges and adapted for normally having a lace threaded therethrough, in which a plurality of fastening members are mounted, preferably slidably, on a longitudinally extend... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5074014 | Tarp fastener An improved tarp fastener is disclosed. The fastener comprises a button and a roughly hair-pin shaped wire retainer, the apical segment is bent out of the plane of the retainer so that the apical segment is spaced sufficiently apart from button to accommo... | 12/24/1991 |
| 5016327 | Footwear lacing system An improved lacing system for footwear which features a novel flat or rectangular cross section lace, an improved eyelet construction having an essentially straight lace bearing edge which ensures threading of the lace in a flatwise or untwisted manner, a... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4999889 | Shoe lace arrangement with fastener A shoe lace arrangement with fastener where a lace (24) is engaged in a hole attachment (22) and becomes engaged on a groove attachment (23) as it crosses over a shoe frontal opening (21). The lace ends are tied permanently leaving enough slack to disenga... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4974299 | Speed closure system for footwear A speed closure system for footwear, which includes a first shoelace provided with a plurality of loops which extend through a plurality of eyelets around a throat or a tongue opening in the upper portion of the shoe and a second shoelace adapted to be la... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4870761 | Shoe construction and closure components thereof The shoe construction generally includes a closure component having a set of interleaved, opposed stretchable fingers, and a stretchable cord securing the ends of the fingers together. The fingers are composed of stretchable material to grip the foot in a... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4733835 | Cable guide for bicycles A cable guide for affixing a cable or the like to a tube of a bicycle frame comprises a body including at least one base portion adapted to seat on the frame member and having at least one hole, a ferrule portion extending up from the base portion and ada... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4682447 | Lightweight tarpaulin A tarpaulin incorporating a novel and structure which will enable the tarpaulin to be readily utilized as an outdoor cover, drop cloth, lawn cleanup sheet and numerous other applications even under relatively adverse environmental conditions. The tarpauli... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4538367 | Footwear lacing 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 elements at the lower portion and upw... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4507878 | Fastening mechanism A fastening mechanism for joining together separable portions of an article including, for each portion, a track with sliders connected together by bridge connectors to limit the movement of the sliders along the track, the sliders and/or bridge connector... | 04/02/1985 |
| 3950598 | Fabric splice Overlapped fabric end portions define a fabric double layer. A plurality of partial loops are formed in the double layer extending alternately in opposite directions transversely of the double layer to define a transverse row of loops. Elongated substanti... | 04/13/1976 |
