Patents by Inventor Michael R. Adair

Michael R. Adair 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).

  • Publication number: 20240114991
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heel section, a mid-foot section, and a toe section. The heel section, the mid-foot section, and the toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the heel section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to an outer edge of the apparatus at the toe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 11896085
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heel section, a mid-foot section, and a toe section. The heel section, the mid-foot section, and the toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the heel section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to an outer edge of the apparatus at the toe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Publication number: 20230088961
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heel section, a mid-foot section, and a toe section. The heel section, the mid-foot section, and the toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the heel section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to an outer edge of the apparatus at the toe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 11510456
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heel section, a mid-foot section, and a toe section. The heel section, the mid-foot section, and the toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the heel section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to an outer edge of the apparatus at the toe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 11375768
    Abstract: A pair of shoes that includes a left foot shoe and a right foot shoe. Each of the shoes include an upper shoe portion and a sole coupled to the upper shoe portion. The sole provides an athletic positioning of a left big toe area of the left shoe at a lower position than a left heel area of the left shoe and at a lower position than an outer small toe area of the left shoe and wherein, from an inner edge to an outer edge of the left shoe, the left heel area has substantially no slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 11172728
    Abstract: A pair of shoes that includes a left foot shoe and a right foot shoe. Each of the shoes include an upper shoe portion and a sole coupled to the upper shoe portion. The sole provides an athletic positioning of a left big toe area of the left shoe at a lower position than a left heel area of the left shoe and at a lower position than an outer small toe area of the left shoe and wherein, from an inner edge to an outer edge of the left shoe, the left heel area has substantially no slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Publication number: 20210274878
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heel section, a mid-foot section, and a toe section. The heel section, the mid-foot section, and the toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the heel section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to an outer edge of the apparatus at the toe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Applicant: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 11064760
    Abstract: A pair of shoes that includes a left foot shoe and a right foot shoe. Each of the shoes include an upper shoe portion and a sole coupled to the upper shoe portion. The sole provides an athletic positioning of a left big toe area of the left shoe at a lower position than a left heel area of the left shoe and at a lower position than an outer small toe area of the left shoe and wherein, from an inner edge to an outer edge of the left shoe, the left heel area has substantially no slope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 11013291
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heel section, a mid-foot section, and a toe section. The heel section, the mid-foot section, and the toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the heel section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to an outer edge of the apparatus at the toe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 10674786
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heel platform section, a mid-foot section juxtaposed to the heel platform section, and a toe section juxtaposed to the mid-foot section. The mid-foot section and toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the mid-foot section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to the outer edge of the apparatus at the toe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: ATHALONZ, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Publication number: 20190380428
    Abstract: A pair of shoes that includes a left foot shoe and a right foot shoe. Each of the shoes include an upper shoe portion and a sole coupled to the upper shoe portion. The sole provides an athletic positioning of a left big toe area of the left shoe at a lower position than a left heel area of the left shoe and at a lower position than an outer small toe area of the left shoe and wherein, from an inner edge to an outer edge of the left shoe, the left heel area has substantially no slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Publication number: 20190380427
    Abstract: A pair of shoes that includes a left foot shoe and a right foot shoe. Each of the shoes include an upper shoe portion and a sole coupled to the upper shoe portion. The sole provides an athletic positioning of a left big toe area of the left shoe at a lower position than a left heel area of the left shoe and at a lower position than an outer small toe area of the left shoe and wherein, from an inner edge to an outer edge of the left shoe, the left heel area has substantially no slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Publication number: 20190380429
    Abstract: A pair of shoes that includes a left foot shoe and a right foot shoe. Each of the shoes include an upper shoe portion and a sole coupled to the upper shoe portion. The sole provides an athletic positioning of a left big toe area of the left shoe at a lower position than a left heel area of the left shoe and at a lower position than an outer small toe area of the left shoe and wherein, from an inner edge to an outer edge of the left shoe, the left heel area has substantially no slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Publication number: 20190246735
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heel section, a mid-foot section, and a toe section. The heel section, the mid-foot section, and the toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the heel section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to an outer edge of the apparatus at the toe section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Applicant: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 10299533
    Abstract: An athletic shoe includes an upper section, an athletic specific bottom section, and an athletic positioning sole. The athletic positioning sole has a geometric shape that, when the athletic shoe is worn on a foot of an athletic and the athlete is standing, positions a heel of the foot above the toes of the foot and positions an outer edge of the foot above an inner edge of the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: ATHALONZ, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 10271611
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heel section, a mid-foot section, and a toe section. The heel section, the mid-foot section, and the toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the heel section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to an outer edge of the apparatus at the toe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: ATHALONZ, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Publication number: 20190029360
    Abstract: A pair of shoes that includes a left foot shoe and a right foot shoe. Each of the shoes include an upper shoe portion and a sole coupled to the upper shoe portion. The sole provides an athletic positioning of a left big toe area of the left shoe at a lower position than a left heel area of the left shoe and at a lower position than an outer small toe area of the left shoe and wherein, from an inner edge to an outer edge of the left shoe, the left heel area has substantially no slope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Applicant: Athalonz, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 10092061
    Abstract: An apparatus for use as at least part of a sole of a shoe or as at least part of an insole of the shoe, the apparatus comprises a fixed section that provides a positioning of a big toe area at a lower position than a heel area and/or at a lower position than an outer edge area, and an adjustable section associated with the fixed section, wherein the adjustable section adjusts at least one of the lower positioning of the big toe area with respect to the heel area and the lower positioning of the big toe area with respect to the outer edge area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: ATHALONZ, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 9961957
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heel section, a mid-foot section, and a toe section. The heel section, the mid-foot section, and the toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the heel section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to an outer edge of the apparatus at the toe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: ATHALONZ, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison
  • Patent number: 9717302
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a heel section, a mid-foot section, and a toe section. The heel section, the mid-foot section, and the toe section collectively have a geometric shape having a first slope of a polarity along an inner edge of the apparatus from the toe section to the heel section and a second slope of the polarity along the inner edge of the apparatus to an outer edge of the apparatus at the toe section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ATHALONZ, LLC
    Inventors: Michael R. Adair, Timothy W. Markison