Patents Assigned to Adidas AG
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Patent number: 11964445Abstract: Described are a method for the manufacture of a shoe sole, the sole manufactured by the method, and a shoe including the sole. The method includes loading a pre-manufactured article comprising thermoplastic polyurethane (TPU) material into a mold; loading pellets of an expanded thermoplastic polyurethane (eTPU) material into said mold; and connecting the pellets with each other and to the pre-manufactured TPU article by providing an interconnecting medium, wherein the material of the pre-manufactured TPU article either comprises an additive to increase the viscosity of the material of the pre-manufactured TPU article, or has been annealed.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Christopher Edward Holmes, Sabrina Kerling, Tru Huu Minh Le
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Patent number: 11966665Abstract: The present invention provides a method for designing of a piece of apparel in particular an upper of a shoe, comprising the steps of providing at least one first panel including a plurality of feature points in an essentially two-dimensional configuration, arranging the at least one first panel on a first reference body in a three-dimensional configuration representing the piece of apparel to be designed, generating a first mapping between the two-dimensional configuration of the at least one first panel and the three-dimensional configuration of the at least one first panel using the plurality of feature points and designing the piece of apparel using the first mapping.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Jochen Bjoern Suessmuth, Jens Raab, Detlef Philipp Müller
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Patent number: 11963580Abstract: The present invention concerns a shoe upper, including (a) a first sheet, (b) a second sheet, (c) a connecting region in which the first sheet is connected to the second sheet, and (d) a first coating. The first coating is applied onto a first region of the first sheet, a second region of the second sheet, and a third region of the connecting region. The first region, the second region, and the third region are connected.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Jorma Sebastian Seabourne, Martin Love, Sabine Klett, Didick Suarto, Nk Park, Iwan Djung, Lasman Mahulae
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Patent number: 11965287Abstract: The present invention relates to a textile layer comprising a first coating, wherein the first coating is a cured coating and comprises a polyurethane. The textile layer further comprises a second coating, wherein the second coating comprises at least one coloring agent and is arranged on the cured first coating. The polyurethane based cured first coating is transparent.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Patrick Mergenthaler, Bernd Barthelmess, Stefan Egerer
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Patent number: 11961129Abstract: 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. For example, a computing device registered with a server system receives inputs for requesting a reservation of a limited release product and for configuring the product. To authenticate the computing device, the server device transmits an electronic message to the computing device requesting the computing device to respond. A response to the message is one threshold authentication condition for generating the reservation. Upon determining that one or more threshold authentication conditions are satisfied, the server device generates a reservation for the product.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Gordon Gibson Lanpher, Roger Brandon Beaty, Jonathan Matthew Shaw, Katharine Reinhold, Ryan Robert O. Malia, Megan Murphy Millard, Simon Atkins, Todd Ames
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Patent number: 11957206Abstract: Described are soles for a shoe, in particular for a sports shoe, with a midsole. The midsole includes a first sole region, which includes particle foam. The midsole further includes a deformation region within the midsole, wherein the deformation region has a volume greater than that of a single expanded particle and is positioned so that it allows a sideward deformation of the material of the first sole region under a pressure load on the sole.Type: GrantFiled: July 1, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Tru Huu Minh Le, Angus Wardlaw, Dirk Meythaler, Stuart David Reinhardt, Darren Michael Wood, Charles Griffin Wilson, III, Juergen Weidl, Stanislav Goussev, Carl Arnese
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Patent number: 11945184Abstract: Methods for manufacturing cushioning elements for sports apparel are described. A method is provided for manufacturing a cushioning element for sports apparel from randomly arranged particles of an expanded material. The method includes positioning a functional element within a mold and loading the mold with the particles of the expanded material, wherein the loading occurs through at least two openings within the mold and/or wherein the loading occurs between different movable parts of the mold.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Angus Wardlaw, Gerd Rainer Manz, Tru Huu Minh Le, Warren Freeman
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Patent number: 11944158Abstract: This invention concerns a sole element for a cleated article of footwear, in particular for a football shoe. The sole element includes a composite element with an anisotropic bending property. The sole element further includes a polymer element, and the polymer element at least partially covers the composite element of the sole element.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2020Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Benjamin Alexander Thompsett, James Slack, David Artner, Tomson Wang, Junus Ali Khan, Arjun Shanker
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Patent number: 11938697Abstract: A method for automated manufacturing of shoe soles comprises the steps of: loading a transfer device with at least one outsole element and at least one supporting element, positioning the loaded transfer device adjacent a first part and a second part of a sole mold, transferring the at least one outsole element from the transfer device to the first part and transferring the at least one supporting element from the transfer device to the second part of the sole mold, filling the sole mold with a plurality of individual particles, and applying a medium to bond and/or fuse the particles with each other and with the at least one outsole element.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2021Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Tru Huu Minh Le, Carsten Landeck, Christopher Edward Holmes, Angus Wardlaw, Constantin Kemmer, Victor Romanov, Christoph Dyckmans, Amir Fathi
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Patent number: 11931624Abstract: A method for monitoring an individual engaged in an athletic activity includes detecting movement of the individual at a first time, using a sensor module coupled to the individual, determining that the movement of the individual corresponds to a predetermined activation movement, entering an active state of the sensor module in response to the determination that the movement of the individual corresponds to the predetermined activation movement, and detecting movement of the individual at a second time, using the sensor module in the active state.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Aurel Coza, Christian Dibenedetto, Jeffrey Allen
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Patent number: 11910875Abstract: An upper for a sports shoe includes a plurality of areas. The areas include a medial area, a lateral area, a toe area, an instep area, a heel area, and a collar area. The upper includes at least one protrusion in at least four of the plurality of areas. The protrusions protrude from an outer surface of the upper.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Marc Illan Arana, Gaetan Saint-Andre, Sven Roewe, Dominik Sandreuter
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Patent number: 11903435Abstract: A bra including a closure system, the closure system including a first layered fabric body, a second layered fabric body, a loop assembly secured to the first layered fabric body, and a hook assembly secured to the second layered fabric body. The hook assembly is configured to interface with the loop assembly to secure the first layered fabric body to the second layered fabric body, and the first layered fabric body includes a flexible supporting layer, where the flexible supporting layer is configured to provide rigidity to the second layered fabric body such that the second layered fabric body maintains a flat configuration when it is secured to the first layered fabric body.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2022Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Stephanie K. Muhlenfeld, Kozet Mitchell
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Patent number: 11904513Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a mold insert for use in a mold for the manufacture of a cushioning element for sports apparel. Further aspects of the present invention relate to a mold using such a mold insert, a method for the manufacture of a cushioning element for sports apparel using such a mold, and a cushioning element manufactured by such a method.Type: GrantFiled: October 14, 2020Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Helge Weiger, Bastian Gothe, Maximillian Drexler, Andreas Seefried, Marc Simon Anthony Norridge, Jarkko Siltamaeki, Dan Price, Tru Le, Christoph Dyckmans, Victor Romanov
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Patent number: D1018005Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Fionn Corcoran-Tadd, Matteo Padovani, Robbie Paterson, Falk Bruns, Benjamin Peter
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Patent number: D1020192Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Oddbjorn Stavseng, Konstantin Baumann, Denis Hohmann, Nicholas Galway, Adrien Noirhomme, Adreas Schneider, Florian Fick, Faina Chunhan Liang, Jochen Backhaus
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Patent number: D1021343Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventor: Mark Miner
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Patent number: D1021361Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventor: Mark Miner
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Patent number: D1022425Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Fionn Corcoran-Tadd, Chris Arias, Berin Skye B, Andrea Nieto Perilla, Matteo Padovani
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Patent number: D1023530Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2023Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Zachary Coonrod, Stuart Reinhardt
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Patent number: D1024510Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2021Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: adidas AGInventors: Falk Bruns, Marius Jung