Patents by Inventor Andrew Bjornson
Andrew Bjornson 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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Publication number: 20190053571Abstract: The invention relates to shoes including sole elements having a cambered profile. An example sole element includes a midsole having a heel portion, a midfoot portion, and a forefoot portion, the midfoot portion including a longitudinal arch including a medial longitudinal arch portion and a lateral longitudinal arch portion, wherein the longitudinal arch is at least partially elevated above a ground surface in an unloaded condition and deforms towards a ground surface and elongates longitudinally in a loaded condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Applicant: New Balance Athletics, Inc.Inventors: Andrew A. Bjornson, Marya Lourdes Chan, Patrick Y. Choe, Bernard Jankowski, Sean B. Murphy
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Patent number: 9750303Abstract: The invention relates to shoes including sole elements having a cambered profile. An example sole element includes a midsole having a heel portion, a midfoot portion, and a forefoot portion, the midfoot portion including a longitudinal arch including a medial longitudinal arch portion and a lateral longitudinal arch portion, wherein the longitudinal arch is at least partially elevated above a ground surface in an unloaded condition and deforms towards a ground surface and elongates longitudinally in a loaded condition.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: September 5, 2017Assignee: New Balance Athletics, Inc.Inventors: Andrew A. Bjornson, Marya Lourdes Chan, Patrick Y. Choe, Bernard Jankowski, Sean B. Murphy
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Publication number: 20140259769Abstract: The invention relates to shoes including sole elements having a cambered profile. An example sole element includes a midsole having a heel portion, a midfoot portion, and a forefoot portion, the midfoot portion including a longitudinal arch including a medial longitudinal arch portion and a lateral longitudinal arch portion, wherein the longitudinal arch is at least partially elevated above a ground surface in an unloaded condition and deforms towards a ground surface and elongates longitudinally in a loaded condition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Inventors: Andrew A. Bjornson, Marya Lourdes Chan, Patrick Y. Choe, Bernard Jankowski, Sean B. Murphy
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Patent number: 7082701Abstract: Variable tension footwear lacing systems and methods permit and facilitate adjustment of selected zones by a user. In an embodiment, stop devices are used with a footwear lacing system to prevent opposing closure edges of a footwear article from advancing towards each other. The stop device includes a stop guide configured for fastening to a portion of the footwear article, and a stop element. In an implementation, the stop element includes a stop head and a releasable affixing member. The stop head is configured to be manipulated by a user to releasably secure the affixing member to a selected position across the length of the stop guide. The stop head is operable to contact a first closure edge of the footwear article. In an embodiment, during use first and second stop devices contact first and second opposing closure edges of the footwear article and prevent them from advancing towards each other.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2004Date of Patent: August 1, 2006Assignee: Vans, Inc.Inventors: Martin Dalgaard, Andrew Bjornson, Steven Richard Burke, Jacob Hall, Jared Bevens, Jeffrey Grella
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Publication number: 20050284003Abstract: Variable tension footwear lacing systems and methods permit and facilitate adjustment of selected zones by a user. In an embodiment, stop devices are used with a footwear lacing system to prevent opposing closure edges of a footwear article from advancing towards each other. The stop device includes a stop guide configured for fastening to a portion of the footwear article, and a stop element. In an implementation, the stop element includes a stop head and a releasable affixing member. The stop head is configured to be manipulated by a user to releasably secure the affixing member to a selected position across the length of the stop guide. The stop head is operable to contact a first closure edge of the footwear article. In an embodiment, during use first and second stop devices contact first and second opposing closure edges of the footwear article and prevent them from advancing towards each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2005Publication date: December 29, 2005Inventors: Martin Dalgaard, Andrew Bjornson, Steven Burke, Jacob Hall, Jared Bevens, Jeffrey Grella
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Publication number: 20050160627Abstract: Variable tension footwear lacing systems and methods permit and facilitate adjustment of selected zones by a user. In an embodiment, stop devices are used with a footwear lacing system to prevent opposing closure edges of a footwear article from advancing towards each other. The stop device includes a stop guide configured for fastening to a portion of the footwear article, and a stop element. In an implementation, the stop element includes a stop head and a releasable affixing member. The stop head is configured to be manipulated by a user to releasably secure the affixing member to a selected position across the length of the stop guide. The stop head is operable to contact a first closure edge of the footwear article. In an embodiment, during use first and second stop devices contact first and second opposing closure edges of the footwear article and prevent them from advancing towards each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2004Publication date: July 28, 2005Inventors: Martin Dalgaard, Andrew Bjornson, Steven Burke, Jacob Hall, Jared Bevens, Jeffrey Grella
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Patent number: 6354020Abstract: A support and cushioning system for an article of footwear. The system includes a resilient insert disposed between a midsole and an outsole of a shoe. The resilient insert includes several chambers disposed in a heel portion of the resilient insert. These chambers are fluidly interconnected to each other via heel chamber interconnection passages. The resilient insert also includes several chambers disposed in a forefoot portion of the resilient insert. These chambers are also fluidly interconnected to each other. A connecting passage connects at least one of the chambers in the heel portion and at least one of the chambers in the forefoot portion of the resilient insert. A bladder having a fluidly interconnected heel chamber and forefoot chamber is also inserted above the midsole to provided added cushioning to the wearer. In one embodiment, the resilient insert contains air at ambient pressure and the bladder contains air at slightly above ambient pressure.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1999Date of Patent: March 12, 2002Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.Inventors: Neal F. X. Kimball, Andrew A. Bjornson, J. Spencer White, Alexander W. Jessiman
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Patent number: D439033Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 1999Date of Patent: March 20, 2001Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.Inventors: Craig L. Feller, E. Scott Morris, Henry Besanceney, III, John Januszewkis, Andrew Bjornson, Scott D. Hewett, Henry Hardigan, Steven A. Monti, Ian Burgess, Fiona J. Adams, Wayne M. Russell
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Patent number: D434208Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 1999Date of Patent: November 28, 2000Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.Inventors: Neal F. X. Kimball, Andrew A. Bjornson