Patents Assigned to DashAmerica, Inc.
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Patent number: 8763279Abstract: The invention provides bicycling shoes and bicycling shoe components that offer improved comfort, fit, increased efficiency and reduced incidence of injury. The invention includes an athletic shoe having a sole, an upper attached to the sole to form a toe box, a vamp, a quarter, a throat and an interior cavity, a tongue attached to the upper proximate the toe box, and a closure system adapted to close and secure the tongue on a foot of a user. The closure system comprises at least two straps and two loops that are secured by drawing one end of a strap across the top of the upper, through a loop, and back over the upper, to connect with an opposing end of the strap, and, at least two straps are positioned on the upper to intersect a toe-to-heel line at a strap angle between about 95 degrees and about 120 degrees.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: DashAmerica, Inc.Inventor: Tony Torrance
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Publication number: 20140165424Abstract: A removable and adjustable insert for footwear has slots placed in the insole and/or midsole of the shoe to allow access to the arch and/or metatarsal and/or heel regions of the insole and/or midsole. In an embodiment, an insert placed into the arch insert slot that establishes how much the arch protrudes above the remainder of the top surface of the insole. One or more inserts are provided having different thicknesses so that the height of the arch can be varied by the user or at the direction of a third party, such as a doctor or a trainer.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: June 19, 2014Applicant: DashAmerica, Inc. d/b/a Pearl Izumi USA, Inc.Inventors: Tony Torrance, Philip Majure, Robert K. Scofield
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Publication number: 20140143929Abstract: This invention generally relates to a garment assembly. More specifically, the present invention relates to a garment assembly comprising an upper garment, a lower garment, and a removable liner. The removable liner is non-permanently interconnected to both the lower garment and the upper garment. The upper garment includes a pre-tensioned waistband.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2014Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: DashAmerica, Inc. d/b/a/ Pearl Izumi USA, Inc.Inventors: Peter Curran, Cyndi Saggus, Tony Torrance
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Publication number: 20140068880Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention generally relate to a composite element adapted for use with an article of footwear. The composite element generally comprises a first portion with a first rigidity and a second portion with a second, different rigidity. The first portion and the second portion each comprise at least one fiber-reinforced layer and are configured to provide the desired rigidity characteristics according to a wearer's characteristics and/or an intended use of the footwear.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: March 13, 2014Applicant: DASHAMERICA, INC. D/B/A PEARL IZUMI USA, INC.Inventors: Tony L. Torrance, Philip Majure
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Publication number: 20130254970Abstract: This invention generally relates to an upper garment. More specifically, the present invention relates to an upper garment having a pre-tensioned waistband.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 31, 2013Publication date: October 3, 2013Applicant: DASHAMERICA, INC. D/B/A PEARL IZUMI USA, INC.Inventors: Peter Curran, Cyndi Saggus
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Publication number: 20130205621Abstract: The invention provides bicycling shoes and bicycling shoe components that offer improved comfort, fit, increased efficiency and reduced incidence of injury. The invention includes an athletic shoe having a sole, an upper attached to the sole to form a toe box, a vamp, a quarter, a throat and an interior cavity, a tongue attached to the upper proximate the toe box, and a closure system adapted to close and secure the tongue on a foot of a user. The closure system comprises at least two straps and two loops that are secured by drawing one end of a strap across the top of the upper, through a loop, and back over the upper, to connect with an opposing end of the strap, and, at least two straps are positioned on the upper to intersect a toe-to-heel line at a strap angle between about 95 degrees and about 120 degrees.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2010Publication date: August 15, 2013Applicant: DASHAMERICA, INC. D/B/A PEARL IZUMI USA, INC.Inventor: Tony Torrance
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Patent number: 8479316Abstract: This invention generally relates to an upper garment. More specifically, the present invention relates to an upper garment having a pre-tensioned waistband.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2013Assignee: DashAmerica, Inc.Inventors: Peter Curran, Cyndi Saggus
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Patent number: 8429765Abstract: An athletic glove having at least one padded insert is provided. The padded insert comprises reticulated or open cell form, or a rubber formed into a matrix that allows ventilation paths.Type: GrantFiled: March 1, 2005Date of Patent: April 30, 2013Assignee: DashAmerica, Inc.Inventors: Robert Africa, Don Powell, Paul Fair
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Patent number: 8312568Abstract: A pocket system for an athletic garment according to embodiments of the present invention includes a center pocket and first and second pockets each having an outer, inner, top, and bottom edge. The top edges are open, while the inner, outer, and bottom edges are closed. A vertical centerline of the garment substantially aligns with a user's spine, and the first pocket is located on the athletic garment on one side of the vertical centerline, while the second pocket is located on the garment on the other side of the vertical centerline. The first and second pockets are in a substantially symmetrical configuration about the vertical centerline, and the center pocket is substantially centered on the vertical centerline. The first and second pockets at least partially overlap the center pocket, and the pocket system looks from the back view like two pockets, according to such embodiments of the present invention.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2009Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: Dashamerica, Inc.Inventors: Caroline Marois, Sue McKinney
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Publication number: 20120255201Abstract: This invention relates generally to footwear and methods for making the same, more particularly to a seamless upper for footwear and methods for making a seamless upper. In one aspect of the invention, the upper is seamless and/or is of unitary construction that defines an interior void for comfortably receiving a foot.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2012Publication date: October 11, 2012Applicant: DASHAMERICA, INC. D/B/A PEARL IZUMI USA, INC.Inventor: Carol Little
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Publication number: 20120030864Abstract: A pocket system for an athletic garment according to embodiments of the present invention includes a center pocket and first and second pockets each having an outer, inner, top, and bottom edge. The top edges are open, while the inner, outer, and bottom edges are closed. A vertical centerline of the garment substantially aligns with a user's spine, and the first pocket is located on the athletic garment on one side of the vertical centerline, while the second pocket is located on the garment on the other side of the vertical centerline. The first and second pockets are in a substantially symmetrical configuration about the vertical centerline, and the center pocket is substantially centered on the vertical centerline. The first, second, and center pockets are disposed entirely within a larger, outer pocket, according to such embodiments of the present invention.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2010Publication date: February 9, 2012Applicant: DASHAMERICA, INC. D/B/A PEARL IZUMI USA, INC.Inventors: Caroline Marois, Sue McKinney
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Publication number: 20120000095Abstract: The invention provides bicycling shoes having soles containing materials of at least two different material densities configured to provide improved comfort, and fit for a wearer when walking or running in the shoes, while providing enhanced force transfer from the wearer to a bicycle pedal when bicycling in the shoes.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2011Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicant: DASHAMERICA, INC. D/B/A PEARL IZUMI, INC.Inventor: Tony L. Torrance
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Publication number: 20110314701Abstract: The invention relates to athletic shoe elements that add improved aerodynamic efficiency to an athletic shoe, particularly bicycling shoes. These elements perform as front and/or rear projections below the surface of the sole of the athletic shoe to reduce drag forces on the shoe without impeding the athletic functionality of a shoe as used in sports performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2011Publication date: December 29, 2011Applicant: DASHAMERICA, INC. D/B/A PEARL IZUMI, INC.Inventors: Ronald F. Rod, III, Robert D. Ketchall, III
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Publication number: 20110041360Abstract: A removable and adjustable insert for footwear has slots placed in the insole and/or midsole of the shoe to allow access to the arch and/or metatarsal and/or heel regions of the insole and/or midsole. In an embodiment, an insert placed into the arch insert slot that establishes how much the arch protrudes above the remainder of the top surface of the insole. One or more inserts are provided having different thicknesses so that the height of the arch can be varied by the user or at the direction of a third party, such as a doctor or a trainer.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2010Publication date: February 24, 2011Applicant: DASHAMERICA, INC. D/B/A PEARL IZUMI USA, INC.Inventors: Tony L. Torrance, Philip Majure, Robert K. Scofield
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Publication number: 20100319101Abstract: This invention generally relates to an upper garment. More specifically, the present invention relates to an upper garment having a pre-tensioned waistband.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2010Publication date: December 23, 2010Applicant: DASHAMERICA, INC. D/B/A PEARL IZUMI USA, INC.Inventors: Peter Curran, Cyndi Saggus
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Patent number: D630419Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: January 11, 2011Assignee: Dashamerica, Inc.Inventors: Tony L. Torrance, Ian R. Moore
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Patent number: D636983Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2009Date of Patent: May 3, 2011Assignee: Dashamerica, Inc.Inventors: Tony L. Torrance, Charles P. Roth
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Patent number: D645652Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2011Date of Patent: September 27, 2011Assignee: DashAmerica, Inc.Inventors: Tony L. Torrance, Charles P. Roth
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Patent number: D698123Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: DashAmerica, Inc.Inventors: Jennie Yu, Lia Bybee, Lynn Bush, Darren Zrubek, Alex Strouthopoulos, Paige Baker
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Patent number: D698124Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2013Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: DashAmerica, Inc.Inventors: Jennie Yu, Lia Bybee, Lynn Bush, Darren Zrubek, Alex Strouthopoulos, Paige Baker