Patents by Inventor Gabriel La O'

Gabriel La O' 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).

  • Article of footwear incorporating wound element, and related methods of manufacture
    Patent number: 10980317
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for creating wound material portions for incorporation into an article of footwear. More particularly, one method of manufacturing at least a portion of an upper for an article of footwear, in accordance with the invention, includes the steps of providing a support structure, providing a fiber delivery system, tacking a first end of a first fiber onto the support structure, moving the support structure with respect to the fiber delivery system to wind the first fiber around the support structure, cutting a second end of the first fiber upon positioning of the first fiber onto the support structure, and treating at least a portion of the first fiber to fixedly hold it in a wound arrangement and form a fabric layer for incorporation into an article of footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: New Balance Athletics, Inc.
    Inventors: Gabriel La O′, Connor James Hutchinson
  • ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR INCORPORATING WOUND ELEMENT, AND RELATED METHODS OF MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20180271216
    Abstract: The invention relates to systems and methods for creating wound material portions for incorporation into an article of footwear. More particularly, one method of manufacturing at least a portion of an upper for an article of footwear, in accordance with the invention, includes the steps of providing a support structure, providing a fiber delivery system, tacking a first end of a first fiber onto the support structure, moving the support structure with respect to the fiber delivery system to wind the first fiber around the support structure, cutting a second end of the first fiber upon positioning of the first fiber onto the support structure, and treating at least a portion of the first fiber to fixedly hold it in a wound arrangement and form a fabric layer for incorporation into an article of footwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Gabriel La O', Connor James Hutchinson