US2233544A - Reflector attachment for shoes - Google Patents
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- the object of the invention is to provide a reflector attachment for shoes applicable on top of a shoe or is equally readily removable therefrom ⁇ . so that it may be carried in a pocket of the owner when not in use.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the kind indicated whichis of simple construction and susceptible of cheap ture.
- Figure 1 is a perspective view of the leg'and foot of a user showing the invention applied in operative position.
- Figure 2 is a perspective view of "the invention unattached.
- Figure 3 is a rear view of the construction of Figure 1..
- the harness for the reflector consists of the elastic bands I and 2 of which the .iformeris adapted for looping around the heel of the user and the latter across the instep, the ends 'of the bands being connected so that their normal relative positions .are in synclined planes;
- a nonelastic strap 3 for extension-under theinstep of the wear has its ends connected with the'bands' I and 2 where they are joined together.
- the light reflecting elements 4 and I are slid? ably mounted, by means of loops 8, on the elastic bands I and 2,:so that their positions may be changed on the bands.
- the toe of the shoe is inserted between'the band v2 and strap ⁇ with the band i under the sole of' the -shoe..
- the band I is pulled around on the heel, as shown in Figlire 1.
- the reflecting elements positioned as shown in Figure 1, they are adapted to reflect the light rays from the headlights of motor vehicles either when. the user is walking toward the vehicle or away from the latter. If desired, however, by reason of the loops 6, the reflecting elel- 'ments may be slid'along the bands I and! to position both on the same side-of the foot or one on one side and one on the other side, or one, as shown in Figure 1- of the drawing, with'the other on one side of the foot.
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March 4, 1941. R, R, MCKINLEY 2,233,544
REFLECTOR ATTACHMENT FOR SHOES Filed June 28, 1939 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS Patented Mar. 4, 1941 UNITED STATES 1 PATENT OFFICE REFLECTOR. ATTACHMENT FOB, snons Ruth R. McKinley,- Miami, Fla.
Application June 28, 1939, Serial No. 281,726 1 claim. (o1. ss .-so
The object of the invention is to provide a reflector attachment for shoes applicable on top of a shoe or is equally readily removable therefrom}. so that it may be carried in a pocket of the owner when not in use.
Another object of the invention is to provide a device of the kind indicated whichis of simple construction and susceptible of cheap ture. Other objects manufacand advantages of the: invention appear in the following description when read in connection with the accompanying drawing, in
which: I
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the leg'and foot of a user showing the invention applied in operative position.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of "the invention unattached.
Figure 3 is a rear view of the construction of Figure 1..
The harness for the reflector consists of the elastic bands I and 2 of which the .iformeris adapted for looping around the heel of the user and the latter across the instep, the ends 'of the bands being connected so that their normal relative positions .are in synclined planes; A nonelastic strap 3 for extension-under theinstep of the wear has its ends connected with the'bands' I and 2 where they are joined together. i The light reflecting elements 4 and I are slid? ably mounted, by means of loops 8, on the elastic bands I and 2,:so that their positions may be changed on the bands.
In applying the invention to the-foot of. the user, the toe of the shoe is inserted between'the band v2 and strap {with the band i under the sole of' the -shoe.. After theband 2 and strap 3 a. are in place, as indicated in Figure 1, the band I is pulled around on the heel, as shown in Figlire 1. With the reflecting elements positioned as shown in Figure 1, they are adapted to reflect the light rays from the headlights of motor vehicles either when. the user is walking toward the vehicle or away from the latter. If desired, however, by reason of the loops 6, the reflecting elel- 'ments may be slid'along the bands I and! to position both on the same side-of the foot or one on one side and one on the other side, or one, as shown in Figure 1- of the drawing, with'the other on one side of the foot.
' The invention having been described, what is claimed as new-and useful is:
the heel and terminating in angular extremities upon opposite sides of the shoe above'the arch thereof,- a second elastic band for disposal over the extremities of. the first mentioned band, said bands having light reflecting elements slidably connected thereto for adjustment along the length thereof and for normal disposal at the front and rear of the shoe, and a non-elastic strap for disposal under the arch of the shoe and
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| US5473518A (en) * | 1994-02-25 | 1995-12-05 | Haber; Terry M. | Removable flashing light housing for an athletic shoe |
| US5508899A (en) * | 1994-05-16 | 1996-04-16 | Mccormick; Arnold J. | Shoe light attachment |
| US5611156A (en) * | 1995-04-21 | 1997-03-18 | Chiu; Chang H. | Reflective shoe |
| US5692319A (en) * | 1995-06-07 | 1997-12-02 | Nike, Inc. | Article of footwear with 360° wrap fit closure system |
| US5979085A (en) * | 1998-04-30 | 1999-11-09 | Ross; Michael E. | Decorative shoe accessory |
| USD418285S (en) * | 1998-04-23 | 2000-01-04 | The Timberland Company | Element of a footwear upper |
| US6357147B1 (en) | 1998-10-01 | 2002-03-19 | Personal Electronics, Inc. | Detachable foot mount for electronic device |
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| US6560903B1 (en) * | 2000-03-07 | 2003-05-13 | Personal Electronic Devices, Inc. | Ambulatory foot pod |
| US20050011087A1 (en) * | 2003-07-18 | 2005-01-20 | Stevens Pamela R. | Apparatus for accessorizing a shoe and method of manufacturing the same |
| US20060020421A1 (en) * | 1997-10-02 | 2006-01-26 | Fitsense Technology, Inc. | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot |
| WO2007003518A2 (en) * | 2005-07-05 | 2007-01-11 | Lisa Cambruzzi | Safety strap |
| US20070113387A1 (en) * | 2005-11-22 | 2007-05-24 | Audra Gerhardt | Footwear accessory |
| US20070130800A1 (en) * | 2005-12-12 | 2007-06-14 | Twomey Donna G | Shoe retention strap |
| US20080235988A1 (en) * | 2007-03-27 | 2008-10-02 | Pamela Wyland | Shoe grip |
| US20100299960A1 (en) * | 2009-05-31 | 2010-12-02 | Sarah Nyamuswa | FairyJanes: "The Suspender for Stilettos" |
| US20120167278A1 (en) * | 2010-05-14 | 2012-07-05 | Hallie House | Adornments for feet |
| US20140259763A1 (en) * | 2013-03-16 | 2014-09-18 | Shoe Candi, LLC | Securing shoe strap and methods thereof |
| US8991077B1 (en) | 2008-06-05 | 2015-03-31 | Gerrie Shapiro | Method to display a foot ornamentation system |
| USD747088S1 (en) | 2014-12-12 | 2016-01-12 | Nike, Inc. | Shoe upper |
| USD747863S1 (en) * | 2014-12-12 | 2016-01-26 | Nike, Inc. | Shoe upper |
| USD771368S1 (en) * | 2015-10-27 | 2016-11-15 | Rizon Esthetics, LLC | Removable upper and heel elements for a shoe |
| USD771934S1 (en) * | 2015-10-27 | 2016-11-22 | Rizon Esthetics, LLC | Removable upper element for a shoe |
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| USD781567S1 (en) * | 2016-04-15 | 2017-03-21 | Shoe Jewelry, LLC | Jewelry attachment for footwear |
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| USD855304S1 (en) * | 2018-12-20 | 2019-08-06 | Vita Fede Inc. | Shoe jewelry |
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| USD878032S1 (en) * | 2018-10-13 | 2020-03-17 | Steve Joseph Rosenblum | Shoelace ornament |
| US10617170B1 (en) | 2019-06-14 | 2020-04-14 | Stephen Arnold | Sandal or slip-on footwear with improved optional-use heel strap and related methods |
| USD881546S1 (en) | 2018-07-30 | 2020-04-21 | Nike, Inc. | Shoe |
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| FR2257140A1 (en) * | 1974-01-09 | 1975-08-01 | Itt | |
| US4461288A (en) * | 1983-08-18 | 1984-07-24 | Curtis R Stephen | Mid-hind foot stabilizer |
| US5473518A (en) * | 1994-02-25 | 1995-12-05 | Haber; Terry M. | Removable flashing light housing for an athletic shoe |
| US5508899A (en) * | 1994-05-16 | 1996-04-16 | Mccormick; Arnold J. | Shoe light attachment |
| US5611156A (en) * | 1995-04-21 | 1997-03-18 | Chiu; Chang H. | Reflective shoe |
| US5692319A (en) * | 1995-06-07 | 1997-12-02 | Nike, Inc. | Article of footwear with 360° wrap fit closure system |
| US7428472B2 (en) | 1997-10-02 | 2008-09-23 | Nike, Inc. | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot |
| US7617071B2 (en) | 1997-10-02 | 2009-11-10 | Nike, Inc. | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot |
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| US7428471B2 (en) | 1997-10-02 | 2008-09-23 | Nike, Inc. | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot |
| US20060020421A1 (en) * | 1997-10-02 | 2006-01-26 | Fitsense Technology, Inc. | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot |
| US8712725B2 (en) | 1997-10-02 | 2014-04-29 | Nike, Inc. | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot |
| US7200517B2 (en) | 1997-10-02 | 2007-04-03 | Nike, Inc. | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot |
| US20070208531A1 (en) * | 1997-10-02 | 2007-09-06 | Nike, Inc. | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot |
| US7962312B2 (en) | 1997-10-02 | 2011-06-14 | Nike, Inc. | Monitoring activity of a user in locomotion on foot |
| USD418285S (en) * | 1998-04-23 | 2000-01-04 | The Timberland Company | Element of a footwear upper |
| US5979085A (en) * | 1998-04-30 | 1999-11-09 | Ross; Michael E. | Decorative shoe accessory |
| US6357147B1 (en) | 1998-10-01 | 2002-03-19 | Personal Electronics, Inc. | Detachable foot mount for electronic device |
| US6536139B2 (en) | 1998-10-01 | 2003-03-25 | Personal Electronic Devices, Inc. | Detachable foot mount for electronic device |
| US6560903B1 (en) * | 2000-03-07 | 2003-05-13 | Personal Electronic Devices, Inc. | Ambulatory foot pod |
| US6887124B2 (en) | 2000-04-05 | 2005-05-03 | Applied Materials, Inc. | Method of polishing and cleaning substrates |
| US20020164929A1 (en) * | 2000-04-05 | 2002-11-07 | Pinson Jay D. | Method of polishing and cleaning substrates |
| US20050011087A1 (en) * | 2003-07-18 | 2005-01-20 | Stevens Pamela R. | Apparatus for accessorizing a shoe and method of manufacturing the same |
| WO2007003518A3 (en) * | 2005-07-05 | 2007-04-12 | Lisa Cambruzzi | Safety strap |
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| US20080235988A1 (en) * | 2007-03-27 | 2008-10-02 | Pamela Wyland | Shoe grip |
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| USD837496S1 (en) * | 2016-03-11 | 2019-01-08 | Nike, Inc. | Shoe with illuminable heel light sequence |
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| USD827263S1 (en) | 2016-03-11 | 2018-09-04 | Nike, Inc. | Shoe with illuminable heel light sequence |
| USD828683S1 (en) | 2016-03-11 | 2018-09-18 | Nike, Inc. | Shoe with illuminable heel light sequence |
| USD781567S1 (en) * | 2016-04-15 | 2017-03-21 | Shoe Jewelry, LLC | Jewelry attachment for footwear |
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| US11583033B1 (en) | 2017-07-25 | 2023-02-21 | Blauer Manufacturing Company, Inc. | Footwear with a reflective heel |
| USD857357S1 (en) * | 2018-07-30 | 2019-08-27 | Nike, Inc. | Shoe |
| USD881546S1 (en) | 2018-07-30 | 2020-04-21 | Nike, Inc. | Shoe |
| USD850092S1 (en) * | 2018-10-13 | 2019-06-04 | Steve Joseph Rosenblum | Shoelace ornament |
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| USD842602S1 (en) * | 2018-10-13 | 2019-03-12 | BAIA Ltd. | Shoelace ornament |
| USD855304S1 (en) * | 2018-12-20 | 2019-08-06 | Vita Fede Inc. | Shoe jewelry |
| US10617170B1 (en) | 2019-06-14 | 2020-04-14 | Stephen Arnold | Sandal or slip-on footwear with improved optional-use heel strap and related methods |
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