Patents Assigned to Vibram S.p.A.
  • Publication number: 20120000094
    Abstract: Footwear including a sole, an upper, and a securement arrangement configured to secure the footwear to the foot of a wearer, where the sole and the upper delimit individual toe portions configured to receive, retain, and allow independent articulation of corresponding individual toes of a foot inserted in the footwear, and where the sole includes contouring and curvature which intimately corresponds to the shape of the foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: VIBRAM S.P.A.
    Inventor: Robert FLIRI
  • Publication number: 20100299962
    Abstract: Footwear including a sole, an upper, and a securement arrangement configured to secure the footwear to the foot of a wearer, where the sole and the upper delimit individual toe portions configured to receive, retain, and allow independent articulation of corresponding individual toes of a foot inserted in the footwear, and where the sole includes contouring and curvature which intimately corresponds to the shape of the foot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Applicant: VIBRAM S.P.A.
    Inventor: Robert FLIRI
  • Patent number: 7805860
    Abstract: A footwear is provided including a sole and an upper where the sole and the upper delimit individual toe portions configured to receive, retain, and allow independent articulation of corresponding individual toes of a foot inserted in the footwear and where the sole includes an extension portion which extends upwardly around at least a portion the foot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2010
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventor: Robert Fliri
  • Patent number: 7767127
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing two-color components, for shoes in general, including the steps of positioning a sheet element, made of rubber, in a mold that forms a plurality of cavities delimited by edges the free end whereof lies on the parting plane of the mold. A sheet of plastic material which has a release function is then superimposed on the sheet element, and a layer is positioned on the sheet in order to give mechanical strength thereto. The mold is then closed with a cover, applying pressure together with heating in order to fill the cavities with the rubber and simultaneously move the rubber away from the edges. After removing the layer and the sheet together with any flash of rubber present on the edges, a second sheet element is superimposed, and pressure and heating are applied in order to produce bonding with the perforated sheet element; after this, the resulting article, which has a two-color appearance, is subjected to vulcanization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2010
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventor: Marco Bramani
  • Patent number: 7377055
    Abstract: A sole for shoes, particularly for practicing sports, including a sole body that forms, at at least one perimetric portion, a recessed region for detachably accommodating at least one pad, which is provided with a first wing that overlaps the recessed region and with a second wing that forms a lateral rising portion that can be arranged so as to protect an outer profile of the shoe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventor: Marco Bramani
  • Patent number: 6943130
    Abstract: A method for producing a fabric-elastomer sandwich, consisting in providing a fabric with at least minute gaps between its fibers, in placing the fabric on a mold having at least resting portions for the fabric and at least regions which are recessed with respect to the resting portions, in applying an elastomer to the side of the fabric that lies opposite to the side directed toward the mold, in applying pressure to make the elastomer flow through the minute gaps located at the recessed regions in order to fill the recessed regions with the elastomer, and in extracting the sandwich from the mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Gabbrielli
  • Publication number: 20020077014
    Abstract: A method for producing a fabric-elastomer sandwich, consisting in providing a fabric with at least minute gaps between its fibers, in placing the fabric on a mold having at least resting portions for the fabric and at least regions which are recessed with respect to the resting portions, in applying an elastomer to the side of the fabric that lies opposite to the side directed toward the mold, in applying pressure to make the elastomer flow through the minute gaps located at the recessed regions in order to fill the recessed regions with the elastomer, and in extracting the sandwich from the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Applicant: VIBRAM S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giorgio Gabbrielli
  • Patent number: D447855
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2001
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventor: Marco Bramani
  • Patent number: D556979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventor: Marco Bramani
  • Patent number: D556980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: VIBRAM S.p.A.
    Inventor: Marco Bramani
  • Patent number: D575040
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventor: Marco Bramani
  • Patent number: D614838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2010
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventor: Marco Bramani
  • Patent number: D619344
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Favreau, Linda B. McGinley, Zenon Smotrycz
  • Patent number: D619345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Favreau, Linda B. McGinley, Zenon Smotrycz
  • Patent number: D630005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventor: Robert Fliri
  • Patent number: D635338
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Favreau, Linda B. McGinley, Zenon Smotrycz
  • Patent number: D636161
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Favreau, Linda B. McGinley, Brendon M. Dowling
  • Patent number: D636162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2011
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventors: Christopher D. Favreau, Linda B. McGinley, Zenon Smotrycz
  • Patent number: D647290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventor: Marco Bramani
  • Patent number: D657941
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: Vibram S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marco Bramani, Matteo Conchieri