Patents Examined by Jillian K Pierorazio
  • Patent number: 11986026
    Abstract: A garment for partially covering a baby, the garment including: a unitary front panel including shoulder flaps, a contoured neckline, and a bifurcated lower section, the front panel adapted to cover over at least part of upper and lower portions of an anterior surface of the baby's body when worn thereon; and stretchable retention bands coupling at least each of the shoulder flaps to a torso area of the front panel on a side opposite the respective shoulder flap such that at least two bands form a crisscross pattern behind the front panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Inventor: Batya Wachmann
  • Patent number: 11986055
    Abstract: A pair of separable shoe covers formed into a web of polymeric material having an outer and inner sheet portions is disclosed herein. The web may be spooled into a roll of separable shoe covers. First and second seals are formed widthwise across the outer and inner sheet portions and form forward and rearward portions of respective shoes of a pair. First and second perforations are formed widthwise across the outer and inner sheet portions can separate an individual shoe cover in part. A third perforation forms a separable boundary of respective shoe covers of the pair. The user may tear a shoe cover away from the web by tearing along the perforation lines. The user may then deploy the shoe cover by separating the outer and inner sheet portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: INTEPLAST GROUP CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pai-Mei Tseng, Jyh-Yao Raphael Li
  • Patent number: 11969038
    Abstract: A hygienic protective cover for public surfaces includes a thin flexible panel of spring metal, coated with a layer of silicone. The spring metal can be a bi-stable ribbon spring. The spring metal composition of the flexible panel is configured to transfer between a straight, semi-rigid form and a curved form adapted to wrap around an exterior surface of a public handle, when forcibly applied to the public handle. A silicone layer encapsulates the panel to minimize transfer of germs. A protruding grip on the outer side of the panel enables the user to grip and manipulate the panel when wrapped around the public handle. The device is sized and dimensioned to be easily carried on a public transportation vehicle, such that a user can wrap the device around a section of the public handle to help prevent direct contact with the exterior surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Inventor: Constance Rahming
  • Patent number: 11970794
    Abstract: The invention relates to a yarn treatment device for intermingling multifilament yarns by means of a pulsating air stream that is generated by a rotating cup ring having openings, characterized in that the drive motor and the support of the cup ring are located in the interior of the housing with the air supply channels thereof, and to a yarn treatment device for intermingling multifilament yarns by means of a pulsating air stream that is generated by a rotating cup ring having openings, characterized in that one or more nozzle inserts, through which the pulsating blown air flows, per thread run are arranged on the housing cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Vandeweile nv
    Inventors: Andreas Mack, Ralf Ertl
  • Patent number: 11969122
    Abstract: An embodiment includes a multi-functional garment, such as a towel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: EleryB, LLC
    Inventor: Tanya Schankel
  • Patent number: 11965285
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a leather article including a flexible leather includes steps as follows. A leather precursor is provided, wherein the leather precursor includes a polymer material. A release member, the leather precursor and a pressing member are stacked in sequence to form a stacked set, wherein at least one of the release member and the pressing member is formed with a plurality of vents. The stacked set is heated and vacuumized to allow the polymer material to form the flexible leather, such that the leather precursor forms the leather article. The leather article is separated from the release member and the pressing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: Chaei Hsin Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shui-Mu Wang
  • Patent number: 11957201
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure provides an article of footwear comprising a forefoot portion with a top layer and a bottom layer, where a void is formed between the top layer and the bottom layer. A heel portion is secured to the bottom layer of the forefoot portion and indirectly secured to the top layer through the bottom layer of the forefoot portion, the heel area forming a first portion of a collar. There is at least one extension extending from the heel portion that is secured to an edge of the top layer of the forefoot portion, and the extension forms at least a second portion of the collar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis J. Berrian, Rory S. Blanche, Weibing Gong, John S. MacGilbert
  • Patent number: 11957209
    Abstract: A high heel footwear including a heel tip assembly and a heel assembly. The heel tip assembly includes a top lift abutting against the heel, a rigid shaft member having a threaded portion, and a first wedge-lock feature configured to prevent the top lift from rotating. The heel assembly includes a threaded insert, a spring, a hollow insert, and a second wedge-lock feature. The threaded insert is received inside an opening formed in the heel to receive the threaded portion of the rigid shaft member. The spring is also received inside the opening and abuts against the threaded insert. The hollow insert abuts against the spring. The rigid shaft member passes through the threaded insert, the spring, and the hollow insert. The second wedge-lock feature locks with the first wedge-lock feature to retain the top lift on the end of the heel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Inventor: El A. Panda
  • Patent number: 11957194
    Abstract: Examples of a garment, such as a bra or sports bra, having cup pockets with concealed openings are described. The garment has openings into the cup pockets that are positioned on the side wings of the front portion of the garment. The side wings of the back portion of the garment and the side wings of the front portion of the garment at least partially overlap to conceal or hide the openings into the cup pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: LULULEMON ATHLETICA CANADA INC.
    Inventor: Yuliya Victorivna Yaremenko
  • Patent number: 11957191
    Abstract: There is provided an open-palmed glove. The glove includes a first layer of material. The glove includes a second layer of material coupled to and extending about peripheral portions of the first layer of the material. There is also provided an open-palmed glove comprising a single material in the form of one of leather, leather suede, synthetic leather, and microfiber, with a lining coupled to said single material and forming an aperture aligned with the back of the glove. There is yet further provided use of an open-palmed glove for rock climbing. The glove consists of a single material on the back thereof. The single material touches both the hand and a rock that is being climbed. There is yet additionally provided a kit comprising a plurality of pairs of rock-climbing gloves of different sizes, each having its own color which corresponds to a color of a camming device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: 0950300 B.C. LTD.
    Inventors: Zachary Goldberg-Poch, Nathan Kukathas
  • Patent number: 11944135
    Abstract: A seal for a garment comprising a body portion. The body portion having an upper edge, a lower edge, a first end and a second end. The lower edge fixed to the garment at an opening; and wherein the second end of the seal comprises a tab which is adapted to cover a portion of the first end to form a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Zhik Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Andrue Kerr, Ryan Paxton
  • Patent number: 11939702
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an elastic fabric including a latent crimped yarn according to an embodiment includes forming a raw fabric by knitting the latent crimped yarn and a polyester yarn, reducing the raw fabric, removing oil from the raw fabric, removing wrinkles of the raw fabric, followed by drying, dyeing the raw fabric, and removing wrinkles of the raw fabric, followed by drying to form the elastic fabric. The method can manufacture a highly elastic fabric having excellent recovery and color fastness to washing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Inventor: Kyung Taek Gil
  • Patent number: 11903444
    Abstract: An upper for an article of footwear is disclosed. The upper can include a plurality of layers, such as an inner layer, a middle knit layer, and an outer layer. Each of the plurality of layers can provide different functionalities to the upper. The combination of the inner layer, middle knit layer, and the outer layer can be effective at transferring a load from the underfoot region to a position above the biteline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventor: Neil Crumbleholme
  • Patent number: 11903428
    Abstract: The sleep sack can include a back panel, a front panel, and a flap. The sleep sack is used by placing the front panel over the back panel. The front panel extends from the shoulder to under the arm of the infant or toddler. The sleep sack is used by placing the flap over the front panel once placed. The flap extends from the shoulder to under the arm of the infant or toddler. The flap can be releasably attached to an outer surface of the sleep sack to adjust the compression of the torso of the infant or toddler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Inventor: Hindi R. Zeidman
  • Patent number: 11896083
    Abstract: Described are uppers for a shoe, particularly a sports shoe, having at least one first partial area and at least one second partial area that are manufactured as one-piece knitwear, wherein the first partial area includes a first yarn and the second partial area includes a second yarn, and wherein the first yarn is more elastic than the second yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Stefan Tamm, Carl Arnese, James Carnes
  • Patent number: 11889898
    Abstract: A shoe includes a sole provided with a ground contact surface, an upper provided with an opening into which a foot of a wearer is inserted, the upper being attached to the sole and covering the foot of the wearer, and a correction member including an inner arm fixed to a medial foot side of the opening of the upper, an outer arm fixed to a lateral foot side of the opening of the upper, and a connection portion connecting the inner arm and the outer arm, the correction member being attached to the upper away from the sole in such a manner that the connection portion is disposed on a rear side of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: ASICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sho Takamasu, Kana Arimoto, Satoru Abe, Azumi Taoka
  • Patent number: 11889871
    Abstract: A garment support includes a body including a top portion, a middle portion, and bottom portion, the top portion includes a first leg and a second leg defining a receptacle extending along a length of the body to receive and support a garment, and the bottom portion includes a lower edge that is pointed along the length of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Alpha Class, Inc.
    Inventor: Eric E. Cummings
  • Patent number: 11882895
    Abstract: A portable brim can be securely attached to and operate with various helmets such as bicycle, skateboarding, snow sport, mountain/rock climbing, equestrian, and paddlesport helmets as well as hard hats used in construction, utility maintenance, material moving, dock loading, and airport baggage handling, to give the wearer shade and protection from the sun. The brim apparatus includes a center section having a size for fitting about a circumference of the sports helmet and a visor outwardly or radially extending from the center section. In one brim apparatus the center section features a stop surface that opposes an upper surface of the visor when the apparatus is affixed to the headgear such that the visor is prohibited from flipping upwards or sliding down or coming off during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: Bryan Family Enterprises LLC
    Inventors: Teresa A Bryan, John E. Bryan
  • Patent number: 11882901
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes an upper defining an interior void and a first cable movable in a tightening direction to move the upper into a tightened state and movable in a loosening direction to move the upper into a loosened state. The article of footwear also includes a tightening grip operable to be moved away from the upper in a first direction to move the first cable in the tightening direction and a cable lock operable in a locked state to restrict movement of the first cable in the loosening direction and operable in an unlocked state to permit movement of the first cable in the loosening direction. A release grip is operable to be moved away from the upper in a second direction to move the cable lock from the locked state to the unlocked state, whereby the release grip is separate from the tightening grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Caleb W. Dyer, Peter Lam, Austin J. Orand, Andrea M. Vinet, Peter Williams, Samantha Young
  • Patent number: 11877608
    Abstract: A device and method for protecting the hands, knuckles and fingers of a user using an elongate tool such as a straightening bar to apply a desired straightening force to a structure to be straightened, such as sheet metal structure, using a fulcrum-lever approach to apply straightening force to the structure. The hand protecting device may comprise a base portion and a grip portion molded in one piece. The user's hand may grip the device while the structure of the device prevents crushing of the user's hand when the device is used at the fulcrum point, between the elongate tool and a fulcrum structure. The device and method of the system allow the user to use their hand to make needed adjustments to the placement of the elongate tool to apply the desired straightening force, without crushing the hand of the user when the straightening force is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Inventor: Carl Stuckey