Patents by Inventor Christophe Helie

Christophe Helie 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: 20130231016
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inflatable device capable of acting as a glide medium for at least one person, which can in particular be used for bodyboard devices for gliding over water or snow. The device includes at least one first bag made of a flexible material, having a means for feeding a fluid therein and capable of being inflated by said fluid, at least one stabilization means connected to the first bag and capable of being arranged between or rigidly connected to the upper portion of the legs of a person, and means for positioning the hands, preferably arranged on the first bag. Thus, the proper stabilization of the device beneath the person during a gliding phase is ensured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Applicant: DECATHLON
    Inventors: Stephan Sahun, Jean Christyn De Ribaucourt, Axelle Gallet, Christophe Helie
  • Patent number: 7695409
    Abstract: An independent and foldable running exercise installation that includes: a platform that includes a chassis and, incorporated into the latter, a running track and its tensioning and driving means fixed to the front of the platform, two lateral uprights the top ends of which support a handlebar that includes two lateral branches connected by a linking part, and the ends of which act as handles. Each lateral upright is formed of a front arm and a rear arm which are in parallel and articulated by their lower ends on the side of the platform, on two pivoting axes, and by their top ends to the lateral branches on two pivoting axes. Since the first axis is higher than the second, the four axes forming a deformable parallelogram between a position of use in which the handgrips are more or less horizontal and the lateral uprights are more or less vertical, and a storage position in which the linking part is placed flat on the top of the platform and the lateral uprights on the sides of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2010
    Assignee: Decathlon
    Inventors: Christophe Helie, Serge Ekeloo, Grégoire Nys, Nicolas Allion, Christophe Marcy
  • Publication number: 20080132386
    Abstract: An independent and foldable running exercise installation that includes: a platform that includes a chassis and, incorporated into the latter, a running track and its tensioning and driving means fixed to the front of the platform, two lateral uprights the top ends of which support a handlebar that includes two lateral branches connected by a linking part, and the ends of which act as handles. Each lateral upright is formed of a front arm and a rear arm which are in parallel and articulated by their lower ends on the side of the platform, on two pivoting axes, and by their top ends to the lateral branches on two pivoting axes. Since the first axis is higher than the second, the four axes forming a deformable parallelogram between a position of use in which the handgrips are more or less horizontal and the lateral uprights are more or less vertical, and a storage position in which the linking part is placed flat on the top of the platform and the lateral uprights on the sides of the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2006
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Inventors: Christophe Helie, Serge Ekeloo, Gregoire Nys, Nicolas Allion, Christophe Marcy