Patents by Inventor Christopher Derrick

Christopher Derrick 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: 10512302
    Abstract: A shoe system including a shoe upper with a bottom side having an aperture extending to a cavity. The shoe system also includes a selectively removable outsole which includes a bottom for contacting the ground, and a top for engaging with the bottom of the shoe upper. The top side of the outsole further includes a projection which is sized and shaped to extend through the aperture and into the cavity when the outsole is in a first orientation, which is misaligned with respect to the shoe upper. The projection is also sized and shaped to fit within the cavity but no longer back through the aperture when the outsole is in a second orientation, which is aligned with respect to the shoe upper. In the second orientation, the projection within said cavity prevents disengagement of the outsole from the shoe upper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Pure Fishing, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Derrick, Joseph McMillan, Peter Rueegger, Michael Steszyn, Peter Valois
  • Publication number: 20170332732
    Abstract: A shoe system including a shoe upper with a bottom side having an aperture extending to a cavity. The shoe system also includes a selectively removable outsole which includes a bottom for contacting the ground, and a top for engaging with the bottom of the shoe upper. The top side of the outsole further includes a projection which is sized and shaped to extend through the aperture and into the cavity when the outsole is in a first orientation, which is misaligned with respect to the shoe upper. The projection is also sized and shaped to fit within the cavity but no longer back through the aperture when the outsole is in a second orientation, which is aligned with respect to the shoe upper. In the second orientation, the projection within said cavity prevents disengagement of the outsole from the shoe upper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Derrick, Joseph McMillan, Peter Rueegger, Michael Steszyn, Peter Valois
  • Patent number: 9756900
    Abstract: A shoe system including a shoe upper with a bottom side having an aperture extending to a cavity. The shoe system also includes a selectively removable outsole which includes a bottom for contacting the ground, and a top for engaging with the bottom of the shoe upper. The top side of the outsole further includes a projection which is sized and shaped to extend through the aperture and into the cavity when the outsole is in a first orientation, which is misaligned with respect to the shoe upper. The projection is also sized and shaped to fit within the cavity but no longer back through the aperture when the outsole is in a second orientation, which is aligned with respect to the shoe upper. In the second orientation, the projection within said cavity prevents disengagement of the outsole from the shoe upper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: Pure Fishing, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Derrick, Joseph McMillan, Peter Rueegger, Michael Steszyn, Peter Valois
  • Publication number: 20160081429
    Abstract: A shoe system including a shoe upper with a bottom side having an aperture extending to a cavity. The shoe system also includes a selectively removable outsole which includes a bottom for contacting the ground, and a top for engaging with the bottom of the shoe upper. The top side of the outsole further includes a projection which is sized and shaped to extend through the aperture and into the cavity when the outsole is in a first orientation, which is misaligned with respect to the shoe upper. The projection is also sized and shaped to fit within the cavity but no longer back through the aperture when the outsole is in a second orientation, which is aligned with respect to the shoe upper. In the second orientation, the projection within said cavity prevents disengagement of the outsole from the shoe upper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Derrick, Joseph McMillan, Peter Rueegger, Michael Steszyn, Peter Valois
  • Patent number: 6473767
    Abstract: A file system for a computer supports a plurality of directories, each maintaining a list of data files as a plurality of directory entries. As well as means for creating data entries for real data files, the system includes means for creating anti-file directory entries having an attribute indicating there is no real data file corresponding to the entry. Entries may-be moved between directories and when an anti-file and a data file of the same name are present in the same directory, the real data file is deleted. This enables the synchronization of sets of target and source files to take account of changes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2002
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Nicholas Raymond Bailey, Christopher Derrick Cawthorne, Richard John Gadd, Robert Harris