Patents Assigned to Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
  • Patent number: 10086582
    Abstract: Provided herein are waterproof fabrics that include a base fabric having a body-facing surface and an outward-facing surface, and a hydrophobic, waterproof barrier disposed on the outward-facing surface of the base fabric, a seam through the waterproof fabric, and a waterproof tape disposed on an outward-facing surface of the hydrophobic, waterproof barrier and aligned to seal the seam against water ingress. The base fabric may be a wicking fabric or may be treated with a compound that enhances wicking, and the hydrophobic, waterproof barrier may include a plastic polymer, polyurethane, polyethylene, and/or polytetrafluoroethylene. The waterproof fabrics also may include an abrasion-resistant coating and/or a durable water repellant (DWR) agent disposed on an outward-facing surface of the hydrophobic, waterproof barrier, and one or both of the abrasion-resistant coating and/or DWR agent may be discontinuous. Also provided are methods of making a waterproof fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. “Woody” Blackford, Jeffrey Thomas Mergy, Craig M. Gates, Wayne Alan Skankey
  • Patent number: D782173
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Matt Hurayt
  • Patent number: D782174
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Matt Hurayt
  • Patent number: D782176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Rommel Vega
  • Patent number: D782801
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Christopher Nascimento
  • Patent number: D782808
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Matt Hurayt
  • Patent number: D787794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Rommel Vega
  • Patent number: D793667
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael E. “Woody” Blackford, Douglas Allan Maguire
  • Patent number: D793689
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert McCourt
  • Patent number: D794302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Rommel Vega
  • Patent number: D794303
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Rommel Vega
  • Patent number: D797421
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc
    Inventor: Robert McCourt
  • Patent number: D805746
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Rommel Vega
  • Patent number: D808619
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Alan Skankey, Jeffrey Thomas Mergy
  • Patent number: D808620
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Alan Skankey, Jeffrey Thomas Mergy
  • Patent number: D808621
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Wayne Alan Skankey, Jeffrey Thomas Mergy
  • Patent number: D826538
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert McCourt
  • Patent number: D826539
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert McCourt
  • Patent number: D833158
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: Columbia Sportswear North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Chris Araujo, David Reid
  • Patent number: D838945
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: COLUMBIA SPORTSWEAR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Angie Spring