Patents Examined by Bao-Thieu L Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12207635
    Abstract: An article and method for supporting a user in providing and tightening a knot is provided. The article includes a knotting device and thread, including a base section, a thread storage section, and a knot support element including at least one flap folded into a frustoconical shape, being hollow and open on a base end of the frustoconical shape and on a tip end of the frustoconical shape the thread includes a first and a second end opposite the first end along the length of the thread. The first end of the thread is arranged in the thread storage section and the second end of the thread forms a plurality of windings of a non-tightened knot, one of which is arranged on and around an outer surface of the frustoconical shape of the knot support element, the knot support element thereby supporting and holding open the non-tightened knot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: CLOUZ GMBH
    Inventor: Anne-Mette Jensen
  • Patent number: 12201889
    Abstract: A hockey goalkeeper leg pad includes a core, a skin covering the core, a lateral leg flap and a medial leg flap defining a leg channel, and a lacing member. The lacing member includes lower tabs and upper tabs. The lower tabs and the upper tabs each defining apertures with a front inner surface of the skin covering the core, and the lower tabs and the upper tabs being attached to the front inner surface at lateral outer ends thereof. The upper tabs are laterally offset outward of the lower tabs relative to a longitudinal centerline of the lacing member. A lace extends through the lower apertures and the upper apertures, as well as through the core to secure the core to the lacing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: SPORT MASKA INC.
    Inventor: Francis Ouellet
  • Patent number: 12201173
    Abstract: A pair of sport gloves for properly positioning a bat and for protecting a dominant hand and a secondary hand of a player. The pair of sport gloves includes a first sport glove adapted to fit over the dominant hand and a second sport glove adapted to fit over the secondary hand. The first sport glove includes a first padding assembly that includes a first palm pad and a webspace pad including a generally triangular shape. The second sport glove includes a second padding assembly that is different from the first padding assembly. The second padding assembly includes a second palm pad and a heal pad including a rectangular shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Inventor: Lazaro J. Morejon
  • Patent number: 12195885
    Abstract: A multifunctional nozzle for a spinning machine used to produce real-twist yarn. The multifunctional nozzle comprises a nozzle channel open on one side in a nozzle housing and in which a vortex flow can be generated. A nozzle body which is shorter than the nozzle channel is provided with a through-channel for the passage of a thread or fibre band. An annular gap with a narrow point is formed within the nozzle channel. The annular gap tapering on both sides at the narrow point. The narrow point is arranged downstream of a fluid inlet which leads to the nozzle channel. A hollow body-type flow conducting body is provided between the annular gap and the open end of the nozzle channel for guiding the thread or fibre band together with a fluid, the annular gap being formed between the nozzle body and the nozzle housing and/or the flow conducting body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Saurer Spinning Solutions Gmbh & Co. KG
    Inventors: Pia Sendler, Dieter Haberkorn
  • Patent number: 12195895
    Abstract: A braided carbon structure and methods of forming and processing are presented. The braided carbon structure comprises axial tows comprising carbon filaments; braid tows at a braid angle relative to the axial tows, the braid tows comprising carbon filaments; and thermoplastic material within at least one of the axial tows or the braid tows, wherein the thermoplastic material makes up less than 40 of each of the at least one of the axial tows or the braid tows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jacquelynn Xueting Tian, Christopher Alan Howe, Adrian Paul Mouritz, Michelle Louise Gee, Stuart Arthur Bateman
  • Patent number: 12188161
    Abstract: A method for producing a filling material comprising goose and/or duck down and vegetable kapok fibres comprises feeding vegetable kapok fibre to a mixing chamber (16), separating elementary kapok filaments (210) unbound from each other from the vegetable kapok fibre in the mixing chamber (16) by directing jets and/or blades of a pressurized fluid against the vegetable kapok fibre, feeding goose and/or duck down to the mixing chamber (16) and incorporating elementary kapok filaments (210) unbound from each other into the flakes (101) of goose and/or duck down (100) by mixing the elementary kapok filaments (210) and the goose and/or duck down in the mixing chamber (16) by means of said jets and/or blades of pressurized fluid fed for example by suitably oriented nozzles (33).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: MINARDI PIUME S.R.L.
    Inventor: Carlo Cassigoli
  • Patent number: 12178289
    Abstract: An article of footwear with a dynamic support system that controls arrays of tiles in the upper of the footwear to adjust the level of support provided in different regions of the upper. Sensors in the sole of the footwear, in the upper of the footwear and/or in an article worn by the wearer of the footwear measure the level of stress or other characteristics and provide input to one or more microprocessors that control motors located in the sole or in the upper of the footwear. When the motors are activated, they may compress or loosen arrays of tiles to adjust the stiffness of the upper in one or more regions of the upper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Rushbrook, Tiffany A. Beers, Nathan T Gilbreath
  • Patent number: 12171210
    Abstract: A fishing line braided knotting device for attaching one fishing line to another includes a base to which a pair of posts is attached, with each post extending perpendicularly from the base proximate to one of its opposed ends. The post comprises lower and upper portions, with the latter being circumferentially smaller than the former. A pair of fasteners is attached singly to the posts. A first fishing line can be looped around the upper portions so that two loop sections of the first fishing line extend substantially in parallel between the posts. One of the fasteners attaches to the first fishing line and a first line tag to secure them in position. A second one of the fasteners selectively attaches to a second fishing line leaving a second line tag available to be positioned around the two loop sections to knot the fishing lines together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventor: Terry Butts
  • Patent number: 12167767
    Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a midsole having a medial edge and a lateral edge. The sole structure also include a first lower rib extending from the medial edge to the lateral edge of the midsole. The first lower rib includes a portion spaced from the midsole between the medial edge and the lateral edge. The sole structure further includes a medial flex member disposed between the midsole and the first lower rib near the medial edge and a lateral flex member disposed between the midsole and the first lower rib near the lateral edge. The medial flex member and the lateral flex member are configured to flex the first lower rib relative to the midsole in response to a force of a predetermined magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuchung K. Chen, Joël Ryp Greenspan, Oliver McLachlan, Stuart Reinhardt, Thomas J. Rushbrook
  • Patent number: 12163280
    Abstract: A multi-strand cord (50) comprises an internal layer (CI) made up of K=1 internal strand (TI) having two layers (C1, C3), with the internal layer (C1) being made up of Q internal metallic threads (F1) and the external layer (C3) being made up of N external metallic threads (F3), and an external layer (CE) made up of L>1 external strands (TE) having two layers (C1?, C3?) wound around the internal layer (CI), with the internal layer (C1?) being made up of Q? internal metallic threads (F1?) and the external layer (C3?) being made up of N? external metallic threads (F3?). The cord (50) has an energy-to-break per unit area ES?145 N·mm?1 with E ? S = ? i = 1 N ? c ? F m ? i × ? i = 1 N ? c ? A t ? i / Nc × Cfrag / D where ? i = 1 N ? c ? F m ? i is the sum of the forces at break, ? i = 1 N ? c ? A t ? i is the sum of the total elongation, Cfrag is the coefficient of weakening, and D is the diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: COMPAGNIE GENERALE DES ETABLISSEMENTS MICHELIN
    Inventors: Marianna Chevalley, Stephane Laurent, Romain Barbat, Alexandre Gianetti, Benoit Renaux
  • Patent number: 12156552
    Abstract: A glove has a protective member in the thumb-crotch region and includes a textured outer surface. The protective member is configured to protected against slicing done by sharp objects. The textured outer surface enables grip ability in greasy environments. The textured outer surface may be formed via a foaming process during manufacture of the glove. There may be a colored layer between an inner liner and the protective member that establishes a color splash effect in the event that a portion of the glove ruptures or fails.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUMMIT GLOVE INC.
    Inventor: James L Hull
  • Patent number: 12156553
    Abstract: A safety glove having a protective member or insert extending around the fingertip of the safety glove is provided. The protective member may be positioned along the outer surface or the inner surface of the glove. Alternatively, the protective member may be integrally formed between two layers of glove material. The protective member terminates distally from an interphalangeal joint line to enable finger flexion in order to grasp an item, such as a slab of meat to be deskinned in a skinning machine. The glove may include a rough outer surface formed from thrice dipping the glove and allowing the glove to cure. Additionally, the glove may have a width near the wrist that is wider than the width near the palm to enable the glove to be rapidly removed (i.e., doffed) in an emergency event of the glove getting caught in a rotating blade on the skinning machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: SUMMIT GLOVE INC.
    Inventor: James L. Hull
  • Patent number: 12150513
    Abstract: An article of footwear incorporating an upper formed by a forefoot component, a knitted workpiece, and a heel component is described. Each of the forefoot component, the knitted workpiece, and the heel component are separate from each other and joined along connection areas. Reinforcement elements cover the connection areas. In one embodiment, the knitted workpiece includes a collar portion and a throat portion extending from a forward end of the collar portion. The knitted workpiece also includes a medial lobe extending from one side of the throat portion and a lateral lobe extending from an opposite side of the throat portion from the medial lobe. The collar portion, the throat portion, the medial lobe, and the lateral lobe form a single unified knitted workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA INC.
    Inventors: Samuel Scott Rathburn, Kathryn Carey Fleming, Mark Francis Murphy
  • Patent number: 12144332
    Abstract: The fishing knot tying device is a mechanical apparatus. The fishing knot tying device is a manually operated device. The fishing knot tying device incorporates a barrel structure, a corkscrew structure, and a cord structure. The cord structure is configured for use with fishing tackle. The corkscrew structure inserts into the barrel structure such that the corkscrew structure rotates within the barrel structure. The fishing tackle inserts into the barrel structure. The cord structure inserts through the barrel structure. The cord structure attaches to the corkscrew structure. The corkscrew structure ties a knot structure in the cord structure. The knot structure secures the cord structure to the fishing tackle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Inventor: David Blunden
  • Patent number: 12137771
    Abstract: An article of footwear with a dynamic support system that controls arrays of tiles in the upper of the footwear to adjust the level of support provided in different regions of the upper. Sensors in the sole of the footwear, in the upper of the footwear and/or in an article worn by the wearer of the footwear measure the level of stress or other characteristics and provide input to one or more microprocessors that control motors located in the sole or in the upper of the footwear. When the motors are activated, they may compress or loosen arrays of tiles to adjust the stiffness of the upper in one or more regions of the upper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Rushbrook, Tiffany A. Beers, Nathan T. Gilbreath
  • Patent number: 12129576
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of automatically moving yarn packages between yarn processing stations in a textile environment that includes the steps of providing a yarn package elevator, transporting a yarn package on the yarn package elevator from a textile machine position to a common transfer location, and holding the package in a stationary position on an elevator tray. A label is applied to a surface of the package and the elevator tray and package is moved to a knot-tying location, the package is removed from the elevator tray to a knotting head apparatus at the knot-tying location and a knot is tied in a package yarn tail of the package to secure the package tail from unraveling in subsequent package handling steps. Correct application of the knot to the yarn tail is either validated, or in the alternative, if the knot is not validated, the package is forwarded to a location for manual reworking to apply a correct knot to the yarn tail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: Belmont Textile Machinery Company
    Inventors: Jeffrey Todd Rhyne, Donald Alan Pubentz
  • Patent number: 12121108
    Abstract: A shoe includes an outsole, a first upper portion, a second upper portion, a rotary dial mounted to the first upper portion, and first and second lace portions coupled between the rotary dial and the second upper portion. The first lace portion aligns with a heel region of the shoe, the second lace portion aligns with a pedal region of the outsole, and a closure center line aligns with a medial arch region of the outsole. The second upper portion includes first and second lace guides. The first upper portion includes a third lace guide between the first and second lace portions. The first and second lace portions define a unitary lace extending from the rotary dial, through the first, second, and third lace guides, and back to the rotary dial. No portion of the lace member crosses over another portion of the lace member outside of the rotary dial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Arthur Laurence Cook, Ashley Gill Sult
  • Patent number: 12121096
    Abstract: A rapid-entry shoe having an elastic element to enlarge a foot opening of the rapid-entry shoe and also having a stabilizer to prevent a rear portion of the rapid-entry shoe from collapsing downward.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: FAST IP, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Pratt, Craig Cheney
  • Patent number: 12116705
    Abstract: A method for producing a single-filament stent from a filament having a first end and a second free end, wherein starting from the first end, a filament is wound onto a braiding core with a longitudinal axis in a spiral manner in the form of windings between a first deflection means in a proximal end region and a second deflection means in a distal end region, the filament is placed in a crossed-over position at a crossing point and introduced into a crossed-under position at another crossing point. The method also includes placing a winding onto the braiding core until reaching a crossing point, introducing and pushing the second free end of the filament in an insertion direction through a guide opening in the braiding core, arranged substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, and receiving and pulling the filament through the guide opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: STEBO SONDERMASCHINENBAU GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Helmut Steinhilber
  • Patent number: 12104290
    Abstract: A device for joining textile yarns for joining two ends of two textile yarns by decomposition and subsequent re-composition of the twists of the fibers of the ends in order to make up a single yarn, including two counter-rotating components, each provided with at least one joining element and disposed opposite each other defining a joining zone defined by the area between the respective joining elements facing each other and substantially aligned along a work axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: HAYABUSA S.R.L.
    Inventors: Luciano Bertoli, Gianni Mottola