Patents by Inventor Alexandre Baudouin
Alexandre Baudouin has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11751640Abstract: A footwear customization kit comprises a container including an article of footwear, a stand, a steaming bag and a set of instructions. The article of footwear includes one or more customizable portions that can be deformed when heated, including an upper and a customizable insert. The stand and the steaming bag can be used to heat the article of footwear and the customizable portions in a steam environment. The customizable portions can be modified by a shape of a foot inserted into the article of footwear and can permanently retain the shape upon cooling.Type: GrantFiled: May 3, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: William M. Dieter, Alexandre Baudouin, Brian D. Baker
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Publication number: 20220256977Abstract: A footwear customization kit comprises a container including an article of footwear, a stand, a steaming bag and a set of instructions. The article of footwear includes one or more customizable portions that can be deformed when heated, including an upper and a customizable insert. The stand and the steaming bag can be used to heat the article of footwear and the customizable portions in a steam environment. The customizable portions can be modified by a shape of a foot inserted into the article of footwear and can permanently retain the shape upon cooling.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2022Publication date: August 18, 2022Inventors: William M. Dieter, Alexandre Baudouin, Brian D. Baker
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Patent number: 11350704Abstract: A footwear customization kit includes a container including an article of footwear, a stand, a steaming bag and a set of instructions. The article of footwear includes one or more customizable portions that can be deformed when heated, including an upper and a customizable insert. The stand and the steaming bag can be used to heat the article of footwear and the customizable portions in a steam environment. The customizable portions can be modified by a shape of a foot inserted into the article of footwear and can permanently retain the shape upon cooling.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2016Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: William M. Dieter, Alexandre Baudouin, Brian D. Baker
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Patent number: 10524543Abstract: An article of footwear with self-cleaning cleats and a method of making an article of footwear. The article of footwear may include a sole plate having cleats associated with resilient members. The resilient members may be disposed on the cleats. The resilient members may prevent mud from accumulating on the cleats and/or a bottom surface of the sole plate by compressing against a surface of the ground and then springing back, preventing mud from sticking to the resilient member.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2014Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Alexandre Baudouin, Thomas J. Rushbrook, Denis Schiller
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Patent number: 10278454Abstract: An article of footwear may include one or more harnesses to restrain a wearer foot from transverse movement within an upper during a rapid sideways maneuver. One harness may be located in a lateral forefoot region. Another harness may be located in medial region and may include a midfoot and/or a hindfoot region.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2014Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Shane S. Kohatsu, Alexandre Baudouin
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Patent number: 10045593Abstract: A method and kit for custom fitting an article of footwear is disclosed. A container holding the article of footwear includes a steaming apparatus that allows a customer to subject the article of footwear to steam. The article of footwear is placed within the steaming apparatus to subject the article of footwear to steam. The method can include cooling the article of footwear on the customer's foot to custom fit the article of footwear.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Baker, Alexandre Baudouin, William M. Dieter
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Patent number: 9788612Abstract: A method and kit for custom fitting an article of footwear is disclosed. A container holding the article of footwear includes a steaming apparatus that allows a customer to subject the article of footwear to steam. The article of footwear is placed within the steaming apparatus to subject the article of footwear to steam. The method can include cooling the article of footwear on the customer's foot to custom fit the article of footwear.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2016Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Baker, Alexandre Baudouin, William M. Dieter
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Patent number: 9700098Abstract: An article of footwear that includes an upper that secures the article of footwear to a wearer. The footwear also includes a sole assembly that is operably coupled to the upper. The sole assembly includes an outsole having a plurality of cleats and a groove. The groove includes a first internal surface and a second internal surface. The first and second internal surfaces move away from each other as the sole assembly flexes in a first direction, and the first and second internal surfaces abut each other to limit movement of the sole assembly in a second direction opposite the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2016Date of Patent: July 11, 2017Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Michael S. Amos, Brian D. Baker, Alexandre Baudouin, Kevin P. Fallon
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Patent number: 9591889Abstract: A foot support structure for an article of footwear or other foot-receiving device may include a first foot support portion disposed in a first orientation and a second foot support portion disposed in a second orientation different than the first orientation. A twist portion may extend continuously from the first foot support portion to the second foot support portion and twist from the first orientation to the second orientation A common face of the foot support member may extend over at least part of the first foot support portion, at least part of the second foot support portion and the twist portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2015Date of Patent: March 14, 2017Assignee: Nike, Inc.Inventors: Joshua P. Heard, Alexandre Baudouin, Robert M. Bruce, John Hurd, James Molyneux
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Patent number: 9572394Abstract: Foot-supporting elements for articles of footwear or other products may include: (a) a first diagonally-oriented plate that extends from a lateral heel location of an article of footwear to a medial forefoot location of the article of footwear; and (b) a second diagonally-oriented plate that extends from a medial heel location of the article of footwear to a lateral forefoot location of the article of footwear. These foot-supporting elements may be utilized in foot-receiving devices that may include: (a) a foot-covering member (such as an upper); and (b) a foot-supporting element engaged with the foot-covering member.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2013Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Joshua P. Heard, Robert M. Bruce, John Hurd, Alexandre Baudouin, Kevin W. Hoffer, James Molyneux
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Patent number: 9538804Abstract: An article of footwear has an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The upper includes a knitted component and, in some configurations, a skin layer secured to the knitted component. The knitted component may have a plurality of protruding areas that extend outward and away from a void within the upper for receiving a foot of a wearer. The protruding areas may include one or both of (a) a first tubular structure and an inlaid strand extending through the first tubular structure and (b) a second tubular structure and yarn sections extending across the second tubular structure.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2014Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: NIKE, INC.Inventors: Karl Seamarks, Phil Woodman, Benjamin A. Shaffer, Erin E. Toraya, Simon J. Baines, Alexandre Baudouin, James Molyneux
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Publication number: 20160366986Abstract: A footwear customization kit is described. The kit comprises a container including an article of footwear, a stand, a steaming bag and a set of instructions. The article of footwear includes one or more customizable portions that can be deformed when heated, including an upper and a customizable insert. The stand and the steaming bag can be used to heat the article of footwear and the customizable portions in a steam environment. The customizable portions can be modified by a shape of a foot inserted into the article of footwear and can permanently retain the shape upon cooling.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: December 22, 2016Inventors: William M. Dieter, Alexandre Baudouin, Brian D. Baker
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Publication number: 20160309848Abstract: A method and kit for custom fitting an article of footwear is disclosed. A container holding the article of footwear includes a steaming apparatus that allows a customer to subject the article of footwear to steam. The article of footwear is placed within the steaming apparatus to subject the article of footwear to steam. The method can include cooling the article of footwear on the customer's foot to custom fit the article of footwear.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2016Publication date: October 27, 2016Inventors: Brian D. Baker, Alexandre Baudouin, William M. Dieter
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Publication number: 20160286907Abstract: A method and kit for custom fitting an article of footwear is disclosed. A container holding the article of footwear includes a steaming apparatus that allows a customer to subject the article of footwear to steam. The article of footwear is placed within the steaming apparatus to subject the article of footwear to steam. The method can include cooling the article of footwear on the customer's foot to custom fit the article of footwear.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2016Publication date: October 6, 2016Inventors: Brian D. Baker, Alexandre Baudouin, William M. Dieter
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Patent number: 9456661Abstract: A footwear customization kit is disclosed. The kit comprises a container including an article of footwear, a stand, a steaming bag and a set of instructions. The article of footwear includes a customizable portion that can be deformed when heated. The stand and the steaming bag can be used to heat the article of footwear in a steam environment. The steaming bag includes a central portion and a peripheral portion. The central portion of the steaming bag defines an interior cavity for receiving the article of footwear. The peripheral portion can include grasping holes for grabbing the steaming bag in the steam environment. The steaming bag can expand from a flattened configuration when filled with the article of footwear in the steam environment.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2014Date of Patent: October 4, 2016Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: William M. Dieter, Alexandre Baudouin, Brian D. Baker
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Patent number: 9452878Abstract: A footwear customization kit includes a stand for supporting an article of footwear that has a customizable portion that can be deformed when heated, and a steaming bag. The stand may include first and second members that can be assembled to support the article of footwear in the steaming bag over a steam environment by engaging an outer periphery of a steaming vessel. The first member may include a first center projection, a first lower central surface, and engaging slots formed in the first lower central surface. The second member may include a second center projection, a second lower central surface, a pair of second shoulders, third and fourth arms disposed above the second lower central surface, and receiving slots formed in upper surfaces of the second shoulders. The first and second members may be attached by interlocking engagement of the engaging slots and the receiving slots.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2013Date of Patent: September 27, 2016Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Baker, Alexandre Baudouin, William M. Dieter, James Molyneux
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Patent number: 9409701Abstract: A method and kit for custom fitting an article of footwear is disclosed. A container holding the article of footwear includes a steaming apparatus that allows a customer to subject the article of footwear to steam. The article of footwear is placed within the steaming apparatus to subject the article of footwear to steam. The method can include cooling the article of footwear on the customer's foot to custom fit the article of footwear.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Brian D. Baker, Alexandre Baudouin, William M. Dieter
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Patent number: 9398784Abstract: An article of footwear has an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The upper includes a knitted component and, in some configurations, a skin layer secured to the knitted component. The knitted component may have a plurality of protruding areas that extend outward and away from a void within the upper for receiving a foot of a wearer. The protruding areas may include one or both of (a) a first tubular structure and an inlaid strand extending through the first tubular structure and (b) a second tubular structure and yarn sections extending across the second tubular structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2013Date of Patent: July 26, 2016Assignee: NIKE, INC.Inventors: Alexandre Baudouin, James Molyneux
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Publication number: 20160150853Abstract: An article of footwear that includes an upper that secures the article of footwear to a wearer. The footwear also includes a sole assembly that is operably coupled to the upper. The sole assembly includes an outsole having a plurality of cleats and a groove. The groove includes a first internal surface and a second internal surface. The first and second internal surfaces move away from each other as the sole assembly flexes in a first direction, and the first and second internal surfaces abut each other to limit movement of the sole assembly in a second direction opposite the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2016Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Michael S. Amos, Brian D. Baker, Alexandre Baudouin, Kevin P. Fallon
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Patent number: 9277783Abstract: An article of footwear that includes an upper that secures the article of footwear to a wearer. The footwear also includes a sole assembly that is operably coupled to the upper. The sole assembly includes an outsole having a plurality of cleats and a groove. The groove includes a first internal surface and a second internal surface. The first and second internal surfaces move away from each other as the sole assembly flexes in a first direction, and the first and second internal surfaces abut each other to limit movement of the sole assembly in a second direction opposite the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2014Date of Patent: March 8, 2016Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Michael S. Amos, Brian D. Baker, Alexandre Baudouin, Kevin P. Fallon