Patents Assigned to Adidas AG
  • Methods for manufacturing cushioning elements for sports apparel
    Patent number: 11945184
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing cushioning elements for sports apparel are described. A method is provided for manufacturing a cushioning element for sports apparel from randomly arranged particles of an expanded material. The method includes positioning a functional element within a mold and loading the mold with the particles of the expanded material, wherein the loading occurs through at least two openings within the mold and/or wherein the loading occurs between different movable parts of the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Angus Wardlaw, Gerd Rainer Manz, Tru Huu Minh Le, Warren Freeman
  • Sole element
    Patent number: 11944158
    Abstract: This invention concerns a sole element for a cleated article of footwear, in particular for a football shoe. The sole element includes a composite element with an anisotropic bending property. The sole element further includes a polymer element, and the polymer element at least partially covers the composite element of the sole element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Benjamin Alexander Thompsett, James Slack, David Artner, Tomson Wang, Junus Ali Khan, Arjun Shanker
  • Method and apparatus for automatically manufacturing shoe soles
    Patent number: 11938697
    Abstract: A method for automated manufacturing of shoe soles comprises the steps of: loading a transfer device with at least one outsole element and at least one supporting element, positioning the loaded transfer device adjacent a first part and a second part of a sole mold, transferring the at least one outsole element from the transfer device to the first part and transferring the at least one supporting element from the transfer device to the second part of the sole mold, filling the sole mold with a plurality of individual particles, and applying a medium to bond and/or fuse the particles with each other and with the at least one outsole element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Tru Huu Minh Le, Carsten Landeck, Christopher Edward Holmes, Angus Wardlaw, Constantin Kemmer, Victor Romanov, Christoph Dyckmans, Amir Fathi
  • Wearable athletic activity monitoring methods and systems
    Patent number: 11931624
    Abstract: A method for monitoring an individual engaged in an athletic activity includes detecting movement of the individual at a first time, using a sensor module coupled to the individual, determining that the movement of the individual corresponds to a predetermined activation movement, entering an active state of the sensor module in response to the determination that the movement of the individual corresponds to the predetermined activation movement, and detecting movement of the individual at a second time, using the sensor module in the active state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Aurel Coza, Christian Dibenedetto, Jeffrey Allen
  • Shoe upper comprising protrusions
    Patent number: 11910875
    Abstract: An upper for a sports shoe includes a plurality of areas. The areas include a medial area, a lateral area, a toe area, an instep area, a heel area, and a collar area. The upper includes at least one protrusion in at least four of the plurality of areas. The protrusions protrude from an outer surface of the upper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Marc Illan Arana, Gaetan Saint-Andre, Sven Roewe, Dominik Sandreuter
  • Article of apparel
    Patent number: 11903435
    Abstract: A bra including a closure system, the closure system including a first layered fabric body, a second layered fabric body, a loop assembly secured to the first layered fabric body, and a hook assembly secured to the second layered fabric body. The hook assembly is configured to interface with the loop assembly to secure the first layered fabric body to the second layered fabric body, and the first layered fabric body includes a flexible supporting layer, where the flexible supporting layer is configured to provide rigidity to the second layered fabric body such that the second layered fabric body maintains a flat configuration when it is secured to the first layered fabric body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Stephanie K. Muhlenfeld, Kozet Mitchell
  • Shoes for ball sports
    Patent number: 11903448
    Abstract: Described are shoes for ball sports including an upper having an outer surface. An actuator is configured to change at least one surface property of a portion of the outer surface of the upper, and a sensor is configured to be sensitive to movements of the shoe. A processing unit is connected to the actuator and the sensor and configured to process sensor data retrieved from the sensor and to cause the actuator to change the at least one surface property of the portion of the outer surface of the upper if a predetermined event is detected in the sensor data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Constantin Zwick, Robert Frank Kirk, Christian DiBenedetto, Eva Andrea Dorschky, Bjoern Michael Eskofier, Dominik Schuldhaus, Peter Georg Laitenberger, Iain James Sabberton
  • Mold insert for use in a mold for the manufacture of a cushioning element for sports apparel
    Patent number: 11904513
    Abstract: An aspect of the present invention relates to a mold insert for use in a mold for the manufacture of a cushioning element for sports apparel. Further aspects of the present invention relate to a mold using such a mold insert, a method for the manufacture of a cushioning element for sports apparel using such a mold, and a cushioning element manufactured by such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Helge Weiger, Bastian Gothe, Maximillian Drexler, Andreas Seefried, Marc Simon Anthony Norridge, Jarkko Siltamaeki, Dan Price, Tru Le, Christoph Dyckmans, Victor Romanov
  • Knitted shoe upper
    Patent number: 11896083
    Abstract: Described are uppers for a shoe, particularly a sports shoe, having at least one first partial area and at least one second partial area that are manufactured as one-piece knitwear, wherein the first partial area includes a first yarn and the second partial area includes a second yarn, and wherein the first yarn is more elastic than the second yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Stefan Tamm, Carl Arnese, James Carnes
  • Articles of footwear with uppers comprising a wound component and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 11889895
    Abstract: Articles of footwear and methods of making articles of footwear including one or more continuous threads wound around anchor points. The winding of the one or more continuous threads forms a thread pattern that imparts desired characteristics to components of the article of footwear. Thread lines of the thread pattern may be bonded together. In some embodiments, thread lines may be bonded with a bonding layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Fionn Jonathan Corcoran-Tadd, Benjamin William Kleiman, Ian James Hennebery, Keith Paul Thompson, Peter David Cauwood, Peter Georg Laitenberger, Sam Jackson Conklin, Luke Alexander Lowrey
  • Optimized sports article
    Patent number: 11890510
    Abstract: A swimming cap including a main body including a first thickness; a rim portion, arranged around a rim of the swimming cap, including a second thickness; two overhang portions configured to be arranged symmetrically on either side of a spine of a wearer; and a recess configured to be arranged in proximity to the spine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Deborah June Yeomans, Iain James Sabberton, Simon Peter Wilsher, Keir Samuel Jackson, Oliver Nathaniel Ambrose Price, Marco Albert Dittrich, Henry Hanson, Alain Walter, Jochen Suessmuth
  • Automatic cycling workout detection systems and methods
    Patent number: 11878213
    Abstract: Devices, systems, and methods can be used including receiving motion data including comparing time-stamped speed data with predetermined cycling speed ranges, categorizing the speed data into portions of a minute that indicate each of the predetermined cycling speed ranges, determining portions of a minute indicate a cycling activity has begun, determining portions of a later minute indicate a cycling activity has paused or ended, confirming a minimum time inactive indicating that a cycling activity has ended, and determining that a minimum time active has elapsed between the indication a cycling activity has begun and indication a cycling activity has ended such that a cycling activity is categorized as a cycling workout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Alan Lee, Stephen John Black, Jason Iijima
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D1012440
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Ulisse Matthias Tanzini, Amanda Verbeck
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D1012442
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Adidas AG
    Inventor: Adrien Noirhomme
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D1014048
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Christopher Pope
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D1014918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Kelsey Foo
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D1018005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Fionn Corcoran-Tadd, Matteo Padovani, Robbie Paterson, Falk Bruns, Benjamin Peter
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D1020192
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Oddbjorn Stavseng, Konstantin Baumann, Denis Hohmann, Nicholas Galway, Adrien Noirhomme, Adreas Schneider, Florian Fick, Faina Chunhan Liang, Jochen Backhaus
  • Footwear
    Patent number: D1021343
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Mark Miner
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D1021361
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventor: Mark Miner