Patents Assigned to adidas International Marketing B.V.
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Patent number: 7716852Abstract: Disclosed are articles of footwear and soles therefor, in particular sports shoe soles that include openings for ventilation and vapor exchange. The soles include an insole layer with a plurality of first openings, a support layer with a plurality of second openings that partially overlap the plurality of first openings, and an outsole layer with at least one third opening that at least partially overlaps the plurality of second openings to provide fluidic communications through the sole from an interior of the shoe to an exterior of the shoe. A substantial portion of the plurality of first openings in the insole are interconnected to provide a path for diffusion. The shoes and soles can include a cushioning layer, a tread layer, a breathable membrane, and additional support elements. In addition, the shoes can be used with climate control socks to further enhance the climate control properties of the shoes.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2008Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Assignee: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Christoph Berger, Gerd Rainer Manz
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Patent number: 7676961Abstract: The invention is directed to intelligent systems for articles of footwear that adjust automatically in response to a measured performance characteristic. The intelligent systems include one or more adjustable elements coupled to a mechanism that actuates the adjustable elements in response to a signal from a sensor to modify the performance characteristic of the article of footwear. The intelligent system adjusts the performance characteristics of the article of footwear without human intervention.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Christian DiBenedetto, Mark A. Oleson
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Patent number: 7676960Abstract: The invention is directed to intelligent systems for articles of footwear that adjust automatically in response to a measured performance characteristic. The intelligent systems include one or more adjustable elements coupled to a mechanism that actuates the adjustable elements in response to a signal from a sensor to modify the performance characteristic of the article of footwear. The intelligent system adjusts the performance characteristics of the article of footwear without human intervention.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2007Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Christian DiBenedetto, Mark A. Oleson, Charles Roth, Mark Christopher Thompson
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Publication number: 20100050478Abstract: The invention is directed to intelligent systems for articles of footwear that adjust automatically in response to a measured performance characteristic. The intelligent systems include one or more adjustable elements coupled to a mechanism that actuates the adjustable elements in response to a signal from a sensor to modify the performance characteristic of the article of footwear. The intelligent system adjusts the performance characteristics of the article of footwear without human intervention.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2009Publication date: March 4, 2010Applicant: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Christian DiBenedetto, Mark Arthur Oleson
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Publication number: 20100043114Abstract: A garment for a part of the body, and in particular a sport pant, includes an elasticity element, or a number of such elements, disposed on a portion of the garment, while another portion of the garment is free of elasticity elements. As a result, the garment can store energy by elastic elongation under a movement of, for example, a leg. This energy can then be released under a second movement of the leg in the opposite direction, resulting in the garment supporting the second movement of the leg.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 28, 2009Publication date: February 25, 2010Applicant: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Michel Caillibotte, Vincent Philippe Rouiller
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Patent number: 7665232Abstract: The invention relates to a sliding element for a shoe sole. The sliding element includes an upper sliding surface and a lower sliding surface, wherein the lower sliding surface is arranged below the upper sliding surface so as to be slideable in at least two directions. The upper sliding surface can form a lower side of an upper heel cup and the lower sliding surface can form an upper side of a lower heel cup, wherein the upper heel cup and the lower heel cup have corresponding substantially spherical shapes. Complex multi-dimensional sliding and cushioning movements between the upper sliding surface and the lower sliding surface are made possible by the corresponding three-dimensional shapes of the two substantially spherical surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2007Date of Patent: February 23, 2010Assignee: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Gerd Rainer Manz, Timothy David Lucas
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Patent number: 7644518Abstract: The present invention relates to a shoe sole including a cushioning element. The shoe sole can include a heel cup or heel rim having a shape that substantially corresponds to the shape of heel of a foot. Further, the heel part can include a plurality of side walls arranged below the heel cup or rim and at least one tension element that interconnects at least one side wall to another side wall or to the heel cup or rim. The heel cup or rim, the plurality of side walls, and the at least one tension element can be integrally formed as a single piece.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2008Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Matthew Daniel Chandler, Timothy David Lucas, Jan Hill, Robert Leimer, Mark Andrew Henderson, Angus Wardlaw, Charles Griffin Wilson, III, Gerd Rainer Manz
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Publication number: 20090313857Abstract: The invention relates to a shoe with a sole unit, where the sole unit includes a recess for removably receiving a housing of an electronic assembly, for example, an electronic pedometer, an accelerometer, or a speed sensor. Further, the invention relates to a housing for receiving an electronic assembly, for example, a pedometer, an accelerometer, or a speed sensor, where the housing has an outer shape corresponding to the shape of a recess formed in a shoe sole.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2009Publication date: December 24, 2009Applicant: Adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: James Carnes, Scott Tomlinson, Stephen Michael Vincent
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Patent number: 7631367Abstract: A garment for a part of the body, and in particular a sport pant, includes an elasticity element, or a number of such elements, disposed on a portion of the garment, while another portion of the garment is free of elasticity elements. As a result, the garment can store energy by elastic elongation under a movement of, for example, a leg. This energy can then be released under a second movement of the leg in the opposite direction, resulting in the garment supporting the second movement of the leg.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2005Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Michel Caillibotte, Vincent Philippe Rouiller
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Patent number: 7631382Abstract: The invention is directed to intelligent systems for articles of footwear that adjust automatically in response to a measured performance characteristic. The intelligent systems include one or more adjustable elements coupled to a mechanism that actuates the adjustable elements in response to a signal from a sensor to modify the performance characteristic of the article of footwear. The intelligent system adjusts the performance characteristics of the article of footwear without human intervention.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2006Date of Patent: December 15, 2009Assignee: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Christian DiBenedetto, Mark Arthur Oleson
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Publication number: 20090265958Abstract: The invention is directed to intelligent systems for articles of footwear that adjust automatically in response to a measured performance characteristic. The intelligent systems include one or more adjustable elements coupled to a mechanism that actuates the adjustable elements in response to a signal from a sensor to modify the performance characteristic of the article of footwear. The intelligent system adjusts the performance characteristics of the article of footwear without human intervention.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2009Publication date: October 29, 2009Applicant: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Christian DiBenedetto, Mark Arthur Oleson
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Patent number: 7596891Abstract: The invention relates to a shoe with a sole unit, where the sole unit includes a recess for removably receiving a housing of an electronic assembly, for example, an electronic pedometer, an accelerometer, or a speed sensor. Further, the invention relates to a housing for receiving an electronic assembly, for example, a pedometer, an accelerometer, or a speed sensor, where the housing has an outer shape corresponding to the shape of a recess formed in a shoe sole.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2006Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: James Carnes, Scott Tomlinson, Stephen Michael Vincent
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Publication number: 20090113762Abstract: The invention relates to an article of footwear, in particular a sports shoe, wherein the article of footwear comprises a ventilation system with at least one active ventilation element arranged in a midfoot area of the article of footwear. Furthermore, the article of footwear comprises at least one air channel with an inlet and an outlet which are arranged in the sole area in the interior of the article of footwear. The active ventilation element is arranged such that air is sucked from the interior of the article of footwear through the inlet and is blown into the interior of article of footwear shoe through the outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2008Publication date: May 7, 2009Applicant: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Robert Leimer, Timothy Kelvin Robinson, Frank Ingo Michel, Gerd Rainer Manz, Josh Robert Gordon, Tom Allen, Martin Harnisch, Joerg Blinn
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Patent number: 7526881Abstract: The present invention relates to a shoe, in particular a sports shoe, having a flexible upper surrounding a foot, a closure panel arranged on an instep area of the flexible upper, and a tightening element arranged at the heel of the shoe. The tightening element is connected to the closure panel such that the closure panel, through the use of the tightening element, can be tightened against the instep area of the flexible upper to retain the shoe on the foot.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2006Date of Patent: May 5, 2009Assignee: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Martin John Jones, Klaus Hubertus Rolshoven
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Patent number: 7506460Abstract: The invention is directed to intelligent systems for articles of footwear that adjust automatically in response to a measured performance characteristic. The intelligent systems include one or more adjustable elements coupled to a mechanism that actuates the adjustable elements in response to a signal from a sensor to modify the performance characteristic of the article of footwear. The intelligent system adjusts the performance characteristics of the article of footwear without human intervention.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2006Date of Patent: March 24, 2009Assignee: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Christian DiBenedetto, Mark Arthur Oleson, Charles Roth, Mark Christopher Thompson
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Publication number: 20090048070Abstract: A sports electronic training system with electronic gaming features, and applications thereof, are disclosed. In an embodiment, the system comprises at least one monitor and a portable electronic processing device for receiving data from the at least one monitor and providing feedback to an individual based on the received data. The monitor can be a motion monitor that measures an individual's performance such as, for example, speed, pace and distance for a runner. Other monitors might include a heart rate monitor, a temperature monitor, an altimeter, et cetera. In an embodiment, an input is provided to an electronic game based on data obtained from the at least one monitor that effects, for example, an avatar, a digitally created character, an action within the game, or a game score of the electronic game.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2007Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Stephen Michael Vincent, Christian Dibenedetto, Mark Arthur Oleson, Paul Gaudio
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Publication number: 20090048044Abstract: A sports electronic training system with sport ball, and applications thereof, are disclosed. In an embodiment, the system comprises at least one monitor and an electronic processing device for receiving data from the at least one monitor and providing feedback to an individual based on the received data. The monitor can be a motion monitor that measures an individual's performance such as, for example, speed, pace and distance for a runner. Other monitors might include a heart rate monitor, a temperature monitor, an altimeter, et cetera. In an embodiment, a sport ball that includes a motion monitor for monitoring motion of the sport ball stores an identification value received when a shoe that includes a motion monitor contacts the sport ball. The stored identification value serves as a record of the contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2007Publication date: February 19, 2009Applicant: adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventors: Mark Arthur Oleson, Christian Dibenedetto, Scott Tomlinson, Allen W. Van Noy, Amy Jones Vaterlaus, Stephen Michael Vincent
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Patent number: D613354Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2008Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventor: Janneke van Oorschot
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Patent number: D613355Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventor: Janneke van Oorschot
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Patent number: D613356Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2009Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Adidas International Marketing B.V.Inventor: Janneke van Oorschot