Patents by Inventor Ross Klein

Ross Klein 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).

  • SOLE STRUCTURE WITH PLATES AND INTERVENING FLUID-FILLED BLADDER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING
    Publication number: 20190320759
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a first plate, a fluid-filled bladder supported on the first plate, and a second plate supported on the fluid-filled bladder with the fluid-filled bladder disposed between the first plate and the second plate. The first plate ascends rearward of the fluid-filled bladder and the second plate descends rearward of the fluid-filled bladder with a posterior portion of the first plate above a posterior portion of the second plate rearward of the fluid-filled bladder. A method of manufacturing footwear sole structures includes assembling sole structures for plural ranges of footwear sizes, each of the sole structures including a fluid-filled bladder with a predetermined inflation pressure that is different for at least two of the plural ranges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan P. Conrad, Ross Klein, Troy C. Lindner, Bryan R. Picco, Jeffrey George Rasmussen, Bryan K. Youngs
  • Tensile-strand enclosure system for footwear
    Patent number: 10136701
    Abstract: An arrangement of tensile strands is incorporated into a footwear article to provide at least part of an enclosure. The tensile strands may be adjustable to affect a size of the enclosure and an amount of compression of the enclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Ross Klein, Nathan G. Schultze
  • Shoe upper
    Patent number: D827282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Ross Klein
  • Shoe upper
    Patent number: D827283
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Ross Klein
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D838968
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Ross Klein
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D838969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Ross Klein
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D839574
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Ross Klein
  • Shoe outsole
    Patent number: D851375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Ross Klein
  • Shoe upper
    Patent number: D856656
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Ross Klein
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D858078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Ross Klein, Fanny Yung Ho
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D858079
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Ross Klein, Fanny Yung Ho
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D861304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Ross Klein, Fanny Yung Ho
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D861317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Ross Klein, Fanny Yung Ho
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D868447
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Thomas G. Bell, Ross Klein
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D870436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Ross Klein, Bryant Klug, Timothy K. Liles
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D874124
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Thomas G. Bell, Ross Klein
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D874810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Ross Klein
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D874811
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Thomas G. Bell, Ross Klein
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D875366
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Thomas G. Bell, Ross Klein, George A. Xanthos
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D875375
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric P. Avar, Thomas G. Bell, Ross Klein