Polymer Innovations, Inc.

Other

Arborwear LLC

Perfect Impression Footwear Company

William H Weber

James W Hoover

Dan T Moore

Maurice E Wheeler

Deborah L James

Protective chaps, such as chainsaw protective chaps, including a right legging, a left legging, and a waist attachment element such as a belt for attaching the chaps to the waist of a wearer. Each legging has preferably 2-5 strap units, such as straps, for securing the legging around the back of a leg of the wearer. One or more of the strap units is repositionable higher or lower on its legging to provide comfort and better fit for the wearer and so that a damaged strap unit or strap can be easily replaced.

Protective chaps

Footwear such as a shoe or boot has an upper, an outsole and an insole. The insole comprises a layer of thermoplastic material and a heater member. The heater member is capable of generating heat by being energized by electrical energy and is capable upon being energized of effectively heating and softening the thermoplastic material so that the insole may be conformed to the shape of the underside of a foot of a person, in order to provide a custom-fitting footbed and custom-fitting footwear. The heater member preferably includes an etched foil heating element which heats by electrical resistance.

Custom-fitting footwear

A removable insole is provided which includes a layer of thermoplastic material, the thermoplastic material preferably including ethylene vinyl acetate and ethylene vinyl acetate modified by the addition of carbonyl groups. A custom-fitting insole is preferably produced by heating a substantially flat insole in a microwave oven until the thermoplastic material softens, placing the heated insole in a shoe, and having a person insert their foot into the shoe and walk around to form an impression.

Insole

A method of producing a custom-fitting article such as a custom-fitting footbed (for example, a removable insole), a custom-fitting hand grip, a custom-fitting body pad, and a custom-fitting orthopedic cast. A member for producing same and a composition for use in connection therewith are also provided. A member, such as a gel pad or gel-filled envelope, is provided which comprises a body of formable material having a minimum setting temperature greater than 130.degree. F. and being setable by heating for a period not exceeding 30 minutes and subsequent cooling. The member is conformed by biasing it against a body part of a person or mammal with sufficient pressure to conform the member to the shape of the body part. The member is then heated for a period not exceeding 30 minutes and thereafter cooled so that the formable material is set and the member remains flexible while resiliently retaining an impression of the body part. The composition preferably comprises uncured silicone rubber, an effect amount of crosslinking agent, and effective amounts of a) fine powder ethylene copolymer or terpolymer or a mixture thereof and b) liquid plasticizer.

Method of producing custom-fitting articles and composition for the use

Downspout trap

A building structure is disclosed having a facia board 13 and a shingled roof 14. A gutter assembly is secured to the facia board 13 and includes a gutter member 18 and a roof plate 19. The roof plate 19 includes an open C-shaped cavity 30 which receives a flange 25 projecting from the gutter member. The free edge 26 of the flange resiliently seals against the portion of the gutter member which defines the cavity to prevent water from seeping under the roof plate by capillary action. The vertical disposition of the flange in the cavity varies along the axial length of the cavity for pitching the gutter member. The rear wall 21 of the gutter member is nailed to the facia board, and the front wall 22 of the gutter member is supported by a support bracket 37 extending from the rear wall to the front wall.

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Novelty, OH, United States of America

William H Weber