Patents by Inventor Arthur J. Tombers

Arthur J. Tombers 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).

  • Automated tightening shoe
    Patent number: 8904673
    Abstract: An automated tightening shoe with a single crisscrossed laces or closure panel and a tightening mechanism which operates in one direction to cause automatic tightening of the crisscrossed laces or closure panel to tighten the shoe about a wearer's foot, and which can be released easily so that the shoe can be removed from the wearer's foot. An actuating wheel partially projecting from the rear sole of the shoe provides a convenient and reliable actuating means for movement of the automated tightening mechanism in the tightening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Palidium, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory G. Johnson, Arthur J. Tombers
  • AUTOMATED TIGHTENING SHOE
    Publication number: 20130086816
    Abstract: An automated tightening shoe with a single crisscrossed laces or closure panel and a tightening mechanism which operates in one direction to cause automatic tightening of the crisscrossed laces or closure panel to tighten the shoe about a wearer's foot, and which can be released easily so that the shoe can be removed from the wearer's foot. An actuating wheel partially projecting from the rear sole of the shoe provides a convenient and reliable actuating means for movement of the automated tightening mechanism in the tightening direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: Palidium, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory G. Johnson, Arthur J. Tombers