Patents by Inventor Marlon Rainville

Marlon Rainville 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 with heel cushioning unit and side with stepped ridges
    Patent number: 11805844
    Abstract: An article of footwear has a sole structure including a heel cushioning unit. The heel cushioning unit has a top portion, a bottom portion, a body portion connecting the top portion to the bottom portion, medial support fins in a medial side recess at a medial side of the heel cushioning unit and lateral support fins in a lateral side recess at a lateral side of the heel cushioning unit. Both the medial support fins and the lateral support fins extend transversely outward from the body portion and extend from the top portion to the bottom portion. The heel cushioning unit defines a through hole extending from the medial side to the lateral side and disposed rearward of the medial support fins and the lateral support fins. The article of footwear has an outsole with arch portions defining stepped ridges extending lengthwise in a fore-aft direction of the sole structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund Holmes, Justin D. Humphreys, Kuang-Nan Liao, Stuart Pollock, Marlon Rainville, Jay T. Worobets
  • ARTICLE OF FOOTWEAR WITH HEEL CUSHIONING UNIT AND SIDE WITH STEPPED RIDGES
    Publication number: 20210368919
    Abstract: An article of footwear has a sole structure including a heel cushioning unit. The heel cushioning unit has a top portion, a bottom portion, a body portion connecting the top portion to the bottom portion, medial support fins in a medial side recess at a medial side of the heel cushioning unit and lateral support fins in a lateral side recess at a lateral side of the heel cushioning unit. Both the medial support fins and the lateral support fins extend transversely outward from the body portion and extend from the top portion to the bottom portion. The heel cushioning unit defines a through hole extending from the medial side to the lateral side and disposed rearward of the medial support fins and the lateral support fins. The article of footwear has an outsole with arch portions defining stepped ridges extending lengthwise in a fore-aft direction of the sole structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Edmund Holmes, Justin D. Humphreys, Liao Kuang-Nan, Stuart Pollock, Marlon Rainville, Jay T. Worobets