Patents Assigned to Adidas AG
  • Soles for sport shoes
    Patent number: 11076656
    Abstract: The present invention generally relates to soles in particular midsoles for sports shoes. According to an aspect, an additively manufactured sole is provided. The sole comprises a lattice structure, the lattice structure comprising a plurality of cell elements. The sole further comprises a heel element, three-dimensionally encompassing the heel. Moreover, the sole comprises a base portion interconnecting the heel element and the lattice structure, wherein the base portion has an extension arranged to connect to a plurality of adjacent cell elements, wherein the plurality of adjacent cell elements is not positioned along an edge of the lattice structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Marco Kormann, Carl Arnese, Stanislav Goussev, Justin Thomas Steeds
  • Messaging apparatus for wearable items
    Patent number: 11069283
    Abstract: A messaging apparatus for wearable items. The messaging apparatus may comprise a light source, at least one sensor to detect an event, and a controller to control the flashing of the light source in response to the detection of the event. The controlling of the flashing of the light source may generate at least one visible element that is visible to a viewer. Further, the light source may not be adapted in the form of the at least one visible element, but rather, the controlled flashing of the light source may be in the form of the at least one visible element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Peter David Cauwood, Keir Samuel Jackson, Keith Paul Thompson, Constantin Zwick, Tomek Kamil Cegielny, Scott James Grubb, Peter Georg Laitenberger
  • Contoured thin soles
    Patent number: 11064763
    Abstract: A sole of a shoe includes: a rear portion; and a forward portion connected with the rear portion, the forward portion being thinner than the rear portion, the forward portion comprising a plurality of ribs that are patterned and contoured to provide different height, rigidity and flexibility characteristics at different areas of the forward portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Mark Longbottom, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Kelly Kikuta, Mason Dennison
  • UV curable lattice microstructure for footwear
    Patent number: 11058180
    Abstract: An upper for a sports shoe may include a component such as a vamp or a rear portion. The shoe component may include a UV curable microlattice structure with a plurality of regions such that each region has a different density. In some cases, the microlattice structure may include a high density microlattice structure, a mid-level density microlattice structure, and a non-structural region with a low density microlattice structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Michel Reginald Lussier
  • Soccer shoe
    Patent number: 11044963
    Abstract: Described are soccer shoes having an upper formed of knitwear, and a sole having cleats that are connected to the knitwear, wherein the knitwear is capable of coupling the sole to a foot of a wearer of the soccer shoe while the soccer shoe is being worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Martin Love, Marco Müller, Martin Jobst, Jacky Gilbert Weber
  • Increasing accuracy in workout autodetection systems and methods
    Patent number: 11040246
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods can be used including receiving motion data, categorizing the motion data into portions of a minute that indicate activity or a workout, and automatically determining an accurate number of active minutes for an individual. Multiple data streams may be analyzed and de-duplicated, such that an accurate metric may be computed and reported to an individual.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Stephen John Black
  • Method of manufacturing a sporting goods component
    Patent number: 11035060
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a sporting goods component including the steps of: selecting a first textile, wherein the first textile has a first shrinkage ratio under a predetermined shrinking condition; forming a first portion of the component using the first textile; selecting a second textile, wherein the second textile has a second shrinkage ratio under the predetermined shrinking condition, wherein the second shrinkage ratio is higher than the first shrinkage ratio; forming a second portion of the component using the second textile; and attaching the first textile and the second textile together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Brian Hoying, Andrew Joseph Leslie
  • ATHLETIC ACTIVITY MONITORING METHODS AND SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20210166800
    Abstract: Athletic activity monitoring methods and systems are disclosed. In one embodiment, a sensor module is physically coupled to an object during an athletic activity conducted by a user. An athletic activity monitoring method for use with the sensor module includes detecting movement of the object; determining an initial spatial orientation of the object; and determining a change in the spatial orientation of the object. The method further includes wirelessly transmitting data relating to the change in spatial orientation to a computer, where the computer is remotely located from the user during the athletic activity; wirelessly receiving activity metric data from the remote computer, where the activity metric data is based on the transmitted data relating to the change in spatial orientation; and providing an output to the user that conveys an activity metric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: adidas AG
    Inventors: Aurel COZA, Christian DIBENEDETTO, Jeffrey ALLEN
  • Footwear with padding and midsole structures and the method of making the same
    Patent number: 11020922
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes positioning an upper on a last that defines openings connected by one or more channels in the last, injecting a material through the one or more channels in the last, and forming a structure on the upper with the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Andrea Nieto Perilla, Andrew Joseph Leslie, Eric Webring
  • Footwear
    Patent number: D919950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Nicholas Daiber
  • Ball
    Patent number: D921137
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Stefan Alois Bichler
  • Sole
    Patent number: D922045
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Stanislas Goussev, Carl Arnese, Felix Braun
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D922050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Klaus Tomczak, Matthias Etzold
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D922749
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Arnau Sanjuan Roman, Anthony Mazoyer, Maurice Taylor, Markus Klaus Scharnagl
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D922750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Arnau Sanjuan Roman, Anthony Mazoyer, Maurice Taylor, Markus Klaus Scharnagl
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D922751
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Arnau Sanjuan Roman, Anthony Mazoyer, Maurice Taylor, Markus Klaus Scharnagl
  • Glove
    Patent number: D923290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Luis Silva
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D923310
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Arnau Sanjuan Roman, Anthony Mazoyer, Maurice Taylor, Markus Klaus Scharnagl
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D925179
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Moritz Hoellmueller
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D925889
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Charles Zhu, Katrin Wirth-Lee