200 patents
Utility
Method of manufacturing a sporting goods component
9 Jan 24
A method for the manufacture of a sporting goods component including the steps of: selecting a first textile, wherein the first textile has a first shrinkage ratio under a predetermined shrinking condition; forming a first portion of the component using the first textile; selecting a second textile, wherein the second textile has a second shrinkage ratio under the predetermined shrinking condition, wherein the second shrinkage ratio is higher than the first shrinkage ratio; forming a second portion of the component using the second textile; and attaching the first textile and the second textile together.
Brian Hoying, Andrew Joseph Leslie
Filed: 4 May 21
Utility
Athletic bra
2 Jan 24
A sports garment includes a cup portion that receives and conforms to a user's breasts, a base portion disposed along a bottom edge of the cup portion, a first strap portion disposed along a first side edge of the base portion, and a second strap portion disposed along a second side edge of the base portion.
Clair Wallace, Emily Jagos
Filed: 31 Oct 22
Utility
Sole board
19 Dec 23
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
Utility
Wearable athletic activity monitoring systems
12 Dec 23
A sensor garment for monitoring an individual engaged in an athletic activity includes a garment formed of textile material, and a sensor module inseparably coupled to the textile material of the garment.
Aurel Coza, Christian DiBenedetto, Ian Michael Munson
Filed: 4 Sep 20
Utility
Method for placing of components
5 Dec 23
A method for the manufacture of a sports article, in particular a sport shoe, can include the operations of: (a) providing at least one laminar component; (b) providing at least one three-dimensional object; and (c) placing the component onto the object by means of a first roll while simultaneously moving the object relative to the roll.
Clemens Dyckmans, Thomas Feix, Andreas Kugi, Tobias Glück, Christian Hartl-Nesic
Filed: 24 Jan 20
Utility
Color changing materials arranged in slow particle coloration materials
28 Nov 23
Articles comprises iron oxide colloidal nanocrystals arranged within chains, wherein the chains of nanocrystals are embedded within a material used to form the article or a transfer medium used to transfer a color to the article are described.
Michel Reginald Pierre Joseph Lussier
Filed: 27 Jun 22
Utility
Program products, methods, and systems for providing location-aware fitness monitoring services
21 Nov 23
Program products, methods, and systems for providing location-aware fitness monitoring services are disclosed.
Jon H. Werner
Filed: 21 Jul 16
Utility
Article of apparel
21 Nov 23
The present invention concerns an article of apparel including: a first woven area, where the first woven area includes a first weaving density and a first yarn weight per unit length; a second woven area arranged adjacent to the first woven area, where the second woven area includes a second weaving density and a second yarn weight per unit length; and a third woven area arranged adjacent to the second woven area, where the third woven area includes a third weaving density and a third yarn weight per unit length.
Julie Caroline Gretton, Ya Lun Liu
Filed: 4 Apr 19
Utility
Article comprising a knit element
21 Nov 23
A customized, flat-knit multi-zonal element for a shoe upper and a method of producing such an element that allows for continuous knitting while controlling positioning of individual threads.
Florian Poegl, Wolfgang R. Rempp, Roland Jenter, Matthias Linz, Florin Filipescu, Stefan Tamm
Filed: 7 Sep 21
Utility
Method and system for manufacturing a shoe
17 Oct 23
Described are methods, systems, and devices for at least partly manufacturing a piece of apparel (e.g., a shoe), which incorporate manipulating at least one component of the piece of apparel with a particle jamming device.
Henry Hanson, Nicholas Groeneweg, Thomas Feix, Stefan Egerer
Filed: 22 Jul 19
Utility
Footwear with 3-D printed midsole
17 Oct 23
Soles for articles of footwear with a three-dimensional mesh having a bottom surface defined at least partially by a plurality of nodes having a platform with a top platform surface connected to a bottom platform surface with a side surface a plurality of struts for the three-dimensional mesh directly connected to the top platform surface.
Fionn Corcoran-Tadd, Chris Arias, Berin Skye B, Andrea Nieto Perilla, Matteo Padovani
Filed: 7 Oct 20
Utility
Increasing accuracy in workout autodetection systems and methods
10 Oct 23
Devices, systems, and methods can be used including receiving motion data, categorizing the motion data into portions of a minute that indicate activity or a workout, and automatically determining an accurate number of active minutes for an individual.
Stephen John Black
Filed: 21 Jun 21
Utility
Sole comprising individually deflectable reinforcing members, shoe with such a sole, and method for the manufacture of such items
10 Oct 23
A sole for a shoe, the sole comprising reinforcing members extending in a front half of the sole, wherein at least a first one of the reinforcing members further extends rearwardly beyond a midfoot area and into a heel area of the sole and wraps up to a posterior portion of an ankle region.
Robbie Paterson, Harry Miles, Daniel Ruiz, Fabian Schweizer, Sam Forester, Falk Bruns, Peter Valdivia, Jochen Bartl, Tobias Biegel, Valentin Perrin, Jürgen Weidl, Matthias Schmitt, Heiko Schlarb, Alejandro Alcaniz, Ronny Herman Gerard Groeneveld
Filed: 19 Feb 21
Utility
Material for shoe upper
10 Oct 23
Described are materials for a shoe upper, in particular for soccer shoes, with a particularly low weight.
Dirk Meythaler, Harald Geyer, Marco Fischhold, Robert Frank Kirk, Jack Huang, Bruno Jean Antonelli
Filed: 30 Jun 20
Utility
Volume based prediction of physical properties in sports articles
19 Sep 23
Described are methods of estimating a physical property associated with a region of a sports article.
Christian Siegl, Jochen Suessmuth, Jacques Perrault, Derek Luther, Andrew Schneider, Dustin Kendrick, Mario Poerner, Mark Henderson
Filed: 15 Nov 19
Utility
Messaging apparatus for wearable items
19 Sep 23
A messaging apparatus for wearable items.
Peter David Cauwood, Keir Samuel Jackson, Keith Paul Thompson, Constantin Zwick, Tomek Kamil Cegielny, Scott James Grubb, Peter Georg Laitenberger
Filed: 29 Jul 22
Utility
Shoe
19 Sep 23
Described is a shoe, in particular an athletic shoe.
Fu Wen Lee, LuLu Chen, Sam Forester
Filed: 1 Mar 22
Utility
Article of footwear with upper having stitched polymer thread pattern and methods of making the same
12 Sep 23
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: 9 May 22
Utility
Panel for a ball
15 Aug 23
Methods for manufacturing a panel for a ball, in particular for a soccer ball, as well as panels manufactured by these methods and balls with such panels.
Hans-Peter Nürnberg
Filed: 15 Mar 18
Utility
Group performance monitoring system and method
8 Aug 23
The present invention provides group performance monitoring systems and methods.
Meg Susan Burich, Qaizar Hassonjee, Roger Armitage, Markus Strecker, Hagen Diesterbeck
Filed: 22 Mar 21