Patents by Inventor Donald M. Remlinger

Donald M. Remlinger 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).

  • Method of making footwear with a pourable foam
    Patent number: 5785909
    Abstract: A method of making an article of footwear includes the steps of constructing an upper having an inner surface material and an outer surface material which define an upper formation cavity, disposing the upper on a mold core, positioning the mold core and the upper in a base portion of a mold such that the upper formation cavity is accessible from above when the mold cavity is open, pouring a plastic foam material into the upper formation cavity of the upper, closing a top portion of the mold onto the base portion of the mold to thereby sealingly close the mold and the upper formation cavity, curing the plastic foam material within the upper formation cavity of the upper to form a molded article of footwear upper, and opening the top portion of the mold and removing the article of footwear upper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: Nike, Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Fong Chang, Jeffrey L. Johnson, Ross A. McLaughlin, Toren P.B. Orzeck, Donald M. Remlinger, David L. Vattes