Patents by Inventor Nathan Demarest

Nathan Demarest 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).

  • Thermal Energy Dissipating Garment with Scalloped Vents
    Publication number: 20110296580
    Abstract: A thermal energy dissipating garment may include a first garment portion having a perimeter defined by at least a first side and a second garment portion having a perimeter defined by at least a vent side. The first garment portion and the second garment portion are discontinuously affixed to each other at defined intervals along a surface of each portion proximate to the first side and the vent side creating a vent seam having a plurality of ducts/scalloped vents for directing air towards a body of a wearer. The plurality of scalloped vents are oriented with an angle of attack that redirects air from the exterior of the garment to the interior of the garment to increase air movement along a wearer's skin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Applicant: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathan Demarest, Alexander J. Dedman
  • Article of apparel for resistance training
    Patent number: 7856668
    Abstract: The apparel is an athletic garment formed from textiles for use as a resistance training tool that works by increasing the fluid resistance such as aerodynamic drag or hydrodynamic drag on an athlete in a predetermined event. The athletic garment has a first fabric for covering at least a portion of a first body segment, and a second fabric, different from said first fabric, for covering at least a portion of a second body segment; wherein the second fabric is a turbulence-generating fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Demarest, Richard C. MacDonald, Jorge Emilio Carbo, Jr.
  • Article of apparel for resistance training
    Publication number: 20080078008
    Abstract: The apparel is an athletic garment formed from textiles for use as a resistance training tool that works by increasing the fluid resistance such as aerodynamic drag or hydrodynamic drag on an athlete in a predetermined event. The athletic garment has a first fabric for covering at least a portion of a first body segment, and a second fabric, different from said first fabric, for covering at least a portion of a second body segment; wherein the second fabric is a turbulence-generating fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Applicant: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Nathan Demarest, Richard C. MacDonald, Jorge Emilio Carbo
  • Closure mechanism for apparel
    Patent number: 7036190
    Abstract: A flexible and extensible closure apparatus for use in apparel is disclosed. The flexible and extensible closure apparatus provides continuity to securely join different pieces of material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Demarest
  • Closure mechanism for apparel
    Publication number: 20050204517
    Abstract: A flexible and extensible closure apparatus for use in apparel is disclosed. The flexible and extensible closure apparatus provides continuity to securely join different pieces of material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: Nike, Inc.
    Inventor: Nathan Demarest