Patents by Inventor Raymond F. Tonkel

Raymond F. Tonkel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20040118016
    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: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventor: Raymond F. Tonkel
  • Publication number: 20040000073
    Abstract: Footwear, incorporating a reversible a tongue, wherein one side or the other of the tongue may be adhered for pivot to the upper central vamp portion of the shoe, to display that side during wearing of the shoe, or turned, to provide a variation in the styling of the shoe. The tongue may further contain a pouch or pocket, secured by any type of fastening device such as Velcro that allows ready access into the tongue, for deposit or removal of personal items. One or more of the surfaces of the formed pocket, in the tongue, may be formed of a transparent or clear material, to allow any personal item deposited therein to be readily viewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2003
    Publication date: January 1, 2004
    Inventors: Lindell B. Jones, Raymond F. Tonkel
  • Patent number: 6574887
    Abstract: Footwear, incorporating a reversible a tongue, wherein one side or the other of the tongue may be adhered for pivot to the upper central vamp portion of the shoe, to display that side during wearing of the shoe, or turned, to provide a variation in the styling of the shoe. The tongue may further contain a pouch or pocket, secured by any type of fastening device such as Velcro that allows ready access into the tongue, for deposit or removal of personal items. One or more of the surfaces of the formed pocket, in the tongue, may be formed of a transparent or clear material, to allow any personal item deposited therein to be readily viewed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: U-Turn Sports Co, LLC
    Inventors: Lindell B. Jones, Raymond F. Tonkel
  • Publication number: 20020194749
    Abstract: Footwear, incorporating a reversible a tongue, wherein one side or the other of the tongue may be adhered to the upper central vamp portion of the shoe, to display that side during wearing of the shoe, and can be turned to provide a variation in the styling of the shoe. The tongue may further contain a pouch or pocket, secured by any type of fastening device such as Velcro that allows ready access into the tongue, for deposit or removal of personal items. One or more of the surfaces of the formed pocket, in the tongue, may be formed of a transparent or clear material, to allow any personal item deposited therein to be readily viewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2002
    Publication date: December 26, 2002
    Inventors: Lindell B. Jones, Raymond F. Tonkel
  • Publication number: 20020152637
    Abstract: Footwear, incorporating a reversible a tongue, wherein one side or the other of the tongue may be adhered for pivot to the upper central vamp portion of the shoe, to display that side during wearing of the shoe, or turned, to provide a variation in the styling of the shoe. The tongue may further contain a pouch or pocket, secured by any type of fastening device such as Velcro that allows ready access into the tongue, for deposit or removal of personal items. One or more of the surfaces of the formed pocket, in the tongue, may be formed of a transparent or clear material, to allow any personal item deposited therein to be readily viewed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2002
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Inventors: Lindell B. Jones, Raymond F. Tonkel
  • Patent number: D328814
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1992
    Assignee: The Rockport Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond F. Tonkel, David W. Foster
  • Patent number: D331492
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1991
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: The Rockport Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond F. Tonkel, David W. Foster
  • Patent number: D331494
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1992
    Assignee: The Rockport Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond F. Tonkel, David W. Foster
  • Patent number: D333379
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: The Rockport Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond F. Tonkel, David W. Foster
  • Patent number: D337427
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: The Rockport Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond F. Tonkel
  • Patent number: D337874
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 3, 1993
    Assignee: The Rockport Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond F. Tonkel
  • Patent number: D338094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: The Rockport Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond F. Tonkel, David W. Foster
  • Patent number: D338096
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: The Rockport Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond F. Tonkel
  • Patent number: D338097
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: The Rockport Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond F. Tonkel
  • Patent number: D342153
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1993
    Assignee: The Rockport Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond F. Tonkel
  • Patent number: D343047
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: The Rockport Company
    Inventor: Raymond F. Tonkel
  • Patent number: D343054
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: The Rockport Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond F. Tonkel
  • Patent number: D343278
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: The Rockport Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Raymond F. Tonkel, Peter A. von Conta
  • Patent number: D343279
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: The Rockport Company
    Inventors: Raymond F. Tonkel, Anthony E. Post
  • Patent number: D351715
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1994
    Assignee: The Rockport Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Raymond F. Tonkel