Patents by Inventor Arnaud Repa

Arnaud Repa 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).

  • Patent number: 11130045
    Abstract: The fastening device (3) for fastening a boot (4) to a sliding board (2) includes a base (10) intended to be fastened to a sliding board and to surround, at least partially, a sole and lateral sides of a boot, at least one lever (201, 301) that can move relative to the base and can interact with a retention element (44A, 44B) connected to a boot, the lever (201, 301) being able to move between a first retention position (P1) and a second clamping position (P2), the lever being able to retain the boot in the base when it is in its first position, the lever being able to transmit a downward force on the retention element when it is in its second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SKIS ROSSIGNOL
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Pascal, Adrien Reguis, Vincent Gelin, Arnaud Repa, Adrien Orsicelli
  • Publication number: 20210031093
    Abstract: Sports shoe (4) having a strap (28) able to pass over the top of a foot or able to pass over an instep, and at least one securing means (30), the strap including a first free end (29A) connected to the at least one securing means (30) and a second free end (29B) connected to the at least one securing means (30), the at least one securing means (30) being able to collaborate with a binding device (3) attached to a sliding board (2) so as to transmit a force at least downwards onto the first free end (29A) and onto the second free end (29B) of the strap (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: SKIS ROSSIGNOL
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Pascal, Adrien Reguis, Vincent Gelin, Arnaud Repa, Aurélien Soria, Adrien Orsicelli
  • Publication number: 20200368603
    Abstract: The fastening device (3) for fastening a boot (4) to a sliding board (2) includes a base (10) intended to be fastened to a sliding board and to surround, at least partially, a sole and lateral sides of a boot, at least one lever (201, 301) that can move relative to the base and can interact with a retention element (44A, 44B) connected to a boot, the lever (201, 301) being able to move between a first retention position (P1) and a second clamping position (P2), the lever being able to retain the boot in the base when it is in its first position, the lever being able to transmit a downward force on the retention element when it is in its second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: SKIS ROSSIGNOL
    Inventors: Jean-Marc Pascal, Adrien Reguis, Vincent Gelin, Arnaud Repa, Adrien Orsicelli
  • Patent number: 9789383
    Abstract: Sliding board (1), whose internal structure has a core (2) edged with side ski edges (10), said core (2) separating two lower (3) and upper (4) reinforcing layers, in which core (2) includes at least additional component (20) made of material with greater flexibility than the remainder of the core, characterised in that said additional component is inserted into a slender hollow (21, 22) shaped to curve inside the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: SKIS ROSSIGNOL
    Inventors: Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa
  • Patent number: 9545558
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for retaining the shoe on a gliding board comprising a lower base (E) designed to be secured to the board and receiving the shoe, and at least one upper fastener (1) ensuring closing of the device while being secured to the base on the one hand, and locked on a central tab (2) bearing on said shoe on the other hand, in the locked position, characterized in that said central tab comprises an inner part (21) and an outer part (22) that are superimposed, said inner part including at least one protruding element (23) becoming engaged through a corresponding orifice (20) arranged in the outer part (22), this protruding element forming a loop (30) for said fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2017
    Assignee: SKIS ROSSIGNOL
    Inventors: Vincent Gelin, Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa
  • Publication number: 20160175687
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for retaining the shoe on a gliding board comprising a lower base (E) designed to be secured to the board and receiving the shoe, and at least one upper fastener (1) ensuring closing of the device while being secured to the base on the one hand, and locked on a central tab (2) bearing on said shoe on the other hand, in the locked position, characterized in that said central tab comprises an inner part (21) and an outer part (22) that are superimposed, said inner part including at least one protruding element (23) becoming engaged through a corresponding orifice (20) arranged in the outer part (22), this protruding element forming a loop (30) for said fastener.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Applicant: Skis Rossignol
    Inventors: Vincent GELIN, Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa
  • Patent number: 9364739
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fastening system for a sliding board comprising, respectively, a base delimiting a housing in which a shoe is designed to be immobilized, means for adjusting the position of said base on the board, and a vertical locking pivot cooperating on the one hand with an anchoring element secured to the board, and on the other hand bearing rotational blocking elements supported by a calibrating disc, characterized in that said pivot is made up of an assembly secured to the base comprising a central slug whereof the lower end is designed to be retractably housed in said anchor element and the upper end is connected to at least one rotating maneuvering member ensuring the rotation of said lower end in the anchor element. The invention also relates to a sliding board equipped with said fastening system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: SKIS ROSSIGNOL
    Inventors: Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa, Vincent Gelin
  • Publication number: 20160151698
    Abstract: Sliding board (1), whose internal structure has a core (2) edged with side ski edges (10), said core (2) separating two lower (3) and upper (4) reinforcing layers, in which core (2) includes at least additional component (20) made of material with greater flexibility than the remainder of the core, characterised in that said additional component is inserted into a slender hollow (21, 22) shaped to curve inside the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa
  • Patent number: 9259638
    Abstract: A fastening device for a sliding board includes a base that defines a housing in which a shoe is designed to be immobilized by a maintaining device. The maintaining device includes a vertical locking pivot cooperating with an anchor element secured to the board on the one hand, and with rotational blocking elements on the other hand. The base includes a lower plate and an upper plate to support the shoe and sliding relative to one another, the pivot ensuring sliding locking of the two plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: Skis Rossignol
    Inventors: Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa, Vincent Gelin
  • Patent number: 9108100
    Abstract: A board for snowboarding, having forward and rear contact lines; lines of greater width located beyond the forward and rear contact lines respectively; binding-mounting areas, each including a set of mounting points by which the binding is secured to the board; a non-zero camber (C), measured substantially midway between the forward and rear contact lines; forward and rear shovels; wherein seen from above, the forward and rear contact lines pass through forward and rear areas respectively, each delimited on the one hand, board center side, by an inner transverse line located at a maximum distance (D1,D3) of 50 mm relative to the central position of the binding-mounting area, and on the other hand, shovel side, by an outer transverse line located at a maximum distance (D2,D4) of 150 mm relative to the central position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: Skis Rossignol
    Inventors: Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa
  • Publication number: 20150031253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a fastening system for a sliding board comprising, respectively, a base delimiting a housing in which a shoe is designed to be immobilized, means for adjusting the position of said base on the board, and a vertical locking pivot cooperating on the one hand with an anchoring element secured to the board, and on the other hand bearing rotational blocking elements supported by a calibrating disc, characterized in that said pivot is made up of an assembly secured to the base comprising a central slug whereof the lower end is designed to be retractably housed in said anchor element and the upper end is connected to at least one rotating maneuvering member ensuring the rotation of said lower end in the anchor element. The invention also relates to a sliding board equipped with said fastening system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: Skis Rossignol
    Inventors: Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa, Vincent Gelin
  • Patent number: 8919790
    Abstract: A snow gliding board, including front and rear lines of maximum width, and having sidecuts including a central area having a curvature directed towards the outside of the board, wherein said central area extends towards the front and/or the back in an adjacent area having a curvature oriented toward the inside, which extends at least all the way to the respective front and/or rear line of maximum width.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Skis Rossignol
    Inventors: Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa
  • Patent number: 8827301
    Abstract: A snow gliding board, integrating a structure element incorporated in a raised end of said gliding board, said element having a plurality of hollowed through openings between its upper and lower surfaces, distributed across its surface, wherein said element comprises in said raised end at least one region free of through openings, separating two areas having through openings, the width of said region being greater than the shortest distance between two through openings in the areas separated by said region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: Skis Rossignol
    Inventors: Johan Vailli, Nicolas Puget, David Bouvier, Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa
  • Patent number: 8783707
    Abstract: Board for snowboarding, having forward and rear contact lines; binding-mounting areas, forward and rear respectively, each including a set of mounting points by which the binding is secured to the board, each mounting area having a central position; a non-zero camber (C), measured substantially midway between the forward and rear contact lines; wherein, seen from above, the forward and rear contact lines pass through areas, a forward and a rear area respectively, each delimited by two transverse lines, an inner and an outer line respectively, located between the central positions of the binding-mounting areas, the outer transverse line of the forward area being at a distance (D2) of at least 100 mm relative to the central position of the forward binding mount, the outer transverse line of the rear area being at a distance (D4) of at least 120 mm relative to the central position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Skis Rossignol
    Inventors: Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa
  • Publication number: 20130257017
    Abstract: A fastening device for a sliding board includes a base that defines a housing in which a shoe is designed to be immobilized by a maintaining device. The maintaining device includes a vertical locking pivot cooperating with an anchor element secured to the board on the one hand, and with rotational blocking elements on the other hand. The base includes a lower plate and an upper plate to support the shoe and sliding relative to one another, the pivot ensuring sliding locking of the two plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa, Vincent Gelin
  • Publication number: 20110175326
    Abstract: Board for snowboarding, having forward and rear contact lines; binding-mounting areas, forward and rear respectively, each including a set of mounting points by which the binding is secured to the board, each mounting area having a central position; a non-zero camber (C), measured substantially midway between the forward and rear contact lines; wherein, seen from above, the forward and rear contact lines pass through areas, a forward and a rear area respectively, each delimited by two transverse lines, an inner and an outer line respectively, located between the central positions of the binding-mounting areas, the outer transverse line of the forward area being at a distance (D2) of at least 100 mm relative to the central position of the forward binding mount, the outer transverse line of the rear area being at a distance (D4) of at least 120 mm relative to the central position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Inventors: Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa
  • Publication number: 20110148075
    Abstract: A board for snowboarding, having forward and rear contact lines; lines of greater width located beyond the forward and rear contact lines respectively; binding-mounting areas, each including a set of mounting points by which the binding is secured to the board; a non-zero camber (C), measured substantially midway between the forward and rear contact lines; forward and rear shovels; wherein seen from above, the forward and rear contact lines pass through forward and rear areas respectively, each delimited on the one hand, board center side, by an inner transverse line located at a maximum distance (D1,D3) of 50 mm relative to the central position of the binding-mounting area, and on the other hand, shovel side, by an outer transverse line located at a maximum distance (D2,D4) of 150 mm relative to the central position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Adrien Reguis, Arnaud Repa
  • Publication number: 20060267298
    Abstract: A snowboard (1) comprising orientation-adjustable bindings each having a center (16, 17) defined as being the rotation point of their orientation adjustment mechanism, said board (1) having a length (L) defined by the distance that separates its front end point (2) and rear end point (3) projected on a horizontal plane and a width (l) defined by the distance that separates two points (7, 8) on the sidecuts (9) located on a straight line (10) at right angles to the median longitudinal axis (4) that connects said end points (2, 3) and is located halfway between said end points (2, 3), wherein the length-to-width ratio (L/1) is from 3 to 5 and wherein the distance (S) that separates the two centers (16, 17) of the bindings is from 45 to 55 cm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2006
    Publication date: November 30, 2006
    Applicant: SKIS ROSSIGNOL
    Inventor: Arnaud Repa