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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Christopher John Towns, Taunton, GB;
Paul Martin Armstrong, Somerset, GB;
Assignee:
C. & J. Clark International Limited, Somerset, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 3/12 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A43B 3/12 ;
Abstract
The combination of a footwear, such as a sandal and a magnetic fastener to be used to hold together a strap and other parts of the footwear. The magnetic faster includes a first body and a base support. Both have cylindrical recesses containing cylindrical magnets mounted therein. The magnets are oriented to be magnetically attractive to each other. The first body and the base support have interlocking cooperable walls to prevent shear movement of the first body and the base support relative to one another.