Patents Assigned to U-Turn Sports Co. LLC (Mo. Corp)
  • Patent number: 7748145
    Abstract: The banding device for application to a segment of footwear, whether it be to the heel, sole, around the vamp portion of the shoe, in any combination thereof, which due to its elasticity allows for its stretching into position to be secured either as an endless or continuous loop, or a segment of a length of elastic device, for application to these components of the shoe to vary the coloration, design, indicia, trademark, or other aesthetics for the footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: U Turn Sports Co, LLC Mo Corp
    Inventors: Lindell B. Jones, Donald R. Cox, Raymond F. Tonkel
  • Patent number: 7028420
    Abstract: A shoe, sandal, beach shoe, or other form of footwear, integrates a slot within its sole structure, as this footwear is assembled, and within the slot is a continuous band, that may form part of the shoe vamp, strapping, or related structure, and which vamp or band may be turned, for displaying different coloration or designs, texture, or means for providing support, massaging, or stimulation, of the foot, as through interiorly protruding tips, or to form and dispose apertures that furnish ventilation and aeration to the foot thereunder, all in order to change the aesthetics of the footwear at the desire of the user. In addition, to add to the structural integrity of the constructed shoes, a part of the vamp or its strapping, may extend upwardly, and have a loop formed therein, or even loop back on itself, and which may embrace the upper part of the changeable vamp, to facilitate its retention, and structural configuration, when the vamp is turned, to vary its appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2006
    Assignee: U-Turn Sports Co. LLC (Mo. Corp)
    Inventor: Raymond F. Tonkel