Patents by Inventor W. Robert Ecton

W. Robert Ecton 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: 3973337
    Abstract: A shoe having a stretchable foot opening bounded by a normally gathered binding having a tunnel extending longitudinally therethrough and attached below the tunnel to and extending substantially around an upper edge of a shoe upper, and a stretched elastic tape free floating in and extending through the tunnel, the tape being stretched and the binding gathered by pulling on ends of the tape to pull out end portions of predetermined lengths after the binding is attached to the upper and the stretch being held by securing the end portions together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1976
    Assignee: Dixon-Bartlett-Lambrecht, Inc.
    Inventor: W. Robert Ecton