Patents Examined by Jillian K Pierorazio
  • Patent number: 11877617
    Abstract: Present aspects are directed to a braided upper comprising a tubular braided structure, which comprises an internal cavity and a plurality of apertures. The yarn of the tubular braided structure surrounds a perimeter of each of the plurality of apertures. The braided upper comprises a midsole positioned within the internal cavity and comprising a plurality of braid-receiving features mated with the yarn of the tubular braided structure. The braided upper and the midsole are keyed to one another when the yarn is mated with the plurality of braid-receiving features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert M. Bruce, Eun Kyung Lee
  • Patent number: 11865408
    Abstract: A swimming cap which prevents water from entering ears has a swimming cap main body; the swimming cap main body has a left side and a right side, each of which is symmetrically provided with an ear enclosing part for accommodating a human ear; each of the ear enclosing parts has an outer wall which protrudes outwards from an outer wall of the swimming cap main body; each of the ear enclosing parts has an inner wall which forms an enclosing space for enclosing the human ear which protrudes outwards from an inner wall of the swimming cap main body; each of the enclosing spaces has an outer edge which is provided with a waterproof edge in shape of an inclined trumpet at a connecting portion with the swimming cap main body. The present invention is simple and compact in structure and highly practical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Guangzhou Vanguard Watersports Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jacko Liang, Josh Liang
  • Patent number: 11864599
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus, system and method includes at least a protective garment that prevents concussive effects on internal organs. The garment many include a garment body; and, embedded in the garment body, at least one multi-sectional pad. At least two of the multi-sections may comprise: at least one aramid layer; at least one multi-durometer foam layer having a substantially similar surface area to that provided by the at least one aramid layer; and at least one shield layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: MATSCITECHNO LICENSING COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert A. Vito
  • Patent number: 11864603
    Abstract: A visor and protective face shield apparatus having a transparent or non-transparent visor and a transparent face shield. The visor and face shield can be assembled from separate components or from a unitary blank using improved tabs and slots such that the face shield is supported by the visor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: OP-D-OP, INC.
    Inventor: Timothy J. Landis
  • Patent number: 11849787
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a glove which, while having a cuff, can be easily donned and removed using just one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: SHOWA GLOVE CO.
    Inventors: Ryo Takagi, Katsuhito Tomono, Nobuaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 11844387
    Abstract: A headwear assembly adapted to be used with a type of headwear commonly referred to as a durag (also referred to as a wave cap) is provided. The headwear assembly provides a padded layer between the durag's tie-ends and the wearer's forehead when worn with a strap that extends around the wearer's head to hold the headwear in place. A sleeve with a sleeve channel is configured with the padded layer to receive the durag's tie-ends and to hold them in secure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Inventor: Zelalem Endale
  • Patent number: 11825889
    Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure include a medical garment that resembles a shirt. The medical garment includes a body that includes a front portion attached to a back portion by one or more non-partable seams. The medical garment includes first and second sleeves on opposite sides of the medical garment. The first and second sleeves are coupled to the front portion and the back portion of the medical garment. The medical garment includes a partable seam having a zippered opening formed in the medical garment that extends from a collar area of the medical garment toward a bottom part of one of the sleeves where the sleeve attaches to the body. The partable seam also includes a zipper to close the zippered opening and hold the zippered opening in a closed position. The medical garment is configured to expose the patient's chest area when the zippered opening is in an open position, and resembles a standard shirt when the zippered opening is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Emilio Nares Foundation
    Inventors: Luz A. Quiroga, Corina Elizabeth Quiroga Banzer
  • Patent number: 11825894
    Abstract: A reinforced support device suitable for the protection of a hand and its digits from impacts, particularly those found in contact sports. The support device providing an outer skeleton and/or selected reinforcement portion(s), protects the digits of the hand and permits flexion of the fingers and/or thumb. The reinforcement portions can be of various shapes, sizes, materials, and weights. They may also be connected in various ways to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventors: William H. Atkins, Thomas W. Atkins, Andrew B. Atkins
  • Patent number: 11819073
    Abstract: This invention is directed toward a garment that is comfortable to wear and can safely, with easy accessibility, securely store a cell phone and other important items. A preferred embodiment of the invention is a pair of shorts, with an elasticized waistband that can be tightened by a non-elasticized drawstring cord. There is a seamless, knitted inner layer similar to “boy short” style underwear. This seamless, knitted “boy short” style underwear inner layer provides comfort to the user. Two vertical side hip interior pockets are sewn to the inner layer at the outside of the seamless, knitted “boy short” underwear at the hips of the user, making it comfortable for a user to carry a cell phone and/or other items. The shorts have a thin line of reflective fabric on the seams and hem of the shorts, providing safety for the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Cynthia Bolker
  • Patent number: 11812815
    Abstract: A helmet includes a shell having an interior surface, a padding disposed along the interior surface of the shell, and a chinbar. The padding defines a first engagement surface positioned at a first lateral side of the padding and a second engagement surface positioned at an opposing second lateral side of the padding. The chinbar includes a cage, a first flange, and a second flange. The cage includes a first end defining a third engagement surface and a second end defining a fourth engagement surface. The third engagement surface interfaces with the first engagement surface and the fourth engagement surface interfaces with the second engagement surface. The first flange extends from the first end of the cage. The second flange extends from the second end of the cage. The first flange and the second flange of the chinbar are embedded within the padding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Fox Head, Inc.
    Inventors: David L. Durham, Dennis Tan
  • Patent number: 11800906
    Abstract: An athletic glove is disclosed having a high-grip surface on the palm side of the glove. The high-grip surface is formed from a panel of high-adherence material and comprises an embossed pattern that is configured to provide a high-grip surface while maintaining high tactile feedback or “feel” of the item being grasped, while maintaining maximum flexibility in the hand so as to not impede the wearer's ability to conform their hand to the intended shape when varying their grip on the item being grasped. The high-grip or high-adherence surface is formed of a high friction flexible polymer, such as silicone. To further aid in providing a high-grip configuration that maintains maximum tactile feedback and flexibility for the wearer, the embossed pattern provided on the palm side of the glove employs separate, thin (preferably about 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventor: Matthew Furstenburg
  • Patent number: 11800907
    Abstract: The present specification discloses headwear configured to permit the user to easily don an item of eyewear, such as prescription glasses, reading glasses, sun glasses, safety glasses, and the like. The present headwear provides a unique pocket design on each side with an eyewear temple aperture located within the pockets. The pockets are created by forming a z-folded configuration out of a fabric panel for each pocket and tacking the three layers of material together, above and below the eyewear temple aperture. Each of the pockets are positioned forward of at least part of the ears, and open towards the user's anterior. The outermost panel of each of the pockets protrudes from the sides of the headwear to provide sufficient clearance for the temples of the eyewear to easily slip into the pockets and through the eyewear temple apertures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Inventors: John McDonald, Cynthia McDonald
  • Patent number: 11771153
    Abstract: A batter hand guard may include a hand back portion configured to cover at least metacarpal bones of ring, middle and index fingers of the hand on the back side of the hand, a wrist back extension extending from the hand back portion and configured to cover a back of an ulna and a back of a radius of a forearm, and a wrist side extension extending sideways from the wrist back extension. The wrist side extension is formed from a moldable and hardenable material configured to wrap about the ulna from the back side to the palm side of the forearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Wilson Sporting Goods Co.
    Inventor: Samuel J. Otto
  • Patent number: 11766083
    Abstract: A helmet comprises a protective shell, an energy absorbing layer defining an inner surface of the helmet and a shear component. The shear component extends over one or more areas of the inner surface of the helmet and has an outer surface removably coupled to the inner surface of the helmet. The shear component has a distal inner surface configured to contact a wearer's head, or to support and retain a separate comfort pad configured to contact the wearer's head. In response to an oblique impact to the helmet, the shear component undergoes internal shear to allow displacement between the helmet and the wearer's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Tianqi Technology Co (Ningbo) Ltd
    Inventors: James A. Chilson, Roger Davis
  • Patent number: 11758965
    Abstract: A helmet body includes an outer shell having an inner surface, an outer surface, and an outer shell lower edge extending between the inner surface and the outer surface, the outer shell further comprising at least two shoulder pad recesses positioned at a lower edge of the outer shell on a respective left and right sides of the helmet; and an energy management liner adjacent to the inner surface of the outer shell and comprising at least two shoulder pads formed of a foamed energy management material, each of the at least two shoulder pads received into one of the at least two shoulder pad recesses on the respective left or right side of the helmet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott S. Whitesell, Scott R. Allen, Christopher T. Pietrzak, Allen Bischofberger, Julio Valencia
  • Patent number: 11744326
    Abstract: A toe guard assembly includes a cup that is elongated to insertably receive a toe of an article of footwear. The cup is comprised of a rigid material to protect the toe from impact energy. Each of a pair of engagements extends away from the cup and the engagements are positioned on opposing sides of the cup from each other. A belt is coupled to a respective one of the engagements on the cup and the belt can be extended around a heel of the article of footwear. The belt is releasably matable to a respective one of the engagement to retain the cup on the toe of the article of footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Inventor: Richard Avila
  • Patent number: 11730229
    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: October 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Caleb W. Dyer, Peter Lam, Austin Orand, Andrea M. Vinet, Peter P. Williams, II, Samantha Young
  • Patent number: 11717043
    Abstract: A protective clothing device having an article of clothing having an inner layer and/or an outer layer is disclosed. The protective clothing device may have thin force absorbing members coupled to the inner layer or outer layer of the article of clothing. The force absorbing members can have overlapping or interlaced portions for enhanced protection even when the protective clothing device expands. In one embodiment, the protective clothing device may be a protective hat. In another embodiment, the protective clothing device may be a headband.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Inventors: Adrienne Yeung, C. Douglass Thomas
  • Patent number: 11707113
    Abstract: An article of footwear includes a sole structure, a footwear upper, and a closure system. The sole structure may have a front sole portion and a rear sole portion pivotable relative to the front sole portion between a use position and an access position. The footwear upper may be fixed to the front sole portion and to the rear sole portion. The closure system may comprise an adjustment cord and a cord lock. The adjustment cord may be operatively secured to the footwear upper at an anchor location. The cord lock may be secured to the footwear upper and may be configured so that the adjustment cord slides through the cord lock when under tension to tighten the footwear upper in the use position, and the adjustment cord is repositionable relative to the cord lock to lock to the cord lock and retain tension in the adjustment cord.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy P. Hopkins, Elizabeth Langvin, Haley L. Toelle
  • Patent number: 11690414
    Abstract: The disclosed apparatus, system and method includes at least a protective garment that prevents concussive effects on internal organs. The garment many include a garment body; and, embedded in the garment body, at least one multi-sectional pad. At least two of the multi-sections may comprise: at least one aramid layer; at least one multi-durometer foam layer having a substantially similar surface area to that provided by the at least one aramid layer; and at least one shield layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: MATSCITECHNO LICENSING COMPANY
    Inventor: Robert A. Vito