Patents by Inventor Erin Toraya

Erin Toraya 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: 20230048832
    Abstract: A knitted component may include a knit element with a first surface and an opposite second surface. An inlaid yarn may extend through the knit element and between the first surface and the second surface. A secured area where the first surface and the second surface are secured together may be included, where the inlaid yarn is secured by loops forming the first surface and the second surface. A cushioning area may be included, where the cushioning area has a tubular construction such that the first surface and the second surface are separable, forming a cavity therebetween, and where the inlaid yarn extends through the cavity formed between the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Enkhbat Dorjgurkhem, Derek A. Fitchett, Kristen E. Orme, Colin Runkle, Gagandeep Singh, Dolores S. Thompson, Erin Toraya
  • Patent number: 10716355
    Abstract: A knitted component for an upper of an article of footwear, a method for making the knitted component, and a method of making the article of footwear is described. The knitted component includes a first portion formed by a first yarn having durable water repellent properties and a second portion formed by a second yarn different from the first yarn. The second yarn is disposed along an edge portion of the knitted component configured to be attached to a sole structure to form an article of footwear. The knitted component is formed of unitary knit construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sabrina P. Mallen, Bhupesh Dua, Erin Toraya
  • Publication number: 20190069625
    Abstract: A knitted component for an upper of an article of footwear, a method for making the knitted component, and a method of making the article of footwear is described. The knitted component includes a first portion formed by a first yarn having durable water repellent properties and a second portion formed by a second yarn different from the first yarn. The second yarn is disposed along an edge portion of the knitted component configured to be attached to a sole structure to form an article of footwear. The knitted component is formed of unitary knit construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sabrina P. Mallen, Bhupesh Dua, Erin Toraya
  • Patent number: 10182619
    Abstract: A woven or non-woven textile for an upper of an article of footwear, methods for making the woven and non-woven textiles, and a method of making the article of footwear is described. The textile includes a first portion formed by a first yarn or fiber having durable water repellent properties and a second portion formed by a second yarn or fiber different from the first yarn or fiber. The second yarn or fiber is disposed along an edge portion of the textile configured to be attached to a sole structure to form an article of footwear. The woven textile is formed of unitary woven construction, and the non-woven textile is formed of unitary non-woven construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sabrina P. Mallen, Bhupesh Dua, Erin Toraya
  • Patent number: 10143260
    Abstract: A knitted component for an upper of an article of footwear, a method for making the knitted component, and a method of making the article of footwear is described. The knitted component includes a first portion formed by a first yarn having durable water repellent properties and a second portion formed by a second yarn different from the first yarn. The second yarn is disposed along an edge portion of the knitted component configured to be attached to a sole structure to form an article of footwear. The knitted component is formed of unitary knit construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Sabrina P. Mallen, Bhupesh Dua, Erin Toraya
  • Patent number: 10021942
    Abstract: A lacing system for an article of footwear may include a lateral series of lace-receiving elements and a medial series of lace-receiving elements. A first lace extends consecutively through a first lateral lace-receiving element, a second lateral lace-receiving element, a fourth medial lace-receiving element, a fifth lateral lace-receiving element, a third medial lace-receiving element, and again through the first lateral lace-receiving element. A second lace extends consecutively through a first medial lace-receiving element, a second medial lace-receiving element, a fourth lateral lace-receiving element, a fifth medial lace-receiving element, a third lateral lace-receiving element, and again through the first medial lace-receiving element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan P. Conrad, Amy Lyttle, Billy McFarland, Phuc Nguyen, Erin Toraya
  • Publication number: 20150237960
    Abstract: A woven or non-woven textile for an upper of an article of footwear, methods for making the woven and non-woven textiles, and a method of making the article of footwear is described. The textile includes a first portion formed by a first yarn or fiber having durable water repellent properties and a second portion formed by a second yarn or fiber different from the first yarn or fiber. The second yarn or fiber is disposed along an edge portion of the textile configured to be attached to a sole structure to form an article of footwear. The woven textile is formed of unitary woven construction, and the non-woven textile is formed of unitary non-woven construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Sabrina P. Mallen, Bhupesh Dua, Erin Toraya
  • Publication number: 20150237948
    Abstract: A knitted component for an upper of an article of footwear, a method for making the knitted component, and a method of making the article of footwear is described. The knitted component includes a first portion formed by a first yarn having durable water repellent properties and a second portion formed by a second yarn different from the first yarn. The second yarn is disposed along an edge portion of the knitted component configured to be attached to a sole structure to form an article of footwear. The knitted component is formed of unitary knit construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Sabrina P. Mallen, Bhupesh Dua, Erin Toraya
  • Publication number: 20150040430
    Abstract: A lacing system for an article of footwear may include a lateral series of lace-receiving elements and a medial series of lace-receiving elements. A first lace extends consecutively through a first lateral lace-receiving element, a second lateral lace-receiving element, a fourth medial lace-receiving element, a fifth lateral lace-receiving element, a third medial lace-receiving element, and again through the first lateral lace-receiving element. A second lace extends consecutively through a first medial lace-receiving element, a second medial lace-receiving element, a fourth lateral lace-receiving element, a fifth medial lace-receiving element, a third lateral lace-receiving element, and again through the first medial lace-receiving element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Bryan P. Conrad, Amy Lyttle, Billy McFarland, Phuc Nguyen, Erin Toraya
  • Publication number: 20140130373
    Abstract: An article of footwear has an upper and a sole structure secured to the upper. The upper includes a knitted component and, in some configurations, a skin layer secured to the knitted component. The knitted component may have a plurality of protruding areas that extend outward and away from a void within the upper for receiving a foot of a wearer. The protruding areas may include one or both of (a) a first tubular structure and an inlaid strand extending through the first tubular structure and (b) a second tubular structure and yarn sections extending across the second tubular structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: NIKE, Inc.
    Inventors: Simon John Baines, Alexandre Baudouin, James Molyneux, Karl Seamarks, Benjamin A. Shaffer, Erin Toraya, Phil Woodman