Patents by Inventor Graham S. Taylor

Graham S. Taylor 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).

  • Strap for a snowboard boot, binding or interface
    Patent number: 6416074
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a snowboard boot and a strap to hold down a rider's foot in the snowboard boot. The strap includes a tightening element attached to the snowboard boot, a strap body supported by the tightening element, and a closure device including a spool about which the tightening element is wrapped to tighten the strap down onto the snowboard boot. In one aspect, the closure device includes a body and an actuator that is rotatably mounted to the body and is coupled to the tightening element so that rotation of the actuator causes the tightening element to be drawn into the closure device body to tighten the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2002
    Assignee: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Paul T. Maravetz, Joshua S. Reid, Peter M. Curran, Graham S. Taylor
  • Strap for a snowboard boot, binding or interface
    Patent number: 6267390
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a snowboard boot and a strap to hold down a rider's foot in the snowboard boot. The strap includes a tightening element attached to the snowboard boot, a strap body supported by the tightening element, and a closure device including a spool about which the tightening element is wrapped to tighten the strap down onto the snowboard boot. In one aspect, the closure device includes a body and an actuator that is rotatably mounted to the body and is coupled to the tightening element so that rotation of the actuator causes the tightening element to be drawn into the closure device body to tighten the strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: The Burton Corporation
    Inventors: Paul T. Maravetz, Joshua S. Reid, Peter M. Curran, Graham S. Taylor