Patents Issued in June 2, 2005
  • Publication number: 20050115074
    Abstract: A coring tool is provided for preparing the end of a coaxial cable having an inner conductor, a precoat layer adhered to the inner conductor, a dielectric material adhered to the precoat layer, and a surrounding tubular metallic outer conductor. The coring tool comprises a housing having an open end adapted for receiving the coaxial cable and a cutting tool mounted to the housing and extending coaxially toward said opening. The cutting tool includes a cylindrical coring portion having an outside diameter sized to be received within the outer conductor of the coaxial cable, an axially extending bore for receiving the inner conductor, and at least one cutting edge at the end of the coring portion which is configured for creating a tearing component on the dielectric material and precoat layer, rather than slicing the dielectric material and precoat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Gialenios, Donald McDaniel
  • Publication number: 20050115075
    Abstract: A device for use by fishermen to perform several functions including assisting in preparing a hook on a fishing line. The device includes a housing carrying a nipper for assisting in cutting a fishing line. A light is carried within the housing and directed toward the nipper for illuminating the fishing line when fishing in the dark. A threading device receptacle is provided for receiving a threading device, as well as a magnet receptacle for holding metallic objects such as a hook. Further, the nipper of the present invention is provided with means for securing the nipper to a selected object for easy location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: Streamworks, LLC
    Inventor: Bill Brauner
  • Publication number: 20050115076
    Abstract: A heavy-duty demolition shear with a replaceable shearing tip has a lower jaw and an upper jaw piviotally connected to the lower jaw. The upper jaw has primary and secondary shear blades. A replaceable shearing tip is mounted to the upper jaw. The replaceable shearing tip has two L-shaped sections which engage the upper jaw between them. The replaceable shearing tip engages the upper jaw on at least three seats. The replaceable shearing tip is connected to the upper jaw by socket-head cap-screws.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2005
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Daniel Jacobson, Bruce Bacon, Ross Christenson
  • Publication number: 20050115077
    Abstract: We have always had spatulas and ladles. They were simple in structure. My invention allows the user to handle the ladle and spatula with greater control, less effort and greater efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Thomas Rauber
  • Publication number: 20050115078
    Abstract: A diamond scriber is ground at an angle from a tip face toward a ridgeline. Because of this, chipping is less liable to occur, even during high-load scribing of sapphire substrates of 100 ?m or greater thickness, or of substrates that have been chemically polished; further, a cutting edge of the diamond scriber has superior resistance to wear out. Accordingly, there can be provided the diamond scriber suited to substrates that must be inscribed at a high load, such as sapphire substrates of 100 ?m thickness or more or sapphire substrates chemically polished.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: NAMIKI SEIMITSU HOUSEKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Takayuki Horiuchi, Tsuyoshi Numakura
  • Publication number: 20050115079
    Abstract: In a power working machine where output power of a drive source is adjustable by a throttle lever pivotally movable between a non-operating position and an operating position, an operating handle, generally in the shape of a closed loop, is rotatably mounted on a shaft section extending from a machine body. Throttle lock lever is provided on the operating handle for disabling the pivotal movement of the throttle lever when necessary. The operating handle includes a lock mechanism for locking the handle at a desired rotational position, and an operation lever for unlocking the lock mechanism to permit rotational movement of the handle and simultaneously locking the throttle lock lever. Simultaneously with the unlocking of the lock mechanism, the operation lever locks the throttle lever in the non-operating position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Hideshi Sasaki, Kenjiro Hiratsuna, Hiroaki Uchitani
  • Publication number: 20050115080
    Abstract: A portable working machine includes a case in which a reduction mechanism for reducing speed of a rotational motion produced by an engine and a motion conversion mechanism for converting the rotational motion with reduced speed into a linear reciprocating motion of a cutting blade are accommodated. A cover member is disposed below the case for covering a lower surface of the case. The cover member includes a front part connected to the lower surface of the case and a rear part extending to underlie a part of the lower surface of the case located below the reduction mechanism with a gap or space defined therebetween. An impact-absorbing member of elastic material is disposed within the space for absorbing a force or impact applied to the rear part of the cover member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Hideshi Sasaki, Kenjiro Hiratsuna, Hiroaki Uchitani
  • Publication number: 20050115081
    Abstract: An electric cutter is driven by a motor whose power is supplied from a dry battery unit, or a rechargeable battery unit accommodated in the housing of the cutter. Revolution speed of the motor is reduced by a speed reduction gear unit so as to amplify the output torque for operating a cutter. The cutting motion of the two blades of the cutter is performed by collaborated action of an eccentric shaft pin on a rotating disc and a movable arm provided for one of the two cutter blades. With this structure the cutter can be used for cutting the hard metallic wires easily and securely without the fear of hurting the user's hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Shu-Woan Tu
  • Publication number: 20050115082
    Abstract: A rotary knife having a ring blade that defines a closed loop cutting surface for cutting material which the ring blade contacts during rotation. Materials cut using the blade such as meat cut from a carcass or trimmed from a piece of meat are suctioned away from the blade. The material is drawn into a blade housing which supports the ring blade. A housing body has a wall that defines a housing interior into which material separated by the cutting surface of the ring blade moves as it is cut. The blade housing body defines a bearing surface that is defined by a wall of the housing body that supports the ring blade and allows the ring blade to rotate with respect to the blade housing. Alternate coupling designed of the housing body allow the blade housing to be coupled to a suction tube for withdrawing meat from the interior of the blade housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Jeffrey Whited
  • Publication number: 20050115083
    Abstract: A knife has an elongated knife blade extending along an axis and a handle extending along a second axis, the two axes being substantially parallel or having slightly deviating directions. The handle has an end face extending between upper and lower end points along a side face of the knife blade, the lower end point being positioned on a protrusion of the handle in front of the grip portion. The protrusion has a rear face extending rearwards under an acute angle relative to the second axis, and a line through the end points of the end face in a downward direction extends backwards under a second acute angle relative to the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Erik Lauridsen
  • Publication number: 20050115084
    Abstract: An edge 3 extending from a body 2 includes a plurality of recesses 4 and a plurality of projections 5, which are alternately formed in a continuous manner. The edge 3 also includes a plurality of projecting edge sections 6, each of which extends at distal and basal sides with respect to the tip of a corresponding one of the projections 5. Each projecting edge section 6 includes a distal slanted edge section 7 and a basal slanted edge section 8, which are connected to each other at the tip of the corresponding projection 5. The shape of each distal slanted edge section 7 is different from the shape of each basal slanted edge section 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: KAI R&D CENTER CO., LTD
    Inventor: Katsumi Hasegawa
  • Publication number: 20050115085
    Abstract: An elongate, cylindrical hand-held powered coping saw adapted for making thin cuts of short length, such as for cutting individual dies from a full arch dental model generally includes a blade assembly, a housing, a rotary motor having a drive shaft, a piston for driving the blade assembly, and a motion converter connecting the drive shaft to the piston for converting rotary motion of the drive shaft into reciprocating linear motion of the piston. Preferably, the blade stroke length is less than the distance between opposing U-sections of a full dental arch model along a cut line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Lars Callne
  • Publication number: 20050115086
    Abstract: The Hacksaw with support arm includes a frame having an elongated top portion extending along an axis generally from the front to the back of the frame, a front leg extending from said the axis and a back leg extending from the axis, the legs having means for supporting a blade from distal ends thereof. A support arm slidingly engages the elongated top portion. The support arm is extensible rearwardly of the back leg in the direction of the axis. The support arm includes an arm support for resting against a user's forearm during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Christian Wilkey
  • Publication number: 20050115087
    Abstract: Detection of patterned regions on code-carriers assigned to rotatable components is achieved by means of an optical sensor arrangement having illumination arrangement. Upon rotation of coded regions, reflections thereof are detected and focused on surface-arrays on a surface of an ASIC. A multiturn-code-carrier is assigned to a rotatable component, the multiturn-code-carrier having a detectable surface and being rotatable in a ratio which is different from the rotating ratio of code-carrier, on which said coded regions are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2002
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Ralf Noltemeyer
  • Publication number: 20050115088
    Abstract: The invention is a method of determining the geometry of a wheel of a vehicle and/or the geometry of the associated support or drive structure. In one embodiment, a gauge includes caster and camber vials or an electro-mechanical sensor for outputting caster and camber angle to a display. In use, the gauge is aligned with or referenced to an indicator, such as a slot or marking. In one embodiment, the indicator has a reference position of zero degrees caster angle. The gauge measures the current position of the indicator compared to its reference position. The gauge includes a connecting element for maintaining it in alignment with the indicator, such as a threaded ring which engages the spindle or a magnetic ring engaging a wheel hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Craig Paulsen, Phil Perry
  • Publication number: 20050115089
    Abstract: An aiming device for a projectile launcher, such as an archery bow, has 2 concentric light bending devices. A rotation mechanism allows the light bending devices to be rotated in opposite directions relative to one another in a synchronic manner that carries a line of sight through the aiming device to move along a substantially straight vertical line as the rotation mechanism is rotated. The rotation mechanism is calibrated to show how much rotation causes the line of sight to pass through where a projectile launched from the projectile launcher would be when it reaches a particular distance from the projectile launcher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Steven Johnson
  • Publication number: 20050115090
    Abstract: The magnetic north detecting device comprises: a 3-dimensional geomagnetism sensor unit including three geomagnetism sensors for detecting respective components of a geomagnetism magnetic field intensity in respective directions of three coordinate axes perpendicular to each other; and a 3-dimensional operation functional section for carrying out an operation on the basis of the components of the geomagnetism magnetic field intensity detected by the geomagnetism sensors, and calculating a magnetic north direction of the geomagnetism, and the 3-dimensional operation functional section carries out the operation and calculates the magnetic north direction of the geomagnetism, based on two assumptions that: (i) at least one axis of three coordinate axes of the 3-dimensional geomagnetism sensor unit is level to the earth surface; and (ii) an angle of a geomagnetism magnetic field vector which is calculated from the detected components of the geomagnetism magnetic field intensity, referring to the earth surface, co
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: THE FOUNDATION: THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR ELECTRIC AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
    Inventors: Takeshi Yano, Kiwamu Shirakawa, Nobukiyo Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20050115091
    Abstract: A measuring device (10) comprises an elongated base (12) with a groove (24) therein; a first arm (30) and a second arm (40) adjustably secured to the base (12); a first cross member (50) adjustably secured to the first arm (30); and a second cross member (58) adjustably secured to the second arm (40). The groove (24) in the base (12) mates with and guides the movement of the first arm (30) and the second arm (40) relative to the base (12) so that the arms (30,40) are slidably adjustable to allow a length of the device (10) to conform to a length of an area to be measured. The first cross member (50) is slidably and pivotally secured to the first arm (30) to conform to an angle and a depth of a first edge the area to be measured. The second cross member (58) is slidably and pivotally secured to the second arm (40) to conform to an angle and a depth of a second edge of the area to be measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Rick Harris
  • Publication number: 20050115092
    Abstract: A portable coordinate measurement machine comprises an articulated arm having jointed arm segments. The arm includes a probe at one end thereof. The probe also includes improved switches and a measurement indicator light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2005
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Simon Raab, Seyed Sajedi, Kenneth Haslorcher, Marc Barber
  • Publication number: 20050115093
    Abstract: a device for measuring dimensions in a hollow organ of the body, includes: a length of conduit; a measuring mechanism on one end of the conduit; and an indicator in connection with a second end of the conduit. The indicator is in operative connection with the measuring mechanism to provide an indication of a dimension measured by the measuring mechanism. In one embodiment, the measuring mechanism includes extending members that open and close in the manner of forceps to contact the walls of the organ.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: David Chi, Michael Lovell
  • Publication number: 20050115094
    Abstract: A device that provides a means for a mechanic of internal combustion engines which utilize rocker arms as part of their operational design, to adjust the operating geometry of the rocker arm's pivot points in relation to the valve stem tip, in a prescribed, predetermined and accurate way, thereby increasing the efficiency of the rocker arm's operational characteristics to the operating geometry sought by the technician who installs the rocker arm to its final operating dimensions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: James Miller
  • Publication number: 20050115095
    Abstract: A method and device for securing a sensor, a stereo camera in motor vehicles in particular, in which accurate alignment of the sensor holding element is achieved during assembly using a caliper having the dimensions of the sensor and optionally pins which are inserted into matching receiving parts of the sensor holding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2002
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Frank Kurfiss, Ulrich Seger, Uwe Apel, Andre Skuppin
  • Publication number: 20050115096
    Abstract: Rolling element holding members have two holding window for holding rolling elements in rolling element running channels formed between both track faces of a rail and a slider. Further, the rolling element holding members are held between two end caps fixed opposite end surfaces of the slider by engagement of four retaining grooves formed on the end caps and opposite end portions of the rolling element holding members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: NSK Ltd.
    Inventors: Soichiro Kato, Nobuhide Kurachi, Masaru Akiyama
  • Publication number: 20050115097
    Abstract: A measuring tape having a concave blade marked with a measuring scale on the concave surface, and an end hook having a hooking portion, wherein the end hook has a portion which partially covers and is attached to the convex side of the blade and is slidable between limit points with respect to the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Hauke Philip Tallon, Barry Lee
  • Publication number: 20050115098
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for expelling liquid from a wiping element which is held on a wiping head of a surface cleaning device so as to form a wiping surface, comprising a container, in which a wiping element holding device accommodating the wiping element as well as a driving device are arranged, wherein the wiping element holding device can be driven by means of the driving device so as to rotate about an axis of rotation. In order to further develop the device in such a manner that it has a lower consumption of energy it is suggested in accordance with the invention that the wiping element holding device form a receiving means, into which the wiping element can be inserted with a surface normal of the wiping surface aligned at an angle to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: Alfred Kaercher GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hendrik Rust, Yunus Demirtas, Ronald Schwarz
  • Publication number: 20050115099
    Abstract: A replaceable heat transfer module. The replaceable heat transfer module has an inlet floodbox with fluid distribution passageways, an outlet manifold with fluid collection passageways, and extending in a fluid tight relationship between the fluid distribution passageways and the fluid collection passageways, a thin, elongate evaporator envelope. The evaporator envelope has a lower flexible planar sheet and an upper flexible planar sheet, each having inner surfaces located in a back-to-back spaced apart relationship. The evaporator envelope has an upper end wherein the lower and upper flexible planar sheets are fluidly sealed to the inlet floodbox, and a lower end wherein the lower and upper planar sheets are fluidly sealed to said outlet manifold. Mylar brand polyester is used for construction of the evaporator envelope. A marginal area on each side extends lengthwise transversely beyond the inlet floodbox and the outlet manifold to provide sloping sidewalls for containment of a working product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Richard Magoon, Alan Whitefoot
  • Publication number: 20050115100
    Abstract: A belt for use in a papermaking process, such as in a long nip press having a cylindrical press roller and an arcuate pressure shoe which define a nip. The belt has a nip load zone which passes through the nip during an operation. The belt comprises a substrate having a coating on at least one surface thereof. The substrate is in the form of an endless loop and has a longitudinal direction. The coating has a plurality of grooves running in a center portion of the nip load zone, in which the number of grooves have at least one of a depth, width, cross-sectional shape, or spacing which is different from that of the others so as to vary the void volume in a desired manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Keith Fitzpatrick, Thomas Krauthauf
  • Publication number: 20050115101
    Abstract: A method of drying a honeycomb formed body comprising an outer wall, partition walls disposed inside the outer wall, and cells surrounded by the partition walls and extending in an axial direction of the honeycomb formed body. The method of drying a honeycomb formed body comprises a drying step of starting to dry in a state of covering at least a part of the outer wall 7a and 7b with a guide 12 covering the outer wall 7a and/or 7b so as not to come into contact with the outer wall 7a and/or 7b. Alternatively, the method of drying a honeycomb formed body comprises a drying step of drying in a state of covering at least a part of the outer wall with a guide that covers the outer wall so as to come into contact with the outer wall, wherein in the drying step the pressure applied to the outer wall by the guide at the contact portion is less than 0.2 MPa. A method of drying a honeycomb formed body causing less distortion and cross sectional deformation in the honeycomb formed body is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Masayuki Nate, Makoto Osamura, Takahisa Kaneko, Yukihisa Wada
  • Publication number: 20050115102
    Abstract: A device and method for controlling a heater of a drying machine is disclosed, which includes a plurality of switches, each switch having a plurality of input terminals being supplied with different input voltages and an output terminal, and each switch connecting any one of the input terminals with the output terminal according to a switching control signal, and a heater connected to the output terminal of each switch and varying its temperature according to the input voltage being supplied therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Soon Lee
  • Publication number: 20050115103
    Abstract: A heat treatment apparatus for oxidation having: an oven for oxidation having a heat treatment chamber having a plurality of slits through which fiber strands running horizontally leave or returned strands enter and capable of sending hot air vertically from above the fiber strands to allow the fiber strands to have oxidation, and a means for feeding hot air into the heat treatment chamber, and a plurality of returning rollers which are provided at the two outsides of the oven for oxidation and which return the fiber strands entering and leaving through said slits, into the oven for oxidation, wherein each gap formed between fiber strands and each side wall of heat treatment chamber parallel to the running direction of fiber strands running in the heat treatment chamber, or each gap formed between fiber strands and each channeling-preventing plate interposed between the side wall and the fiber strands in parallel to the running direction of fiber strands is set at 150 mm or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2002
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Masanao Yamaguchi
  • Publication number: 20050115104
    Abstract: A clothes drying appliance includes a cabinet and a drum inside the cabinet supported on a drum support structure. A belt passes around the drive pulley of a drive motor and around the drum for driving rotation of the drum in either direction. A belt tensioning device includes a pair of spaced apart tensioning pulleys each having an axis of rotation substantially parallel with the axis of rotation of the drive pulley. An imaginary line between the centres of the tensioning pulleys separates the drive pulley from the drum. The pulleys are supported on a yoke and the yoke passes around the drive pulley, with the tensioning pulleys spaced sufficiently close to impinge upon the path of the belt passing around the pulley and drum. A biasing agent such as a spring presses the pulleys toward the drum by urging the yoke toward the pulley.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Allen Guinibert, Russell Jackson, Hugh Johnson, Geoffrey Frazerhurst, Daryl Hirst, Olaf Eskildsen, Radu Gramada, Armando Velandia
  • Publication number: 20050115105
    Abstract: A home appliance assembly and method of manufacturing the same employs a coupling plate facilitating the assembly of a home appliance, such as a laundry dryer, having a structurally sound outer case. The home appliance assembly includes at least two panels forming adjacent faces of an outer case; a coupling plate, coupled to each panel, for reinforcing a structural strength of the outer case; and, for aligning the coupling plate with respect to at least one of the two panels, a pair of opposing stops for capturing the coupling plate or at least one alignment finger for insertion into corresponding finger holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Jeung Ahn, Sung Hwang, Jung Seo
  • Publication number: 20050115106
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for determining whether a foot has outgrown a shoe. In one embodiment, a shoe comprises an insert that has one or more visible symbols thereon and is capable of absorbing perspiration from a foot. In one embodiment, the shoe may be, for example, a child's shoe. In this embodiment, the shoe is placed on a child's foot, and is worn by the child, during which time perspiration is produced by the child's foot and absorbed by the insert. The insert is then removed from the shoe and examined. One or more markings associated with the perspiration are detected, indicating the placement of the foot in the shoe. The position of the markings in relation to the symbols on the insert is examined. If the markings extend beyond a selected symbol, the child has outgrown the shoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: James Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20050115107
    Abstract: An outsole is provided comprising a frame portion composed of a first material to provide stability to the outsole, and one or more insert portions molded to the frame portion. The insert portions are composed of a second material to provide a cushioning effect. The surfaces of the insert portions may include one or more hollow, molded cushioning modules formed in a semispherical shape. In one embodiment, the outsole includes a ball-strike insert portion and a heel-strike insert portion. The ball-strike insert portion may also include a plurality of parallel, molded ribs oriented perpendicular to the toe-to-heel direction of the outsole. In one embodiment, the frame portion is composed of a relatively firm thermal plastic resin (TPR), and the insert portions are composed of a softer TPR. In another aspect of the invention, a shoe is provided, comprising an upper, an insole board, and an outsole having attributes described above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: James Schumacher
  • Publication number: 20050115108
    Abstract: An insole (10) is of the type equipped with a face (20) having projections (11-25), suitable for massaging the foot sole, and in particular certain sensitive points thereof, during motion such as walking and jogging. The projections (11-25) made on the insole (10) correspond to points of the foot connected to important parts of the human body in accordance with the general principles of foot sole reflexology. The insole (10) has at least one layer (30) of cushioned elastically yielding material and a thickness (S) set between 5 and 13 mm. The upper layer of the insole (10), or insole shaped, has a first face printed (20) with projections (11-25) towards the above and the second face printed with recesses corresponding to said projections (20?) and is associated to a second layer located underneath (30), preformed with projections (11?-25?) according to a same chart of the first face of the upper layer (20) and made preferentially of latex.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2002
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Ranieri Palchetti
  • Publication number: 20050115109
    Abstract: The shoe strap changing system of the present invention consists of a base shoe, which includes an upper and a sole. The sole includes a slot, which has a height, a width extending from near the heel portion of the sole across the middle portion of the sole toward the toe portion of the sole, and a depth extending from the medial side of the sole to the lateral side of the sole. The position and size of the slot enables various size straps to encircle the upper of the base shoe, thereby providing stability for the user's foot and versatility of the appearance of the base shoe. Since the slot accommodates various size straps, the base shoe may form the basis for a shoe strap changing system. A user can remove a first strap from the base shoe, and place a second strap through the slot. The second strap may have the same or different characteristics of the first strap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Jared Goldman
  • Publication number: 20050115110
    Abstract: A heel guard device used to protect the heel portion of a man or woman's shoe while driving in an automobile, the guard having a main body made of an elastic material which conforms to the shape of the heel and rear portion of a shoe. The peripheral edge of the forward opening of the guard has an elastic member that secures the guard on the shoe during use. Optional pads of soft or hard material may be added to the guard to provide additional protection and comfort to the heel of the shoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Howard Dinkins
  • Publication number: 20050115111
    Abstract: A shoe with belts according to the present invention comprising an upper, a sole S that has a first and second roll-up portions S11, S10 rolling upwards along side faces of a foot, and first and second belts 51, 52. The first belt 51 is fixed to the first roll-up portion S11 at a first joined portion 58 on the medial side of the foot. The second belt 52 is fixed to the second roll-up portion S10 at a second joined portion 59 on the lateral side of the foot. The pair of belts 51, 52 cross each other at a position approximately above the navicular bone 91. The first belt 51 can be arranged in a tensioned state along a path extending from the medial side of the foot to the vicinity of an ankle on the lateral side of the foot through the crossing position 57. The second belt 52 can be arranged in a tensioned state along a path extending from the lateral side to the vicinity of the ankle on the medial side of the foot through the crossing position 57.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Yoshio Yamashita, Yasuhiro Morikawa, Jhon Lu
  • Publication number: 20050115112
    Abstract: A shoe that is adaptable to the shape of the foot includes a flexible upper provided with a border and an underlying elasticized fabric or tape that connects portions of the upper located opposite to the border, during manufacture of the shoe the border is temporarily stabilized by a row of stitching that is easily removable after the shoe has been assembled, since the fabric or tape elastically stretches in a crosswise direction with respect to the border, the parts of the upper secured to the fabric or tape can spread so as to increase the width of the shoe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Danilo Bonfanti
  • Publication number: 20050115113
    Abstract: A method of making an expandable shoe is disclosed. An intermediate footwear structure is provided having an expandable upper portion. A stabilizing material is provided to the intermediate structure to resist expansion of the upper portion, and a last is inserted into the intermediate structure. A subsequent manufacturing operation is performed to the intermediate structure, and the stabilizing material is acted upon to permit longitudinal movement of the upper portion. The size of the last is selected from among the sizes within the intended range of shoe sizes for the expandable shoe, depending on the characteristics of the upper portion of the shoe, and the desired shoe size range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Harry Miller, Byong Shin, Kwong Chil
  • Publication number: 20050115114
    Abstract: An improved expandable footwear and inner assembly are disclosed. The footwear has a foot dressing, an adjustable inner assembly disposed within the foot dressing and a stiff member. The adjustable inner assembly has two outwardly extending members, and the stiff member has a channel to nestle the two outwardly extending members to resist undesirable rotation of the inner assembly. The inner assembly has a control for controlling the dimension of the footwear which includes a concave-shaped urging member, that when depressed, allows the footwear to expand or contract, and when not depressed, prohibits such movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Harry Miller, Byong Shin, Kwong Dong Chil
  • Publication number: 20050115115
    Abstract: An athletic shoe, with a sole and a shoe upper, connected thereto, which surrounds the front of the foot, the ankle region and the heel region of the foot. The shoe is able to be collapsed down to a low height for packing, without negatively affecting the ability of the shoe to hold the wearers foot in an optimal manner in use. This ability is achieved the shoe upper being provided with an incision in the heel region, running at least nearly in a direction perpendicular to the sole, whereby the parts of the shoe upper, on both sides of the incision can be folded or turned inwards down toward the sole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: PUMA AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT RUDOLF DASSLER SPORT
    Inventor: Brad Lacey
  • Publication number: 20050115116
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an article of footwear which consists of a forward portion and a rear portion which are articulated to one another about an axis that is almost coincident with the metatarsophalangeal joint in the hallux when the foot is located in the article of footwear, a binding assembly for releasable attachment of the article of footwear, in particular a ski boot, to a sports device, in particular a ski, under the toe portion of the article of footwear about an essentially horizontal axis almost perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the article of footwear which, after fastening, permits a rotational movement about the axis where none of the elements in the unit have faces which rotate directly in contact with elements in the article of footwear, and an article of footwear-binding assembly combination which comprises an article of footwear and a binding assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Hans Pedersen, Sigurd Brors
  • Publication number: 20050115117
    Abstract: A boot for alpine skiing has a plastic shell and a rubber sole fixed to a rigid support which can be removably secured to the shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Achille Morlin
  • Publication number: 20050115118
    Abstract: A combination cap and shoe set is provided wherein each of the cap and shoe include illuminated regions. For example, the brim of the hat may be illuminated in its entirety in a particular color and the sole of the shoe may be illuminated in a complementary color such that a person wearing the cap and shoe of the invention in low light situations may be readily visible. The sole of the shoe may also be substantially uniformly illuminated and the illumination may be controlled independent of any walking motion by the wearer by a manual push-button switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2005
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: Jezign, LLC
    Inventor: Jez Marston
  • Publication number: 20050115119
    Abstract: A farm implement for replacing displaced earth into a wheel track rut includes a pair of blades and a rotatable auger carried by a frame which is moved over and along a rut. The blades scrape displaced earth laterally toward and into the rut, and the auger discharges the scraped earth to the rear of the frame. A weighted wheel pulled behind the frame compacts the discharged earth and stabilizes the frame against unwanted transverse movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2005
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: William Coffey
  • Publication number: 20050115120
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for automatic ironing of textile articles and the like in a very simple and practical way in which dewrinkling is done in a container (10) without touching the articles by any part of the apparatus or tool like means, comprising a wet ironing stage in which clothes are dewrinkled with high-temperature, high-humidity, high-pressure air and a dry ironing stage in which clothes are dewrinkled with high-temperature, high-pressure air. An automatic ironing machine is comprised of a box like unit container, an electronic control unit controlling the ironing process, a container (10) in which the clothes are placed, an air compressor (19) to increase the air pressure of the air and to circulate the air in the system, a steam generating system (40, 45b) to provide humidity, a heating system (45a) to increase to the temperature of the air and water in the system, and a refrigerating system (46-51) for drying and cooling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2002
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Ayla Cevik
  • Publication number: 20050115121
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rotary ironer comprising at least one essentially horizontally located ironing roller having a circular-cylindrical surface and being rotatably journalled about an axis of rotation through the centre of the roller, and wherein, for each ironing roller, there is provided an ironing pan, wherein the ironing pan is configured from two flexible, essentially rectangular steel plates that are mutually spaced apart, but being closely joined along their periphery, whereby they combine to form a hollow, flexible ironing pan that is able to adapt to the circular-cylindrical surface of the ironing roller and wherein, on the ironing pan at one or more positions along the axis of rotation of the ironing roller, is configured one or more supply pipes, integrally with the ironing pan, for supplying steam to the cavity of the ironing pan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Steen Nielsen
  • Publication number: 20050115122
    Abstract: An identification assembly for protectively storing information related to an animal wearing the assembly includes a bracelet storage body having a cavity defined therein. The cavity can be configured to store and protect an information-bearing medium on which the information related to the animal can be disposed. A strap assembly can also be provided and includes a strap member and a pair of clasps. The pair of clasps can be coupled to opposite ends of the strap member and can be directly coupleable to opposite ends of the storage body. The clasps can be configured to facilitate removable coupling of the strap assembly to the storage body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2004
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Marie Fishman, Jeff Fishman
  • Publication number: 20050115123
    Abstract: The present invention disclosed an assembly useful for mounting an advertisement sheet of a side-wall of a cargo container and to a rapid, non-destructive and reversible method for its deployment thereof. More specifically, said novel assembly is having at least one anchoring device adapted to mate the frame of said sheet with the frame of said container, by a means of one or more boom-pockets of said container. Said assembly and method eliminate any permanent damage or alternation of said container, and further free of pre-requirement of exposing the inner portion of said container in order to mount the said sheet on said wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventor: Noam Weinberg-Sehayek