Patents Assigned to Nordica S.p.A.
  • Braking device particularly for skates
    Patent number: 5505468
    Abstract: Braking device, particularly usable for skates including a shoe composed of a quarter which is articulated to a shell which is in turn associated with a frame for supporting two or more wheels. A brake is rotatably associated with the quarter and selectively interacts with the ground upon a backward rotation of the quarter. The brake can oscillate in contrast with a spring and interacts with the ground upon a given rotation imparted to the quarter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Pozzobon, Renzo Balbinot, Mario Gonella
  • Braking device particularly for skates
    Patent number: 5505469
    Abstract: Braking device, particularly usable for skates including a shoe composed of a quarter which is articulated to a shell which is in turn associated with a frame for supporting wheels. The device includes at least one cable which connects the quarter to a braking element, so as to allow to obtain the braking action when the quarter is tilted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1996
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Claudio Zorzi, Peter Edauw, Luca Marconato
  • Engagement device particularly for toothed bands for sports shoes
    Patent number: 5495683
    Abstract: An engagement device, particularly usable for toothed bands of sports shoes, such as for example ski boots, roller skates or ice skates, including a single body that can be associated with the shoe and has at least one first slot for the sliding insertion of the toothed band. First teeth for the temporary engagement with traction of the band are provided at the first slot. There is also a curved surface suitable to force the interaction of the set of teeth of the band with the first teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignees: Nordica S.p.A., AM S.r.l.
    Inventors: Onorio Miotto, Claudio Zorzi
  • Ski boot with quarter having multiple sections
    Patent number: 5493793
    Abstract: A ski boot including at least one quarter and a rigid or overlapping-flap shell. The quarter is constituted by at least two independent strip elements which are associated with one another and/or with the shell in an oscillating manner. The boot allows the quarter to adapt to the anatomical shape of the leg and to optimize its own movement with respect to the leg natural movement, following the leg during the flexion and extension steps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Pozzobon, Giancarlo Foscaro, Gianpaola Marongiu
  • Lever, particularly for ski boots
    Patent number: 5485688
    Abstract: Lever, particularly usable in ski boots of the type including a shell with which at least one quarter is associated, including a freely movable lever arm and a support which is associated with the quarter. The lever arm and the support have at least one seat for guiding at least two cables which are connected, at their ends, respectively to the quarter or to the shell and to the support. The two traction elements connect the lever arm to the support in a hinge-like manner, so as to give the lever arm the required orientation in open condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1996
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Gorza, Luca Gallina, Pino Tessari
  • Securing device for sports shoes
    Patent number: 5483758
    Abstract: A device suitable to allow to secure the heel or the foot instep and is particularly usable for sports shoes, such as for example ski boots. The device is constituted by a support which can be coupled in a removable manner to a shell and/or to a quarter. A pair of jaws is associated with the support so that the jaws can rotate. The jaws embrace the foot instep or heel in a vise-like manner and can be activated by means of a knob which can be accessed by the user. The device is constructively very simple and allows to achieve optimum securing according to the anatomical shape of the part of the foot involved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 16, 1996
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Gorza, Giorgio Baggio, Mirco Battistella
  • Pumping device, particularly for sports shoes, and method for manufacture thereof
    Patent number: 5480287
    Abstract: Method for manufacturing pumping devices, particularly usable in sports shoes, including the monolithic molding of a body having at least one tubular passage and a first and a second seat for air venting and intake valves. The body furthermore includes at least one chamber with a partially open elastically deformable wall. The method entails the closure of the chamber, whereas the valves and at least one inflatable plenum chamber are associable within the body thus obtained, before closing it. The pumping device thus obtained has optimum functional characteristics as well as very low manufacturing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 2, 1996
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Adolfo Pozzebon, Alessandro Pozzobon, Alessandro Morandin
  • Braking device particularly for skates
    Patent number: 5465984
    Abstract: Braking device for skates including an item of footgear composed of a quarter articulated to a shell which is in turn associated with a supporting frame for one or more wheels. The device includes a rod member connected to the quarter and is slidingly associated with the shell. The rod member has an end which, upon a rotation of the quarter, pushes toward the ground, a braking element articulated to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 14, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alfred Pellegrini, Jr., Andrea Tormena, Alessandro Pozzobon, Claudio Zorzi, Peter Edauw
  • Braking device particularly for skates
    Patent number: 5462296
    Abstract: Braking device particularly usable for skates including a shoe composed of at least one quarter articulated to a shell associated with a supporting frame for two or more wheels. The device includes a rod member which is connected to a braking element and has a kinematic system suitable to allow the rotation of the quarter without activating the braking element, so as to allow to deactivate the braking element while skating or allow rear-entry insertion of the foot if the skate is of the rear-entry type. A locking element is provided for locking the kinematic system and/or the devices for deactivating the braking element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Pozzobon
  • Wheel mounting device for inline skates
    Patent number: 5441286
    Abstract: A device for mounting wheels and for compensating plays, particularly usable in skates including a shoe associated with a supporting frame for one or more possibly mutually aligned wheels composed of a central hub with which an annular element, acting as tire, is associated. The device is constituted by a pivot which is associatable with the hub and the frame and has, at its ends, an engagement-disengagement lever and a play compensation member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Pozzobon
  • Skate
    Patent number: 5435579
    Abstract: Improved skate including a shoe composed of a shell with which a frame for two or more mutually parallel or aligned wheels is associated. In this skate, a first half-quarter is articulated to the shell and is in turn connected to a braking element. A second half-quarter is furthermore associated with the first half-quarter, and its position with respect to the first half-quarter is adjustable. The skate thus allows both optimum activation of the braking element and quick and easy variation of the support of the leg, for example according to the sport practiced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Pozzobon
  • Braking device particularly for skates
    Patent number: 5435580
    Abstract: Braking device particularly usable for skates including a shoe composed of a quarter articulated to a shell which is in turn associated with a supporting frame for two or more wheels. A brake is associated with the quarter and selectively interacts with the ground upon a backward rotation of the quarter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 25, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Renzo Balbinot, Alessandro Pozzobon, Mario Gonella
  • Skate with aligned wheels having an adjustable quarter
    Patent number: 5408763
    Abstract: The skate with aligned wheels includes a shell and a quarter. The quarter is provided with a plurality of holes adapted to engage with a plurality of lugs of the shell for adjusting the position of the quarter on the shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignees: Nordica S.p.A., Rollerblade, Inc.
    Inventors: Mariano Sartor, Massimo Foffano
  • Skate with aligned wheels
    Patent number: 5405156
    Abstract: A skate with aligned wheels, comprising a support for an item of footgear from which a frame protrudes downward. The ends of respective wheel supporting trucks are pivoted to the frame. The peculiarity of the invention resides in the fact that two movable sliders are interposed between the trucks and the respective supports. Advantageously, at least one rubber pad is interposed between each truck and support. The skate allows the user to preset the degree of shock-absorption during skating by varying the position of the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventor: Mario Gonella
  • Braking device particularly for skates
    Patent number: 5397137
    Abstract: A braking device, particularly usable for skates including a shoe composed of a quarter articulated to a shell in turn associated with a supporting frame for one or more wheels. The device comprises at least one rod-like element which is rotatably associated with the quarter and is slidingly associated with a guide formed on a wing which is associated with the frame. The rod-like element is kinematically connected to a braking element articulated to the frame. When the quarter is rotated backwards, the rod-like element causes the braking element to rotate so that it interacts with the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 14, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alfred Pellegrini, Jr., Andrea Tormena
  • Power generator device particularly for wheeled sports implements
    Patent number: 5390941
    Abstract: A power generator for a roller skate including a support and wheels. The generator includes a fan associated with the wheel and adapted to generate an air flow conveyed by channels provided in the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alessandro Pozzobon, Bruno Borsoi, Adolfo Pozzebon
  • Braking device, particularly for skates
    Patent number: 5388844
    Abstract: A braking device for skates including an item of footgear composed of a quarter articulated to a shell in turn associated with a supporting frame for one or more wheels. A rod member is articulated to a plate having a slot for the sliding and pivoting of rods which clamp a pair of disks laterally associated with one of the wheels, when the quarter is tilted back by the use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Alfred Pellegrini, Jr., Andrea Tormena, Ernesto Benvenuto
  • Closure lever, particularly for sports shoes
    Patent number: 5386617
    Abstract: Closure lever, particularly usable for sports shoes such as ski boots, ice skates and roller skates etc., including three elements: a hollow body, a threaded pivot with which a traction element is associable, and a knob. The knob is temporarily rotatably associable with the hollow body without requiring coupling pins or rivets. The lever obtained is very simple, easy to industrialize and relatively low in cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Roberto Gorza, Renato Serafin, Mirco Battistella
  • Footgear with replaceable flap elements
    Patent number: 5381611
    Abstract: A footgear, particularly usable for skiing, includes a shell which has a recess at the upper metatarsal region and with which at least one quarter is associated. One or more flaps are removably associable with the quarter and/or with the shell through connection members. The footgear thus obtained allows, by virtue of the interchangeability of the flaps, to replace them in case of breakage or wear, to vary the shape and color of the flaps and to recycle them once they have been changed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Valerio Tonel, Claudio Sartor
  • Skate with improved steering capabilities
    Patent number: 5382031
    Abstract: A skate having a support for the sole of an item footwear and for at least three aligned wheels, which has improved turning. The peculiarity of the skate consists of the fact that two wheels are arranged and rotate on a plane which is parallel to the plane of the remaining wheels. It is thus possible to obtain a right skate and a left skate with offset wheels which allow the user to achieve better turning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1995
    Assignee: Nordica S.p.A.
    Inventors: Luca Marconato, Alessandro Pozzobon