Patents Assigned to Nike, Inc.
  • Interactive avatar for social network services
    Patent number: 10083393
    Abstract: An embodiment is an avatar or avatar environment to visualize data within an athletic performance system or service and/or a social network system or service, for example as part of the Internet. The avatar may further evolve or alter its appearance, animation, or other visual or audio characteristics in response to the data or other input. In particular, the avatar of an embodiment may respond to and provide visualization of athletic or sport performance data. According to one or more aspects, an avatar may be placed on other network sites and updated based on athletic performance data. The avatar may be awarded for goals achieved by a user. The awards or gifts may further include non-avatar related items such as apparel, gift cards and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Nims, Roberto Tagliabue, Danielle Quatrochi
  • Adaptive watch
    Patent number: 10080503
    Abstract: A watch or other type of portable electronic console that employs a number of different functions in order to improve its usability. The watch may, for example, allow a user to connect the watch to one or more remote electronic devices, such as an electronic performance sensor or MP3 player. The watch then displays information related to the connected electronic devices. Still further, the watch may allow a user to control the operation of one or more connected remote electronic devices. Thus, if the watch is connected to a remote speed/distance monitor employing a calibration variable, then the watch may allow the user to adjust the calibration variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael D. Prstojevich, Christopher A. Robinette, Theodore H. Helprin, Charles W. Case, Jr.
  • Golf swing analysis from pre-strike sound
    Patent number: 10080947
    Abstract: A system, device, and methods include or utilize a microphone, a processor, and a user interface. The microphone senses sound and in response outputs a sound signal indicative of the sound. The processor is coupled to the microphone to receive the sound signal, configured to analyze the sound signal to identify in the sound signal an impact of a golf club with a golf ball during a swing of the golf club and determine a characteristic of the swing of the golf club based on a portion of the sound signal corresponding to sound sensed, at least in part, before the impact. The user interface is coupled to the processor and configured to display information related to the characteristic of the swing as determined by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas A. Leech
  • Process for preparing thermoplastic elastomer foam and foamed article
    Patent number: 10081716
    Abstract: A thermoplastic elastomer foam is made by incorporating a gaseous or supercritical blowing agent under pressure into a molten thermoplastic elastomer comprising polymeric polymeric crystalline domains, then releasing the pressure to foam the thermoplastic elastomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Yihua Chang, Richard L. Watkins
  • Flocked waistband
    Patent number: 10080395
    Abstract: A waistband for an article of apparel includes a base layer that is resiliently elastic and that includes an inner surface, an outer surface, and an upper edge. The waistband also includes a mounting layer that is resiliently elastic and that includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface is layered over and attached to the inner surface, the outer surface, and the upper edge of the base layer. The waistband also includes flocking that is mounted on the second surface of the mounting layer. The flocking is disposed on the waistband to face a wearer of the article of apparel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastian Huff, Shawn D. Wenzel
  • Footwear Sole Structure Incorporating A Plurality Of Chambers
    Publication number: 20180263336
    Abstract: A plurality of fluid-filled chambers may be incorporated into sole structures of articles of footwear. The chambers may be configured to be substantially diamond-shaped. The chambers may lie within cavities formed by a lower surface of the midsole and may extend into apertures in the outsole. The apertures in the outsole may be aligned with the cavities of the midsole. The chambers may be bounded by bounding regions between and at the perimeter of the chambers. The bounding regions may be formed of a polymer foam material of the midsole. The chambers may additionally be connected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Denis Dekovic, Bradley S. Long, Brian E. Santa Maria, Benjamin A. Shaffer, Danielle L. Taylor
  • ADJUSTABLE CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20180264328
    Abstract: An adjustable connector includes at least two parts, each having a main body with an angled bore having a longitudinal axis. An external surface of the main body of a first part is configured to bear against an internal surface of the bore of a second part when the first part is at least partially inserted into the bore of the second part to form a connection. The first part is prevented from rotating within the bore of the second part via a mechanical engagement of a rotational limiting feature such as a spline, key detail, or mating ridges and grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Simon Garry Moore
  • TOE PORTION FOR A SPRINT SHOE
    Publication number: 20180263341
    Abstract: A track and field shoe can include an upper, a sole structure, and a toe plate. The upper can include a medial side portion, a lateral side portion, and a toe box portion. The sole structure can be attached to the upper and can include a spike plate. The spike plate can have an anterior portion and a posterior portion. The toe plate can be attached to an anterior portion of the toe box portion of the upper and can include a hard and smooth outwardly facing surface. One or more portions of the toe plate can be exposed from an exterior surface of the upper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Cailee M. Caldwell, Ingrid Hagen-Keith, Austin Orand
  • Soil-shedding article of footwear, and method of using the same
    Patent number: 10076159
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are articles of footwear, and methods of manufacturing articles of footwear, having an open-cell foam present on at least a portion of the outsole. The open-cell foam is effective in reducing soil accumulation on the outsole when the footwear is worn on unpaved surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Denis Schiller, Caleb W. Dyer, Zachary C. Wright, Jeremy D. Walker, Myron Maurer, Eun Kyung Lee
  • Article of footwear for athletic and recreational activities with bootie
    Patent number: 10076152
    Abstract: An article of footwear with an inner bootie that fits into and is strapped into an external shell to form the article of footwear. The inner bootie may have specially-treated regions that together allow the bootie to slip readily into the external shell and to be held firmly in place. When the inner bootie is in place in the external shell, cable loops woven into the lateral side and the medial side of the inner bootie protrude from corresponding openings in the external shell. A lace may then be laced through the cable loops to fasten the throat opening of the external shell over a wearer's foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Nadia M. Panian, Tobie D. Hatfield, Elizabeth Langvin
  • Article of footwear with soil-shedding performance
    Patent number: 10076154
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to articles of footwear and components thereof, including outsoles, which can be used in conditions normally conducive to the accumulation of soil on the outsoles. In particular, the disclosure relates to articles of footwear and components thereof including an outsole with an external hydrogel film that compositionally includes crystalline regions and amorphous hydrophilic regions, where the amorphous regions are covalently bonded to the crystalline regions with carbamate linkages and/or polyamide linkages. The amorphous regions are present in the hydrogel at a ratio of at least 20:1, by weight, relative to the crystalline regions. The outsoles can prevent or reduce the accumulation of soil on the footwear during wear on unpaved surfaces such as sporting fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, INC.
    Inventors: Jeremy D. Walker, Caleb W. Dyer, Zachary C. Wright, Myron Maurer, Denis Schiller, Hossein A. Baghdadi
  • Article of headwear
    Patent number: RE47042
    Abstract: An article of headwear includes a crown and a bill. The bill defines an inner edge that is operably coupled to the crown. The bill projects away from the crown and terminates at an outer edge. The bill includes a stiffener that stiffens the outer edge. The stiffener is spaced from the crown to define a cavity within the bill between the stiffener and the crown. The stiffener has a first longitudinal end that is adjacent the inner edge, a second longitudinal end that is adjacent the inner edge, an intermediate portion that is disposed between the first longitudinal end and the second longitudinal end, a top side, and a bottom side. A cross section of the stiffener is substantially constant in the intermediate portion between the first and second longitudinal ends, and one of the top and bottom sides is flat in cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Erika R. Kelly, Kraig Nelson, Ian S. Saiki
  • Garment
    Patent number: D828977
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Jessica A. Lomax
  • Shoe upper
    Patent number: D828983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Enrico Carbonere
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D828984
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Gibson
  • Shoe outsole
    Patent number: D828987
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Vianney de Montgolfier, Philip Woodman
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D828988
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Gibson
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D828993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Lee Gibson
  • Shoe
    Patent number: D828994
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Vianney de Montgolfier
  • Housing for a cable lock
    Patent number: D829078
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Austin Orand