Patents Examined by Heather Mangine
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Patent number: 11805839Abstract: A headwear includes a hat having two connection portions formed to two opposite sides of the hat. Two connectors are respectively connected to the two connection portions of the hat by two respective first end parts thereof. Two first arms are respectively and pivotably connected between two respective second end parts of the two connectors and a protective shield. Two second arms are respectively and pivotably connected between two respective second end parts of the two connectors and the protective shield. The first and second arms form a link mechanism to smoothly pivot the protective shield between its operation position and its folded position relative to the hat.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Inventor: Chien-Hung Lu
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Patent number: 11785994Abstract: A garment includes a first garment portion including a pocket, and the pocket includes an opening. A second garment portion is movable relative to the first garment portion. An adjustment system is at least partially disposed within the pocket and couples the second garment portion and the first garment portion. The adjustment system is manipulable by the wearer to move the second garment portion at least partially into the pocket via the opening to thereby adjust a fit of the garment on the wearer.Type: GrantFiled: May 22, 2019Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: SHOCK DOCTOR, INC.Inventors: Katherine Voigt, Anna Marie Olinger, Adam Peter Karl, IV, James Creath Frazier
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Patent number: 11786001Abstract: A ball cap with a concealed opening that allows for a greater variety of hairstyles to be worn while simultaneously retaining the general shape, appearance, and functionality of a typical ball cap. The concealed opening is hidden in a default configuration of the hat, but it can be selectively opened to allow for hair such as a ponytail to pass through. The ball cap can include a protective coating on the sweatband to prevent makeup, sweat, and dirt from soiling the sweatband.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: Infinity Headwear & Apparel, LLCInventor: Doug Keller
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Patent number: 11779058Abstract: A footwear system for controlling longitudinal sliding of a shoe over the hindfoot of a wearer during ambulation that includes an insole with a tether, a compression sock, and hook and loop tape for attaching the heel end of the insole to a heel flap portion of the compression sock.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2016Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Inventors: Greg Knutson, James Johansson
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Patent number: 11779078Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure secured to an underside of the upper. The sole structure includes a midsole; a ground contacting outsole surface; and a cushioning system disposed between the midsole and the ground contacting outsole surface. The cushioning system includes a plate comprising an upper plate and a lower plate provided in a spaced relationship. The upper plate and lower plate are integrally connected at a posterior portion of the sole structure. A midfoot fluid-filled chamber is provided between the upper plate and the lower plate within the midfoot region, and a forefoot fluid-filled chamber is provided between the upper plate and the lower plate within the forefoot region.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventor: Nikita Troufanov
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Patent number: 11771152Abstract: A swimming garment formed from a stretchable elasticated fabric, wherein the garment comprises at least one sensitivity zone in which the fabric thickness is less than the fabric thickness of the region of the garment surrounding the sensitivity zone. The sensitivity zones can give a heightened sensation in a specific position of the body, for example in the abdominals. The thinner fabric zone increases the sensation of water flow/temperature which in-turn leads to a proprioceptive response to activate the muscle group beneath the zone.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: SPEEDO INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDInventors: Karen Flockton, Ben Hardman, Tim Sharpe, Joseph Santry
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Patent number: 11771154Abstract: A convertible garment intended to be worn in a plurality of wearing configurations by an individual/user, the garment comprising a front panel and a rear panel connected to each other by a left-hand junction and a right-hand junction located to either side of a central opening, extended on the front side by a indentation (teardrop neckline), a strap/lash comprising a central portion attached to the edge of the central opening but not to the edge of the teardrop neckline, and free portions extending the central portion, two symmetrical passages, each comprising a first slit in the front panel, a second slit in the rear panel and a sewn link, linking the front and rear panels close to the slits, the garment being free of stitching linking the side edges of the front and rear panels, the developed length of the edge of the central opening LD excluding the teardrop neckline and the developed length of the edge of the teardrop neckline LF being such that said garment can be worn at least either in tunic configuratType: GrantFiled: December 19, 2016Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Inventor: Nathalie Berrebi
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Patent number: 11766082Abstract: A ball cap is provided that has a crown that has a highest crown point located in a vertical direction and a lowest crown point located in the vertical direction. A brim extends forward of the crown in a longitudinal direction of the ball cap, and the brim extends in the vertical direction to a highest brim point. The highest brim point is closer to the highest crown point in the vertical direction than to the lowest crown point in the vertical direction. In other versions of the ball cap, a crown is provided in the ball cap and in yet further versions portions of the crown can be covered by the brim.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Inventor: Jeffrey C. Weller
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Patent number: 11758972Abstract: A footwear article includes a collar elevator to raise an ankle collar from a lowered position to a raised position. For example, the ankle collar may be lowered when a wearer slides a foot into or out of the footwear article. The collar elevator may include a forwardly inclined angle. In addition, the footwear article may include a doffing ledge, in some instances, which includes characteristics based on the forwardly inclined angle.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Timothy P. Hopkins, Andrew A. Owings, Haley Toelle
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Patent number: 11758975Abstract: A strobel for an article of footwear may include a casing having a peripheral flange and defining a cavity. The strobel may also include at least one cushioning member disposed in the cavity. An exterior surface of the casing facing away from the cavity may be a foot contact surface of the strobel and the peripheral flange may be configured for connection to a lower perimeter of a footwear upper of an article of footwear. A method of manufacturing an article of footwear includes securing a peripheral flange of the casing to a lower perimeter of an upper, the upper and the strobel defining a foot-receiving void of the article of footwear, the strobel having at least one cushioning member.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Koosha Aslani, Juliana Flores Baza
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Patent number: 11751628Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper and a sole structure secured to an underside of the upper. The sole structure includes a midsole; a ground contacting outsole surface; and a cushioning system disposed between the midsole and the ground contacting outsole surface. The cushioning system includes a plate comprising an upper plate and a lower plate provided in a spaced relationship. The upper plate and lower plate are integrally connected at a posterior portion of the sole structure. The sole structure further including at least one of a midfoot fluid-filled chamber provided between the upper plate and the lower plate within the midfoot region, or a forefoot fluid-filled chamber is provided between the upper plate and the lower plate within the forefoot region.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Nikita Troufanov, Rosa Kim
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Patent number: 11751621Abstract: A glasses/cap system for separably coupling glasses to a cap and for securing the glasses to the hat in either a usage orientation or a storage orientation. The coupling components mainly consisting of complementary magnets and ferromagnetic materials located in reciprocal parts of the glasses and cap alone or in combination with a bungee type connector.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2022Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Inventor: Israel Rosario
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Patent number: 11744315Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides an article formed of a knitted component. The article may be an upper for an article of footwear. The knitted component may have a first portion and a second portion, where the first portion of the knitted component at least partially forms a foot-receiving portion of the upper, where the second portion of the knitted component at least partially forms a strap of the upper, where the strap includes a first edge and a second edge secured to the first portion of the knitted component, and where the strap includes a third edge that extends from the first edge to the second edge.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: NIKE, INC.Inventors: Helene Hutchinson, Elizabeth Langvin, Tetsuya T. Minami
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Patent number: 11730233Abstract: A sole structure for an article of footwear includes a bladder and at least one foam insert. The bladder includes an upper surface having a first portion defining a chamber and a second portion defining at least one recess adjacent to the chamber. The at least one foam insert is disposed within the at least one recess and has a top surface that is substantially flush with the first portion of the upper surface of the bladder. The first portion of the upper surface is exposed to the at least one foam insert.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Elizabeth Langvin, Lee D. Peyton
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Patent number: 11730209Abstract: The disclosure concerns a bra adapted for athletic use, of the type comprising a first cup and a second cup, each of them bounded laterally by an outer edge and by an inner edge, and outfitted with a support structure and a base structure. Each cup is outfitted with a support structure connected to a base structure, the support structure comprising at least a first support strap of overall cradle shape which is elastically deformable and which extends at least from the outer edge to the inner edge of the respective cup to support the breasts of the wearer.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: CHAMPION EUROPE S.R.L.Inventor: Ragheb Blibech
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Patent number: 11730227Abstract: A helmet for protecting a head of a user, in which the helmet is adjustable to adjust how it fits on the user's head, including by adjusting dimensions of the helmet independently from one another (e.g., adjusting the helmet longitudinally and laterally in independent ways) and/or having a self-adjusting padded interface with the user's head to better fit on the user's head (e.g., depending on a shape and/or a size of the user's head).Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2018Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: BAUER HOCKEY LLCInventors: Jacques Durocher, Marie-Claude Genereux, Hugo Martin, Charles-Antoine Desrochers
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Patent number: 11730235Abstract: A combination, comprising: a shoe having an upper and a sole, wherein the shoe is configured to cover an instep of a foot of a wearer; and a heel integration system including an insert having a front end and a back end, the insert configured to be disposed in the shoe, and configured to receive an ankle-foot orthoses brace while the shoe is worn, the insert having a heel portion and an ankle portion, the ankle portion having a curved wall with at least one bulge formed therein, wherein the bulge is created from an indentation formed on an interior surface of the ankle portion which forms a protrusion on an exterior surface of the ankle portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Inventor: Timesha Brown
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Patent number: 11723424Abstract: An active-insulation paneling component and garments including an active-insulation paneling component are disclosed. The active-insulation paneling component includes insulated panels separated by gussets. The gussets are configured to expand upon an outward pulling force to allow the active-insulation paneling component and/or garment to expand even where the active-insulation paneling component and/or garment are not manufactured from elastic materials.Type: GrantFiled: April 27, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Acushnet CompanyInventor: Peter J. Skurla, III
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Patent number: 11717039Abstract: An immobilizing sleep garment assembly includes a vest is wearable on a user when the user is recovering from shoulder surgery. A plurality of chest mating members is each vertically oriented on the vest. A plurality of first straps is each disposed on the vest and a plurality of second straps is each of the second straps is disposed on the vest. Each of the first straps is releasably matable to a respective one of the second straps to secure the vest around the user's upper torso. A glove is provided that can be worn on a respective one of the user's hands. A glove mating member is coupled to the glove and the glove mating member releasably engages the chest mating members at a desired location on the plurality of chest mating members to restrain the user's arm for sleeping while recovering from the shoulder or arm surgery.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Inventor: Nelson Howe
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Patent number: 11712081Abstract: A head covering is disclosed for shielding the hair and head of an individual comprises a hood defining a front edge, a first side edge, a second side edge and a rear edge for engaging over the hair and the head of the individual. A rear panel is coupled to the rear edge of the hood. A pouch is defined within the rear panel for receiving the hair of the individual. A first tether is coupled to the first side edge of the hood. A second tether is coupled to the second side edge of the hood.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Inventor: David L. Thomas, Jr.