Patents by Inventor Alan Toronjo

Alan Toronjo has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20170182732
    Abstract: An article of apparel includes a base layer and an auxetic layer. The base layer includes a four way stretch material. The auxetic layer is coupled to the base layer and includes an auxetic structure defining a repeating pattern of voids. The base layer is exposed by at least one void of the auxetic layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventor: Alan Toronjo
  • Publication number: 20170156443
    Abstract: An article of apparel includes a base layer and an auxetic layer coupled to the base layer. The auxetic layer includes an auxetic structure defining a repeating pattern of shapes, with each of the shapes defined by perimeter walls and an interior recess. The auxetic layer includes a first region and a second region. Each interior recess in the first region provides a void exposing the base layer, and each interior recess in the second region is at least partially filled with a recess material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Alan Guyan, David McManus, John Acevedo, Alan Toronjo
  • Patent number: 9629397
    Abstract: An article of apparel includes a base layer and an auxetic layer. The base layer includes a four way stretch material. The auxetic layer is coupled to the base layer and includes an auxetic structure defining a repeating pattern of voids. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment of the disclosure, each void has a reentrant shape and is at least partially filled with a foam or a hot melt material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Toronjo
  • Publication number: 20170099900
    Abstract: An article of apparel includes at least one panel including a first edge and an opposing second edge. The at least one panel includes an auxetic structure defining a primary elongation direction and a secondary elongation direction. A plurality of lace coupling pairs are positioned along the first edge and the second edge of the at least one panel. Each lace coupling pair defines a lace pull direction that is perpendicular to a line extending through two adjacent lace couplings of the lace coupling pair. Each lace pull direction is defined by the plurality of lace couplings substantially in alignment with either the primary elongation direction or the secondary elongation direction of the auxetic structure between the two adjacent lace couplings of the lace coupling pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventor: Alan Toronjo
  • Patent number: 9538798
    Abstract: An article of apparel includes at least one panel including a first edge and an opposing second edge. The at least one panel includes an auxetic structure defining a primary elongation direction and a secondary elongation direction. A plurality of lace coupling pairs are positioned along the first edge and the second edge of the at least one panel. Each lace coupling pair defines a lace pull direction that is perpendicular to a line extending through two adjacent lace couplings of the lace coupling pair. Each lace pull direction is defined by the plurality of lace couplings substantially in alignment with either the primary elongation direction or the secondary elongation direction of the auxetic structure between the two adjacent lace couplings of the lace coupling pair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Toronjo
  • Patent number: 9282780
    Abstract: An article of footwear for a prosthesis is provided and may include an upper, an outsole attached to the upper, and a midsole disposed between the upper and the outsole. The article of footwear may also include a cavity having a first portion defined between the upper and the midsole that receives the prosthesis when the prosthesis is inserted into the article of footwear and a second portion having a constant dimension between the upper and the midsole along the length of the second portion. The second portion may extend in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the midsole and may receive a distal end of the prosthesis when the prosthesis is fully inserted into the article of footwear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Inventors: Alan Toronjo, Vincent Chen, Kevin Fallon, Troy Hopkins
  • Publication number: 20140259765
    Abstract: An article of footwear for a prosthesis is provided and may include an upper, an outsole attached to the upper, and a midsole disposed between the upper and the outsole. The article of footwear may also include a cavity having a first portion defined between the upper and the midsole that receives the prosthesis when the prosthesis is inserted into the article of footwear and a second portion having a constant dimension between the upper and the midsole along the length of the second portion. The second portion may extend in a direction substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the midsole and may receive a distal end of the prosthesis when the prosthesis is fully inserted into the article of footwear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: UNDER ARMOUR, INC.
    Inventors: Alan TORONJO, Vincent CHEN, Kevin FALLON, Troy HOPKINS
  • Publication number: 20140109286
    Abstract: A garment includes at least one garment panel made of a fabric including a first yarn having a first denier and a second yarn having a second denier, the first denier being greater than the second denier. The first yarn forms an auxetic structure comprising a pattern of interconnected segments on the garment panel. The second yarn forms a fill portion extending between the interconnected segments of the auxetic structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle Sanders Blakely, Alan Toronjo
  • Publication number: 20140101816
    Abstract: An article of apparel includes at least one panel including a first edge and an opposing second edge. The at least one panel includes an auxetic structure defining a primary elongation direction and a secondary elongation direction. A plurality of lace coupling pairs are positioned along the first edge and the second edge of the at least one panel. Each lace coupling pair defines a lace pull direction that is perpendicular to a line extending through two adjacent lace couplings of the lace coupling pair. Each lace pull direction is defined by the plurality of lace couplings substantially in alignment with either the primary elongation direction or the secondary elongation direction of the auxetic structure between the two adjacent lace couplings of the lace coupling pair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Toronjo
  • Patent number: 7579055
    Abstract: An article of footwear including an upper and a sole, which has an outsole for directly contacting a ground surface, and at least one element compression molded with the outsole. The at least one element is formed from a first material including at least 45% ethylene vinyl acetate, approximately 30% polyene elastomer, and approximately 20% synthetic rubber. A second material of the outsole is compatible for compression molding with the at least one element, and is less hard and less dense than the at least one element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Taylor Made Golf Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Chung Lai, Michael Martin Nagel, Gerald Kuhtz, Marco Aurelio Grott, Alan Toronjo
  • Publication number: 20050005474
    Abstract: An article of footwear including an upper and a sole, which has an outsole for directly contacting a ground surface, and at least one element compression molded with the outsole. The at least one element is formed from a first material including at least 45% ethylene vinyl acetate, approximately 30% polyene elastomer, and approximately 20% synthetic rubber. A second material of the outsole is compatible for compression molding with the at least one element, and is less hard and less dense than the at least one element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Publication date: January 13, 2005
    Inventors: Jung Lai, Michael Nagel, Gerald Kuhtz, Marco Grott, Alan Toronjo
  • Patent number: D746558
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Campbell, Evan Caruso, Alan Toronjo
  • Patent number: D756622
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Toronjo
  • Patent number: D759364
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Toronjo
  • Patent number: D774783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Toronjo
  • Patent number: D777452
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventor: Alan Toronjo
  • Patent number: D780414
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Campbell, Evan Caruso, Alan Toronjo
  • Patent number: D794938
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: Under Armour, Inc.
    Inventors: John Acevedo, Alan Guyan, David McManus, Alan Toronjo