1. Footwear comprising:
a foot dressing;
an adjustable assembly coupled to the foot dressing having a manually-operable control to adjust a longitudinal dimension of the inner assembly in fixed relationship with the inner assembly;
an indicator bearing indicia of the adjustable dimension of the inner assembly in fixed relationship with the inner assembly;
a visualization window positioned over the indicator so that as a longitudinal dimension of the footwear apparatus is adjusted the indicia on the indicator is moved behind the window;
and a light source disposed within the footwear apparatus to illuminate the visualization window.
2. The footwear of claim 1 further comprising a power source connected to the light source to provide power for the light source.
3. The footwear of claim 2 wherein the power source is disposed within the footwear apparatus.
4. The footwear of claim 1 further comprising a lens disposed within the footwear apparatus to reflect light from the light source to the visualization window.
5. The footwear of claim 1 wherein the visualization window provides a magnification factor.
6. The footwear of claim 1 wherein the indicia is a shoe size.
7. The footwear of claim 1 wherein the indicia is a relative shoe size.
8. The footwear of claim 1 wherein the indicia is of a shoe dimension.
9. The footwear of claim 1 wherein the indicator bearing indicia of the adjustable dimensions of the inner assembly is taped to the inner assembly,
10. The footwear of claim 1 wherein the visualization window is positioned in a vertical position of a heel of the footwear apparatus.
11. The footwear of claim 1 wherein the visualization window is positioned in a sole of the footwear apparatus.
12. The footwear of claim 1 wherein the visualization window is positioned in a vertical position of a sole of the footwear apparatus.
13. The footwear of claim 1 wherein the adjustable assembly can be controlled for half size increments of longitudinal shoe size.
14. The footwear of claim 1 wherein the control has a manually operable activation mechanism to illuminate the light source.
15. The footwear of claim 14 wherein the activation source is integral to the footwear and manually operable.
16. Footwear, comprising:
a foot dressing, and
an adjustable inner assembly, disposed within the foot dressing, the inner assembly having a first member and a second member in overlapping engagement with each other and a control to adjust the position of the first member relative to the second member and to thereby adjust a dimension of the inner assembly and thereby a corresponding dimension of the footwear apparatus;
an indicator bearing indicia of the adjustable dimension of the inner assembly in fixed relationship with the inner assembly;
a visualization window positioned over the indicator so that as a longitudinal dimension of the footwear apparatus is adjusted the indicia on the indicator is moved behind the window;
and a light source disposed within the footwear apparatus to illuminate the visualization window.
17. The footwear of claim 16 wherein the corresponding dimension of the footwear apparatus is measured in half size increments of longitudinal shoe size.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. Pressure-sensitive tape for closing, sealing, and gluing construction joints, said tape comprising:
a bottom side and a top side;
a backing on said tape top side, said backing having a top side and a bottom side;
an adhesive coating, said adhesive coating having a top side and a bottom side, said adhesive coating being located against said backing bottom side;
a removable protective film, said protective film being on said tape bottom side, said protective film having a first slit; and
a first transverse fold section, said fold section longitudinally extending along said tape.
2. The tape in accordance with claim 1, further comprising a second transverse fold section, said second transverse fold section extending longitudinally along said tape.
3. The tape in accordance with claim 2, further comprising a second slit, said second slit extending longitudinally along said protective film.
4. The tape in accordance with claim 3, wherein said second fold edge coincides with said protective film second slit.
5. The tape in accordance with claim 3, wherein said second fold edge is offset from said protective film first slit.
6. The tape in accordance with claim 3, wherein said first fold edge is offset from said protective film second slit.
7. The tape in accordance with claim 6, wherein said protective film has an edge section, said edge section being adjacent to said first fold edge.
8. The tape in accordance with claim 7, wherein said first fold section opposes said second fold section.
9. The tape in accordance with claim 8, wherein said first fold section is transversely adjacent to said second fold section.
10. The tape in accordance with claim 9, wherein said first fold section partially contacts said second fold section.
11. The tape in accordance with claim 10, wherein said tape bottom is located adjacent to said first fold section.
12. The tape in accordance with claim 10, wherein said tape top side is located adjacent to said first fold section.
13. The tape in accordance with claim 12, wherein said adhesive coating is partially uncovered by said protective film.
14. The tape in accordance with claim 13, wherein said adhesive coating is uncovered by said protective film adjacent to said first fold section.
15. The tape in accordance with claim 14, wherein said backing comprises one or more of paper, plastic, woven textile, and non-woven textile, and said adhesive coating comprises one or more of pressure-sensitive acrylate adhesives, rubber adhesives, butyl adhesives, and hot melt.
16. The tape in accordance with claim 15, wherein said backing is adapted for longitudinal tearing.
17. The tape in accordance with claim 16, wherein said adhesive coating has a non-adhesive center strip.
18. The tape in accordance with claim 17, wherein said tape is rolled for forming roll of adhesive tape.
19. The tape in accordance with claim 18, further comprising an intermediate layer, said intermediate layer being provided adjacent to said first fold edge of said roll of adhesive tape.
20. The tape in accordance with claim 19, wherein said tap has a width of at least 3 cm.
21. The tape in accordance with claim 20, wherein said tape further comprises a perforation area, said perforation area having perforation apertures with an average diameter of at least 3 millimeters.
22. The tape in accordance with claim 22, wherein said perforation aperture penetrate said backing, said adhesive coating, and said removable protective film.
23. The tape in accordance with claim 22, wherein said perforation apertures round, polygonal, or oval.
24. The tape in accordance with claim 23, wherein said backing comprises an adhesive open-pore material adapted for plastering.
25. The tape in accordance with claim 3, wherein said second fold edge is offset from said protective film first slit and said protective film second slit.
26. The tape in accordance with claim 6, wherein said protective film has an edge section, said edge section being adjacent to said first fold edge and said second fold edge.
27. The tape in accordance with claim 10, wherein said tape bottom is located adjacent to said first fold section and said second fold section.
28. The tape in accordance with claim 10, wherein said tape top side is located adjacent to said first fold section and said second fold section.
29. The tape in accordance with claim 13, wherein said adhesive coating is uncovered by said protective film adjacent to said first fold section and said second fold section.
30. The tape in accordance with claim 19, wherein said tape has a width of between 3 cm and 50 cm.
31. The tape in accordance with claim 19, wherein said tape has a width of between 4.5 cm and 20 cm.