Patents Assigned to Reebok International Ltd.
  • Patent number: 5771606
    Abstract: A support and cushioning system for an article of footwear. The system includes a resilient insert disposed between a midsole and an outsole of a shoe. The resilient insert includes several chambers disposed in a heel portion of the resilient insert. These chambers are fluidly interconnected to each other via periphery passages. The resilient insert also includes several chambers disposed in a forefoot portion of the resilient insert. These chambers are also fluidly interconnected to each other. A connecting passage connects the chambers in the heel portion and the chambers in the forefoot portion of the resilient insert. A bladder having a fluidly interconnected heel chamber and forefoot chamber is also inserted above the midsole to provided added cushioning to the wearer. In one embodiment, the resilient insert contains air at ambient pressure and the bladder contains air at slightly above ambient pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventors: Paul E. Litchfield, Matthew J. Montross, Steven F. Smith, J. Spencer White, Alexander W. Jessiman
  • Patent number: 5755450
    Abstract: A braking system for an in-line skate. The skate includes a boot mounted on a chassis. A cuff is rotatably mounted on the chassis. The chassis has a plurality of wheels rotatably mounted thereon. The braking system for the skate includes a brake pad housing which is either fixedly or pivotally attached to a rear portion of the cuff, a brake pad disposed in the housing, and a roller arm rotatably mounted on the chassis. The roller arm is spring loaded so that when the brake is not in use, the roller arm is disposed above the wheels. The roller arm has a bearing assembly disposed therein, so that when the brake is actuated by a rearward rotation of the cuff, the brake pad engages the bearing assembly of the roller arm, thereby causing said bearing assembly to engage said at least one of the wheels to slow and/or stop the skate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignees: Reebok International Ltd., V2-Jenex Inc.
    Inventors: Todd D. Ellis, David J. Lacorazza, Daniel A. Nolan, Lennart B. Johnson
  • Patent number: D378550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: Jonathan R. Morris
  • Patent number: D379865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1997
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: Scott D. Hewett
  • Patent number: D380077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1997
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventors: David Preskar, Carrie Coley
  • Patent number: D380291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 1, 1997
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: Jonathan R. Morris
  • Patent number: D380890
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 15, 1997
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: Martin F. Donnell
  • Patent number: D382389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: August 19, 1997
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: Jonathan R. Morris
  • Patent number: D385094
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 21, 1997
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: Henry Hardigan
  • Patent number: D385395
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: Jonathan Morris
  • Patent number: D385396
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 28, 1997
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: E. Scott Morris
  • Patent number: D385989
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: Craig L. Feller
  • Patent number: D387195
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 9, 1997
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: Catherine McNulty
  • Patent number: D387549
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: Joel Rusnak
  • Patent number: D387550
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventors: Patricia D. Ng, Kevin R. Brown
  • Patent number: D388950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1998
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventors: Scott D. Hewett, E. Scott Morris, Joseph Naparano, Jr., William Marvin, Judith R. Close, Catherine McNulty, Fiona J. Adams
  • Patent number: D391050
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 24, 1998
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: Jonathan R. Morris
  • Patent number: D392792
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: Catherine Obi
  • Patent number: D394144
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventor: Sunita J. Parmar
  • Patent number: D394937
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1998
    Assignee: Reebok International Ltd.
    Inventors: Steven F. Smith, William L. Marvin, Neal Kimball