Patents by Inventor Alessandro Manzato
Alessandro Manzato 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).
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Publication number: 20240008586Abstract: An exemplary ski boot as described herein includes an outer shell, at least one guide member, a tensioning mechanism, and a tension member that is operably coupled with the tensioning mechanism so that an operation of the tensioning mechanism adjusts a tension of the tension member. The tensioning mechanism and the at least one guide member are coupled with the outer shell and the at least one guide member is operably coupled with the tension member to route or direct the tension member along a lace path about the ski boot's outer shell. The lace path includes an upper end, a lower end, and a midpoint positioned between the upper end and lower end. The tensioning mechanism is positioned near the midpoint of the lace path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: January 11, 2024Applicant: BOA Technology, Inc.Inventors: Alessandro Manzato, Zachary Hamilton Jensen, Isabella Oberhauser
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Publication number: 20230363488Abstract: A tightening device for tightening a ski boot includes an elongate panel having a proximal end and a distal end. The elongate panel is positioned about the ski boot's shell between opposing sides of the shell. A tensioning mechanism is coupled with the proximal end of the elongate panel. A tension member is operably coupled with the tensioning mechanism so that an operation of the tensioning mechanism adjusts a tension of the tension member. At least one guide member is coupled with, or positioned on, the proximal end of the elongate panel adjacent to the tensioning mechanism. The tension member is coupled with the guide member to route or direct the tension member between the opposing sides of the shell and along a portion of the elongate panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: BOA Technology, Inc.Inventors: Isabella Oberhauser, Zachary Hamilton Jensen, Alessandro Manzato, Marco Armiraglio, Brendan Hoskens, Thomas John Pollack, Blake Kittridge, John Coe, Stephen Evans
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Publication number: 20210196000Abstract: A tightening device for tightening an article includes an elongate panel that is positionable about the article. The elongate panel has a proximal end and a distal end. A tensioning mechanism is coupled with the proximal end of the elongate panel. The tightening device also includes a tension member that is operably coupled with the tensioning mechanism so that an operation of the tensioning mechanism adjusts a tension of the tension member. The tightening device further includes at least one guide member that is coupled with the elongate panel between the proximal end and the distal end. The tension member is operable with the at least one guide member so that the tension member is routed about the article and along a portion of the elongate panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Thomas Andrew Trudel, Charles Clayton Corbett, Josef Duller, Ilya Minkin, Bobby Dickensheets, Stefan Sporrer, Alessandro Manzato, Eric Irwin, Adam Nathan Auell, Stefan Engl, Karina Kastner
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Publication number: 20200390196Abstract: A shoe includes a sole and an upper that is attached to the sole. The upper has a first side and a second side that fit around a wearer's foot when the shoe is fit about the wearer's foot. The shoe also includes a strap or panel having a proximal end that is attached to one side of the shoe and a distal end that extends toward an opposite side of the shoe. A tension member is guided or directed about a path along the shoe and a tightening mechanism is operable with the tension member to effect tensioning of the tension member. The strap or panel includes a first guide and a second guide and the tension member is routed through both the first guide and the second guide of the strap or panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2020Publication date: December 17, 2020Applicant: Boa Technology Inc.Inventor: Alessandro Manzato
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Patent number: 10772384Abstract: A reel based closure device includes a housing component, a spool that is rotatably positioned within an interior region of the housing component, and a tightening component that is coupled with the housing component. The tightening component is operably coupled with the spool so that an operation of the tightening component causes the spool to rotate within the interior region of the housing component to wind a tension member about the spool. The housing component is configured so that the tension member is routed axially below the housing component's interior region and to one or more guides that are positioned along a lace path of an article, such as a shoe.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2018Date of Patent: September 15, 2020Assignee: BOA TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Eric Whewell, Alessandro Manzato, Kristopher Lovett, Tamara White, Michael Friton, Luke Scotton, Benjamin Sample, Mark Kerns, Robert Dickensheets
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Publication number: 20200245711Abstract: A differentially tightenable ski boot includes a lower shell and an upper cuff that is pivotally coupled with the lower shell. The ski boot includes a first tightening system that is coupled with the lower shell and a second tightening system that is coupled with the upper cuff. Each tightening system includes a reel based closure device, a tension member that is operably coupled with the reel based closure device, and at least one guide member that routes or directs the tension member along a path about the lower shell or upper cuff. The first tightening system and the second tightening system are operable independently of each other to independently and differentially tightening the lower shell and the upper cuff.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2020Publication date: August 6, 2020Applicant: Boa Technology Inc.Inventors: Thomas Andrew Trudel, Charles Corbett, Josef Duller, Ilya Minkin, Bobby Dickensheets, Stefan Sporrer, Alessandro Manzato, Eric Irwin
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Publication number: 20190021447Abstract: A reel based closure device includes a housing component, a spool that is rotatably positioned within an interior region of the housing component, and a tightening component that is coupled with the housing component. The tightening component is operably coupled with the spool so that an operation of the tightening component causes the spool to rotate within the interior region of the housing component to wind a tension member about the spool. The housing component is configured so that the tension member is routed axially below the housing component's interior region and to one or more guides that are positioned along a lace path of an article, such as a shoe.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2018Publication date: January 24, 2019Applicant: Boa Technology Inc.Inventors: Eric Whewell, Alessandro Manzato, Kristopher Lovett, Tamara White, Michael Friton, Luke Scotton, Benjamin Sample, Mark Kerns, Robert Dickensheets
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Publication number: 20160066653Abstract: The present invention relates to a clamping device for a cable closure system. The clamping device (1) comprises a supporting base (2), a pulley (3), operatively associable with a closure cable, and a handle (4), connected integrally to the pulley (3) and manually activatable. The clamping device (1) comprises first and second retaining means (5,6) operatively engageable with a toothed surface (331) of the pulley (3) and control means (7), separate from said handle (4). The retaining means (5,6) and the control means (7) are operatively associated with one another so as to be able to obtain a complete release or a controlled release of the clamping tension of the closure cable.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2014Publication date: March 10, 2016Inventors: Gianni Piva, Alessandro Manzato
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Patent number: D971562Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: BOA TECHNOLOGY INC.Inventors: Daniel Hipwood, Cody Henderson, Charles Clayton Corbett, Stefan Sporrer, Alessandro Manzato