Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8028440 | Footwear structure with textile upper member Articles of footwear include a textile upper member with an exterior constructed from knitted textile material, the exterior including a region with stability ribs and a second unribbed region. The region(s) having stability ribs may be located, for example: along a... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7350321 | Shoe upper and methods of manufacture The present invention relates to a shoe and the manufacture thereof that includes an inner shoe with an upper side and a lower side and a stitch-free shell. The stitch-free shell encompasses the upper side of the inner shoe. The shell may be produced in two or more ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 6670029 | Composite footwear upper and method of manufacturing a composite footwear upper A method of manufacturing a multi-layer, composite footwear upper having a three-dimensional geometry includes the steps of forming a substantially planar composite sheet from two or more layers, heating the composite sheet, and compression molding the co... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6558784 | Composite footwear upper and method of manufacturing a composite footwear upper A method of manufacturing a multi-layer, composite footwear upper having a three-dimensional geometry includes the steps of forming a substantially planar composite sheet from two or more layers, heating the composite sheet, and compression molding the co... | 05/06/2003 |
| 5351352 | Method of forming a seamless shoe A shoe having a seamless exterior upper in contact with a seamless interior liner each fashioned from a single piece of material affixed to a sole and having a heel attached to the sole, the shoe being fashioned that, if an oxford type shoe is desired, th... | 10/04/1994 |
| 4019265 | Universal size disposable shoe cover This invention provides a unitary blank which is rectangular-like in shape with the sides and the ends of the rectangle being modified so that when the one end and part of the sides are sewn together with an elastic thread in accordance with this inventio... | 04/26/1977 |
