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Utility
Shoe with adaptive heel element
7 Jun 22
A shoe, in particular an athletic shoe, comprising a heel portion that includes an adaptive heel element arranged in the heel portion of the shoe, wherein the adaptive heel element comprises a stretch material.
Paul Leonard Michael Smith, Stuart David Reinhardt, Angus Wardlaw, Jan Hill, James Tarrier, Falk Bruns, Andreas Thieret, Oliver Wendel, Maximilian Grüttner, Bernhard Schuster
Filed: 19 Sep 18
Utility
Laceless shoe
7 Jun 22
Described is a shoe upper for a shoe, in particular an athletic shoe, wherein the shoe upper is laceless and comprises: (a.) a lateral portion; (b.) a medial portion; and (c.) at least an elastic intermediate portion between the lateral portion and the medial portion, wherein the stiffness of at least one of the lateral portion and the medial portion is at least 2 times higher than the stiffness of the elastic intermediate portion.
Fu Wen Lee, LuLu Chen, Sam Forester
Filed: 28 Aug 19
Utility
Optimized sports article
7 Jun 22
Embodiments of the invention concerns a method of designing a sports article, including: (a) scanning at least one body part of at least a first person; (b) creating a first digital model of the body part of the first person; (c) creating a digital model of the sports article; (d) digitally arranging the digital model of the sports article on the first digital model of the body part, while allowing the digital model of the sports article to stretch digitally and (e) digitally modifying at least one property of the digital model of the sports article based on the first digital model of the body part and the digital model of the sports article.
Deborah June Yeomans, Iain James Sabberton, Simon Peter Wilsher, Keir Samuel Jackson, Oliver Nathaniel Ambrose Price, Marco Albert Dittrich, Henry Hanson, Alain Walter, Jochen Suessmuth
Filed: 12 Jun 19
Utility
Co-molded 3D Elements
2 Jun 22
Describes are support elements for a sole of a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, a sole and a shoe with such a support element, as well as a method for the manufacture of a support element.
Stuart David Reinhardt, Paul Leonard Michael Smith, James Tarrier, Robert Leimer, Tru Huu Minh Le, Angus Wardlaw, Warren Freeman, Heiko Schlarb, Christopher Edward Holmes, John Whiteman, Sabrina Kerling
Filed: 18 Feb 22
Utility
Modular Personal Network Systems and Methods
2 Jun 22
Modular personal networks (MPNs) are disclosed that include multiple devices that may be worn, carried, or used in close proximity to a user.
Michael ELLIS, Caron SCHWARTZ
Filed: 16 Feb 22
Utility
Garment
24 May 22
Described is a garment (10) having an integrated first pocket (55) into which the garment (10) may be packed, when not in use and wherein the first pocket (55) has an opening (180) arranged at the lower end of the garment (10).
Peter Andreas Schwirtz, Conroy James Nachtigall
Filed: 21 Jun 18
Design
Footwear
17 May 22
Vincent Etcheverry
Filed: 8 May 20
Utility
Three-dimensional shoe manufacturing
17 May 22
Described are methods for the manufacture of a shoe, an apparatus to perform such method, as well as a shoe manufactured by such method.
Gerd Rainer Manz, Jan Hill, Brian Hoying, Angus Wardlaw, Marco Kormann, Christian Lott
Filed: 26 Aug 19
Utility
Recycling of a Shoe
12 May 22
The present invention provides a method for recycling a shoe (100), the shoe (100) comprising various components made from the same material class with varying densities, the method comprises milling (210) the shoe (100) to obtain a plurality of particles (212), the particles (212) having different material densities, mixing (240) the particles, applying heat (312) to the mixed particles (242) to obtain a melt of molten particles and extruding (317) the melt.
Tanyaradzwa Sahanga, Eva Hofmann, Andreas Seefried, Juno Park
Filed: 1 Apr 20
Utility
Three-dimensionally thermo-molded footwear
10 May 22
Articles of footwear including a thermo-molded upper having a skin composed of one or more low melting point thermoplastic polymers.
Ronald Daniel Becker, Edward John Musho, Charles Griffin Wilson, III, Robert Leimer, Howard Hunter Barney, Nicholas Allen Groeneweg, Ian James Hennebery, Kelli Amelia George, Alistair Hather, Carl Arnese, Jacques Perrault
Filed: 16 May 16
Utility
Article of footwear with upper having stitched polymer thread pattern and methods of making the same
10 May 22
An upper for an article of footwear, the upper including a base layer defining a least a portion of the upper and polymer threads stitched to the base layer.
Jason Daniel McGinnity, Janette P. Atkins, Elise Marie Hall, Carl Arnese
Filed: 5 Aug 19
Utility
Lacing Lockdown System
5 May 22
The present invention relates to a lacing system for tightening a shoe upper, comprising: at least one strap, and a first and a second guiding element for coupling the strap to the shoe upper, wherein a first end of the strap is attached to a tongue portion of the shoe upper and a second end of the strap is configured to receive a portion of a shoelace, and wherein the first guiding element is arranged in a throat area of the shoe upper and the second guiding element is arranged in a sole area of the shoe upper opposite to the throat area.
Rohan ABEL, Ninh An NGUYEN
Filed: 29 Oct 21
Utility
Method for Manufacturing a Shoe Upper
5 May 22
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a shoe upper, including the steps of: providing at least one stretchable portion on the shoe upper; stretching the at least one stretchable portion of the shoe upper for adapting a size of the shoe upper; and permanently attaching at least one rigid element at least partly on the stretched stretchable portion so that the stretched stretchable portion is locked.
Brian HOYING, Andrew LESLIE
Filed: 8 Nov 21
Utility
Systems and techniques for computer-enabled geo-targeted product reservation for secure and authenticated online reservations
3 May 22
Systems and methods disclosed herein provide a geo-targeted online reservation system that ensures authenticity of customer devices requesting reservations by generating reservations only if threshold authentication conditions are satisfied.
Gordon Gibson Lanpher, Roger Brandon Beaty, Jonathan Matthew Shaw, Katharine Reinhold, Ryan Robert O. Malia, Megan Murphy Millard, Simon Atkins, Todd Ames
Filed: 24 Jun 20
Utility
Method of making three-dimensional objects by additive manufacturing
26 Apr 22
Provided is a method of making a three-dimensional object, which method may include the steps of: (a) producing an intermediate object (21) from a dual cure polymerizable liquid by additive manufacturing, the intermediate object having the shape of the three-dimensional object in warped or distorted form; (b) optionally washing the intermediate object; then (c) contacting the intermediate to a form (22), which form has a shape corresponding to the three-dimensional object, and with the intermediate conformed to the shape of the form; then (d) further curing the intermediate object in contact with the form to produce the three-dimensional object (24) under conditions in which the three-dimensional object retains a shape conformed to the form after separating therefrom; and then (e) separating the three-dimensional object from the form.
Braden Reed Ball, Craig B. Carlson, Gregory W. Dachs, II, Hardik Kabaria, Sean Friedrich Walter McCluskey, R. Griffin Price, Hendric Vogel, Jacques Perrault
Filed: 14 Mar 18
Utility
Footwear Midsole with 3-D Printed Mesh Having an Anisotropic Structure and Methods of Making the Same
14 Apr 22
Soles for an article of footwear with a three-dimensional mesh having a plurality of interconnected unit cells composed of one or more soft sub-cells and one or more stiff sub-cells.
Ladan Salari-Sharif, Jacques M. Perrault, Iain Martin Hannah
Filed: 13 Oct 20
Utility
Footwear Midsole with Anisotropic Mesh and Methods of Making the Same
14 Apr 22
Soles for articles of footwear including a mechanically anisotropic three-dimensional mesh.
Blayne HETTINGA, Shannon POMEROY, Iain HANNAH, Ladan SALARI-SHARIF, Dustin KENDRICK, Jacques M. PERRAULT, Andrew SCHNEIDER
Filed: 13 Oct 20
Utility
Footwear and Footwear Components Having a Mesh Component
14 Apr 22
An article of footwear may include a sole and an upper connected to the sole.
Zachary C. Coonrod, Berin Skye B, Keith A. Blume, Derek Andrew Luther, Ladan Salari-Sharif, Iain Martin Hannah, Jacques M. Perrault, Christian Manuel Arias Delgado, Dustin Kendrick
Filed: 13 Oct 20
Utility
Sports shoe and method for the manufacture thereof
5 Apr 22
A shoe, in particular a running shoe, may include an upper and a sole unit.
Angus Wardlaw, Zachary Clinton Coonrod, James Tarrier, Heiko Schlarb, Paul Leonard Michael Smith, Warren Freeman
Filed: 7 Apr 16
Utility
Sole Board
31 Mar 22
A sole board for an article of footwear includes a plate that has a forefoot region, a midfoot region, and a heel region.
Aric ARMON, Jeremy DETERMAN, Frances HUANG, Derek LUTHER, Nick MARTUSHEV, Kevin MURPHY
Filed: 13 Dec 21