Patents Examined by Alfred R. Guest
  • Decorative device for converting street shoes to dress shoes
    Patent number: 4026047
    Abstract: A decorative device for converting street shoes to dress or evening shoes, comprising a mounting tab which fits within the shoe at the rear thereof and from which there is provided depending decorative links of a chain which may be provided with jewels or sequins. A flexible connector is provided at the lower end of the decorative links to encircle the heel of the shoe to thereby anchor the decorative means in place, irrespective of the size of the heel of the shoe. The flexible connector includes metal links which are joined together by springs in the form of a stretch band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Inventor: Joseph C. Ahmer
  • Dancing slipper with self-molding toe insert
    Patent number: 4026046
    Abstract: A dancing slipper which is made of a relatively rigid skeleton frame having an opening in the toe portion thereof and provided with a moldable insert member which is pliable and soft when mildly heated to a predetermined temperature so as to conform to the toe configuration of the wearer or ballerina or person using this shoe and which insert may be readily removable for replacement and for remolding purposes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1977
    Inventors: Ann V. Clark, Frank A. Cannavo, Donald L. Cannon
  • Helmet conversion kit safety helmet
    Patent number: 4024587
    Abstract: A full face safety helmet comprises a helmet portion, of the usual, generally part spherical form adapted to cover and protect the wearer's skull, and a chin guard member in the form of a closed loop of impact resistant material. The chin guard member has inwardly inclined side walls, and the bottom of the helmet is received in these side walls as an interference, cone-and-wedge fit. The chin guard member also has protruberances on its side walls adapted to engage the lower forward edge of the helmet portion, to protect the wearer against blows on the front of the chin guard member. The helmet portion and chin guard member are releasably secured together, so that the helmet can if desired be used as a full coverage safety helmet, without the chin guard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1977
    Assignee: Griffin Products Incorporated
    Inventor: John Cowper Barford
  • Pad and garment assembly
    Patent number: 4024584
    Abstract: A pad and garment assembly comprising a pad adapted to be worn on the wearer's body in conjunction with a garment. The pad has a pair of laterally extending ears and the garment has means for receiving the ears detachably to secure the pad to the garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 24, 1977
    Assignee: A-T-O Inc.
    Inventor: William Lee Smith
  • Shock-absorbing system for protective equipment
    Patent number: 4023213
    Abstract: A shock-absorbing system is provided for protective helmets such as football helmets or crash helmets which includes an impact-resistant shell, a plurality of webs secured to the inside of the shell in the crown portion, and a plurality of flexible plastic compartments containing foam secured to the webs, the compartments being interconnected by means of orifices of relatively small size and the interior of the compartments being at atmospheric pressure or slightly above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1977
    Assignee: Pepsico, Inc.
    Inventor: William Rovani
  • Protective helmet assembly with segmental outer shell
    Patent number: 4023209
    Abstract: A protective helmet assembly includes a flexible inner helmet designed to fit relatively closely over a wearer's head and fitted with one or more impact-absorbing pads, and a hard rigid ballistic outer shell comprising a frontal portion releasably secured over the forehead area of the inner helmet and a rear portion releasably secured over the crown-to-nape area of the inner helmet, and in which assembly the inner helmet is provided with a pad of relatively flexible ballistic material in the forehead region thereof below the frontal portion of the outer shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1977
    Assignee: Gentex Corporation
    Inventors: Leonard P. Frieder, Jr., Jackson A. Aileo
  • Cushioned insole for footwear such as shoes, boots, or the like
    Patent number: 4020570
    Abstract: The present invention teaches a novel, cushioned insole for footwear such as shoes, boots or the like. The insole comprises a multi-layered laminate that has a periphery which conforms generally to the shape of the inside surface of the sole of the footwear so that the insole may be readily placed in and removed from the footwear. The laminate preferably consists of a central, spongy core made of a foamed plastic material which is covered on its upper surface by a thin layer of generally fluid impervious plastic. The lower surface of the central core is covered with a thin layer of a fibrous material, such as paper. Three raised portions are provided which extend upwardly from the upper surface of the laminate. The first raised portion is located proximate the inner peripheral edge of the insole and extends generally longitudinally with respect thereto so as to provide support for the wearer's arch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: May 3, 1977
    Assignee: Hiraoka New York, Inc.
    Inventor: Jerry Shames
  • Ankle pad for footwear
    Patent number: 4019266
    Abstract: An ankle pad insert for use in a boot, which covers the ankle of the wearer, including a ski boot, having a relatively stiff shell and a flexible liner disposed within said shell, the ankle pad insert being less dense than the density of the liner material and being adapted to fit in a recess located in the liner in the area where the ankle joint of a wearer contacts the liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Assignee: Hanson Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Alden B. Hanson, Chris A. Hanson, Donald W. Bertetto
  • Liquid filled insoles
    Patent number: 4017931
    Abstract: A hollow insole provided with non-communicating compartments which are filled with liquid to form individual foot-supporting cushions. Included in the invention is a method of making the insole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 19, 1977
    Assignee: The Jonathan-Alan Corporation
    Inventor: Preston L. Golden
  • Shoe construction
    Patent number: 4016662
    Abstract: This disclosure pertains to a shoe construction in which a sack is disposed within a cavity formed between the inner and outer sole of a shoe. An air valve may extend through the side walls of the cavity permitting the sack to be filled with a fluid. Selective portions of the insole are fixedly secured with the abutting surface of the sack so as to provide stiffer foot supporting areas thereat than adjacent unsecured areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1977
    Inventor: Charles Thompson
  • Safety helmet with individualized head-contoured inter-liner
    Patent number: 4016734
    Abstract: A substantially rigid dome-shaped shell encloses a deformable cap-like headpiece of uniform thickness. The headpiece conforms to the contour of the wearer's head and cooperates with the shell to define a dome-shaped cavity which is sealed around its bottom portion. The cavity is filled with an expandable plastics foam material which conforms to the contour of the headpiece. In one embodiment, spacer members are positioned within the cavity and extend from the headpiece to the shell for positioning the shell relative to the headpiece, and in another embodiment, the shell is spaced within a slightly larger outer shell by resilient energy-absorbing foam pads. In a further embodiment, the headpiece is formed by stretching a piece of leather with a device having a predetermined contour.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 12, 1977
    Inventor: William G. Morton
  • Diving helmet assembly
    Patent number: 4015294
    Abstract: Described is a diving helmet which includes a relatively inexpensive adapter unit custom fitted to an individual diver. The assembly includes a standardized helmet body having an inner surface generally conforming to the surface of the adapter unit so as to be capable of being worn by any diver. A sealing arrangement is provided around the base portion of the helmet body and lift off forces are directly communicated to the diver's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1972
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Wilbur J. O'Neill
  • Roller for the pressure treatment of webs of goods
    Patent number: 4015320
    Abstract: A roller for the pressure treatment of webs of goods with a rigid roller core and a hose-shaped roller mantle of rubber or rubber-like material with reinforcing inserts, in which the reinforcing inserts include a monofile coil of a strong substantially non-extensible material e.g. a metallic material or a highly strong synthetic material and extending over the length of said roller mantle. The reinforcing inserts furthermore include two layers of rectilinear thread-shaped strength carriers which extend substantially in the axial direction of the roller in mutually spaced parallel arrangement while being distributed in the circumferential direction of the roller and extending over the length thereof. These two layers of rectilinear strength carriers are respectively located on radially opposite sides of the monofile wire coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Continental Gummi-Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Meckel, Werner Kilian
  • Diving suit and neck seal therefor
    Patent number: 4015295
    Abstract: A diving suit has a collar and the neck seal therefor has first and second elliptical rings, both of the same size and dimensioned to freely receive the head of the wearer. The first ring is the lower one and the upper end of a neck dam is clamped between the rings. The first ring has an external annular groove in which the collar of the suit is detachably secured by an encircling clamp which is also used to detachably secure and seal the dam of a helmet against the first ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Inventors: Woodrow A. Lancaster, William T. Jebb, Alan M. Chagan
  • Insoles effective for curing and preventing athlete's foot
    Patent number: 4015347
    Abstract: An insole which is prepared by providing a metallic layer consisting of silver, copper or an alloy of these metals on the surface of a base constituting said insole or an insole prepared by molding a plastic material containing metallic particles of silver, copper or an alloy of these metals, is effective for treating as well as preventing athlete's foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Inventors: Kazuyoshi Morishita, Nobuhiko Furukawa
  • Decorator heel/shoe combination
    Patent number: 4014115
    Abstract: Shoe and heel structure features a combination of functions including heel removability and decoration, utilizing a sliding, removably mating engagement of the heel with the shoe and means for effecting continuous or intermittent light emission within the heel structure; all coupled with translucent characteristic of the heel and coloration as to provide, in combination, a unique decorative character, coupled with changeability and thereby decorator flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Inventor: Robert J. Reichert
  • Workman's break-away safety apron
    Patent number: 4014045
    Abstract: A workman's break-away safety apron has a body portion provided at four intersecting edges with segments of fabric pressure fastening material. A neck band has segments of fabric pressure fastening material at the opposed ends thereof. A waist band is formed in two pieces one of which has a segment of fabric pressure fastening material at one end and a plurality of button holes at the other end and the other piece has a segment of fabric pressure fastening material at one end and at least one button at the other end. The segments of pressure fastening material on the neck band and waist band elements are cooperable with the segments on the body portion and thus detachably secure the neck and waist bands to the body of the apron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1976
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Inventor: Joseph R. Moyer
  • Disposable cuff protector
    Patent number: 4014046
    Abstract: A plurality of disposable cuff protectors formed consecutively on a double layer roll of sheet material, by releasably sealing the sheets together along narrow transversely running linear area axially disposed along said sheets. A perforated tear line is disposed within each releasable sealing area for individually separating the cuff protectors one from another. The linear sealing areas are disposed along said sheet with a first plurality of parallel areas placed at an angle to the edge of the sheets, and a second plurality of parallel linear sealing areas intermediate said first sealing areas placed at an angle to said sheet edge and at an angle to said first areas forming cuff protectors having a narrow opening at one end and a wide opening at the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 29, 1977
    Inventor: Evelyn R. Craig
  • Roll section and manufacture of sleeved roller therewith
    Patent number: 4012821
    Abstract: A roll section, i.e., a spool and bearing assembly for supporting a roller sleeve, has a cylindrical spool laminated of rolled sheets. Axially-extending seams of the different laminates are arranged relative to one another to balance the assemblage. Retaining elements within the spool engage the bearing to lock it in place.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1977
    Assignee: Mount Hope Machinery Company, Incorporated
    Inventor: Donavon L. Feaster
  • Impact-absorbing helmet
    Patent number: 4012794
    Abstract: An impact-absorbing helmet comprising an inner, substantially-stationary, shell member formed as an integral part of the base member, including a separate outer shell member superposed over the inner shell member and rotatably attached thereto, the rotation thereof being about the vertical axis of the helmet, whereby any tangential impact received by the outer shell will cause the outer shell to rotate, thereby absorbing the blow thereto, wherein the outer shell is held in rotational, spaced relationship by a plurality of bearing units interdisposed therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1977
    Inventor: Tetsuo Nomiyama