Patents by Inventor Joan Charles

Joan Charles 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).

  • Patent number: 12108840
    Abstract: A flexible shoe snugging fitment is oblong with a thickness providing pad that is carried on top of a foot, preferably held in place against the foot with hosiery, which underlies and spaces a top part, e.g., vamp, of an article of footwear, e.g., shoe or boot, from the foot snugging the footwear on the foot improving fit and helping prevent relative movement therebetween. A preferred fitment is oblong and transversely oriented relative to a lengthwise fore-aft extent of the foot. Fitment has a central portion from which flaps extend oppositely outwardly that each extend around part of a corresponding side of the foot helping to prevent side-to-side relative movement between the foot and footwear worn on the foot. One preferred fitment is an assembly with a smaller adjuster pad slidably received in a pocket in a pad carrier with the pad extendable to adjust thickness and width of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Inventor: Joan Charles Van Den Busch
  • Publication number: 20200037701
    Abstract: A flexible shoe snugging fitment is oblong with a thickness providing pad that is carried on top of a foot, preferably held in place against the foot with hosiery, which underlies and spaces a top part, e.g., vamp, of an article of footwear, e.g., shoe or boot, from the foot snugging the footwear on the foot improving fit and helping prevent relative movement therebetween. A preferred fitment is oblong and transversely oriented relative to a lengthwise fore-aft extent of the foot. Fitment has a central portion from which flaps extend oppositely outwardly that each extend around part of a corresponding side of the foot helping to prevent side-to-side relative movement between the foot and footwear worn on the foot. One preferred fitment is an assembly with a smaller adjuster pad slidably received in a pocket in a pad carrier with the pad extendable to adjust thickness and width of the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Joan Charles
  • Patent number: 3943872
    Abstract: A ship for the transport of liquid or gaseous cargo (especially liquid gas) in tanks comprises a plurality of supporting hulls, a plurality of cargo tanks, and a connection structure superimposed on said hulls and maintaining the tanks spaced above the hulls and accessible from all sides. The abeam dimension of the tanks is preferably smaller than the abeam dimension of the connected hulls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 1974
    Date of Patent: March 16, 1976
    Assignee: Verolme Verenigde Scheepswerven B.V.
    Inventor: Joan Charles de Does