Patents by Inventor Anja Surace

Anja Surace 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).

  • Shoe with a heel cap and/or ankle collar
    Patent number: 10258107
    Abstract: Shoes, in particular sports shoes, and methods for their manufacture can correspond to a shoe that has an upper with a textile region in at least one of a forefoot region and a midfoot region, as well as a heel cap of the upper. The heel cap substantially surrounds a rear side, a medial side, and a lateral side of a heel of a wearer's foot when worn. The heel cap forms a heel region of the upper, and the heel cap is manufactured substantially as one piece from a non-textile flexible plastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Anja Surace, Christian Zwinger, Andreas Alonso Egerer, Marco Kormann, Jürgen Hertlein, Georg Trost
  • Shoe
    Patent number: 9668536
    Abstract: Described are shoes with a rigid heel portion, and a collar arranged above the rigid heel portion. The collar includes a first collar portion and a second collar portion, the first collar portion and the second collar portion are configured to partially engage an ankle of a wearer of the shoe on a lateral side, a medial side, and a rear side of the ankle when worn. The first collar portion is more flexible than the rigid heel portion, and the second collar portion is more flexible than the first collar portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Anja Surace, Christian Zwinger
  • SHOE
    Publication number: 20160095383
    Abstract: Described are shoes with a rigid heel portion, and a collar arranged above the rigid heel portion. The collar includes a first collar portion and a second collar portion, the first collar portion and the second collar portion are configured to partially engage an ankle of a wearer of the shoe on a lateral side, a medial side, and a rear side of the ankle when worn. The first collar portion is more flexible than the rigid heel portion, and the second collar portion is more flexible than the first collar portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Anja Surace, Christian Zwinger
  • SHOE WITH A HEEL CAP AND/OR ANKLE COLLAR
    Publication number: 20160007687
    Abstract: Described are shoes, in particular sports shoes, and methods for their manufacture. The shoe has an upper with a textile region in at least one of a forefoot region and a midfoot region, as well as a heel cap of the upper. The heel cap substantially surrounds a rear side, a medial side, and a lateral side of a heel of a wearer's foot when worn. The heel cap forms a heel region of the upper, and the heel cap is manufactured substantially as one piece from a non-textile flexible plastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2015
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Anja Surace, Christian Zwinger, Andreas Alonso Egerer, Marco Kormann, Jürgen Hertlein, Georg Trost