Patents by Inventor Dee Voughlohn

Dee Voughlohn 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: 20060053658
    Abstract: A unique system comprises a tongue of a predetermined footwear, a lace, a lace-end fastener, and at least one lace-section fastener. The footwear has two opposite sides and a plurality of lace receivers disposed thereon. The footwear is laced with the lace to define opposite lace sections, each of which extends between two of the lace receivers on the same side. The tongue has at least one opening. The tongue comprises a plurality of layers. The lace is threaded through the at least one opening. The lace ends are fastened by the lace-end fastener. The lace ends are hidden inside the tongue. The at least one lace-section fastener is for at least one of the lace sections to be fastened thereon and for at least one of the lace sections to be unfastened therefrom, to fasten the footwear on and to unfasten the footwear from a foot, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Inventor: Dee Voughlohn
  • Publication number: 20050016560
    Abstract: A hair fashioner for styling hair comprises at least one base, at least one bundler, and at least one attacher. The at least one attacher attaches the at least one bundler to the at least one base at at least one predetermined location thereon to define at least one opening therebetween for hair to be bundled therein. Further, if desired, the hair fashioner comprises at least one of the following disposed at at least one predetermined location thereon: at least one separate bundler to bundle hair, at least one retainer for securing hair, at least one coupler for coupling the at least one base to secure hair therebetween, and at least one operator for a user to hold on to operate the hair fashioner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2004
    Publication date: January 27, 2005
    Inventor: Dee Voughlohn
  • Patent number: 6701590
    Abstract: A unique system comprises a tongue of a footwear, a lace, a lace-end fastener, and a lace-section fastener. The footwear has two opposite sides and lace-receivers disposed thereon. To assemble the unique system, the footwear is laced with the lace to define opposite lace sections, each of which extends between two of the lace receivers on the same side. The tongue has at least one opening. The lace is threaded through the at least one opening. Then, the lace ends are fastened by the lace-end fastener and are hidden inside the tongue and prevented from moving. The lace-section fastener is for the opposite lace sections to be fastened thereon and to be unfastened therefrom, to fasten the footwear onto and to unfasten the footwear from a foot, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Inventor: Dee Voughlohn
  • Publication number: 20020020046
    Abstract: A unique system comprises opposite lace-receivers of a footwear, lacing device, the footwear's tongue, lace-end coupling, and lace-section coupling. To assemble the unique system, the lacing device is threaded through the opposite lace-receivers to define opposite lace sections, each of which extends between two lace-receivers on the same side. The lacing device's ends are threaded into the tongue and coupled by the lace-end coupling, to be hidden and guarded inside the tongue, and to preset predetermined fastening and unfastening tensions of the lacing device. After the assemblage, the lace-section coupling couples or uncouples the opposite lace sections, to fasten the footwear onto a foot after the foot was inserted into the footwear or to unfasten the footwear from a foot before the foot will be pulled out of the footwear, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Publication date: February 21, 2002
    Inventor: Dee Voughlohn
  • Patent number: 5833335
    Abstract: A plurality of interacting hair fashioners are used to style hair. Each interacting hair fashioner comprises a predetermined strap, a predetermined base, and a predetermined opening. At least one end of each strap is releasably or permanently attached to a corresponding base, defining a corresponding opening therebetween. Each interacting hair fashioner can be made of a predetermined material, for example flexible or resilient material; reconfigurable material capable of being bent repeatedly without fracturing; or rigid material; or the like. At least two interacting hair fashioners are used to roll two hair groups in two opposite directions. Then, these two interacting hair fashioners are couple interlock the two hair groups together by being intertwined together or by using coupling device. Further, additional interacting hair fashioners can be used together with these two interacting hair fashioners to style additional hair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Inventor: Dee Voughlohn