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Uni-sex multi-sport footwear accessory

a footwear accessory and multi-sport technology, applied in the field of footwear accessories, can solve the problems of no footwear accessories, no new clothing items abound,

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-09-14
RAMSEY MAKRAY D
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Benefits of technology

"The patent describes a flexible accessory that can be used as a display device for sports teams or individual athletes. It is designed to fit comfortably within a shoe and does not limit movement of the ankle to protect it from injury. The accessory can display team logos or similar indicia and is lightweight and flexible. The invention provides an improved and cost-effective solution for displaying team or individual athletic identities."

Problems solved by technology

While some clothing items that do not immediately lend themselves to displaying ornamental designs have incorporated such designs on the item of clothing, new clothing items do not abound.
However, there are no footwear accessories, the sole purpose of which is ornamental display of indicia.

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sixth embodiment

[0042]FIG. 7 shows an environmental side view of the invention 80. The flexible body 12 of unitary construction includes a band 72 that is adapted to receive the ankle and foot of a user. The band 72 fits about the user's ankle. The flexible body 12 of unitary construction is elasticized in order to accommodate ankles of varying sizes. The band 72 has a first end 74 and a second end 76. The first 74 and second 76 ends may be attached to one another with any of a number of fastening devices, for example, a zipper 78 that is integrated into both the first 74 and second 76 ends. The user may place the footwear accessory 80 around the user's ankle and attach the accessory 80 onto the lower leg by fastening the zipper 78.

[0043] Alternatively, the zipper 78 or other fastener system may be omitted, and the first 74 and second 76 ends may be integrated into one another, so that the flexible body 12 is shaped as a one-piece annular band. The user then slides the accessory 80 onto the user's ...

seventh embodiment

[0045]FIG. 8 is the invention 80. The display strips are attached to the first strips of hook and loop fastening material 82 that are affixed to the band 72. The exterior surface 84 of each of the display strips 30 has decorative indicia 90 disposed thereon. The interior surface 86 of each of the strips has a mating second strip of hook and loop fastening material 88 attached thereto. The interior surface 86 of the display strips may then be releasably attached to the first strips of hook and loop fastening material 82. A plurality of female snaps 92 is affixed to the first end 74 of the band 72. A plurality of mating male snaps 94 is attached to the second end 76 of the band 72. The female snaps 92 are releasably connected to the male snaps 94 to maintain the band 72 about the user's lower leg.

eighth embodiment

[0046]FIG. 9 is footwear accessory 100. The fabric body 12 of the accessory 100 includes the upper band 72 having a lower band 102 integrally attached to the upper band 72. The end of the lower band 102 is lined with a strip of hook and loop fastening material 110. When the user puts the band 72 about the user's lower leg, the lower band 102 is situated under the user's foot and attaches to the ends 74 and 76 of the upper band 72.

[0047] Display strips 30 are affixed to the upper band 72. The first end 74 of the upper band 72 has an interior-facing strip of hook and loop fastening material 104 and the second end 76 of the upper band 72 has an exterior-facing strip of hook and loop fastening material 106. When the invention 100 is placed about a user's lower leg, the interior-facing strip of hook and loop fastening material 104 of the first end 74 releasably attaches to the exterior-facing strip of hook and loop fastening material 106 of the second end 76.

[0048] The first end 74 of t...

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Abstract

The uni-sex multi-sport footwear is an accessory is a flexible accessory. The footwear accessory may have one or a number of fasteners located on various areas of the accessory, or the fastener(s) may be omitted altogether. The footwear accessory may be configured as an ankle band or a, sock.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 289,372 filed on Nov. 30, 2005, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 845,543, filed on May 14, 2004.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0003] The present invention relates to footwear accessories, and particularly to a footwear accessory that ornamentally displays indicia. [0004] 2. DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART [0005] Decorative displays on shirts, shoes, and other such products that may be worn by consumers have become a prosperous facet of the clothing industry. Once plain shirts now often feature elaborate designs of famous artists, and virtually every sport-related item of clothing now displays a professional team's or sporting company's logo. There are few additional avenues left for visual displays that may be worn on items of clothing, sportswear or the like. While some clothing items that...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A43B7/20
CPCA43B3/0078A43B7/20A43B23/24A61F5/0111
Inventor RAMSEY, MAKRAY D.
Owner RAMSEY MAKRAY D