Patents Examined by Bao-Thieu L Nguyen
  • Patent number: 11906816
    Abstract: A goggles and air filter combination includes goggles including a container on a top, a frame, an eyeglass held by the frame, and a bridge; a strap having two ends releasably attached to two ends of the frame respectively; and an air filter including a housing disposed in the container, a centrifugal fan disposed in the housing, and a filter element disposed on a top of the centrifugal fan. The air filter communicates with the eyeglass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN AURORA TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventor: Qingbo Xie
  • Patent number: 11896081
    Abstract: An article of footwear has a sole structure with multiple components. The sole structure includes a midsole member, an outsole member and an exterior support member. The midsole member and the outsole member have corresponding grooves. The exterior support member provides reinforcement for the midsole member. The outsole member includes a plurality of bristle members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Nadia M. Panian, Jeffrey C. Spanks
  • Patent number: 11889896
    Abstract: An article of footwear has a multi-layer upper, where the outermost layers of the upper are cut into a pattern. The cut portions of the upper are mounted on a contiguous substrate layer so that the edges of the cut portions are visible and perceptible to touch. The upper remains durable in terms of abrasion resistance, ply adhesion, tensile strength, and flex testing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Tiffany A. Beers, Nathan T. Gilbreath
  • Patent number: 11882894
    Abstract: Described is an upper garment worn by welders while welding overhead, which is made of a breathable fabric and leather. The garment has a hood comprising leather attached to the neckline of the garment body, at least one leather sleeve, and leather on one shoulder and an upper front portion and an upper back portion of the garment that is contiguous with the at least one leather sleeve. The hood may be partially or completely made of leather, and the other sleeve may be leather. The strategic placement of leather on the garment improves the garment's durability, minimizes burns on the wearer from sparks and spatter, and protects the garment from the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: UP IN SMOKE WELDING APPAREL INC.
    Inventor: Mackenzie D. Schurr
  • Patent number: 11885051
    Abstract: Systems and methods for forming a tubular braid are disclosed here-in. A braiding system configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, an upper drive unit, a lower drive unit, a mandrel coaxial with the upper and lower drive units, and a plurality of tubes extending between the upper drive unit and the lower drive unit. Each tube can be configured to receive individual filaments for forming the tubular braid, and the upper and lower drive units can act in synchronization to move the tubes (and the filaments contained within those tubes) in three distinct motions: (i) radially inward toward a central axis, (ii) radially outward away from the central axis, and (iii) rotationally about the central axis, to cross the filaments over and under one another to form the tubular braid on the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Inceptus Medical, LLC
    Inventors: Richard Quick, John Coleman Thress, Greg Ulrich
  • Patent number: 11877624
    Abstract: A shoelace arrangement is provided for a shoe. The shoelace arrangement is basically provided with an upper, a shoelace tightener and a shoelace. The upper includes a first surface and a second surface opposite side of the first surface. The shoelace tightener is disposed to the upper. The shoelace is coupled to the shoelace tightener. The shoelace includes a first shoelace portion entirely extending on the first surface, and a second shoelace portion entirely extending on the second surface. The first shoelace portion and the second shoelace portion cross one another via the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Shimano Inc.
    Inventors: Kaoru Ouchi, Toshiaki Aoki, Kadunori Iuchi
  • Patent number: 11871811
    Abstract: A rapid-entry shoe having an elastic element to enlarge a foot opening of the rapid-entry shoe and also having a stabilizer to prevent a rear portion of the rapid-entry shoe from collapsing downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: FAST IP, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Pratt, Craig Cheney
  • Patent number: 11871809
    Abstract: A protective helmet to be worn by a player engaged in a sport comprises a flexible outer shell and a multi-layer liner assembly disposed within the outer shell. The multi-layer liner assembly includes an inner-layer, a middle-layer and an outer-layer, and permits relative rotational movement between said layers when the helmet is worn by the player and receives an impact. The inner-layer is made from a first material with a first density and is mechanically coupled to the outer-layer without adhesive. The outer-layer is made from a second material with a second density that is greater than the first density of the inner-layer. The middle-layer is made from a third material that has a third density that is greater than the first density. The outer-layer also has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the inner-layer and varies between a front region of the outer-layer and a crown region of the outer-layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael W. Lowe
  • Patent number: 11864621
    Abstract: A sole structure of an article of footwear includes a first outer region, a second outer region, and a third outer region. The first outer region is at least partially disposed a first distance from a longitudinal axis and includes a first hardness. The second outer region is at least partially disposed a second distance from the longitudinal axis and includes a second hardness that is greater than the first hardness. The third outer region is at least partially disposed between the first outer region and the second outer region a third distance from the longitudinal axis and includes a third hardness that is greater than the first hardness and less than the second hardness. The second distance is greater than the first distance, and the third distance is greater than the first distance and less than the second distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventor: Aaron A C Cooper
  • Patent number: 11849811
    Abstract: An article of footwear may include an upper configured to receive a foot of a wearer, the upper including one or more elastic portions and one or more substantially inelastic portions. The footwear may further include a plurality of lace receiving members fixedly attached to an outer surface of the upper on the inelastic portions of the upper. Also, the footwear may include a sole structure fixedly attached to the upper. In addition, the footwear may include a motorized tensioning system including a motorized tightening device and a tensile member extending through the plurality of lace receiving members, the tightening device being configured to apply tension in the tensile member to adjust the size of an internal void defined by the article of footwear by drawing two or more of the plurality of lace receiving members closer to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Rushbrook, Tiffany A. Beers
  • Patent number: 11844401
    Abstract: An article of footwear has a flexible upper, a sole, a bite line, a heel region, a forefoot region, a medial side, a lateral side, and a flap. The article of footwear is secured using a closure system that may be tightened and loosened. The flap is coupled to the article of footwear proximate the bite line and is configured to interact with the closure system. The closure system secures the flap to the upper when the closure system is tightened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: John F. Swigart, Paul O. Teeter
  • Patent number: 11839265
    Abstract: Proposed is a detachable lacing apparatus using a shoelace loop for footwear and, more particularly, to a detachable lacing apparatus using a shoelace loop for footwear, the apparatus including a shoelace length adjuster that is provided with, on one side thereof, a length adjuster detachable part on which a locking groove part is formed, wherein in the locking groove part, a shoelace loop passed through a shoelace hole is fastened to be tightened and untightened according to winding and unwinding of the length adjuster, so that the shoelace length adjuster that a user desires may be customized and easily attached to the user's shoes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: WINDWIRE CO. LTD.
    Inventor: Youn-Seo So
  • Patent number: 11833084
    Abstract: Goggles and eyewear with various features may be described herein. Such goggles and eyewear may include lenses that allow for the installation of larger roll-off films, adjustable nose sections to increase comfort of a wearer, sweat management systems that include a permeable gasket and a gutter, lens attachment systems, and co-molded frames of multiple different materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: 100% Speedlab, LLC
    Inventors: Michael D. Young, Dennis C. Tan, Ludovic Francis Boinnard
  • Patent number: 11825884
    Abstract: Aspects herein are directed to an upper-body garment having a collar construction formed from a back collar panel and at least one front collar panel, where each of the back collar panel at the front collar panel comprise terminal ends. The terminal ends of the front collar panel and the back collar panel are in an overlapping relationship at a first side and a second side of a neck opening of the upper-body garment. The terminal ends of the front collar panel are detached from the terminal ends of the back collar panel to provide enhanced stretch at the lateral sides of the neck opening when donning and doffing the upper-body garment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Shannan C. Carlino, Iustinia Koshkaroff
  • Patent number: 11825887
    Abstract: A color splash effect is established by a darker backdrop color of an outer surface of a liquid proof and heat resistant glove in the event that a portion of the glove ruptures or fails. The color splash effect is accomplished by a lighter and brighter color being visible through the rupture in the glove. The lighter and brighter color may be formed on or as part of a protective member positioned beneath the outer layer. The protective member also protects the wearer against sharp objects contacting the outer layer of the glove and moving over the protective member. Some embodiments provide that the protective member is in a thumb crotch region of the glove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Summit Glove Inc.
    Inventor: James L Hull
  • Patent number: 11819075
    Abstract: A compression garment may generally include an upwardly disposed waist, a seat spaced apart from and connected to a pant front, the seat and the pant front connected to the waist, a single leg portion connected to the seat and the pant front and configured to receive a first leg of a wearer, and an opposing side portion connected to the seat and the pant front and including an aperture opposed to the waist and defined by distal edges of the seat and the pant front, and a compression portion circumferentially around at least a portion of the first leg of the wearer to exert therapeutic pressure on the first leg of the wearer when the compression garment is in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventors: Kimberly Ann Krysinski, Terrance Raymond Krysinski
  • Patent number: 11819088
    Abstract: An outsole for an article of footwear with a forefoot region, a midfoot region, a heel region, a medial side, and a lateral side. The outsole can include a ground engaging surface with a plurality of cleats and a plurality of circular ridges including a first set of circular ridges and a second set of circular ridges. The first set of circular ridges can be concentrically aligned about a first epicenter in the forefoot region and the second set of circular ridges can be concentrically aligned about a second epicenter in the heel region. The plurality of cleats can include a first set of cleats in the forefoot region that can be aligned along a first circular ridge of the first set of circular ridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: PUMA SE
    Inventors: Arnaud Redon, Christopher Dunning
  • Patent number: 11812822
    Abstract: A size-adjustable sport shoe includes a shoe head, a shoe insole, and an adjusting telescopic device including a gear, a shaft gear, first and second gear racks, and handle. The first and second gear racks are located at two lateral sides of an elongated adjustment groove at the shoe head, wherein the upper surface of the second gear rack is lower than the upper surface of the first gear rack. The gear shaft is coupled between the gear and the handle. When the handle is folded perpendicularly to an axis direction of the gear shaft, the gear meshes with the first gear rack to lock up the shoe head at the shoe insole. When the handle is folded to coincide with the axis direction of the gear shaft, the gear meshes with the second gear rack to allow the shoe head to be slid from the shoe insole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: TRI GOLD MANUFACTURE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ting-Hung Yu, Chuan-Hung Yu
  • Patent number: 11812809
    Abstract: A helmet includes a frame having a plurality of tubular segments. The frame includes a cap portion and at least one extension portion. The cap portion includes a plurality of main tubular segments extending from a front of the helmet, configured to be positioned over a forehead of the wearer, to a back of the helmet, configured to be positioned over an occipital region of the wearer's head, and at least one tubular cross segment extending between the main segments. The at least one extension portion includes extending tubular segments that extend from the cap portion to a common point that is configured to be positioned below the wearer's ear. The helmet also includes at least one perforated cover plate mounted to the extending tubular segments, which is configured to cover the wearer's ear and squamous temporal bones of the wearer's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Baptist Health South Florida, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael W. McDermott
  • Patent number: 11805846
    Abstract: An article of footwear with a traction system. The traction system includes a plurality of traction elements of various heights on the outsole that undergo rotation within the penetrated substratum while avoiding damage from digging the surface while walking. The plurality of traction elements has a shortened height at pivot points of a foot and a lengthened height away from the pivot points of the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Acushnet Company
    Inventors: John F. Swigart, Robert S. Bento, Paul O. Teeter